Evening star., 1951-06-17
Senator Moody Sees 1t
By Bloir MOODY

spark for welding new unparti-
san coalition of progressive, In
s.ternationalist forces from both
parties.
Concern and Indignation is ris-
ing among some Republican Sena-
tors, and nearly all the Democrats,
-over the long-term danger to the
country and its security inherent
in the deliberate political tech
Unique of destroying confidence in
the national leadership.
: The feeling of many Senators
was capsuled in conversation be-
tween Senator Douglas, Democrat,
Eof Illinois, and Senator Ives, Re-
I publican, of New York, as the three
-of us rode the underground rail-
road" from the Capitol to the
Senate Office Building after hav-
ing listened to the attempt to tear
down the reputation of the Secre-
tary of Defense.
This is going too far. Senator
Douglas said. "It's about time the
decent forces in both parties, who
are more interested in the coun-
try than in politics, got together
in a coalition. Perhaps the way
to do it is nominate Eisenhower
on both tickets. In any event, we
should do it"
Nov, you are saying exactly
what I'm thinking" Senator Ives
replied. "The country needs an
internationalist coalition on for
:eign issues and a progressive coali-
-tion on domestic issues"
Morse Sees Smear.
One reaction to the attack on
Gen. Marshall came from Sena-
tor Morse. Republican, of Oregon,
in the comment:
"Decency calls on all good Amer
leans to rise to the defense Of a
great man who has been smeared."
Even more widespread is the
n realization that during almost all
of last year the most publicized
political issue before the country
was a series of charges Of dis
loyalty among our international
policy-makers which were, Of
course, never substantiated.
This year Congress has done al
most nothing. This has been
principally because its attention
was focused, first. on an attempt
to chop down the program to con-
tribute American strength to the
Eisenhower army to deter Red ag-
gresSion in Europe. More recently,
all eyes have been on the Mac
Arthur investigation, where Sec
retary Marshall and the Joint
Chiefs on one hand, and Gen.
Macarthur and some Republican
Senators on the other, have come
to head-on clash over past poll
cies in the Far East-and whether
taking Gen. MacArthur's advice
might bring on a global atomic
war now.
Gen. Marshall, Gen. Bradley.
Joint chiefs Of staff chairman, and
other military leaders have. in
the opinion of some Senators, COM
pletely frustrated the apparent
hope that Gen. Macarthur could
precipitate political debacle for
the present Government. Senator
Mcmahon, Democrat, of Connecti-
cut. chairman of the joint COM
mittee on atomic energy, and a.
prominent foreign relations COM
mittee member who has attended
all the Macarthur VS.. Marshall
hearings, believes that the personal
attack on Gen. Marshall springs
from the failure of the Macarthur
hearings to have the expected
political effect. This shift of en-
phasis, Senator Mcmahon points
out, parallels 1850 strategy of
shifting to new ground when one
set Of charges did not pan out.
Duff Quoted.
The views of many Democratic
senators was expressed by another
republican, Senator Duff, former
Governor of Pennsylvania, who
put it this way:
I'm the greatest crisis in the
history of our country-a crisis
that continues to mount as the
days go on-the time has come for
us to accentuate our points of
strength and to work together to
make ourselves stronger, instead
Of trying to make political capital
out Of personalities.
Whenever the time comes"
Sen. Duff said, when personal
attacks for political purposes have
destroyed the peoples confidence
In their leadership, then our
country will be far down the road
to destruction.
Criticism, Of course, is legiti-
mate. Pointing out our mistakes
strengthens democracy. But vi
tuperation and the tearing down
OF character can do us here at
home the very thing the men in
the Kremlin are trying to bring
about. 1t can destroy the things
We hold most dear in this country,
and 1t is a bad symptom for our
future If the people begin to fall
for it."
Ives Offers Warning.
In speech before the New York
State Republican Committee. NAV
10, in which he pleaded for ideas
In the COP. which would make
1t possible for 'the country (to)
afford to have us win in 1882"
Senator Ives put it this way:
Merely to emphasize the fail
-ures and shortcomings of the
party in power in Washington can
only increase the cynicism and
spread the growing lack of conf
,dence in Government. It can only
.aggravate serious condition and
trend which, unless soon revised,
may lead to the eventual disin-
-tegration of our American form of
constitutional representative Gov
.ernment and to the decadence of
our American society"