The speech below was given by Senator Joseph McCarthy in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9,1950. Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity ... [L]adies and gentlemen, the chips are down-they are truly down __ I have here in my hand a list of 205 __ a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working ... in the State Department. Which lesson can be taken from this speech that is relevant today? Americans must adopt the espionage tactics of other countries to survive. Spies from within often pose the greatest threat to democracy. We should not give credit to unsubstantiated accusations. America only won the Cold War by taking harsh actions.