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...Senate, recalled that Bohlen's supporters had said that a three-man committee of venerable career diplomats-Joseph C. Grew, Norman Armour and Hugh Gibson-had recommended Bohlen. He now had definite word that Gibson did no such thing. Within a few minutes, Illinois' Everett Dirksen had something to add: he had left the Senate floor and telephoned Mr. Gibson, who confirmed exactly what Bridges said...
This made a natural opening for the measured tread of the man from Wisconsin: Joe McCarthy. Said he, in a quiet voice: "I think [Dirksen] is a fairly good security risk, and I think he should be allowed to see the letter, so that there may be no question about it." Knowland, flushed, shouted: "I do not know whether the Senator from Wisconsin is suggesting that my veracity should be questioned on the floor of the Senate . . . This is the first time that has happened ... I am serving as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, and I would not misrepresent...
...McCarthy said that there was no need for Knowland to "become so excited"; Everett Dirksen was quick to purr that he had "no desire to see the letter." But McCarthy needled on. Didn't Knowland think something should be done to check further on Gibson's position? Said an exasperated Knowland: "When a letter comes to the Senate from the Department of State, from a responsible officer of that department, I do not want to have to call in a handwriting expert to determine whether a forgery has been committed. If we have so destroyed confidence...
...Democrats: Nevada's Pat McCarran and Colorado's Ed Johnson. Eleven Republicans: Bridges, McCarthy. Dirksen, Ohio's Bricker, Idaho's Dworshak and Welker, Arizona's Goldwater, Iowa's Hickenlooper, Nevada's Malone, South Dakota's Mundt, Kansas' Schoeppel...
...Illinois 1950 congressional elections the Republicans got 53.9% of the major party vote-a drop from their 1946 off-year showing. The state now has 18 Republican Congressmen and eight Democrats. One Senator, Paul Douglas, is a Democrat, one, Everett Dirksen, a Republican. Neither Senate seat is up this year...