In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy declared to Congress that Far ... He was eventually exonerated but those hearings took a lasting economic and personal toll on the scholar. Here's how they worked.

WASHINGTON, March 8, 1950 (UP) - Sen. Joseph R ... Wife on crutches joins McCarthy at hearings WASHINGTON, April 22, 1954 (UP) - Spectators cheered as Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his wife, Jean ...