, call me of south dakota, eric dirksen of illinois, charles potter of michigan, there were three democrats on the committee as well, john mccullough of arkansas, henry jackson of washington, and stuart symington of missouri. those hearings lasted from february of '53, to march of 1954. the reports came out beginning in january of 1954. what can you tell us about the other members of the committee? that they agree with senator mccarthy? were they eager to be on this committee and do this investigation? >> well, you have to understand the context of governor affairs committee and the permanent subcommittee under investigations. governor affairs committee was not the most desirable committee for members to be on. it was sort of a place where newer members, first-time members would end up serving, because more experienced, more senior members would want to be on higher profile committees. the interesting thing about the makeup of the committee, particularly that permanent subcommittee, which did the actual investigations and held the hearings was that all of them, except for one, were first-time members, including mccarthy himself, was still in his first term.