Nearing the end of the almost endless and infamous Army-McCarthy Hearings, this installment of the drama comes from June 15, 1954. The daily wrapup, with George Herman and Griffing Bancroft of CBS Radio, encapsulates the day-long hearings into a half-hour program which ran at 10:00 pm every evening.

This installment winds down the proceedings and features, among others, cross-examination of McCarthy Aide Francis Carr and McCarthy Chief Council Roy Cohn. Anticipated for the next (and possibly last) day was Joe McCarthy. Everything on this day went smoothly and, with the exception of the Press being distracted by a disturbance elsewhere in the building, was pretty humdrum by comparison with other days.

No fireworks and no wild accusations, but theater nonetheless.

Here is that daily wrapup from CBS Radio for June 15, 1954.

This first week in May of 1954 saw the beginning of the infamous Army-McCarthy Hearings regarding Communist infiltrators within the Military. This broadcast, from May 5th, wraps up the days proceedings from May 4th, which was Day Nine in the seemingly never-ending hearings.

This was one of the first gavel-to-gavel live Senate hearings to be broadcast on radio and television. The first was the legendary Kefauver Crime Committee Hearings, and the audience for those hearings went through the roof.

Likewise with the Army-McCarthy Hearings, some four years later. These hearings were epitomized by the now-famous showdown between Chief Counsel Welsh and Sen. Joe McCarthy several weeks later that ended in the quote "Have you no shame, Senator?".

These days, with C-Span, we take hearings like this for granted. But in 1954 it was a first glimpse for many into the inner-workings of Capitol Hill.

So here is Day 9 as reported by George Herman and Griffing Bancroft of CBS Radio with excerpts from the days proceedings (for those who missed it live).

A Day full of hearings, this March 21st in1951.

Starting with the New York Crime Committee Hearings and testimony by former New York Mayor/now Ambassador O'Dwyer over receipt of $10,000 in cash from a certain John P. Crane, head of the Uniformed Firemen's Union and his adamant denial, despite Crane's adamant accusation. To be overheard in the hearing room; "someone is lying".

Meanwhile in Korea - U.S. troops were making advances and meeting little resistance, which was either a good thing or bad thing. But in any event, casualty reports came in at 1,100 for the month with 56,000 since the conflict started.

A call for a joint meeting between Labor and Management was given by Economic Stabilizer Erich Johnstone in light of brewing discord among the unions.

In other hearings - the legendary HUAC Committee was embarking on its Hollywood odyssey with such luminaries as actor Howard DiSilva taking the Fifth. Actor Larry Parks, on the other hand, admitted to being a member of the Communist Party from 1941-1945 but later thought better of it and quit, even though he refused to name names.

And the Government concluded its case against three defendants accused of spying for the Soviet Union and sending Atomic secrets to Moscow. One of the defendants, Julius Rosenberg, took to the stand and vehemently denied he was ever involved in a spy ring. The name Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel would wind up becoming very prominent in spy news in the future.

But for now . . . .

And that's what happened on this March 21st in 1951 as reported by Edward R. Murrow and The News from CBS Radio.