Evening star., 1951-08-21
Mccarthy Challenged
By Mrs. Smith 10
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Senator Mccarthy, Republican
Of Wisconsin, had before him to.
day a challenge from Senator
Margaret Chase Smith. Republi-
can, of Maine, to seek a showdown
in the Republican Party confer.
ence on his claim that she should
not have taken part in the investi-
cation of the Butler Tyding:
Maryland campaign last year.
But there were no indications
the Republican leadership has any
desire to keep the controversy
alive. Senator Wherry of Ne
braska, G. o. P. floor leader, saiC
that, with the filing of the ma.
jority and minority views yester-
day, he regards the Maryland in.
quiry as a closed incident.
Mrs. Smith and Senator Hen.
erickson Of New Jersey, the only
Republicans on the five-membel
Senate Elections subcommittee
Joined recently in the unanimous
report. denouncing some of the
tactics in the campaign in which
Republican Senator Butler. de-
1eated former Democratic Senator
Tydings.
Speaks as Rules Member.
Senator Mccarthy spent two
hours yesterday presenting the
Senate his minority views as a
member of the Rules Committee,
taking issue with the Subcommit-
tee report, which had also been
approved by a majority of the en-
tire Rules Committee.
The highlight of his dissenting
opinion was that Senators Smith
and HendrickSon should have dis
qualified themselves as members
Of the investigating group because
they subscribed last summer to a
So-called declaration of conscience
by Mrs. Smith. which Senator Nc
Carthy regarded as an attack on
his charges of Communist influ-
ence in Government.
Senator Mccarthy argued yes
terday that the main issue in
Maryland last year was his con-
tention that Mr. TydingS white
washed the Mccarthy charges of
Communist infiltration in the
State Department. The Wisconsin
Senator contended the issue in
Maryland was practically identi-
cal' with the issue in the declara-
ton of conscience.
He said he did not question the
sincerity or honesty of Senators
Smith and Hendrickson, or their
sincerity in arriving at the same
conclusion in the majority report.
But he thought they should have
done as judges sometimes do in
court. He said that when judges
appear to have committed them
selves they step aside Ito preserve
the confidence of the people"
Both Answer Mccarthy.
Senators Smith and Hendrick-
son sat directly in front of Sena-
tor Mccarthy throughout his long
minority report. When he fin
ished, both defended their course
OF action in the Maryland probe.
Senator Hendrickson said the
declaration of conscience, which
number of Senators joined in
last summer, bore no relation to
the Maryland campaign. The New
Jersey Senator added he had
never committed himself in ad-
vance on any of those issues.
Mrs. Smith, the only woman
Senator, delivered much sharper
reply.
She told Senator Mccarthy
that, in his frequent references to
whitewaSh during the past year,
he has conveniently overlooked
the fact" that, in her declaration
OF conscience, in June, 1850, she
repeatedly condemned the DEM
ocratic whitewashes and the COM
placency of the Democratic ad-
miniStration in the face of the
threat of communism here at
home"
The June. 1850, declaration was
essentially a protest against at
tacks made ,on individuals under
congressional immunity.
Opposition to communism is
surely not the exclusive possession
of the Senator from Wisconsin, +"
Mrs. Smith continued. Nor does
differing with him on tactics au-
tomatically make one a Commu-
mist or a protector of commu-
niSm."
Mrs. Smith asked why Senator
Mccarthy did not raise the ques-
ton of disqualification at the start
of the Maryland investigation,
since he knew of her June, 1850,
declaration at that time.
The Senator from Maine also
suggested that Senator McCar-
thy'S disqualification rule could
also be applied to his own action
yesterday in filing minority views
as a member of the Rules Com
mittee, rather than defending his
position as an individual Senator
Mrs. Smith said Senator Nc
Carthy had raised a "very basic
issue which should be resolved as
soon as possible"
GAS a member of the Elections
Subcommittee, shall not permit
intimidation to keep me from ex-
pressing my honest convictions, as
I did in my speech Of June /, 1850,
and as I did in the subcommittee
report on the Maryland election, +"
she went on.
eff similar conditions are found
in connection with other elections
investigated by the subcommittee,
I shall have no hesitancy in criti-
cizing them, as was done in the
Maryland report"
Cites Previous Removal.
Mrs. Smith pointed out that, if
Republican Floor Leader Wherry
Of Nebraska agreed with Senator
McCarthV he could remove her