Word: mccarthyism
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...policy of pretending that Communist influence on the Government didn't exist can be called "Trumanism." It is the real father of "McCarthyism...
Truman's statement (which was an old McCarthy trick in reverse) is certain to inflate "McCarthyism" as a national issue. What...
...essence of "McCarthyism" is not McCarthy's callous disregard for the truth. It is the thing he stumbled upon: a deep-seated public belief that Communists did infiltrate the U.S. Government, influencing its policies to the detriment of the U.S. national security. This belief is founded on many facts known to the public before Joe McCarthy opened his big mouth at Wheeling...
...date of McCarthy's emergence is important to an understanding of "McCarthyism." Alger Hiss had been convicted two weeks before, and four days after the trial's end, Dean Acheson made his statement: "I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss...
...McCarthyism" is not going to be stopped by Truman speeches or by the witch-hunting of witch-hunters, or by proving that McCarthy is a slippery character and no gentleman. "McCarthyism" is going to be around until Harry Truman, the President of the U.S., eliminates from U.S. foreign policy the tendency to appease Communism. This tendency is the red afterglow of Communists in & around the Government. It keeps "McCarthyism" bright & shining...