The liberals have done such a thorough job demonizing Sen. McCarthy, they have created such myths about that period including that McCarthy was somehow involved with the blacklistings in Hollywood. Truth is McCarthy had little or no interest in Hollywood. His attention was focused on where the spies and Communist cells were doing the most damage to our national security and passing intel to the Soviets, the State Department, the Treasury Department, and yes even the DoD. McCarthy had good reason to believe there were large Soviet spy rings operating in the capital. the defctions of Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bently operating in the notorious Ware spy ring in the nation’s capital confirm that higher ups in the FDR-HST Administrations including Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White and many many others were active participants in these communist spy rings. Yet Joe McCarthy continues to get a bum’s rap. For further reading I suggest M. Stanton Evan’s thoroughly detailed and researched book, Blacklisted by History. It is time rehabilitate Sen. McCarthy. It was the liberals cover up for their golden boy, Alger Hiss, that created much of this mythology. Even President Nixon, who was never much of a conservative, would never be forgiven by the liberals for exposing Alger Hiss.
In re “the blacklistings in Hollywood.”
Joseph McCarthy was a Senator(my own U. S. Senator at the time of the hearings) had no connection or influence with the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which was responsible for the “black listing” of Hollywood Reds, if such did occur.
Close, key advisors to Pres. FDR were Communists.