Each man a McCarthy – archive, 10 April 1954

10 April 1954: Known communists will be barred from the service and all new officers and enlisted men must sign loyalty questionnaires

New York, April 9
The Army started strengthening its defences yesterday against Senator McCarthy’s accusation that it is “coddling Communists.” Two weeks before the Army-McCarthy-investigation opens, the Secretary of Defence, Mr Charles Wilson, announced that the armed forces have now adopted the security system that the Eisenhower Administration brought into force for its civilian employees.

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