Clipping. Date: January 31, 1956; Article #1: "Link Fritchey, Rauh to Joe Smear" { Author: Norma Abrams and Neal Patterson; Published for/in: Daily News (page 8) Content: Reports the claim given by Paul H. Hughes at his perjury trial that Clayton Fritchey, deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Joseph L. Rauh, national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, were the master minds of a conspiracy to discredit Senator McCarthy.