Evening star., 1946-02-21
Truman Insists
He Will Support
.Pau|ey 10 Limit
Stewart Suggestion
Won't Change His
Stond, He Says
TRUMAN HINTS he is far from de-
cision on Ickes' successor.
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President Truman said today
he intended to back Edwin w.
Pauley to the limit in his fight
for confirmation as Undersecre-
tary of the Navy.
The President told his news con-
ference he usually backed any man
he was for, when asked whether the
suggestion of Senator Stewart, Dem
ocrat, of Tennessee that Mr.. Pauley
should withdraw would change his
attitude.
reporter, repeating a question
that has been asked of the President
at two previous news conferences,
wanted to know whether Mr.. Tru-
man intended to withdraw Mr..
Pauley's nomination. The President
gave a fiat no.
Usually Stands Firm.
Does that mean that Mr.. Pauley
will have your full support if he
insists on fighting it out?" a re-
porter pressed.
The President replied that when
he gets behind man he usually
stays behind him.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Pauley still lacked
enough votes to be confirmed, in
the opinion of reliable Capital
sources, as the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee took a recess until Tues
day to enable more witnesses to
come from California.
The oil man and former treasurer
of the Democratic National Com
mittee gave no indication, however,
that he will accede to latest appeals
that he withdraw in the interest of
Democratic harmony.
After Senators Stewart and Morse,
Republican, of Oregon, had urged his
withdrawal yesterday to save the
administration from further intra-
party strife, Mr.. Pauley told a re-
porter he wants his name to go
to Senate vote because he is con-
fldent he will be confirmed.
Just back from speaking trip
with the report that this Pauley
case has the country rocked" Sen
ator Morse said:
He (Pauley) processes loyalty to
the President. If he's really loyal
he ought to withdraw and save the
President embarrassment.
OF more preaching significance,
however, was the sharply worded
appeal OF Senator Stewart that Mr.
Pauley step aside because the Demo-
cratic party is seriously split" over
his appointment 4
Observers at the Capitol recalled
that when the nomination of Ed
ward j. Flynn to be Ambassador
to Australia ran into similar diff
Guilty in a Senate committee, Ed
ward H. Crump, Democratic leader
OF Memphis, Tenn, was reported to
have been one of the first to take
a hand in the situation. Mr.. Flynn
withdrew without going to a Senate
showdown.
May Lose McKellar Vote.
Senator Stewards statement also
gave rise to speculation as to
whether this may mean Mr.. Pauley
also would lose the vote of Tennes-
sees other Democrat, Senator Nc
Kellar, who is president pro tenn of
the Senate and one of its most in
fluential members.
Senator McKellar said today, how
ever, he has not made up his mind
how he will vote on the nomination.
Il am not on the committee and
have not had time to study it, he
said.
Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire, leading oppo-
nent of the nomination, told re-
porters he thought the testimony
yesterday of Abe Fortas, former
Undersecretary of Interior, very
definitely" backed his former SUI
perior, Harold L. Ickes.
The charge that has hurt the
Pauley nomination most was the
testimony of Mr.. Ickes that Mr..
Pauley told him the Democratic
party could raise 100000 in CAM
paign contributions from California
oilmen if the Government did not
press suit to gain Federal title to
California oil tidelands. Mr. Pauley
has denied he ever linked discussion
Of the tidelands suit with campaign
funds, or that he has ever taken a
campaign contribution on contin-
gent basis.
Mr.. Fortas said he has a recol-
lection he heard both the tidelands
(See PAULEY, Page A-20