McCarthyism: 'Have You No Sense Of Decency, Sir?' [View all]

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Joseph Welch, chief counsel for the U.S. Army, tires of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's (R-WI) accusations and innuendo regarding Communist infiltration at the televised Army-McCarthy Hearings in WDC, June 9, 1954. Roy Cohn, attorney for McCarthy shakes his head. 'McCarthyism,' Communist 'Red Scare,' Cold War, 'Lavender Scare,' Homosexual Blackmail, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

Army- McCarthy Hearings, Senate hearing derived from Senator Joseph McCarthy's hunt for communists in US, April–June, 1954, Washington DC. Participants, The two sides of the hearing: US Army (accusing their opponents of blackmail), Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn and G. David Schine (accusing the Army of communism). Result: End of the McCarthy Era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings



The angriest clash of the 30-days-long Army-McCarthy hearings came June 9, 1954, when Army counsel Joseph N. Welch (left) denounced Sen. Joseph McCarthy as a “cruelly reckless character assassin.” McCarthy is shown testifying on Communist Party organization with the aid of a huge map of the United States.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/that-have-you-no-sense-of-decency-sir-moment-from-the-1954-army-mccarthy-hearings-isnt-quite-what-we-remember.html

*'THE HOLLYWOOD TEN' Blacklist, Anti-Communist 'Red Scare' Cold War Era, https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017559556