Evening star., 1933-02-05
Most of Senate Judiciary
Body Consider 0usting Fore.
gone Conclusion.
CRIMINAL LIBEL ACTION
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW
Smith Adopts Policy of Hands-off.
Senate to Vote on Committees
Recommendations Tuesday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate last night prepared to
mete swift punishment to David S
Barry, its suspended sergeant alarms
for saying, in a magazine article that
some Members Of Congress are known
to be bribe-takers.
With the Judiciary Committee meet
Ing tomorrow to consider what action
will be taken, most Of its members re-
garded an immediate recommendation
for summary dismissal as q foregone
conclusion.
After that, they said, will come a dis
cussicn Of whether the case shall be
certified to the civil authorities of New
York and the District Of Columbia for
criminal libel action. A vote on the
committees recommendation will be
taken In the Senate Tuesday.
Smith Keeps Hands on.
From the New York Office of the New
Outlook, of which Alfred E. Smith is
the editor. and in which the Barry
article appeared came word today that
Smith himself plans hands-of policy
But Francis Walton, managing editor,
asserted:
Barry is well known newspaper
man and we have every confidence that
what he has written is the absolute
fact"
Late Friday, Senator Watson the Re-
publican leader, called the Senate's at
tention to the Barry article. The Sen
ate Immediately resolved itself into a
court Of trial, hailed Barry before its
bar questioned him, voted against sum-
mary dismissal and for suspension,
pending an investigation by the Judi
ciary Committee.
In the course of the tumultuous anc
dramatic hearing, Barry said his pur.
pose was to defend the Senate against
what he termed popular belief that
bribery is widespread in Congress BY
saying there were only few bribe-
takers.
He admitted he could not name them
and had no evidence to support his
charges, but stuck doggedly to an asser-
tion he believed what he had written
to be the truth nevertheless.
Walsh Asks Libel Action.
Senator Walsh, Democratsof Montana
before whose fierce eyebrows and relent-
less questioning many witness in a
Senate investigation has quailed, in
troduced the resolution to ask for
criminal libel action, against the pub
fishers Of the magazine and Barry as
well.
He backed up his measure today with
an assertion that the publishers are
little less represensible than the au-
thor" The publisher is Frank A.
Tichenor.
If they have got any evidence that
any member of Congress has been TAX
ing money every means should be taken
to bring it out" Walsh said. But
can't believe such a condition exists. ,
Walton said the magazine has accept
ed seven or eight more articles by Barry
some of which deal with the Senate.
He outlined one In which he said
Barry would discuss smelling out COM
mittees" which Walton described as
committees that go off on junkets at
the end of Congress sessions to deter
mine whether our fish hatcheries in
Alaska are operating we'll or whether
our Porto Rican policy is right"
I'VE haven't talked to him about ex-
panGing ideas expressed in the first ar
ticle," he added. I'VE plan to see him
in Washington Monday night"
Norris said he had directed Barry
to be on hand Monday in case the COM
mittee wanted to hear from him
further
The committee chairman expressed
his own view, however, that it would
be foolish to take more evidence" "All
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