Word: mccarthyism
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Truman was invited as a "trusted and beloved champion of civil liberties and bitter opponent of McCarthyism." He was asked to debate with the "man who has done more than any other to sow fear and mistrust among the American people through his methods--Senator McCarthy...
...urgent public need for background information and clarification on what so much of the press glibly termed (in the autumn of 1952) "the mess in Washington." More must come, a great deal more . . . I see three great areas of need in this clarification: 1) a study of the term "McCarthyism" . . . 2) a study of the "climate of treason" . . .3) 3 study of the unsound philosophies of social reform that made it possible to undermine democratic principles of loyalty, of patriotism, and of objective morality...
...exposures of Communists in the Government. As usual, the door was opened for McCarthy by "a McCarthy baiter. Harry Truman gave the Wisconsin Senator his opening by using a well-worn anti-anti-Communist technique; he denounced Attorney General Herbert Brownell's handling of the White case as "McCarthyism...
...people believe in getting rid of Reds, he said, "then their answer is to keep the Republicans in power so we may continue to clean out the Augean stables." He identified himself as the chief stable boy: "Now Democrat office seekers . . . have been proclaiming that McCarthyism is the issue in this campaign. In a way, I guess, it is, because Republican control of the Senate determines whether I shall continue as chairman of the investigating committee...
Senator Joseph McCarthy? Judged solely from the opinions of the press and political speakers, the country would seem to be solidly united in a deep distaste for the Senator and "McCarthyism." But a Gallup poll survey last week failed to bear this out. The Canadians polled who knew of McCarthy and were willing to express their views were almost evenly divided on the issue...