Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Mccarthy and Pearson
Resume Their Battle;
Libel Suit Threatened
BY The Associated Press

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BY The Associated Press
Senator Mccarthy. Republican
of Wisconsin and Drew Pearson
have clashed again-this time ir
a word battle over communism.
Senator Mccarthy declared ir
the Senate late yesterday thai
Mr.. Pearson serves as this voice
of international communism.
He called the columnist-commen.
tator directed charac.
ter assassin"
Mr.. Pearson retorted in a state
ment that his record lin fighting
communism . is we'll known tt
every one-except the headline
happy Senator from Wisconsin.
He threatened to sue Senator Nc
Carthy.
Senator Mccarthy said, "It ap-
pears that Pearson never actually
signed up as a member of the
Communist Party and paid dues.
Then he added: However, thai
hasn't IN any way affected hi.
value to the party. :"
Sequel to Scuffie.
| The verbal exchange was 6
sequel to- a physical scuff1e at the
Sulgrave Club Tuesday night. Mr.
Pearson said Senator Mccarthy
kicked him in the groin after
| some words in the cloakroom Of
the club. Senator Mccarthy.
version was that he smacked Mr.
Pearson hard with his open hanc
and knocked him down.
It's no secret around the Cap.
itol that Senator Mccarthy ha.
been angry at Mr.. Pearson for g
long time because of the column
lists criticism of him. It started
during the Senate investigation
OF Senator McCarthy's Commu-
nists-in-G Government charges.
In his speech yesterday, Senator
McCarthy-who told reporters he
had been preparing it for weeks
called Mr.. Pearson an "unprin-
cipled liar and a fake" and a
man of twisted, perverted men
tality." He said Mr.. Pearson "has
been and is doing an infinite
amount of damage to America
Pearson Replies.
Mr.. Pearson replied that he not
only has fought communism, but
has been cited for his efforts by
the American Legion, the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, President
Auriol of France and Premier De
Gasperi of Italy.
He said Senator Mccarthy has
been coming a fortune filling lee
ture engagements at high fees
thanks to the unfair publicity
he makes for himself on the Sen
ate floor"
Senator Mccarthy accused Mr.
Pearson and the Communist Party
OF "hounding to death" Jane.
Forrestal, the late Secretary O.
Defense. Mr.. Forrestal plunged
to his death from a hospital win
dow in May, 1949.
The Communists next intended
victim is Gen. Douglas Macarthur
Senator Mccarthy said, addinl
that Mr.. Pearson has been as
signed the job of destroying him
David Karr Named.
Senator Mccarthy said Mr.
Pearson takes orders from Davie
Karr. whom he described as IS
most active member of the party. ;
He also quoted former Represent.
alive Dies as saying in the Con-
gressional Record in 1943 that Mr.
Karr was on the staff of the
Communist Daily Worker for two
years and that there is not the
slightest doubt that all member.
of the Daily Worker staff were
required to be members of the
Communist Party"
Mr.. Karr, in a statement tele-
phoned from New York, replied
that within his lying heart
Mccarthy knows that I am not
and never have been" Commu-
mist or fellow traveller.
Senator Mccarthy said Mr.
Pearson long has had Mr.. Kari
working for him-"part of the
time officially. on his payroll anc
part of the time in a slightly diff
ferent status" He added:
THE relationship is such that
it is difficult to know who is the
master and who is the servant"
Mr.. Pearson commented that il
Mr.. Karr is Communist, "the
Washington Monument is a hole
in the ground"
Anderson Comments.
Senator Anderson, Democrat, OF
New Mexico told the Senate he
served as member of q
House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee which investigated various
charges of Communist activities
He said the House Committee
on Un- Activities had
certified some charges against Mr.
Kari. He added that after an
inquiry no one on the appropria-
tons group believed there was any
basis for charges that Mr.. Kari
associated with Communists OF
was a Communist himself.
Referring to Mr.. Pearson, Sen
ator Mccarthy told the Senate:
1T is up to the American peo-
ple-and above all, up to the
newspaper men who are buying
his column and the radio stations
that are carrying his broadcasts
to see that this voice of interna-
tional Communism is stilled."
The Senator called on the pub
lie to notify their newspapers that
they don't want this Moscow-di-
rected character assassin being
brought into their homes to poison
the well of information at which
their children drink"