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Joseph McCarthy with Report
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Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin holding up a report on Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson that linked him to a host of extreme left-wingers, even Alger Hiss. This address was broadcast on national television.
October 27, 1952
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McCarthy at Inauguration
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Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson
July 1952
The Democratic convention, with Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson standing at a podium.
Stevenson and Wisconsin Candidates
1952
Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson speaking to an audience. On the platform with him are William Proxmire, who was making the first of his three unsuccessful campaigns for governor,...
Joseph McCarthy with G. David Schine and Roy M. Cohn
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Senator Joseph R. McCarthy with G. David Schine and Roy M. Cohn.
