3451 45th Anniversary ^ 75 Cents THE MCCARTHY A Documented Record :jilïïià:x-ft?-iÎSM:iïii--iï>';,' DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO SHARE OUR DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY PREVAIL OVER COMMUNISM AND McCARTHYISM The Progressive Founded in 1909 by Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Ye ShatlKnow the Truth and f he Truth Shall f^ke YoqFree' Editor MOKRIS H. RUBII MCCARTHY: A Documented Record Associate BcUtor MARY SHERIDAN^ f>>úí Business )OManageN SlNYKIr u^t Ml^JtJîJLt ^ lA*^ D ^eedom^B Most Effective Weapon - ^__-_____ 8 GorøOanN ManageKSlNYKI^ ^ tVi#|^| ait ^ ^ Advertlsins JOHN The Judge on Trial -i ————— ^ Office Staff Wisconsin Supreme Court Accuses McCarthy of Violating ROSE L< REI»SKB. HELEN KLEPPE, State's Constitution and Laws DORIS BLUM, DOROTHY BEYLER, BETTY HAMRB, ELEANOR WIND Off To War 1. 9 THB PKOGRESMVJS ta-imblUhed montb^ ly. Copyright 1Í64 by The ProgrmtTS. Some Notes on the Conflicting Stories of McCarthy's Service loe., 40S We»t Goriwm Strcot, HadiHW S, Wisccosln. Entered as aeeond etan matter and His Decorations ai the port 4>ffies, MadiMm, Wiseoiudn, imder the act of March S, 1S7B. Six Riddles —.^ . - -12 CHANGE OF ADDBBSS: Tml weda BO- tlce is reqnired tor diaiise of addreaa, and The Strange Story of McCarthy's Complex Financial Tran­ the old addresi moat be Indaded aa Twll sactions and Tax Troubles at the new. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES: D. 8. and for> sign—One year tt ; Two yeara (7 : llirea The Numbers Game -22 years (10. Trial sobseription (for nev The Origiruil Charges of Communism and How the Facts subsorifaen only)—nine montl» for. ftM, Exploded Them . MANUSCRIPTS; The PracreaiiTe cannot assnine reqionsibUity for nnsoUdted arti^ del and letters^ None wtU be returned Quarding America's Security -._^ —.. 30 unless K> requested and accompanied by stamped, seU>addressed envelope. An Elaborate System Protects the Government from Spies and Subversives CIRGULiATION: The PrOgreasiva «ircii- lates in every state in the nnlon and 62 foreign coontries. ^ McCarthy Takes Over ^____^ _33 ADVISTISINGi BMaoss of severe aPMe As Chairman of the Investigating Committee McCarthy Pro- limitations, this issue ^of The PrOgresrive contains no advertitiag bnt oidinarily the -'- duced Many A Headline That Did Not Stand Up magazine carries Ixith display and elassi^ f led ads. The display rate is 18.40 lier column inch! the classified rate is SOe a line. Space and time dlscoonts are al­ McCarthyism in. Action _-———Ç-_ „51 lowed oa eaefa type of advertising. Tlw Advertising Manager will welcome yoor Case Studies of the Major Ingredients of the 'Ism/ Inctud- inquiry. ing Smearing the Innocent, and The Big Lie •v. The Progressive maka no attempt to exact complete coniotmity ftOm its Striláng at the Freedom of the Press _^—_,—_—.-^—59 ' contfibviora, bat rather welcome» a "The Whole Thing Reeks with Totalitarianism" Said the variety o{ opiniona consistent wUh Us general policies.. Signed »ticks, Voice of the t/.S. Press therelore, do nt^ neceasarilg repre­ sent the opinion of the Managanent Win At Any Cost ^^_„-_ __._^^„^ ^-63 of the Magazine, The Man WhQ Ran With Communist Support and Later Copyright 1954 by The Progressive. with the Support of the Far Right ,- Inc. Short excerpts up to 500 words may be used without permissioo' in reviews or articles, but peraiission iot Sowing Seeds of Disunity ^___—„__„^-__________^_76 more extensive reprlnàng must be Facts on the Extent to Which McCarthy Has Helped obtained trcmi the Editors. Strengthen the Communist Cause 'The Big Truth' -^_^...- -.__,___^- .._91 Aiiril, 1954 Our Great Hope Is a Fighting Faith in Freedom, Not the Volume 18 Number 4 Fear Generated by McCarthys Index —^—— -93 Printed In V.S.A. ^^rEHîSTo^ 9v a84ff J ^OFWlsCr rreedom s Most Effective Weapon HIS ISSUE of The Progressive is devoted entirely T to presenting a documented report of the public record of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, Our purpose is two-fold: 1) to provide the people of the United States with the factual background to help them evaluate the public statements and actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin; and 2) to make avail­ able to our friends of the free world authentic ma­ terials which will enable them to gain a clearer perspective of the meaning of McCarthyism and the extent to which it is at war with the finest traditions of Americanism. The urgent need for a solid study of McCarthy's record has never been greater: • The activities of the Senate Committee over which he presides command front-page headlines throughout the world and provide much of the material by which the world judges American policy and purpose. • The Senator himself has become the symbol of a state of mind which has lowered our