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...Compared to Acheson, Jessup etc., even your picture of Joe McCarthy looks like 100% American...
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR STERLING DEFENSE OF TYDINGS, HISS, MARSHALL, JESSUP AND THE REST. YOU HAVE EARNED THE CONFIDENCE OF A DISILLUSIONED AMERICAN PUBLIC AND HURRAH FOR SENATOR MCCARTHY...
Smith knew Philip Jessup's part in that policy and disapproved of it. But would a vote to reject Jessup be construed as an acceptance of McCarthy's charges that Jessup was the next thing to a Commu nist? For days, Smith wrestled with this problem. Last week Smith exposed his troubled thinking to public view. He wrote: "I have known Philip Jessup for many years and I have absolute confidence in his integrity, ability and loyalty to his country. I am convinced that he has not and never had any connection with the Communist Party...
...said Smith, "the real issue raised by Dr. Jessup's nomination in the light of past and present events is the approval or disapproval of our overall Far Eastern policy. Dr. Jessup has been identified with those forces in and outside the Administration which were responsible for the Far Eastern policy which has led to the present crisis. He was editor of the China white paper . . . He participated in the unfortunate events which led to the summary dismissal of General MacArthur. He is the symbol of a group attitude toward Asia which seems to have been proven completely unsound...
...closing rush, the Senate hastily approved all other delegates for the U.N., but passed over Jessup's nomination. No sooner had Congress adjourned, than Harry Truman announced that he was giving Jessup a recess appointment...