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Of the 110 names McCarthy gave to the Tydings subcommittee, 62 were at the time employed by the State Department. The Tydings Committee cleared all the personal, but within one year the State Department's Loyalty Security Board instigated proceedings against 49 of the 62. By the end of 1954, 81 of those on McCarthy’s list had either resigned or been dismissed from the government.
Of the 110 names McCarthy gave to the Tydings subcommittee, 62 were at the time employed by the State Department. The Tydings Committee cleared all the personal, but within one year the State Department's Loyalty Security Board instigated proceedings against 49 of the 62. By the end of 1954, 81 of those on McCarthy’s list had either resigned or been dismissed from the government.
Two Republicans on the committee, [[Bourke Hickenlooper]] of [[Iowa]] and [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]] of [[Massachusetts]], refused to sign the final report.<ref>Kilburg, Diann M. [http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=172 Hickenlooper, Bourke Blakemore]. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>
Two Republicans on the committee, [[Bourke Hickenlooper]] of [[Iowa]] and [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]] of [[Massachusetts]], refused to sign the final report.<ref>Kilburg, Diann M. [http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=172 Hickenlooper, Bourke Blakemore]. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref> Hickenlooper previously reviewed several loyalty files of State Department officials McCarthy accused of being subversive, and concluded:<ref name=statehistoricalsociety>Schapsmeier, Edward L.; Schapsmeier, Frederick H. [https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9018&context=annals-of-iowa A Strong Voice for Keeping America Strong]. ''State Historical Society of Iowa''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|I don't hesitate to say on this record that the ones I read I would say almost without exception I would not keep in the State Department.}}
Concurring with Hickenlooper's statement included even Moderate Republican [[Margaret Chase Smith]], a rival of McCarthy. She asserted that the committee:<ref name=statehistoricalsociety/>
{{cquote|...made the fatal error of subjectively attempting to discredit McCarthy rather than objectively investigating and evaluating his charges.}}
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