Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
The Mccarthy Story
Friends and Foes Of Senator
Give Views on Him as a Man

q Qlme IOf q phone call. He has
a good reputation for paying of
such loans.
Senator Mccarthy makes Sc
many speeches he frequently
has to employ the same device!
and anecdotes. Says a Madison
wis., reporter who has covered
the Senator's last So speeches
in this State:
II guess that in 40 of those
speeches he used the skunk
story-the one to the effect that
if you're cleaning skunks out OF
a barn, you're going to end up
with a smell"
He is frequently casual about
his speeches. Recently, flying
out to Chicago for his st. Pat
rick's Day address, he was read
ing a newspaper and said:
Hey, Don don Surine, his
assistant) I didn't know this
thing tonight was going to be on
a network. Let's get busy"
Whereupon the two men be-
gan rif1ing through the docu-
ments in Senator Mccarthy S
ever-present brief case. which
sometimes contains pistol, and
got busy marking pages and pas
SageS for speech material.
Despite his always heavy
schedule and the fact that he's
usually in the middle of a fight,
Senator Mccarthy rarely dis
plays a moody side to Wisconsin
and Washington newsmen who
know him.
I've never seen him de-
said one reporter. 1.-THE
guy never seems to go through
any self-doubt. He always APP
pears confident. / think he
loves the excitement and con-
flict."
Being very busy is an old habit
with the Senator. going back to
his boyhood days on his fathers
farm near Grand Chute, a few
miles outside of Appleton, where
he was born. The 150-acre dairy
farm. which is still in the fam
ily's hands, stands on a country
road which last year was re-
named Mccarthy Road"
Joe always wanted to be
something big" recalls his sister,
Mrs. Anna Mae Long. He was
always dynamic-never kept still.
He was always exploding on
something"
Senator Joe Mccarthy was the
fourth oldest among seven chill
dren born to Timothy and Bridg-
EFT Mccarthy. Timothy's father
came from Ireland, his mother
from Germany. Both of Bridg-
ett's parents came from Ireland.
All of which makes the Senator
three parts Irish, one part Ger
man.
Sisters, Brothers Live Here.
Both of the Senator's parents
and an older sister died within
the past five years. Two sisters,
Mrs. Long and Mrs. Olive Kor-
nelly and two brothers. Howard
and Steve live here. A third
brother. Bill, lives in Chicago,
where he works for an oil COM
pany.
Joe was like any other kid, I"
says Howard. except that he was
generally three steps ahead of
them. After he was able to walk,
Joe always knew how to take care
of himself"
Senator Mccarthy quit school
after finishing the eighth grade,
and at 10, he left home to work
in grocery store and usher in a
movie theater in Manawa, about
30 miles away. At 20, while still
working. he suddenly returned
to education and whirled through
ManaWa High School and 16
courses of the usually four-year
course in one year.
Switched to Law Studies.
In 1880, he entered Marquette
University in Milwaukee, first as
an engineering student and later
switching to law. He worked as
a waiter and later managed a
filling station but found time to
oox and coach boxing on intra-
teams, be elected president
Of his Junior class and debate
with the Franklin Club.
Clifford Mullarkey, Bear Creek
(WisD attorney knew Senator
Mccarthy as a student, lawyer
and circuit judge. He considers
him a personal friend.
HE was always driving, always
ambitious. He never seemed to
relax. At the fraternity house,
ne didn't go in for bull sessions.
He'd rather play poker or crib
oage-something for money"
Senator Mccarthy practiced
law only four years, first on his
own and then in partnership.
In 1886. he entered politics for
the first time, running for dis
trict attorney of Shawano
County on the Democratic ticket.
He lost This WAS LIZ Years be.