Evening star., 1951-02-20

hA JVSIulVl AtluINS
Methods Employed
In Maryland Fight
FOLLOWING is partial tert of
the statement submitted By
former Senator Tydings at the
opening of the Senate hearing
on the Maryland election:
I call your attention to
this four-page tabloid. which
ask to be considered as an exhibit
You will note 1t is II inches wide
and Is inches long. 1t was put
out by a front organization OF
so-called young Democrats for
Butler"-Edward B. Freeman
chairman, and John B. Pu1nell
treasurer. Five hundrede thou
sand copies of it were admittedly
printed by corporation publish
ing a newspaper in Washington
D. c., known as the Times s-Heralc
This pamphlet was paid for by
the Butler campaign headquar-
ters. 1t was circularized under
the direction of the Butler cam
paign headquarters through the
mails and by hand delivery to in
dividual homes pretty much all
over Maryland.
It came out in the closing days
OF the campaign, just before elec-
ton. when there was little or NO
opportunity to expose It's many
calculated and deliberately false
and malicious lies. It was circu-
lated during that period OF the
Korean war when the Chinese
Communists were entering Korea
and when the hopes aroused by
the statement that "the boys will
be home for Christmas" and the
rosy prospects of early victory
were rapidly being dissipated, and
the fears and anxieties of every
one were greatly heightened.
Airs Pamphlet Charges.
On the first page OF this PAM
phlet. in column S, there is q
heading in large black type which
says ''Tydings Group Held Up
Arms" Under that heading
the following appears:
"One Of the fundamental rea-
sons for our early failures in the
Korean war is being charged to
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee. headed by Senator Tydings
of Maryland. Last year Congress
appropriate $87.3 million to arm
the South Koreans. The money
was authorized in two bills. One
set aside $75 million to furnish
planes. tanks, anti-tank guns,
rifles and ammunition. any part
Of which could be used in Korea.
The second bill earmarked $780,
100000 for Korea alone"
"The check-up reveals that only
5000 of this money was spent
before the North Koreans at
tackled. It was spent for baling
wire. The Armed Services Com
mittee did not use its power to
see the money was used in time
to prevent the debacle in Korea" +"
Now. the headline over this
article-"Tydings Group Held Up
Arms"-was designed to fool peo-
pie outside of Congress, yet every
member of the United States Sem
ate knows it is untrue-that this
is a deliberate, calculated. mali
cious. scurrilous, self-serving. I'M
adulterated lie. 1t was projected
by the Butler Campaign Commit
tee to approximately 100000
homes, in the darkest days of the
Korean war. just a few days be-
fore election.
Denies Holding Up Arms.
I did not hold up any arms at
all. Neither did the Senate
Armed Services Committee hold up
arms. I couldn't hold up arms if
I wanted to do so-which I did not
then and do not now want to do.
I hope the committee will ask
Butler, when. where and how I
and the Senate Armed Services
Committee held up the arms for
Korea. I suggest that you call
Gen. Marshall or Gen. Bradley
and ask them if I or my commit
tee ever held up arms shipments
to Korea.
Who are the members of the
"Tydings Group" which are de-
fined in the article to be the Sen
ate Armed Services Committee?
was chairman. The Democratic
members thereof are it's present
chairman. Senator Russell of
Georgia, Senator Byrd Of Virginia,
Senator Chapman of Kentucky,
Senator johnson of Texas. Sen
ator Kefauver of Tennessee and
Senator Hunt of Wyoming. On
the Republican side we find the
following distinguished members
Senator Bridges of New Hamp-
shire; next. our former chairman
Senator Gurney of South Dakota
Senator Saltonstall of Massa-
chusetts, Senator Wayne Morse o1
Oregon, Senator Knowland ot
California and Senator Cain o1
Washington. When these IL Sen.
ators read this lying tabloid.
think the contents of it. referred
to above, will shock them. They
will learn that they are charged
as individuals and collectively
with holding up arms for the
South Koreans. All Of them will
recognize at once that the heading
and the contents under it are 6
deliberate, bare-faced, sour
rilous lie.
Took Lead in Rearming.
It was the Senate Armed Serv.
ices Committee, acting Jointly
with the Senate Foreign Relation.
Committee, that took the lead II
formulating all legislation which
would make arms quickly avail.