Evening star., 1949-06-26
Mcmillan Letter
Attacks Backers
OF Home Rule
Soys Most oil Those
Writing Him on Issue
Hove Red tendencies
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recently es Chairman Nh MILAN
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mutlstAe g~ndenelrs
They sesr Interested IN sv<s4f-
lng central al she frssesal tses-
ernnient MI McA4fimH aa&a IN
answering at inquiry as So ia
views from All UNNAMED Soash
CaFolinIan
The McMlllan letter wrtstSa
June is ~as made pabla last
nighi BY the Washington Home
Rule Committee. on~ ef The many
groups sssonsartns lesal suffrage.
Hearings n~gtn TUESDAY.
spokexrnsa for tie sroup aAsd
copies O. the Mcmillan iettrF we're
made public In the hog~ oi set.
tins = full expression Of home rule
sentiment here at the House
hearings which begln Tuesday go
and 10 let the reoplt know MI.
Mcmillan sews
TIE hearing ktAtttas al 10
am Tuesday. Ia to I've restricted
10 authors Of tas -four blils besuFa
the House Judiciary suhcummlt.
tee Senator kefaasef, pcmwfat,
Of Tennessee, whose ball wAs
passed by the SENATE MAs 81.
Representative Klein. Democrat.
Of New Yark. sisonsorsna The sen-
ate passed bill Representative
Auchineioss. Republican. Of New
Jersey. and Representative Mar
eantonio. American la sorlts. os
New York.
A half hundred eitiasn ait
nesses also have asked Ia he heard
but they will come later. at dates
yet 10 be fxed some committee
sources say they may not ali GAks
the stand until nj least July IS.
4 knew that thls resident os
South Carolina who asked my
views on home rule waa prompted
by someone UP hire" Chairman
Mcmillan told reporters And
knew that my letter To him would
get back here II sax o move 10
prod me on home rule from my
own State.
Gave Him Moushfsl"
This fellow. and | dons have
much confidence in him. IL not
from my congressional district and
was trying 10 yet me 10 say sofns-
thing. no gave him a rnouth.ul
A spokesman for the Home
Rule Committee agreed last night
that the inquiry about Mr. Nc eAill-
lans view. had bern prompted
by a member of the Washington
group Who knew The South Caro-
linian
'"TTha, Ia true ." Aald Lloyd Gut
Ter. ons Of The eornmittass iead-
ers. But he added that rasmlsrTs
Of the committee had called on
friends IN many parts Of the
country to vfas 10 their con-
grwK1nsn" 10 support the hofns
rule proposals.
Mr. MCMILLAN. indignant o*ss
the incident. aai6
1T Ia my intention To hold
hearings on home rule and bring
II 10 q vote thia year. II ean.
But II they want To maks fAaht
over this IL may string II out
Opposition Not s~w.
After the f1rsI furry over ths
disclosure Of his ieiiss sA& ended.
he said he planned tn go ahs@d
with Tuesday hearings and TO
schedule dates ios hearings for
public witnesses He sodsd 10
tisas, however, that the hearings
would b~ held ny the judiciary
subcommittee ralk subcommittee
In headed by Representative HAs-
Yis. Democrat. Of AfkRnsaa. O
determined eppcnsnt al hams
rule.
Chairman AcAfliian's opposition
TO home rule here has h~su sen-
orally understood ali aions bst
ese~ HOME RULE. pass Arsl