“During the early 1950s [the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations] had been chaired by Senator Clyde Hoey, a mild-mannered Democrat from North Carolina. Under Hoey’s leadership the subcommittee had investigated such bland subjects as… the reorganization of the Bureau of Customs. [Joe] McCarthy, the ranking Republican, had attended fewer than […]
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Hoey’s premonition of McCarthyism
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged clyde hoey, joe mccarthy, u.s. senate on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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