Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy

and ability. I am not alone in this view. General Eisenhower, on August 22, 1952, described General Marshall as one of the patriots of this country. He went on to say, "If he was not a perfect example of patriotism and a loyal servant of the United States, I never saw one. I have no patience with anyone who can find in his record of service for this country anything to criticize." Yet on the floor of this Senate, Senator McCarthy sought to identify him with "a conspiracy so immense and an infamy so black as to dwarf any previous venture in the history of man." The object of this "conspiracy", said the Senator, was "to diminish the United States in world affairs, to weaken us militarily . . . finally fall victim to Soviet intrigue from within and Russian military might from without." This attack on General Marshall was only the forerunner of other attacks on other American citizens. Nathan M. Pusey, General Ralph Zwicker, John J. McCloy, Struve Hensel and Charles E. Bohlen have all had their loyalty impugned, their patriotism attacked and their devotion to this country questioned. Finally, we have the case of Annie Lee Moss, who was told even before she had been given a chance to -5