Joseph McCarthy and Robert Stevens at 1954 press conference prior to McCarthy hearings on the US Army in Washington, DC

Group of US politicians sitting at press conference, L to R: Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-IL), Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, Senator Karl Mundt (R-SD), and Sen. Charles Potter (R-MI) / McCarthy and Stevens confer, smile / journalist stands at foreground and makes notes as Mundt speaks / bank of journalists / McCarthy and Stevens rise off of sofa, shake hands as flashbulbs pop / the group leaves / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series