National Affairs: Joe & the Veterans

Joe McCarthy's bullying treatment of Brigadier General Ralph W. Zwicker made one veterans' outfit see red. Last week the Veterans of Foreign Wars post of Stoughton, Wis., Zwicker's birthplace, gathered in meeting and unanimously adopted a resolution:

"Whereas General Zwicker's record of service to his country includes combat action which has brought him many decorations and honors, including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters and Arrowhead, British Distinguished Service Order, French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre, and

"Whereas Senator McCarthy's service record includes resigning from the service before the war...

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