Evening star., 1951-02-20

900 Maryland homes in order to
deceive. mislead and influence the
voters Of Maryland and the people
Of the Nation. OF course it had
great effect in those dark days
Of the Korean war. 1t, was CAL
culated to have such effect. Many
thousands of dollars were spent
upon it's preparation, publication
and dissemination, so it would
have the desired effect. II it had
no effect and was not intended to
have any effect. then why did
they spend some $4,000 or $4,000
on it? The question answers it.
self.
Charges Moral Squalor.
1t was conceived. printed and
circulated in moral squalor by the
dishonorable conspirators and per-
petrators, who knew in advance 1t
was a tissue Of lies from begin
ming to end. They also knew
there was high degree of recep-
tivity for its message at the time
it was circulated. 1t was designed
to make votes dishonorably and
to fraudulently capitalize on the
anXieties and fears of our people.
Now to another part of the
tabloid From the Record. On page
3 there appears the following
headline in heavy black type:
"Tydings Committee Blamed
for High Korean Casualties. I"
Under it. giving it the appearance
OF news dispatch - which of
course it was not - the article
reads:
Baltimore, Md.-Veteran OBJ
servers are holding Senator Ty-
dings to blame for the horrible cost
Of the war in Korea. It has been
pointed out that Tydings is head
of the Senate committee which
controls the Department of De-
fense. and which failed to provide
this country with the necessary
equipment to protect the soldiers.
sailors and marines who have been
sacrificed in Korea.
'Tydings' part in this tragedy
is that he failed to take a deter
mined and strong hand to back up
our men who were sent overseas
to hold the line while the
State Department haggled and
seesawed over the country's for
eign policy.
During this time Tydings led
his committee away from the rag
ing controversy. He ducked any
serious checkup of our defense
resources. His excuse was that he
did not believe the Senate should
look into the matter as long as it
was being thrashed out by the
House. Result? Korea and 343
casualties for Maryland"
Points to Personal Blame.
Here you find that "the horrible
cost OF the whole Korean war" is
again blamed on me particularly.
and on the Senate Armed Services
Committee. whose members I
have designated. It is a bold lie
when it states that veteran OBJ
servers were holding Tydings to
blame for the horrible cost Of the
war in Korea" AS you know, I
never consulted about nor did
perform any act which involved
our troops in the war in Korea,
neither did other members of the
Senate.
AS we all know. our troops en-
tered Korea as a result Of our
treaty with the United Nations
and by action of the President
in line Herewith. No veteran OBJ
server held me. individually, or the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee responsible for the war in
Korea.
We all know. too, this is a gov
ernment Of laws and not a gov
ernment Of men. You likewise
know I was one Of 535 members
of Congress and one of 96 mem
bers Of the Senate.
The statement that "I or the
Senate Armed Services Committee
controlled the Department Of De-
tense" is pure hogwash. The state
ment that this committee or the
Congress failed to provide this
country with the necessary equip
ment to protect our soldiers, sail
ors and marines who have been
sacrificed in Korea" is likewise a
deliberate. barefaced lie. Every
member of the Senate knows that
neither nor the committee which
7 had the honor to head controls
the Department of Defense.
The statement in this article
that 'led my committee away
from the Korean controversy" is
without shred, vestige, or an
iota Of truth.
Answers Remington Charges.
Continuing with this four-page
tabloid From the Record. there ap-
pears on Page 4 picture of Will
liam Remington. Under this pic
ture is the following caption:
Handsome William Remington, a
Commerce Department official who
worked closely with the State De-
partment. Former Connie Spy
Elizabeth Bentley told House COM
mittee he was a top Red agent.
Senator Tydings' whitewash COM
mittee refused to take evidence
against him and ordered him kept
on the Commerce Departments
payroll. He is awaiting trial for
perjury for denying he was a Com
munist."
j First Of all, William Remington
never worked for the State De-
partment in his life. Hence. since
Mr.. Remington never worked fol-
the State Department, no evidence
concerning Remington was offered
or received by our Committee. We
never did refuse to take evidence