Senator Joseph McCarthy Calls Communism The Root Of All US Ills

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Synopsis: Senator Joseph McCarthy rebuts former President Harry S. Truman assertions that the hysteria of Communism in the US would be dead and forgotten issue in 1954 by stating that Communist subversion is an issue and will continue to be a threat that is interwoven in almost every issue the US faces today (2010-661f.txt)...(read more)

Date: 1953
Duration: 00:01:09
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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Senator Joseph McCarthy Calls Communism The Root Of All US Ills

In between hearing McCarthy investigating sub-committee in New York, probing alleged spy activities at Fort Monmouth, the junior Senator from Wisconsin replies to former President Harry S. Truman’s attack on McCarthyism and goes on to warn that communism will be political issue in 1954.