Evening star., 1951-02-20
Tydngs Charges calculated Malicious Lies Campaign Attacks

his record have been opened to
the public view"
Cites Butler Failure to Reply.
That shows where Mr.. Butler
stood on this matter. At no point
does he deny that he knew it to
be a lie. He and his campaign
committee were willing to pay
thousands Of dollars to circularize
it. When the distributor Of those
pamphlets had them stacked up
in his place Of business In Balti-
more awaiting payment. he told
Mr.. Butler he had his, Buffers.
campaign success locked up in his
plant and would not distribute
these lying pamphlets unless paid
for. Butler then assured him (the
printer) that he would be paid, as
7 shall show. Not once did either
Mr.. Butler or any one associated
with him exhibit the fundamental
manhood and decency to denounce
and discountenance this trans-
parent and scurrilous lie.
More than that. there will be
exhibited to this committee q
letter. which I have already seen,
wherein Mr.. Butler personally
guarantees to pay for the dis
tributing Of From the Record"
to the voters Of Maryland. Final
ly, and this stands out like a light
house, Mr.. Butler rewarded the
man who admittedly did the faxed
photograph job for him. Mr..
Frank Smith. by naming him (Mr.
SMITH as his executive assistant
at a salary Of $4,000 a year. In
the face Of all these facts. no one
will seriously dispute Mr.. Buffers
approval Of and association with
the printing. the paying for, the
circularizing Of this outrageous
conglomeration Of lies.
Incidentally, the Times Herald
that printed those 100000 four
page tabloids. charged the Butler
headquarters only $1.414.00 for
the thing. I have had estimates
from concerns similar to the
Times-Herald which show this is
only about one-half Of the real
cost for the paper. composition Of
the articles. printing, ETC., Of the
same. A convenience for q cor
|poration to kick in some unac-
counted-for dollars to help spread
its own lies. It Is the same as If
the corporation had made q con-
tribution directly in money. When
you call Mr.. Fedder, the Baltimore
printer and distributor, he will ex-
hibit the Butler letter and tell you
other pertinent facts supporting
what am telling you here. When
he came to my Office after election.
and when 7 had heard his story,
I requested him to tell it to your
investigators. who have 1t in full.
Now. let us take up an entirely
different matter of the Butler
campaign technique Of last
minute lies and smears. I am
referring to a full-page article,
published in the Sunday Balti-
more American Of November 5th.
This was Just two days before
the election. I tender 1t to this
committee as an exhibit. In the
center of this ad there appears
In heavy type the numeral /,
with an arrow pointing to a state
ment In heavy type which reads
as follows: REPUBLICAN COUN-
Sell WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO
QUESTION A WITNESS!" This
statement referred to the hearings
before the committee which in
vestigated State Department en-
ploye loyalty
Charges Lie and Entreaty.
Here again the big lie is will
ingly set forth with the usual
entreaty to throw Tydings out
and vote for Butler.
7 have submitted to this COM
mittee heretofore the official
printed records of all our commit
tees State Department hearings.
In them you will note that the
Republican counsel for our COM
mittee was Mr.. Robert Morris Of
New York. Mr.. Morris was ap-
pointed by me as Republican
counsel on the nomination of the
Republican members Of our COM
mittee.
To sum up, your examination Of
the official printed record of our
hearings will show that 81 good
sized pages Of closely printed tes-
timony were consumed by Mr..
Robert Morris, Republican counsel
of our committee, in the examina-
ton Of these witnesses.
In the same advertisement in
large print, Mr.. Buffers ad con-
tinues. / quote: Republican
counsel was never admitted to
closed executive sessions"