Evening star., 1950-03-15
Miss Kenyon on Record as Foe of Communism

Judge Dorothy Kenyon OF New
York today had on the official
record in no uncertain terms her
denial of charges by Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican. of Wisconsin,
that she is a Communist or affil-
lated with % Communist front
organizations.
/ Before a packed Senate caucus
room yesterday, the peppery, g.
year-old Miss Kenyon declared
firmly and emphatically:
There is not Communist bone
in my body
Miss Kenyon presented a long
and sharply-worded statement to
a Senate Foreign Relations sub
committee in a clear voice that
often rose in anger.
At the conclusion of her testi-
mony there was a burst of ap-
plause from the several hundred
persons, most of them women, who
ijammed the hearing room. Chair
man Tydings quickly raped for
order and warned against demon
strations of any kind during the
hearings.
Mccarthy Absent From Session.
Senator Mccarthy was not pres
ent to hear his charges denounced
by the former American repre-
sentative on the United Nations
Commission on the Status of
Women. He listed her last week
as the first of the cases he pre-
sented to the subcommittee in
testlfying on his charges of Com
munists in the State Department.
At that time Judge Kenyon de-
nounced him as "a cowardly liar"
She did not retract that state
ment in her formal testimony be-
fore the investigating group. She
said her indignation then led her
to make some impulsive remarks
in unparliamentary language"
But Miss Kenyon. soberly
dressed in black and accompanied
by her lawyer, Theodore Kiendl,
declared that nothing can dimin-
ish the deep resentment I feel
that such outrageous charges
should be publicized before this
subcommittee and broadcast over
the entire Nation without any
notice or warning to me-"
Miss Kenyon Wastes No Time.
Wasting no time on preliminar-
les, Judge Kenyon sat down before
the microphone in the hearing
room and declared:
MY answer to these charges is
short. simple and direct. I am
not now, and never have been, a
Communist. I am not, and never
have been. a fellow traveller. I am
not. and never have been. a sup
porter of, or a Sympathizer with
any organization known to me to
be. or suspected by me OF being.
controlled or dominated by Com
munists."
At the conclusion of her testi-
mony Senator Hickenlooper, Re
publican, of Iowa, member of
the investigating group, showed
her numerous photostats listing
her name on the letterheads and
in connection with several organi-
cations that have been cited as
Subversive.
Admits Possible Sponsorship.
Miss Kenyon frankly acknowl-
edged she may have been a spon-
sor of some OF them, and
addressed others. But she repeated
again and again that she had no
information at the time, and in
some cases now, that they had
any connection with Communists.
Some she said she withdrew from
because Il didn't like the people
in them and what they were do
ing"
At the end of his examination
Senator Hickenlooper said:
Il do not believe you are sub
versive or in any way disloyal."
But he said he was concerned
because Miss Kenyon's name ap-
peared so many times in connec-
tion with groups that have been
cited as subversive.
Often in "GoOd Company"
Miss Kenyon made the point
that she often was "in good COM
pany' in the organizations and
mentioned often that some of
the country's leading educators,
churchmen and political leaders,
Democrats and Republicans, also
were listed as sponsors.
Senator Hickenlooper retorted:
Il might also say you also had
some very bad company"
Judge Kenyon said she con-
sidered she had been accused Of
being Communist
I'm not taking the attitude you
are a Communist" Senator
Hickenlooper added, saying that
he interpreted Senator McCarthy's
charges as referring only to her
connection with Communist front
groups.
McMakon Quotes Mccarthy.
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat, of
Connecticut, Immediately pointed
out that the Wisconsin Senator
had, in effect. charged she was
Communist. Reading from Sena-
tor McCarthy's testimony, Sena-
tor Mcmahon said Senator Nc
Carthy said Miss Kenyon's Com
Imunists activities are deeprooted
and go back many years"
Senator HickenIooper also ques-
toned her about a statement in
one of her recent speeches to the
effect that Alger Hiss could not
obtain a fair trial on charges of
perjury. and asked her specifically
if she had stated there was mot
Carthy in his testimony yesterday
was DR.. Frederick L. Schuman Of
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