Word: welch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a brief tour as an Army private in World War I, Welch settled down with the eminent Boston legal firm of' Hale & Dorr, has been there ever since. Immediately, he began to build a reputation among lawyers as one of the shrewdest, soundest attorneys in the city...
Neckties Galore. A Republican, Welch has never been active in politics or civic affairs. Twenty-five years ago he took a spacious Colonial house in nearby Walpole. (The Welches have two married sons, three granddaughters.) Although he has an air of studied carelessness, Welch is actually something of a dandy, owns 18 suits, 18 pairs of slacks. He owns more than 150 neckties, all bows. Once, when the Welches were vacationing at Lake Winnipesaukee, the house in Walpole was looted. Joe was horrified when he had to make out a list of his losses. "I cannot admit that I have...
...home, Welch is a thermometer-watcher (he has twelve around the house), a single-minded Carrom and cribbage player (he hates to lose), a relaxed fisherman and a crack shot with a rifle. He took up gardening during World War II when gas rationing cut off his golf. His wife suggested that victory gardening was patriotic, and Welch agreed to try it if she would make a hard bargain with him: he would garden (which he detests) if she would drink beer (which she detests) with him. So the Welches spent their weekends with rake and hoe, diligently working...
When Joe McCarthy finally takes the stand (presumably this week), Joe Welch will be primed and ready for the legal battle of his life...
...least in form. After testimony that there was no such letter in the Army files and that J. Edgar Hoover said he had sent no such letter, McCarthy was put on the stand by Ray Jenkins and suffered a humiliating cross-examination at the hands of Army Counsel Joe Welch...