Joseph N. Welch

Joseph Nye Welch October 22 1890 October 6 1960 was an American lawyer who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthys Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations an investigation known as the ArmyMcCarthy hearings His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings in which he asked McCarthy Have you no sense of decency sir at long last is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism