The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05

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cipline Mccarthy for his breach O:
law and ethics.
The high court, after hearing all
the facts, rebuked Mccarthy in
scathing terms. 1t declared he had
"defied the rules of ethical con-
duct prescribed by the constitution,
the laws of the state and the MEM
bers of his profession"
It's hard to conceive of any con-
duct on the part of a presiding
judge which would bring the courts
into greater disrepute and con-
tempt than the conduct of the de-
PENDANT" the justices asserted.
QUICKIE DIVORCE MILL AND
INCOME TAX
They held he had "violated his
oath as circuit pudge and attorney
at law" and that he was equity of
an infraction of the moral code -
Then, by some strange hair-splitting,
they refused to take the next step
of penalizing him. They said his of
lenses "did not constitute such a de-
gree of moral turpitude as to dis
bar him from the practice of law"
Thus "Joe" escaped by a hairs
breadth, gleeful, he thumbed his nose
at the high court and went on to new
heights of brassiness.
For short while after he entered
the Senate he was relatively incon-
spicuous. Then his tax troubles be-
gan hitting the front pages of Wis
consin newspapers. Stories of his
quickie divorce mill were aired. Other
Mccarthy shenanigans got into the
headlines.
TO DIVERT ATTENTION from
all that messy business he hit upon
the idea of launching a great Red
Hunt. He smothered the charges
against himself with a great smoke
screen about the Communist peril.
He emerged as knight in shining ar.
NOR crusading against a dangerous
foe-and anyone who dared doubt his
sincerity was promptly branded
Communist stooge."
Day after day, and week after
week, he belabored the Administra-
tion-and particularly the State De-
partment-from stem to stern as
loaded with "Reds." He sought to
create the impression that those now
running the American government
were tools of the Kremlin.
He flung his charges at the very
time that the Administration itself
was conducting a more exhaustive
purge of Communists at home and a
more thorough "cold war" against
Communist aggression abroad than |
any regime in American history.
His technique was illustrated by
4 speech he gave at Wheeling, w.
Vr. 81 have here in my hand" he
old the audience, "a list of 2O7
names that were made known to
he Secretary of State as being mem
'ers of the Communist party and who,
nevertheless, are still working and
haping policy in the State Depart
nent.
In other speeches, the number
hanged from POT to 2O5, to 81, to
81, to 10 and to various other fig
lres. Sometimes he referred to them
IS "card-carrying members" some
ines as "disloyalty' suspects or ''se-
urity risks"
When it came to a showdown.
however, he produced no list of
names of actual Communist
not even of one card carving
RED" in government. In the case
of a few names he mentioned not
one bit of evidence was produced
to show membership in the Com
munist party.
A subcommittee of the Senate
'oreign Relations Committee, headed
V conservative Senator Tydings of
Iaryland, investigated McCarthy's
and concluded they were
roundless. Tydings told the Senate
has been "hoaxed and deceived
v false and vile charges" !