Evening star., 1950-04-01
AumphreySays
Anti-Acheson
Drive Vicious
Coils for Public
Reaction to Offset
Department Censure

department CenSure
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
Of Minnesota today called for pub.
lie reaction to fight what he called
. vicious anti-State Department
crusade" led by congressional re.
actionaries.
Speaking at convention ol
Americans for Democratic Action
the national ADA chairman
warned the organization it has
q direct responsibility to smash
the reactionary coalition which
now rides high in Congress"
Paying tribute to Secretary OF
State Acheson as "the living en-
bodiment of Americas unparti-
san foreign policy" Senator
Humphrey declared:
1T is the duty of every honest
American in both parties to rise
to his defense and take the of
fensive against the pigmies who
have started this vicious anti
State Department crusade. If we
do anything less, the victors will
be the Soviet Union and its Com
munist satellites throughout the
world"
BOwleS Voices Warning.
Gov. Chester Bowles of Connec-
ticut warned the convention that
the present drive against subver-
sive influences differs greatly
from the so-called witch hunt
after World War I.
The wartime OPA administra-
tor and postwar head of the old
Once of Economic Sterilization
called upon liberals to lead the
fight against international COM
munism. The greatest danger in
this country, he said. comes not
from card-carrying Communists
and fellow-travelers, but from re-
dictionaries who fear communism
but often would use totalitarian
methods.
Gov. Bowles, a national vice
chairman of ADA. was the keynote
speaker at the second day of the
convention of 900 delegates at the
Shoreham Hotel. Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt and Secretary of Agri-
culture Brannan are to address
the convention banquet tonight at
Z o'clock.
Asks for Intellectual Aides.
The Connecticut Governor urged
the ADA and liberals in general
to rely more on intellectual lead
ership than on political action in
striving for democratic programs
in the United States as we'll as
internationally.
How about the whole question
Of civil rights and national Sc
curity?" he continued. Some of
us gllbly compare our present day
witch hunts with those of Attor-
ney General Palmer after World
War and assume that it is only
q passing phase. In 1921 the
Soviet Union was in no position
to threaten our national security.
Today the situation is sharply
different"
Gov. Bowles also attacked "re-
dictionaries" in and out of Con-
gress. who he said, are "a dan
gerous menace" to the United
States in the struggle against
communism. ,
He is revolted, as we are re-
volted, by the sordid political
chicanery and individual black
mail Of the type we have seen
recently on the floor of the United
States Senate"
This apparently was a refer
ence to Senator McCarthy's as
sertions concerning Communist
influence in the State Department,
but Gov. Bowles mentioned no
names.
Judge William H. Hastie of the
Third United States Circuit Court
will be chairman of the banquet
tonight.
Discussions Scheduled.
Other meeti' qs today were to
include legisla live work sessions
with members of Congress and
discussions on civil right, foreign
policy, labor and education. social
welfare and economic planning.
and agriculture and resources de-
velopment.
At an earlier banquet at $50
O'Clock Of Students for Democratic
Action, the collegiate branch of
ADA. Representative Roosevelt
and Representative Jacobs, Dem
ocrat, of Indiana will speak. Chair
man will be Franklin Wallick
SDA national head. This banquet
will be held in the American Vet
erans' Committee Clubhouse, l751
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Walter Reuther, president of the
United Auto Workers (CIO). will
make the principal address at to-
morrow's session, which starts at
$50 am.