Rather Eisenhower in 1953 improvised in dealing with McCarthy, at first trying to ignore him, then trying to outdo him in the Red-hunting business, then trying to seduce him with promises of new legislation to destroy communism in America. None of these tactics worked. Not until the spring of 1954, when an emboldened McCarthy turned his investigatory resources on the U.S. Army and on members of the administration, did Eisenhower choose to fight back.
