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McCarthy the Witness. McCarthy was off to a downtown law office, where he was giving a pretrial deposition in the libel suit brought against him by Columnist Drew Pearson. Pearson was also suing for $250,000 damages for "unprovoked physical assault" during a party at the Sulgrave Club...
...deposition, Pearson related: "McCarthy greeted me with a sort of mock effusiveness . . . He said, 'I'm really going to take you apart on the Senate floor tomorrow . . . I'm really going to tear you to pieces . . .' He kept badgering me." Finally, said Pearson, he asked McCarthy: "Joe, how is your income-tax case coming along? When are they going to put you in jail?" "He jumped up, put his thumb and index finger behind my nerves in the back of my cranium right here, and gouged me as hard as he could and said...
When Joe arrived, Pearson's attorney started in on his income taxes. In the years 1946 through 1949, McCarthy had reported an overall loss every year. "How did you live, Senator?" asked the attorney. Roared McCarthy: "None of your business . . . Pearson is suing because I have exposed him as a mouthpiece of the Communist Party." Just then, a summons came for a Senate roll call on the tax bill. McCarthy snapped up his briefcase and stalked...
Dizzy, by Hesketh Pearson. A lively, short biography of Disraeli, by an enthusiastic admirer (TIME, Sept...
Seymour Levine 3L was named president of the Law School Dormitory Council in elections this week. Stanley Rothenberg 2L was chosen as vice-president, with Russell R. Pearson '47 3L winning the treasurership and Frederick D. Herberich '47 3L the post of secretary...