Cheers for McCarthy

At a cocktail party in Washington last week, Joe McCarthy, the only Senator present, got the brushoff, sat moodily in the corner by himself. But when he went home to Wisconsin he got many a cheer from people who approved his target so much that they didn't criticize his aim. At Wisconsin's Republican convention, 2,500 delegates applauded long & loudly his keynote speech on Communists in Government. Then they whooped through a resolution to "heartily commend and encourage" McCarthy's efforts. Only one man got up to object. Lawyer Perry J. Stearns, a candidate for the Senate seat of Alexander Wiley, shouted: "We are Republicans but Americans first," and accused McCarthy of producing "evidence entirely void of probative value." Boos filled the hall.

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