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¶ In a press statement, before the Senate censure debate began, McCarthy called the whole affair a "lynch bee." Again, said Watkins, "I call attention to the fact that he did not come into the Senate to do that."
¶ Joe released his "handmaiden" speech to the press, but cited lack of time as his reason for not making it to the Senate. "There was a shortage of speakers," said Watkins. "At one stage it seemed that we were about ready for a vote on the first amendment because...
"In our own presence," said Arthur Watkins, "here in the Senate, we have seen another example of the Senator's hit-and-run attack. Senators have seen what I have called to their attention, an attack on their representative, their agent. They have seen an attack made on that...
"It must be remembered," Watkins continued, "that the members of the Select Committee were practically drafted for the job, and, so far as I am concerned, it was the most unpleasant task I have ever had to perform in all my public life. I am asking my colleagues: What are...
Watkins jabbed his finger at G.O.P. Senators. They remained silent in their places-at least those of them who were not out in the back room trying to cook up a deal to let Joe off. But later Watkins' Utah colleague, Republican Senator Wallace Bennett, a former president of...