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McCarthy Story Prober Takes Toll on Foes
In early 1947 Senator Joseph R. McCarthy clashed with Republican Charles Tobey over sugar rationing and later attacked General George C. Marshall. The fight widened as McCarthy accused officials of Communist influence, drawing responses from Senators Baldwin Tydings Benton and Smith. The column traces clashes, investigations, and political fallout through 1950 with the wave of McCarthyism.
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Bem Price
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Charles E. Tobey
McCarthy
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Millard FE. Tydings
Maryland
Wiliam Benton
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
George C. Marshall
U. S
Truman
Marshall
J. I McCarthy
Philip C. Jessup
Jessup
Baldwin
Tydings
Benton
Tobey
Smith
Agriculture Department
Senate
Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Belgium
Senate Armed Services Committee
Europe
Hitler
Stalin
Army
Maj
Dwight Fenton
Fenton
Germany
America
Carthy
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
Chester Bowles
State Department