Evening star., 1951-09-28
Benton Charges
Mccarthy Lied, :
Calls for Custer
Testifies Under Oath:
3-to-2 Vote Opens
Hearing to Public
By Cecil Holland


Connecticut, today charged Sena-
tor Mccarthy. Republican, OF Wis
consin, with perjury and decep-
ton of the Senate and the Ameri-
can people" in pressing his charges
that Communists have inf1ltrated
the Government.
He made the accusations in tes.
tifying before the Senate Elections
subcommittee on his resolution
seeking full-scale inquiry on
whether Senator Mccarthy should
be ousted from the Senate.
Senator Benton went into the
hearing with 25,000-word state
ment detailing his specific charges
that Senator Mccarthy has ZAP
parently lied under oath" and has
"practiced calculated deceit" on
the Senate and the country.
"As I shall show today" Sena-
tor Benton said in an introduce
tory statement, "he (Senator Nc
Carthy) has created for himself
not only record Of irresponsi-
bility, but one of lack of integrity
and of character"
Testifies Under Oath.
Senator Benton asked to be
sworn so he could give his teSti-
mony under oath. He said he
would present evidence to enable
the. subcommittee to determine
whether Senator Mccarthy has
committed perjury and practiced
deceit and whether his conduct
has so gravely reflected on the
integrity Of the Senate itself that
he should now and forthwith be
called to account"
The five-member subcommittee
three Democrats and two Re-
publicans-reversed an earlier de-
ciSion and voted to open the hear
ing to the public for the Benton
testimony.
| Chairman Gillette, Democrat, Of
Iowa, announced, however, that
no movies. radio or kleg lights
would be permitted during Sem
ator Benton's testimony.
/ Two members OF the subcom-
Imittee-Senator Hendrickson. Re-
publican. Of New Jersey, and
Hennings, Democrat, Of Missouri
I-announced they had voted
against opening the hearing which
Senator Benton had urgently re-
quested. Senator Hendrickson
protested that an open hearing
might lead to "a three-ring cir
GUS" Other members OF the sub
committee are Senator's Monroney.
Democrat. of Oklahoma, and Mar
Igaret Chase Smith, Republican,
Iof Maine.
/ Summary Presented.
/ After an Introductory state
ment in which he said that q
United States Senator carries the
heavy burden Of his country's
prestige and honor" Senator Ben
ton summarized as a sort of index
for what he intended to say 10
cases as supporting evidence" for
his charges against Senator Nc
Carthy.
He told the subcommittee that
his first case establishes that SEN
ator Mccarthy apparently lied
under oath" in denying to a Sem
ate foreign relations subcommittee
, last year that he had said in q
!, Wheeling CIV. Va.) speech there
were zoos Communists in the
State Department known to the
Secretary of State"
j The second case, Senator Ben
!, ton said, "illuminates the lack Of
character, ethical standards and
Integrity" OF Senator Mccarthy
in accepting $4,000 from the
Lustron Corp. while acting as
| chairman of a Senate housing
committee. The corporation was
!. engaged in the manufacture of
prefabricated housing.
/, A third case, Senator Benton
said, would highlight what he
described as Senator McCarthy's
efforts ito hoax the Senate with
S the incredible charge that Gen.
Marshall had been part of a con.
spiracy so immense and an infamy
t so black as to dwarf any previous
venture in the history of man."
Four other cases cited by Sena-
tor Benton also dealt with the
5 Mccarthy charges that Com
Imunists had inf1ltrated the State
Department which were investi.
gated last year by the Senate
} Foreign Relations Subcommittee
, headed by former Democratic
Senator Millard Tydings of Mary
land.
Two Deal With Election.
Two dealt with the MARYLAND
ELECTION campaign in which 'Sena-
tor Tydings was defeated for re-
ELECTION by Senator Butler Repub-
lllcan. In connection with one of
them Senator Benton said he
would review "the fraud and de-
(See MCCARTHY. Page A-2)