The Army-McCarthy Hearings
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Object Details
- Artist
- Wide World Photos
- Sitter
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy, 14 Nov 1908 - 2 May 1957
- Roy Marcus Cohn, 20 Feb 1927 - Aug 1986
- Ralph Edward Flanders, 28 Sep 1880 - 19 Feb 1970
- Exhibition Label
- On June 11, 1954, Senator Ralph Flanders (standing) interrupted the televised Army-McCarthy hearings by striding through the standing-room-only crowd in the Senate Caucus Room to hand an envelope to Senator McCarthy. It contained a note announcing Flanders’s intent to denounce McCarthy on the Senate floor. One of McCarthy’s most outspoken critics, Flanders had risen to indict McCarthy on two earlier occasions. On March 9, he railed against the senator for diverting the nation from “far more dangerous problems” than the threat of homegrown Communism. On June 1, he assailed McCarthy as a menace to the United States.
- After reading Flanders’s note into the hearings’ record, McCarthy ridiculed him, declaring, “I think they should get a man with a net and take him to a good, quiet place.” Despite this rebuke, Flanders’s challenge to McCarthy echoed a growing shift in public opinion toward the powerful senator.
- El 11 de junio de 1954, el senador Ralph Flanders (de pie) interrumpió la audiencia Ejército-McCarthy que se trasmitía por televisión. Flanders caminó confiado entre la multitud que abarrotaba la sala del caucus senatorial y entregó un sobre a McCarthy con el aviso de que se proponía denunciarlo en el pleno del Senado. Siendo uno de los críticos más francos de McCarthy, Flanders lo había acusado en dos ocasiones anteriores. El 9 de marzo tronó contra el senador por distraer a la nación de “problemas mucho más peligrosos” que la amenaza de un comunismo casero. El 1 de junio lo declaró una amenaza para Estados Unidos.
- Luego de leer la nota de Flanders para el récord de la audiencia, McCarthy lo ridiculizó: “Creo que deben traer a alguien [que lo atrape] con una red y lo lleve a un lugar tranquilo”. A pesar de esto, el desafío de Flanders era eco de un creciente giro en la opinión pública sobre el poderoso senador.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1954
- Object number
- NPG.93.146
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Associated Press
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 16.3cm x 21.5cm (6 7/16" x 8 7/16"), Accurate
- Sheet: 17.8cm x 23.1cm (7" x 9 1/8"), Accurate
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- 20th Century Americans: 1930-1960
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 321
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
- Interior\Office
- Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone
- Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass
- Equipment\Camera
- Printed Material\Papers\Letter
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Male
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Law and Crime\Judge
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Politics and Government\US Senator\Wisconsin
- Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Military and Intelligence\Marine Corps\Officer\Lieutenant
- Roy Marcus Cohn: Male
- Roy Marcus Cohn: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Roy Marcus Cohn: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
- Roy Marcus Cohn: Politics and Government\Powerbroker
- Ralph Edward Flanders: Male
- Ralph Edward Flanders: Literature\Writer
- Ralph Edward Flanders: Science and Technology\Inventor
- Ralph Edward Flanders: Crafts and Trades\Machinist
- Ralph Edward Flanders: Politics and Government\US Senator\Vermont
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.93.146
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d7601758-effa-418e-9fe4-9b8bf40a1d2e
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