The man who led a hunt for communists in the United States in the 1950s was Senator Joseph McCarthy.
In the time of a politically charged atmosphere where there was the fears of Communist as it affects all American institutions and as they spread easily.
It was stated that on February 9, 1950, a man called Joseph McCarthy, who was a Republican Senator from Wisconsin, did state that he had in his hand, a list of 205 State Department employees who were said to be Communists.
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