Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Mccarthy Distortion
Charges by Hennings
Stir New Bitterness
By Cecil HoIIond

A charge that Senator Nc
Carthy has resorted to tech
niques of distortion and misrepre-
sentation" today increased bitter
ness over a move to expel the
Wisconsin Republican from the
Senate.
The charge was made on the
Senate floor late yesterday by
Senator Hennings, Democrat, Of
Missouri, in replying to a sugges-
ton by Senator Mccarthy that
Senator Hennings should disqual-
ify himself from sitting on q sub
committee considering a resolu-
ton raising the expulsion question.
Senator Hennings is a member
Of the f1ve-member Senate Priv
ileges and Elections Subcommittee
which has before it the resolution
introduced by Senator Benton,
Democrat. of Connecticut.
The subcommittee today sched-
uled q meeting for 10 am. Mon
day to consider the Benton resolu-
ton.
Letter Called "Affront."
Senator Hennings, serving his
first term in the Senate, said
a letter Senator Mccarthy wrote
to him suggesting he should with
draw from the subcommittee is
IAN affront to the honor Of the
Senate and impugns the integrity
Of one Of the Senate committees. !"
at is perfectly obvious" he told
the Senate. that the suggestions
contained in this letter are
thinly yelled attempt-and not the
FIRST one-to discredit the work Of
the subcommittee and invalidate
it's findings by devious means and
irrelevant attacks upon its mem
bers. It is perfectly transparent
effort to divert the attention of
the Senate and Of the American
people from the real issue at stake
In Senator Benton's resolution"
Senator Mccarthy wrote Sena-
tor Hennings last Tuesday sug-
costing he should withdraw from
the subcommittee because his law
partner, John Raeburn Green. is
handling the appeal Of John Gates.
editor of the Communist Daily
Worker and one of the II Com
munist leaders convicted OF con-
spiracy to overthrow the United
States Government by force.
Senator Mccarthy also said an
other reason why the Missouri
Democrat should not sit on the
subcommittee was that his law
firm represented the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, which the Wisconsin
Republican commended has "vigor-
ously condemned the conviction OF
the II Communist leaders"
Colleagues Shake His Hand.
Senator Hennings said the let
ter had ugly implications" be-
smirching the reputation OF the
Senate and his law partner, Mr..
Green. He added that Mr.. Green,
a widely known authority on con-
stitutional law, undertook the
Gates appeal without compensa-.
ton because he believed that the
courts previous decision in the
case was inherently dangerous to
the civil liberties guaranteed IN
our Bill of Rights"
AS Senator Hennings finished
speaking, Senator Margaret Chase
Smith, Republican, of Maine
walked across the aisle to shake
his hand. She was the author OF
a declaration of conscience" a
year ago generally regarded as
critical Of Senator Mccarthy and
his way of pushing his charges
that Communists had infiltrated
the Government. Two Demo-
cratic Senators-Douglas of Illi-
nois and Mcmahon of Connect
cut-also shook hands with the
Missouri Democrat.
Senator Welker, Republican, of
Idaho came to Senator McCar-
thy's defense just before the Sen
ate quit for the night. He read
into the record a telegram which
he said had been sent to Senator
Mccarthy by Senator Hennings.
It said:
II propose to discuss you in
the Senate on Friday. I hope
that you will be there even If it
requires your temporary absence
from inventing smears and lies
about Others"
Mccarthy Charges Prejudice.
Senator Welker said that he
could not understand "how any
Senator could sit in Judgment on
another Senator when he has feel
ingS in his heart such as this tele-
gram shows"
Senator Mccarthy, who was not
present when Senator Hennings
spoke, later accused the Missouri