In February 1950, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy had charged that the Department of State knowingly harbored Communists. Hearings on McCarthy's accusations were held under the chairmanship of Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland. The committee exonerated the State Department.

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mccarthyism

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anti-communism, digital history: anti-communism during the early 1950's, joseph mccarthy, mccarran act, second red scare, red scare in the 1950s

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