Top Reds Nabbed Before McCarthy Got into Act
Frederick Woltman argues that myths about McCarthy distort the fight against communism. The piece traces McCarthy’s rise from a Wheeling Lincoln Day talk to the Army hearings and argues his methods harmed the anti communism effort while noting prior exposures by Scripps Howard.
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Learings
America
Communist Party Organization
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Fallout of espionage scares in early Cold War era
The narrative traces a web of spy scandals from 1949 to 1950, naming Eisler, Marzani, Wheeler, Remington, White, Budenz, Bentley, Currie, Hiss, and McCarthy. It covers arrests, convictions, and deaths tied to Soviet espionage, and Moore details McCarthy’s controversial claims, shifting lists, and ensuing political turmoil surrounding the State Department and loyalty reviews.
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Eisler
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Germany
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George Shaw Wheeler
William Remington
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
Russia
Louis Budenz
Daily Worker
Party
Elizabeth Bentley
White House
Lauchlin
Whittaker Chambers
Washington
Joe McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Perly
State Department
James F. Byrnes
House Appropriations Committee
Justice Department
Eisenhower
McCarthy Hearings Compared to Army Probe Turmoil
The piece notes a partisan, circuslike Senate subcommittee scene around McCarthy charges. It contrasts Tydings to the State Department, alleges faded inquiry, selective witness handling, and a Democratic whitewash as McCarthy’s tactics are called out for turning issues into political football.
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McCarthy
McCarthy Army
Millard E. Tydings
State Department
Truman Administration
McCarthy Abandons Atomic Theft Charge in Amerasia Case
The McCarthy push to link Amerasia to atomic secrets collapsed amid questions from the Tydings probe. The claim rested on one investigator’s vague note about an envelope marked A Bomb, offered six months before Hiroshima. President Truman’s handling fueled McCarthy’s rise and public attacks.
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Amerasia
Tydings
McCarthy
Russia
Hiroshima
Truman
FBI
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