Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy

Attack on Senator Flanders—From United Press dispatch, June 2, 1954: "The kindest thing I can say about Ralph is that this may be a result of senility." From Hearings of Subcommittee Investigating Army-McCarthy Dispute: McCarthy: "This is a statement by the Senator from Vermont....I wondered whether this has been a result of senility or viciousness." New York Times, June 12, 1954; dateline Washington, D. C. June 12: "McCarthy said, “I think they should get a man with a net and take him (Flanders) to a good quiet place.'" Attacks on Senator Monroney New York Herald Tribune, July 23, 1953; dateline Washington, D. C. July 27: "McCarthy said today that Senator Monroney is 'taking over the job of whitewash and cover-up of Communism and corruption."' -11