Evening star., 1949-10-13

chameleon whose predominant
color Is pink"
Senators supporting the nomi-
nation countered with charges
that private gas and oil interests
were backing the fight against Mr..
Olds.
They pictured him as a devoted
public servant trying to protect
consumers by effective utility
regulation.
Mr.. Olds said he had nothing
to say about the Senate's action
beyond this: II think everybody
know where I stand and what
stand for"
No Plans for Another Job.
He told reporter that he had
made no plans about another
job-"I just haven't gotten around
to that yet"
The White House was silent on
the Senate rebuff to the Presi-
dent
Charles G. Ross, the Presidents s
press secretary, withheld COM
ment.
Asked the Presidents reaction,
he replied tersely:
Il have no expression from
him."
Some reporters wanted to know
if the President would mUke an
other nomination for Mr.. Olds'
post
Rather dispiritedly, Mr.. Ross
replied. Il suppose so. the job has
to be filed"
The President went all-out to
win approval for Mr.. Olds even
after the Senate Commerce Com
mittee had voted. 10 to 2. against
him. He made appeals directly
to Congress. Then he set the
Democratic National Committee
to raking the grass roots in sup
port Of the nominee. He asked
that the party's national commit
teemen and Democratic Governors
and mayors rally support for the
nomination.
Early in the session. a Senate
committee bottled up Mr.. Tru-
mans nomination Of former Gov.
Mon Wallgren Of Washington to
be chairman of, the National Sc
curity Resources Board. The Pres
ident finally Withdrew Mr.. Wall
gren's name.
The Senate also rejected the
nomination of Cary A. Ilgenfritz
to be chairman of the Munitions
Board because Mr.. Ilgenfritz, a
steel company executive. had ac-
cepted the appointment only OH
condition that he might keep his
private salary.
How Senate Voted.
Here is the vote by which the
Senate rejected Mr.. Olds:
For confirmation U5).
Democrats for 13)-Anderson,
Douglas. Downey. Ellender. Gra-
ham. Green, Humphrey. Kilgore,
Lucas, Magnuson. Mcmahon,
Myers and Neely.
Republicans for t2)-Langer
and Morse.
Against confirmation (53).
Democrats against (2D-Byrd,
Chapman. Connally. Fulbright,
George, Hoey, Holland. johnson
(Colorado), johnson (Texas),
Johnston (South Carolina. Kerr,
Leahy. Long, Maybank. McClel-
Ian, Mcfarland, McKellar, O'Con-
or, Robertson, Russell. Thomas
(Oklahoma).
Republicans against (32)-
Baldwin, Brewster, Bridges. Cain,
Capehart, Gordon. Donnell. Dulles.
Ecton, Ferguson, Gurney, Hen
erickson. Hickenlooper. Ives, Jen-
ner. KEN, Knowland, Lodge,
Malone. Martin. Mccarthy, Mil
likin, Mundt, Saltonstall. Schoep-
pei, Smith (Maine), Thye, Wat
kins, Wherry. Wiley. Williams
and Young.
The following pairs were an
nounced:
Kefauver. Democrat, of Ten
nessee. for confirmation and
Bricker. Republican, of Ohio,
against; Thomas, Democrat, of
Utah, for and Smith. Republican,
of New Jersey. against: Pepper,
Democrat. of Florida. for and To-
hey, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire. against; Murray, Democrat,
OF Montana. for and Butler, Re-
publican, of Nebraska, against;
Gillette. Democrat. of Iowa, for
and Flanders, Republican. of Ver-
mont, against; Aiken, Republican,
of Vermont for and Taft, Repub-
lican, Of Ohio against; Taylor,
Democrat, OF Idaho, for and Reed,
Republican. of Kansas. against;
O'Mahoney, Democrat. of Wyo-
ming, for and Hunt, Democrat, Of
Wyoming, against: Chavez, Demo-
crat. of New Mexico. for and STEM
MIS- Democrat. of Mississippi,
against; Hayden, Democrat. of
Arizona, for and Eastland, Demo-
IL