Evening star., 1951-04-06
Tydings Submits
Formal Charge
OF Violations
Written Accusations
. Muy Be Challenge
To Buffers Seat
ByW. H. Shippen


laws were violated in the Butler
campaign was submitted to the
Senate last. night by Millard E.
Tydings. the defeated Democratic
candidate.
Whether the letter was an at
tempt by Mr.. Tydings to challenge
Senator Buffers seat was a mat
ter of speculation. The brief mes
sage merely reviewed some of the
charges made by Mr.. Tydings in
his sworn. 10,000-word statement
from the stand.
The letter was addressed to Les
lie L. Biff1e, secretary of the Sem
late. who forwarded it to Senator
|Monroney. Democrat, of Okla
homa. and chairman Of the SUBJ
committee which has been con-
|ducting open hearings on the
Charges since February 20.
Mr.. Tydings said in the letter.
II herewith file formally with the
Senate a written complaint" about
violations of the law and unde-
Esirable practices followed by John
Marshall Butler and those acting
in his behalf in the recent Mary
land senatorial contest"
Excess Spending Charged.
Specifically, Mr.. Tydings said.
Mr.. Butler and his hackers spent
far more money than the sums
reported as required by Maryland
land Federal laws.
Attached to Mr.. Tyding's let
ter was a copy of the lengthy
statement he made from the
stand at the outset of the hear
ing.
Chairman Monroney said it will
be up to the subcommittee to de-
eide if the election will be con-
tested or Senator Buffers seat
challenged.
Meanwhile, efforts on both sides
Eof the political fence may bring
the public inquiry to close by the
tuluule OI next week.
| This seemed assured after
Senators hearing the charges Of
campaign Irregularities agreed to
reduce the number of witnesses
shortly before a Republican poll
icy committee heard Senator But.
ler on the subject of the length
4Of the Investigation
The four member subcommittee
spent five hours in its third closed
session of the week and came up
with list of witnesses who prob
ably can complete the testimony.
Shortly later, Chairman Taft Of
the Republican policy committee,
Expressed qualification that def.
mite schedule had been agreed
upon.
Five Witnesses Tuesday.
i Five witnesses are expected to
appear - Tuesday. when public
hearings are resumed. They are.
/ F. Trowbridge vom Bauer, legal
partner of Minority Counsel Ralph
Becker. Mr.. vom Bauer has been
mentioned by witnesses several
times in connection with Senator
Buffers successful campaign.
/ Donald A. Surine. an investiga-
tor on the staff of Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin.
MI. Surine was accused by William
II. Fedder, Baltimore printer, as
one of three men who threatened
and intimidated him during an
all~night ride in Baltimore Just
before the November Z election.
1 Mr.. Surine and his two com.
Ipanions have told the Senators
that Mr.. Fedder lied when he said
they had threatened him.
/ Jonkel May Return.
| The third witness Tuesday prob
ably will be Jon NJ Jonkel, Mr..
Buffers campaign manager. Mr..
Jonkel, a former Chicago public
relations counsel. will be returning
to the stand for the third time.
Mr.. Jopkel was to be followed
to the stand by Mr.. Tydings, now
in law practice here. Mr.. Tyd-
ings will return to answer ques.
tions.
The final witness. unless un-
expected developments require
new testimony. is to be Miss
Bertha Adkins. Republican Ma
tional committeewoman from
Maryland. Miss Adkins is ex-
pected to testify as to her opinion
of why Mr. Tydings was defeated,
Miss Jean Kerr. secretary to
Senator Mccarthy. today wrote
the subcommittee her doctor had
advised her she could appear to
testify at the convenience of the
Senators.
Miss Kerr suffered a broken hip
several weeks ago while vacation.
ing in Hawaii.
Miss Kerr had been mentioned
by witnesses as having done re-
search work in the preparation Of
copy for the challenged campaign
tabloid. From the Record" She
also was said to have helped with
the mailing of Butler post cards.
1t seemed probable Miss Kerr
will be asked to appear next Wed.
nesday.
COP. Protest Avoided.
Senator Taft told reporters, at
the end of the policy committee
meeting. that Senator Butler and
other Republican Senators had
stated something should be done
to bring the lengthy hearing to
a close. rather than 'stringing
it out indefinitely"
i He added that no formal pro.
test was agreed upon because the
committee learned, while it was
in session, that the hearing sub
committee had decided to shorten
the proceedings as much as pos
sible.
| Corotor Taft eo;J J,;e oas.~.:l