Lattimore Research Paper
A congressional committee cleared Lattimore of the charges but in 1951 the senate reopened the investigation, with McCarthy claiming that Lattimore had perjured himself. McCarthy’s attacks against Lattimore continued. “Along the way McCarthy accused Lattimore of being ‘the top Russian espionage agent in the United States’”(Glass, web).
Eventually Lattimore succeeded in having all the charges dropped. Unfortunately the false accusations ended Lattimore’s role as a State Department consultant. Lattimore left the country to start a new life. He started teaching Chinese history in England in 1963. He afterwards returned to the United States and died in 1989.
Another victim of McCarthy’s accusations was Val R. Lorwin, an economist and historian.
He was a State Department employee, who had served in the labor section. “When McCarthy first brandished his list of alleged Communists, Lorwin was number 54 on the list. At this time, Lorwin was working as a labor economist in Paris” (Victims of McCarthy, web). Lorwin landed on the government’s radar when his old friend Harold Metz testified that Lorwin had shown him a red card for the Communist Party and had hosted some "strange-looking people" at his house (Victims of McCarthy, web). Lorwin was later cleared by the Loyalty Board when he testified that the red card was for the Socialist Party and the “strange-looking people” were Socialists.
Despite this, Lorwin was still indicted before the State Department for perjury. It was not until two years later did the Assistant Attorney General dismissed these charges. By then, Lorwin's reputation was tainted and Lorwin even said he felt like several years of my own and my wife's lives were taken away. He even wrote, I was thankful that we had no children (victims of McCarthy, web). McCarthy had accused many people Lattimore and Lorwin were only two of his victims.
Eventually Lattimore succeeded in having all the charges dropped. Unfortunately the false accusations ended Lattimore’s role as a State Department consultant. Lattimore left the country to start a new life. He started teaching Chinese history in England in 1963. He afterwards returned to the United States and died in 1989.
Another victim of McCarthy’s accusations was Val R. Lorwin, an economist and historian.
He was a State Department employee, who had served in the labor section. “When McCarthy first brandished his list of alleged Communists, Lorwin was number 54 on the list. At this time, Lorwin was working as a labor economist in Paris” (Victims of McCarthy, web). Lorwin landed on the government’s radar when his old friend Harold Metz testified that Lorwin had shown him a red card for the Communist Party and had hosted some "strange-looking people" at his house (Victims of McCarthy, web). Lorwin was later cleared by the Loyalty Board when he testified that the red card was for the Socialist Party and the “strange-looking people” were Socialists.
Despite this, Lorwin was still indicted before the State Department for perjury. It was not until two years later did the Assistant Attorney General dismissed these charges. By then, Lorwin's reputation was tainted and Lorwin even said he felt like several years of my own and my wife's lives were taken away. He even wrote, I was thankful that we had no children (victims of McCarthy, web). McCarthy had accused many people Lattimore and Lorwin were only two of his victims.