Under the TV lights he loves, Joe McCarthy last week matched words with a whole shelf of fiery-eyed pro-Communist authors. McCarthy's Senate investigating subcommittee was looking into its charge that pro-Communist books had been placed in the 150 overseas libraries run by the U.S. State Department's international information administration. Before the camera's eye, both the authors and their critics strutted, pranced and bucked.
"No Admiration." Early in the first act, a weary and worn figure stepped before the camera. Earl Russell Browder, the deposed chief of U.S. Communists, was to be asked about three of his books (number of copies unknown) found...
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