SYMINGTON: LATTER-DAY MCCARTHY?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700450044-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: February 10, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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Fen. Stuart Symington, Harry DT eg l,ea
Truman's man for - l'residsht, bloodcurdling 'tales of ~Ne~,;
seems determined to out-MC- blackmail and assorts ra-sealltTr
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he made up
Carthy the late Sen. Joe Mc- ri limitless
oA bu
Carthy him self. of which Rauh and company
His attach' a.gain5t the Eisen- swallowed hook, line and sinker.
bower AdnuniZtration's defense A high point of the
go~hea
program have become more'=mod fantasy was an epode' hi which
more unrestrained as the Dem- Senator McCarthyts aides were
ocratic National 0on'veution
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most every Democrati, and om
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headline - gathering on the suo'- ' ;fit. *n~s had been smart;
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Russian ICBM potential. This goes
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andand. the Congress. Wha a
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Senator has not reveaxea ~
To bolster his clhaarges, pn&tor - vestigati on of Communist infli~
Symington lust reCen O ~_ tendon of ? Wash n official
dom n. Senator ByaoinStoh'
ed to make public a secret
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by the Central Inteltige axIemv canabilltY? One can im-
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'this brings to mind 049 101 the. flciai$ eve them capable nt
in the Yaiet~ile field.
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incidents. of t
genuinely funny era. It ?. The sad part di,all this is that
entire, sad McCarthy-eI'e; kight be right
involved Joseph L. - uh Jr., Senator
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editor of the Democratic Fat
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official magazine, Democratic DI- thought for . a time that
MCCarthg was right aboIi
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: of the
Best, three top officials
Washington Post and assorted tent of Communist Influence in
other leading-light "liberals." government.
e ' But if the Senator from Mis-
This group was gulled , by on
Paul. H. Hughes who convinced,. court continues his present course r
f unrestrained invective and 1r- e
them that he was a member of o
ition, Senator 'McCarthy'sstaff and had responsible hof saose kind Oe the risk inside information "Proving" the
ilure that finally ruined the late
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