Witch Hunt

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October 20, 1953
In the Camp Evans Administration building (9001), the former Marconi Wireless Station Staff Hotel.
Photo SC445821 on file at the National Archives

McCarthy - The Man, The Senator, The "ism". By Anderson and May - 1952

Copyright 1952
THE BEACON PRESS
Published, October 1952 First printing, October 1952 Second printing, October 1952
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 52-11115

Contents
    1.    Portrait of a Senator .    3
    2    Humble Beginnings .    6
    3.    The First Chickens    .    11
    4.    Back to School .    17
    5.    Budding Lawyer    25
    6.    Law, Poker, and Speeches    29
    7.    First a Democrat    .    33
    8.    Teaching an Old Judge New Tricks .    37
    9.    Justice on the Double    .    44
    10.    Call to Arms    .    53
    11.    "Tail-Gunner Joe"    58
    12.    Shooting for the Senate    67
    13.    "Quickie" Divorces    .    72
    14.    Setting the Trap for La Follette    78
    15.    Barnstorming for Senator .    85
    16.    "A Very Rough but Clean Fight"    92
    17.    Winning the Communist Vote .    101
    18.    Preview of Charges to Come    .    106
    19.    Manna from McCormick .    111
    20.    Ring Around the Constitution .    116
    21.    Meeting the Press    122
    22.    "Pepsi-Cola Kid"    128
    23.    Housing Expert    138
    24.    Ginsberg and Gypsum    148
    25.    Lustron: Bankruptcy and Profits    152
    26.    The Malmedy Massacre .    158
    27.    Scuttling the Secretary of the Navy .    165
    28.    205, 81— or 57?    .    172
    29.    Witch-Finder General    .    179
    30.    The Men Behind the Charges    1.87
    31.    Spies for Hire    .    196
    32.    Rabbit Hunter .    203
    33.    Smoking Out the Facts    208
    34.    L'affaire Lattimore    .    212
    35.    The Harassed Professor    223
    36.    Tarnishing the Brass .    234
    37.    Aiding the Communists    243
    38.    Financial Tangles    251
    39.    Tangles and Ulcers    .    256
    40.    The Publicity Turns "Red"    266
    41.    Answering the Critics    272
    42.    The "Communist" Press    .    280
    43.    Sokolsky, Pegler, McCormick & Co. .    287
    44.    The Purge of Senator Tydings .    295
    45.    Masterminding the Maryland Campaign    301
    46.    The Plot Against Anna Rosenberg    .    309
    47.    Senator Benton Speaks Up    314
    48.    The Senate Takes a Stand .    321
    49.    The Feud Continues .    332
    50.    A Helping Hand    340
    51.    A Political Issue    351
    52.    The McCarthy Methods .    358
    53.    The Multiple Lie        365
    54.    The Presidential Bug . . . and McCarthy's Party- line Record on Foreign Affairs    372
    55.    The Age of Accusation    .    381
    APPENDIX: Pros and Cons from the Press, from   Catholics, from Other Religious Leaders,
    from Veterans, from Educators, from Labor Leaders, from Republicans, from Democrats
    ... from Professional Agitators    .   389
    INDEX    417

Sources of further info on this topic:
On the Infoage website, our library and our archive -

A 1998 interview of Louis Kalpan, a Camp Evans employee suspended during the investigations.

The ghost of Sen. Joseph McCarthy haunts Camp Evans. By Fred Carl, The Coast Star, May 15, 2003, Page 9

McCarthy's probe had a long-lasting impact on Wall Twp.'s Camp Evans. By Fred Carl, May 22, 2003, The Coast Star, Page 15

McCarthy's communist hunt unraveled at Wall facility - The Asbury Park Press, November 10, 2003 by Fred Carl

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