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the Acting Director...

...was chosen to act

as a representative...

...by a Soviet agency...

...to do a job which would normally

be done by the Russian secret police.

Mr. Murrow, by his own admission,

was a member of the IWW...

...that's the Industrial Workers

of the World...

...a terrorist organization

cited as subversive...

...by an Attorney General

of the United States.

Mr. Murrow said on this program

and I quote...

..."The actions of the junior

Senator from Wisconsin..."

"...have given considerable comfort

to the enemy."

That is the language of our statute

of treason, rather strong language.

If I am giving comfort to our enemies,

I ought not to be in the Senate.

If, on the other hand,

Mr. Murrow...

...is giving comfort to our enemies...

...he ought not to be brought

into the homes...

...of millions of Americans

by the CBS.

And I want to assure you...

...that I will not be deterred...

...by the attacks of the Murrows,

the Lattimores, the Fosters...

...The Daily Worker

or the Communist Party itself.

And I make no claim to leadership.

In complete humility...

...I do ask you and every American

who loves this country...

...to join with me.

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Last week, Senator McCarthy

appeared on this program...

...to correct any errors

he might have thought we made...

...in our report of March 9th.

Since he made no reference to any

statements of fact that we made...

...we must conclude

that he found no errors of fact.

He proved again

that anyone who exposes him...

...anyone who doesn't share his disregard

for decency and human dignity...

...and the rights

guaranteed by the Constitution...

...must be either a Communist

or a fellow traveler.

I fully expected this treatment.

The Senator added this reporter's name

to a long list of individuals...

...and institutions he has accused

of serving the Communist cause.

His proposition is very simple:

...anyone who criticizes or opposes

Senator McCarthy's methods...

...must be a Communist.

And if that be true, there are

an awful lot of Communists in the USA.

For the record, let's consider briefly

some of the Senator's charges.

He claimed, but offered no proof...

...that I had been a member of the

Industrial Workers of the World.

That is false.

I was never a member of the IWW,

never applied for membership.

The Senator charged

that Professor Harold Laski...

...a British scholar and politician,

dedicated a book to me.

That's true.

He is dead.

He was a socialist, I am not.

He was a civilized individual...

...who did not insist upon agreement

with his political principles...

...as a pre-condition

for conversation or friendship.

I do not agree

with his political ideas.

Laski, as he makes clear

in the introduction...

...dedicated the book to me,

not because of political agreement...

...but because he held my wartime

broadcast from London in high regard.

And the dedication so reads.

I believed 20 years ago

and I believe today...

...that mature Americans can engage

in conversation and controversy...

...the clash of ideas, with Communists

anywhere in the world...

...without becoming

contaminated or converted.

I believe that our faith,

our conviction...

...our determination

are stronger than theirs...

...and that we can successfully compete,

not only in the area of bombs...

...but in the area of ideas.

I have worked with CBS

for more than 19 years.

The company has subscribed fully

to my integrity and responsibility...

...as a broadcaster

and as a loyal American.

I require no lectures from the junior

Senator from Wisconsin...

...as to the dangers

or terrors of Communism.

Having searched my conscience

and my files...

...I cannot contend that

I have always been right or wise...

...but I have attempted to pursue

the truth with diligence...

...and to report it...

...even though, as in this case,

I had been warned in advance...

...that I would be subjected

to the attentions of Senator McCarthy.

We shall hope to deal with matters

of more vital interest next week.

Good night, and good luck.

In the last analysis, the Senator was

perched on the television high dive...

...and all prepared

to make a resounding splash.

He jumped beautifully,

but he neglected to check first...

...where he was going to land.

It must have been a shock...

...to discover that Mr. Murrow

had drained the water out of the pool.

- Is that the Times? Gould?

- Yeah, it's Jack Gould.

- He's a hell of a writer.

- Yes, he is.

- If we can afford him!

- Stanton's got a public opinion...

Senate's investigating McCarthy.

What?

The Army's charging that McCarthy

and Cohn exercised undue pressure...

...to get preferential treatment

for Schine. - Who's the source?

- Got a second source? - There isn't,

but this is coming out in 2 hours.

- Who's heading up the investigation?

- It's not gonna be McCarthy!

- Really?

- What happened?

- Also get me the Washington Post!

- What's going on?

It's Williams

for Jack Thompson.

The Senate's investigating McCarthy.

There is an added bit of comedy

to this whole story.

The Committee cannot convene

for several days...

...because Senator McCarthy

has a slight case of laryngitis.

And he must recover

over the desert air of Arizona.

- But Stevens is going after him

and it looks like Joe Welch. - Yeah.

They're gonna allow each side

to call witnesses...

...and be privy to other testimony.

- Fred, we still have a meeting!

- We're gonna go to talk to Thompson.

No, thanks, Jack. Bye.

Freddy, we're a hit.

Right up there with "Howdy Dowdy"!

Can I have

an outlet satellite, please?

- 74, 76, 47. Thank you.

- Murrayville 3, 1-2-7-6.

The fact of newscaster

Don Hollenbeck's suicide yesterday...

...does not remove from the record

that peculiar history...

...of the leftist slanting of news

indulged consistently by the CBS.

Hollenbeck was what most astute

students of CBS's strange...

...and questionable new methods

considered...

..."typical of its newscasters".

By Jack O'Brian.

Oh, yeah. I like it like that.

One of the best programs I ever heard

was called "CBS Views The Press".

A great many people liked it,

some didn't...

...but no one ever called it

anything but honest.

It was the work of an honest reporter.

Don Hollenbeck.

He also worked occasionally

on "See It Now".

He did the 11 p.m. News

over some of these stations.

He had been sick lately

and he died this morning.

The police said

it was suicide... gas.

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