Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-17
1Ydings Requests
Ban on Seating Butler;
Makes Fraud CHARGE
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1OUI eAdIIlpleS OIL buLl6T campaign
literature he cited in his letter to
Senator Gillette. He added:
During my tenure of Office as
a Senator from Maryland, Sena-
tors-elect Ware of Pennsylvania
and Smith of Illinois were denied
seats in the Senate because of the
money frauds in their campaigns.
by the same logic, believe
that candidate for the Senate
should be barred from service
there if he has knowingly and de-
liberately made false statements
in his campaign, or used scurrilous
and untrue printed matter calcu-
lated to deceive the electorate; or
If such totally false statements or
material were issued by other per-
sons in his behalf, with his knowl-
edge and consent"
Mr.. Butler said he had not seen
the Tydings letter, but that from
what he had heard there was
nothing new in il.
Butler Hurls Similar Charge.
1.-THE matters referred to-" said
Mr.. Butler, were all debated and
discussed thoroughly during the
campaign and the voters of Mary
land have rendered their most de-
cisive vote against Senator Ty-
dings."
The campaign literature OF my
opponent contained false, fraudu-.
lent and misleading statements,
as shown by correspondence with
j. Edgar Hoover. chief of the Fed
sral Bureau of Investigation.
If there is to be an investiga-
ton by the Senate of campaign
literature in a political contest,
. broad field of inquiry will be
opened that will cover the entire
country and occupy the attention
Of the Senate for a considerable
period. With the world in its
present global unrest, I believe
the members of Congress have
more important issues to turn
their minds to than a rehash of
the recent political campaigns. :"
In his letter to Senator Gillette,
Senator Tydings said he was glad
that the subcommittee intended
to consider ways and means of
improving the law governing the
conduct of candidates for the
Senate. He added he was submit
ting facts and occurrences" in the
Maryland campaign showing that
Mr.. Butler had willfully and de-
hberately printed and used false
and deceiving statements to in
duence the voters of the State"
Baltimore Advertisement Cited.
Senator Tydings charged that
In the Baltimore American of
November 5, Butler had published
an advertisement which attacked
his conduct of an inquiry into
the charges of communism in the
State Department, and that the
advertisement contained the fol-
lowing In large print: "Republi-
can Congressman was never al
lowed to question q witness"
The Republican counsel OF his
committee, Senator Tydings said.
was Robert Morris. nominated by
the Republican Senators on the |
committee. and the official records |
Of the committee showed that 1877
large sized and closely printed
pages Of testimony were consumed |
by Mr.. Morris in the examination
of these witnesses
Senator Tydings said. too, that
the same advertisement carried
the following in large print:
Republican counsel was never
admitted to closed executive Ses-
sions." The record. Senator Tyd-
ings said, revealed that Mr.. Morris
had attended ten executive ses-
sions of the committee and con-
Quoted an examination of wit
nesses.
The third case mentioned by
Senator Tydings was the four
page, last minute campaign tab
loid entitled From the Record"
This publication carried on its
front page: Authorized by the
Young Democrats for Butler, Ed
ward B. Freeman, chairman, and
John B. Purnell. treasurer" Mr..
Tydings said that, "disregarding
the fact that Mr.. Freeman is 46
years Of age and hardly qualities
rs q Young Democrat, an in
quiry showed that Mr.. Freeman
and Mr.. Purnell were the only
officers of this organization, and
that Mr.. Freeman disclaimed any
knowledge Of the publication
From the Record" and definitely
stated 1t was assembled, prepared
and printed and distributed with
out his knowledge, permission or
consent.
Browder Picture Assailed.
Here again." said Senator Tyd-
ings, was a deliberate fraud prac-
ticed upon the voters of Mary
land"
Senator Tydings' fourth case
was that of a picture Of himself
and Earl Browder, Communist
leader, seemingly engaged in con-
versation.
This trick photograph" he
said, was accomplished by select
ing photograph of Browder and
separate photograph of Sena-
tor Tydings. These two pictures
were cut and fitted closely to-
gether, and then Photographed
as single picture. There never
was any such photograph taken
Of Browder and me. The photo
graph was a fake, manufactured
as I have described"
Senator Tydings said, too, that
the four cases he had outlined
were but few of the instances
where totally false and fraudulent
matter was used against him in
the last election campaign.