Evening star., 1951-08-12

investigated by Republican committee
in 1947 and thrown out for lack OF sub
sanitation? Lawrence didn't call 1t
whitewaSh then. Does he believe We
were all born yesterday?
I cannot understand why the public
has never demanded to know the names
Of the man or woman whitewashed by
the Tydings committee. Why is the pub
lie so gullible in accepting an improved
statement? Why doesn't Lawrence in
his column and Mccarthy off the Sen
ate floor name the specific case Of
whitewash? The public is entitled to
know whom they have in mind. But the
man or woman will never be named
because the accusers know that libel
suit awaits them if they do. and they
also know their kind Of evidence would
never stand up in American courts.
The whitewash chorus is now pointing
hopefully to the McCarran committee.
This committee Is now investigating
what Owen baltimore thought and wrote
Is years ago about country with whom
we were friendly. There Is so far only
one place, thank God, where this could
be conveniently construed as treason,
and that place Is behind the Iron Cur
tain.
hope the Senate will carry out every
recommendation in the Monroney re-
port. for I have two children-my
greatest stake in this country. The
kind OF America they grow up in is of
first importance to me.
Mother Who Cares.
A real disservice is being done the
people of Maryland and Senator Butler
by unfavorable publicity and the partisan
report by the congressional investigat-
ing committee.
We in Maryland were anxious to get
rid Of the Tydings-Lane regime. Most
Of us were not too interested in whether
the replacement be Democrat or Re-
publican, so long as the views were
divergent from those who had been in
Office so long. The Tydings "whitewash"
Of the Mccarthy charges was a dis
graceful handling of the matter. We
wanted facts, not McCarthy's ideas nor
Tydings'.
All the hullabaloo about the COM
poSite" Is farce. Most of us never
saw 1t until it was headlined. Those OF
us who did see it recognized it for what
1t was; and gloried in so condensed
form Of the doubt we were entertaining
all on our own.
Butler has been accused of exploding
a doubt. Show us politician who has
not done this. 1t takes a politician to
deal with politician.
Tydings has been bad sport His
former congressional associates have
used Salve to heal his wounded pride
This salve is poisonous to Maryland
prestige. and to it's Senator, who is
faced with unprecedented odds in per-
forming the service expected OF him.
This persecution Of him should cease,
otherwise his term will be a waste to
all concerned.
We are counting on Senator Butler
to stand up under fire and live to run
again and win.
Maryland Voter for Butler.
Having followed the campaign, elec-
tion, investigation and report of Senator
Buffers election by the rules subcom-
mittee Of the Senate, think his con-
stituents have lost whatever respect and
confidence they had in him and his
campaign committee
1t has been acknowledged by the Sena-
tors manager that at least three laws
OF the State of Maryland were violated
besides the inference that the composite
picture accomplished. The Senator had
an alien Of Maryland for campaign man
ager; his committee spent more money