Evening star., 1949-01-06
Ives Is Placed
On Po|icyGroup
In Unity Move
Six New Members of
6. 0. P. Committee
Are Approved

IOudy NY giving membership Oh
the new COP Policy Committee
to Senator Ives of New York,
one of the leaders of the unsuc-
ceSsful revolt against the leader
ship of Senator Taft of Ohio.
In all, three of the self-styled lib
erals are on the 11-member policy
group. Two others are ex-offcio
members by reason of holding other
party posts. They are Senators
Young of North Dakota, secretary of
the Republican conference, and Sal
tonstall of Massachusetts, a party
whip.
Senator Ives was one of six new
members of the policy group selected
by Chairman Millikin of the Re-
publican conference and approved
without opposition at a meeting of
the conference today.
Other New Members.
The other new members are: Sem
ators Bridges of New Hampshire,
Gordon of Oregon, Hickenlooper of
Iowa. Margaret Chase Smith of
Maine and Vandenberg of Michigan.
Senator Taft won his fight for
reelection as chairman of the pol
icy group Monday. At the same
time, Senators Millikin, who is
from Colorado. and Wherry of Ne
braska automatically became men,
bers of the Policy Committee when
they were elected chairman of the
conference and minority floor lead
er, respectively.
The Republican Conference also
decided to sound out Democratic
leaders on change in Senate
rules to enlarge the membership
Of both parties on major commit
tees in order to give new Senators
better committee assignments.
Although it is not the Republican
intention to try to change the ratio
of control the Democrats have al
lowed themselves on Senate COM
mittees, the adding of more men,
bers by both parties might ease the
controversy over the reduction in
the Republican quota on the For
eign Relations Committee.
Rules Amendments Suggested.
Led by Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan, several Republicans joined
yesterday in deploring the change
in ratio on the Foreign Relations
Committee as a move hostile to
continued bipartisan foreign policy.
Senator Millikin said both parties
face problem in placing new Sem
ators on major committees. He said
this situation could be eased by
amending the rules to let both par
ties assign more members to i'm
portant committees without neces.
sarily changing ratio.
In announcing the new Policy
Committee, Senator Millikin ex-
planned that Senator Brewster Of
Maine stepped aside and urged Sc
lection of the new Senator from his
State, Mrs. Smith, although he had
strong priority claim The same
situation existed in Michigan. Sen
ator Ferguson stepped aside to let
Senator Vandenberg go on the Pol
icy Committee.
Senator Millikin pointed out that
the selections represented a fair
balance geographically as well as
according to divisions of opinion
within the party.
The Republicans also appointed
the following committee to make up
the slate of Republican committee
assignments:
Senators Butler Of Nebraska,
chairman; Baldwin of Connecticut,
Bricker of Ohio, Capehart of In
diana, Donnell of Missouri, Fergu-
son, KnoWland of California, Lodge
of Massachusetts, Malone of Nevada,
Martin of Pennsylvania and Smith
of New Jersey.
COP Shows Resentment.
Although the Republicans blasted
the Democratic faction on the
COPS Foreign Relations quota as
partisan" and political" their for
eign policy leaders gave no hint
they would turn against President
Truman's announced policy of en-
couraging free states and free
peoples throughout the world"
At the same time, it was made
quite clear that they would disagree,
in and out of committe, with de-
tails of foreign spending and other
,ronroyr,c fI,o,, fN,yrI fault
Senator Vandenberg, retiring For
eign Relations chairman, keynoted
resentment. He said in a
Senate speech:
II cannot allow this occasion to
pass without stating for the record
my very great disappointment that
the Democratic conference has seen
fit to take the first partisan action
in opposition to the theory and
spirit of bipartisan cooperation in
foreign affairs which has occurred
in the last two years.
I'VE are still in the grip Of those
times when, in respect to
foreign relations, we must think of
our country first and our party last. :"
Senator Barkley, Democrat, of
Kentucky, Democratic Steering
Committee chairman, said it was
solely a question of giving Demo-
Gratis their rightful representation
in proportion to their Senate
strength. The Vice President-elect
told the Senate that neither Sena-
tor Vandenberg nor his friends need
be uneasy" about the future of
foreign policy.