PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
The Army-McCarthy
1953-1954
Communist
Witch Hunt
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1953New York, N.Y.
McCarthy Overview
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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 and his Enemies. By William F. Buckley Jr. and L. Brent Bozell - 1954
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE BY WILLIAM SCHLAMM Vii
PART ONE
I THE PROBLEM
3
II THE BACKGROUND 5
III THE STATE DEPARTMENT, 1945—1947: An Earnest Effort 9
IV THE STATE DEPARTMENT, 1947—1950: Three Years of Inertia 18
II THE BACKGROUND 5
III THE STATE DEPARTMENT, 1945—1947: An Earnest Effort 9
IV THE STATE DEPARTMENT, 1947—1950: Three Years of Inertia 18
The State Department and the
United Nations 31
PART TWO
V THE FIRST CHARGES
41
VI THE TYDINGS SAGA: Introduction 62
IX SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS . . 167
X A VINDICATION 192
XI CONFRONTATION 212
XII CLOSING RANKS: Some Proposals for the Civil Service 245
VI THE TYDINGS SAGA: Introduction 62
Public Hearings: Whose
Responsibility? 69
VII THE NINE PUBLIC CASES: An Invitation to Investigate 74The Case of Dorothy
Kenyon . 76
The Case of Haldore Hanson . 86
The Case of Philip Jessup . . 97
The Case of Esther Brunauer 125
The Cases of Frederick Schuman and Harlow Shapley . . . 136
The Case of Gustavo Duran .. . 140
The Case of John Stewart Service . 147
The Case of Owen Lattimore . . 153
VIII "WARMED-OVER CHARGES" 161The Case of Haldore Hanson . 86
The Case of Philip Jessup . . 97
The Case of Esther Brunauer 125
The Cases of Frederick Schuman and Harlow Shapley . . . 136
The Case of Gustavo Duran .. . 140
The Case of John Stewart Service . 147
The Case of Owen Lattimore . . 153
IX SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS . . 167
X A VINDICATION 192
XI CONFRONTATION 212
XII CLOSING RANKS: Some Proposals for the Civil Service 245
PART THREE
XIII SENATOR MCCARTHY'S METHOD
267
Introduction
267
The Smearing of Innocent People . . 270
The Publicizing of His Charges . . 282
The Use of Congressional Immunity . 286
Impugning the Loyalty of His Critics . 294
McCarthy As Against His Contemporaries 302
XIV THE NEW CONFORMITY 308The Smearing of Innocent People . . 270
The Publicizing of His Charges . . 282
The Use of Congressional Immunity . 286
Impugning the Loyalty of His Critics . 294
McCarthy As Against His Contemporaries 302
Our "Reign of Terror"
308
The Question of Conformity 316
McCarthyism's Call to Conformity 331
XV AFTERWORD 336The Question of Conformity 316
McCarthyism's Call to Conformity 331
APPENDIX 341
A. Communist Front Connections of
McCarthy's "Public Cases" .
. 343
B. The Controversy Over the
Loyalty Files 351
C. Statistical Breakdown of Lee List and
C. Statistical Breakdown of Lee List and
McCarthy List
36o
D. List of Persons Accused by
McCarthy 364
E. Press Coverage Given to McCarthy's Nine
E. Press Coverage Given to McCarthy's Nine
Public Cases
383
F. The George Marshall Episode
388