The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith today issued a statement explaining a report that its representatives recently met with Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. The statement follows:
“Through the newspaper columnist, George Sokolsky, Senator McCarthy asked to sit down with us in order to present information regarding his position on issues of interest to the Anti-Defamation League. Several members of the A.D.L. met and talked with Senator McCarthy at dinner and he described in detail his activities in recent years.
“While A.D.L. is not involved in politics, it feels it is discharging an important responsibility to the Jewish community in sitting down with government officials who wish to discuss matters related to our interests. The talk with Senator McCarthy was informal and informational in character and in our view did not call for any official announcement on our part. No part of the meeting involved any commitments on either side nor any endorsement of the Senator’s political activity.”
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