Telegram from Senator Joseph R. McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman

In this telegram to President Harry S. Truman, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin repeats his assertion that he has the names of fifty-seven Communists who are working in the State Department, and calls upon the President to provide Congress with a full accounting of Communist infiltration of the Department, including the role of alleged Communist spy Alger Hiss in protecting security risks. In an undated (and apparently unsent) reply, the President states that McCarthy is not fit to serve in the U.S. government, adding that the people of Wisconsin must be very sorry to be represented in the Senate by such a person.