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...Secretary Acheson and Senator McCarthy...
...Herring. In February 1950, Senator McCarthy made a speech at Wheeling, W.Va., in which he charged-without proof then or thereafter-that Dean Acheson knew of 205 Communists working in the State Department. It was not much of a speech, and McCarthy at that time was not a well known senator. Yet subsequent, and inconsistent, reiterations of that speech led to headlines throughout the nation. More significantly, McCarthy began to draw the intense interest of millions of Americans. Joe had stumbled onto something big. He is no man to let go of a political asset...
...date of McCarthy's emergence is important to an understanding of "McCarthyism." Alger Hiss had been convicted two weeks before, and four days after the trial's end, Dean Acheson made his statement: "I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss...
...Washington, while a crowd of curious underlings looked on, Secretary of State Dean Acheson walked into the department's cafeteria, took his place in line, loaded up a tray and enjoyed a hearty lunch. The food, he announced afterwards, is just as good as he is used to in the private dining room upstairs, if not better-"It's hotter...
...Hearstian journalism. Deskmen at the Los Angeles Examiner, nerve center of the chain, received small or great commands as late as 3 a.m. More frequently in later years they were relayed over the phone by Miss Davies, and whether they called for an editorial blast against Secretary of State Acheson or for a box of Kleenex, they got action. It would be a long time before his editors got used to doing business without the messages that began "The Chief suggests...