:43:02
... by an expression of the views
contained in it?
:43:05
The sale of that book was so abysmally
small, it was so unsuccessful...
:43:11
... that a question of its influence...
:43:14
You can go to the publisher...
:43:15
... you"ll see it was one of the most
unsuccessful books he ever put out.
:43:19
He"s still sorry about it, just as I am.
:43:21
Well, I think that"s a compliment
to American intelligence.
:43:25
L"ll say that.
:43:28
The Reed Harris hearing demonstrates
one of the senator's techniques.
:43:31
Twice he said:
:43:33
"The American Civil Liberties Union
was listed as a subversive front."
:43:37
The Attorney General's list does not and
never has listed the ACLU as subversive...
:43:41
...nor does the FBI, or any other
federal government agency.
:43:45
And the American Civil Liberties Union
holds in its files...
:43:49
...letters of commendation
from President Truman...
:43:51
...President Eisenower
and General MacArthur.
:43:55
Earlier, the senator asked:
:43:57
"Upon what meat doth
this our Caesar feed?"
:44:00
Had he looked three lines earlier
in Shakespeare's Caesar...
:44:03
...he would've found this line
which is not altogether inappropriate.
:44:06
"The fault, dear Brutus,
is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
:44:11
No one familiar with the history
of this country...
:44:14
...can deny that congressional
committees are useful.
:44:16
It is necessary to investigate
before legislating...
:44:19
...but the line between investigating
and persecuting is a fine one...
:44:23
...and the junior senator from Wisconsin
has stepped over it repeatedly.
:44:27
We must not confuse dissent
with disloyalty.
:44:30
We must remember always
that accusation is not proof...
:44:33
...and that conviction depends
upon evidence and due process of law.
:44:38
We will not walk in fear, one of another.
:44:41
We will not be driven by fear
into an age of unreason...
:44:43
...if we dig deep in our history
and our doctrine...
:44:46
...and remember that we are not
descended from fearful men...
:44:50
...not from men who feared to write,
to associate, to speak...
:44:54
...and to defend the causes that were,
for the moment, unpopular.
:44:58
This is no time for men who oppose Senator
McCan'thy's methods to keep silent...