stature and dignity as a nation and reduced measurably our capacity for leadership in the struggle against Conmiunism. • McCarthy has struck repeatedly at the letter and the spirit of our Bill of Rights by using methods of intolerance and intimidation in an effort to create a national climate of hysteria, fear, and suppression. • The "ism" added to his name has become a generic symbol and double-checked, and is backed by sponsors of that study bear no re­ of guilt by accusation, character the official records. sponsibility for the contents of this assassination, the big lie, and the Readers of this special issue of The issue of The Progressive. repudiation of our country's tradi­ Progressive may be interested in the tional devotion to fair play and a fair background of the project. In the Ill trial. summer of 1952, when McCarthy was • He has impaired the functioning running for reelection to the Senate, We believe it is especially timely of some of our most important de­ a non-partisan group, the Wisconsin to publish this study of McCarthy's fense laboratories, and he has bat­ Citizens' Committee on McCarthy's record in this year of our 45th Anni­ tered at the morale of those who Record, published The McCarthy versary. Founded in 1909 by the late administer our country's program of Record for use in that campaign. Robert Marion LaFollette, Sr., this military defense, B^ed on 18 months of exhaustive magazine was dedicated from the first research, The McCarthy Record bore issue to the Biblical principle that • He has exercised a decisive in­ the sponsorship of a group of "Ye shall know the truth and the fluence, for the worse, on our civil distinguished citizens—Republicans, truth shall make you free." (See cut.) service and our foreign service. Democrats, and Independents alike— It has a long record of exposing and farmers, workers, educators, indus-- combating political doctrines and • He has left his mark of intoler­ trialists, merchants, doctors, lawyers, demagogues bent on diluting or de­ ance on the government, the church­ clergymen, editors, bankers, and stroying the great American ideals of es, the schools and colleges, the housewives, who were drawn to- freedom and tolerance. This has literature and the press of our- getJier by their "deep concern for the been true for four and a half dec­ country. consequences of McCarthy's conduct" ades, whether the un-Americanism and their determination "to make the were Kluxism, Communijsni, or • He has appointed himself a one- truth available to the people." McCarthyisni. man purge squad committed to Thirty years ago, in his Presi­ smearing and destroying those who The response to their efforts was/n dential campaign of 1924, "Fighting disagree with him, and he has pro­ extraordinary demand for copies at Bob" LaFollette repudiated Com­ claimed to the country that he anä |1 each. The McCarthy Record ran munist support in language that left his methods are to be f Ae dominant through three printings in a few no doubt of his position. Writing in issue in the political campaigi^ of months. The demand for copies this magazine, lie denounced the 1954. came from every state and a score of Communists for seeking, to "divide foreign countries. A year and a half and confuse the Progressive Move» It is in this last field of political after the 1952 election, orders con­ action that the problem is most im­ ment and create a condition of chaos tinue to pour in from every area of favorable to theíf ends. To pre­ mediate, because Sen. McCarthy has our country and from England, Swe­ announced that he plans to campaign tend that Communists can work with den, Germany, France, Italy, Egypt, progressives, who believe in deinoc- in a number of states this year for the Israel, India, Japan, New Zealand, purpose of defeating Senators who racy is deliberately to deceive the Australia, the Philippine Islands, and public. The Communists are an­ have refused to embrace his policies. many another country. This, of course, is his privilege, just tagonistic to the progressive cause and as it is the privilege of tiiose who find But this demand, growing apace their only purpose in joining such a his ways repugnant to fight back by with the world headlines made by movement is to disrupt it." exposing his record. McCarthy's sensational charges, could Twenty-two years later the Com­ not be met. The supply was exhaust* munists a^in sought to attach them­ ed long ago. The Committee that II selves to a Wisconsin political figure, produced The McCarthy Record, this time wi^ greater success. It was formed to serve only during the 1952 the campaign year of 1946; Joseph R. The purpose of this issue of The campaign, has dissolved. But before McCarthy was running against the Progressive is to do just that by pro­ it disbanded, it assigned the copy­ incumbent U.S.