Only after great prodding by the press did Eisenhower make a statement, rather impromptu, about his former boss. He told a press conference in late August, “General Marshall is one of the patriots and anyone who has lived with him, worked with him as I have, knows that he is a man of real selflessness.” There was “nothing of disloyalty in General Marshall’s soul.” However, when pressed by reporters if this implied a rebuke to McCarthy, Eisenhower said he would not discuss “personalities” and would support all Republican candidates for election to ensure Republican control of Congress, even if
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