Evening star., 1949-07-08
Priest and Ex-Member
OF House Back Carson
Appointment 10 FIC
BY the Associotsd Press

John j. Carson, whose nomina-
ton to be a member OF the Fed
eral Trade Commission is under
attack by some businessmen. was
warmly defended yesterday by a
Catholic priest and former men,
ber of Congress.
The Rev. Wilfred Parsons.
former political science professor
at Georgetown University. said Mr..
Carson has fought against the ex-
cesses of capitalism but not
against the system itself.
He described Mr.. Carson as one
who is opposed to monopoly and
who believes that co-operatives
should be at least a part of the
American free enterprise system
side by side with other industrial
organizations"
Jerry Voorhis, former California
member of the House and now
secretary treasurer of the Co.
operative League of the United
States, said President Trumans
nomination Of Mr.. Carson is IAN
ideal appointment"
He said Mr.. Carson always has
been concerned about "the preser-
vation of economic freedom
one reason being that he fears
that unless 1t is preserved, "polit-
ical freedom is endangered"
Directs Coop Research.
Mr.. Carson. a former news
paperman and for IL years sec
retary to the late Senator James
Couzens. Michigan Republican, is
director of research and informa-
ton for the Cooperative League.
His nomination to fill an unex-
pired term on the Trade Commis-
sion was sent to the Senate three
months ago and hearings on it
now are being held by the Inter-
state Commerce Committee.
Elton Kile of Kileville, Ohio,
president of the National Asso-
ciated Businessmen. told the COM
mittee last week that Mr.. Carson
is CRUSADER" who has urged
creation of new nonprof1t So
ciety to replace the free enter
prise system
Senator Brewster, Republican,
of Maine angrily attacked news
release of the Cooperative League
at yesterdays hearing.
The release, put out by the Co.
operative News Service on April
25. reported that Senator Brewster,
in attributing certain remarks to
Mr.. Carson, later was surprised
to learn that he had denounced
the Pope as being a Communist v
Termed Ridiculous.
Senator Brewster said this was
ridiculous" that he had never
done any such thing.
He accused the Cooperative
League of putting out prop
aganda" in an effort to win con-
firmation of the Carson nomina-
ton.
Shortly after the nomination
was made, Senator Brewster called
the attention of reporters to
statement made by Mr.. Carson in
1945 that the WORLD, ofsconnpetitive
capitalism began to have It's death
rattles in 1929 and has been in
commissions ever since"
The news release Of the Co.
operative League to which Senator
Brewster objected said that the
Senator was lied" to do this by an
attack on Mr.. Carson by Radio
Commentator Fulton Lewis, jr.
Mr.. Lewis, the story went on.
neglected to tell Senator Brewster
that the Carson quotation he cited
was paraphrase of statement
from an encyclical of Pope
Plus XII"
Il got the quote from the chair
man of this committee Senator
Edwin c. johnson, Democrat. of
Colorado) not from Fulton Lewis"
Senator Brewster said.
Mr.. Voorhis said that If it were
true that Senator BreWster's
statement was not related to Mr..
Lewis broadcast, then we owe
you an apology"