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...think, not open to question that large numbers of our people, including practically all members of many important groups in our national life, have become convinced that congressional investigations under Senator McCarthy are reckless and unfair; that they are not objective, but dominated by the purpose of proving the truth of preconceived ideas; and, what to many people is the most disturbing of all, that they are conducted in a manner calculated to gain support by appealing to the emotions of the people rather than to their reason...
...verdict should be set aside because the award was excessive in view of the token compensatory damages. One of the troubles, he implied, was that Pegler's rambunctious courtroom manner had a poor effect on the jury. Replied Reynolds' attorney, Louis Nizer: "In a day when [reckless] extremities of certain writers have caused a serious problem, [we require] just such a lesson...
...President are in striking agreement that the mainspring of his character is dogged, stubborn, self-willed courage. If there is any kind of bravery he lacks, it is perhaps the higher degree of courage that could enable a man to look into his own heart and see what his reckless flirtation with Communism has done-and may yet do-to his country and his people...
...that he work for the committee. Fisher is now a leader of the Newton, Mass. Republican Club, but when he told Welch of the Lawyers Guild incident before the hearings began, said Welch, "I asked him to go back to Boston. Little did I dream you could be so reckless and so cruel as to do an injury to that lad ... I fear he shall always bear a scar needlessly inflicted by you. If it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty, I will do so. I like to think I am a gentle...
...third and by far the preferable reaction is not acquiescence, nor is it the rabid, alarm-filled articles that have come from many sources. Possibly there was a need for the alarmist cries a few years ago, when the danger of reckless investigations had just become apparent. But too often the cries have turned to cliches; instead of pointing to danger, they minimize it by their tired aspect of "cry wolf...