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Arizona Sun
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, wife of Senator McCarthy, ignored a spring luncheon invitation from Mrs. Eisenhower at the White House, citing the exclusion of her husband from formal events due to his anti-communism efforts. Despite confirmation of the invitation, she claimed not to have received it and stated she wouldn't attend anyway.
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WASHINGTON Mrs. Eisenhower gave a spring luncheon for Senator's wives and included on the guest list Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, wife of the Wisconsin Senator who was snubbed at formal White House affairs earlier this-year.
But Mrs. McCarthy didn't attend. She explained later, "I didn't see an invitation," and added:
"I wouldn't have gone anyway. When they wouldn't invite my husband to the White House because of his fight against Communism I would hardly go either."
Mrs. McCarthy would have been one of the more than 100 guests. Mrs. Eisenhower's secretary, Mrs. Mary Jane McCaffree, said an invitation had been
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sent to Mrs. McCarthy, despite the previous White House snubs to her husband. McCarthy was the only member of Congress not invited to any of the formal dinners and receptions this year.
"But, we haven't heard from her," Mrs. McCaffree Said.
Asked if she got the invitation,
Mrs. McCarthy said
"no
and then checked her husband's.
office.
She
said
she
learned
someone
had
telephoned
there
Friday to extend an
"oral invi-
tation."
But
the
White House
social office was firm that formal invitations had been sent. to all the guests.
Senator McCarthy said he understood his office got a verbal invitation. He said Mrs. Mc-Carthy didn't get it in time.
"Even if she had," he added
"she says
she would not have
accepted
because
the White
House
had
publicly
announced
it would not invite her husband."
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Washington
Event Date
Spring This Year
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mrs. mccarthy did not attend the luncheon despite the invitation being sent; she cited the white house's refusal to invite her husband to formal events.
Event Details
Mrs. Eisenhower hosted a spring luncheon for senators' wives, inviting Mrs. Joseph McCarthy despite her husband's snubs from White House formal affairs earlier this year due to his fight against Communism. Mrs. McCarthy claimed she did not receive the invitation and would not have attended anyway. Confirmation from Mrs. Eisenhower's secretary and the White House social office indicated a formal invitation was sent, though Mrs. McCarthy learned of a verbal one via her husband's office.