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Ever since his Wheeling speech, the Tribune has endorsed McCarthy editorially, spotlighted his probes in blaring headlines, and defended him with colored caricatures of his opponents. Only once did Colonel McCormick falter. When General Zwicker faced the Senator's invective, army veteran McCormick reflected and said: "It seems to us that Senator McCarthy will better serve his cause if he learns to distinguish the role of investigator from the role of avenging angel." But after two weeks of retrospect, the Tribune eased back into the Senator's fold: "Senator McCarthy has been trying to clean out some of the subversive...
...procedure, would forward an explanation. Mild also was his answer to Defense Secretary Charles Wilson, who said McCarthy's charges of the Army's coddling Communists were nothing but "damn tommyrot." Wilson said he would not treat a waiter the way McCarthy treated Brigadier General Ralph Zwicker, and he added: "I always look down on people who are not polite to a waiter." Replied Joe: "I certainly hope Charlie Wilson and I don't have to waste time arguing about Fifth Amendment Communists...
...McCarthy's bullying treatment of Brigadier General Ralph W. Zwicker made one veterans' outfit see red. Last week the Veterans of Foreign Wars post of Stoughton, Wis., Zwicker's birthplace, gathered in meeting and unanimously adopted a resolution...
...Whereas General Zwicker's record of service to his country includes combat action which has brought him many decorations and honors, including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters and Arrowhead, British Distinguished Service Order, French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre...
...Therefore be it resolved that the Stoughton Post of the V.F.W. condemn the abusive and insulting treatment of General Zwicker by Senator McCarthy and [express] its gratitude to [Zwicker] for the valiant service he has rendered on the battlefield against the enemies of our democracy...