In a June 1955 meeting of Republican congressional leaders, Eisenhower repeated a saying that was making the rounds in Washington; “It's no longer McCarthyism,” the President said. “It's McCarthywasm.” [1]. read more
Joseph McCarthy was obsessed with his anti-communist agenda and was very vocal in his attacks on not only the previous democratic governments but also President Eisenhower's administration. Although Eisenhower, as one would say tried and stayed presidential by not engaging in public with McCarthy. read more
On this day in 1954, President Eisenhower writes a letter to his friend, Paul Helms, in which he privately criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy’s approach to rooting out communists in the federal government. read more