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
Date
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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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
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: Business and Finance\Natural resources commerce\Agriculturist\Farmer
Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Law and Crime\Judge
Joseph Raymond McCarthy: Politics and Government\Government official\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: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
Roy Marcus Cohn: Politics and Government\Powerbroker
Ralph Edward Flanders: Male
Ralph Edward Flanders: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Ralph Edward Flanders: Science and Technology\Inventor
Ralph Edward Flanders: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Machinist
Ralph Edward Flanders: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Vermont
Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.93.146