Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) was severely excoriated by Special Army Attorney Joseph N. Welch yesterday for "reckless cruelty" and abandonment of "decency." The emotional climax to 30 days ...

Lawyer Joseph N. Welch is credited with bringing down the fearmongering Senator Joe McCarthy during a congressional hearing in 1954. But his famous plea—“have you no sense of decency ...

The Army had an ace up its sleeve in Special Counsel Joseph N. Welch of the Boston law firm, Hale & Dorr. Brilliant, soft-spoken, witty and even tempered, according to History.com he “blunted ...

Joseph N. Welch (left) being questioned by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (right), June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings. McCarthy lost momentum when Welch, the Army’s special counsel ...