Evening star., 1951-02-20

he ufged senate Elections
Subcommittee to recommend
Portiol Text Of Tydines Settlement te
Senote Committee. Poee AZ
criminal action against some o1
them under District libel laws il
the Investigations find that the
admissions made by the guilty
parties, already published in the
press and the facts that I have
submitted are true" The charges
involve publishing and distributing
"defamatory statements and un-
adorned lies" against Mr.. Tydings
in Maryland's election last
November.
In asking the action against
those responsible for the printing
and circulation of the literature
Mr.. Tydings did not specify who
he wanted charged. However, in
his prepared statement he die
name several of those involved
including the Washington Times
Herald and Frank Smith, an en-
ploye.
Senator Butler, rising to a point
of personal privilege, had been
heard at a morning session, al
though the committee had listed
MIR. Tydings as the initial witness.
The Senator asked for more time
to study the charges, and accused
Mr.. Tydings of RECKLESS and un-
justified attacks on me-"
Move for Delay Overruled.
Senator Buffers move for a de-
lay until he could study the
charges was overruled by unani-
nous vote of the subcommittee,
consisting of two Democrats and
two Republicans.
Chairman Monroney said the
subcommittee will determine it's
future course after studying Sen
ator Tydings' charges. 1--WE don't
know yet" he said, whether the
investigation will develop into a
contest over the election"
The subcommittee has a right
under the Constitution and rules
of the Senate, the chairman
added, to develop the facts con-
corning senatorial elections.
Files Include Letter to Gillette.
Subcommittee files include the
letter from Mr.. Tydings to Chair
man Gillette of the full Privileges
and Elections Committee, in which
the Maryland legislator charged
that false and misleading state
ments" had been made against
him.
Fighting mad, Mr.. Tydings de-
clared that Senator Butler now
enjoys the political fruits of
"scandalous, scurrilous and
libelous" attack on him.
Part Of the story of the cam
paign, Mr.. Tydings charged, is
that of Chicago gangland trans
ported into Maryland"
He called the Senator's atten-
ton to a speech by Col. Robert
Mccormick. editor and publisher
of the Chicago Tribune, which
owns the Times and is the
largest single stockholder in the
Mutual Broadcasting Corp"
Speech Printed in Tribune.
The speech, Senator Tydings
said, was printed in the Chicago
Tribune on November II and
quoted Col. Mccormick as saying
nov the Republican victory in
Maryland was preponderantly the
work of the Times-Herald, Bazy
Mccormick and Roscoe Simmons. !"
Mr.. Tydings explained that Bazy
Mccormick is the colonel's niece,
Mrs. Peter Miller, editor of the
Times-Herald, and Roscoe Sim
mons is "a colored gentleman of
Chicago" and now "a resident and
voter of the State Of Maryland"
The former Senator declared
his defeat was due to a sudden
and dishonorable attack on him
in the final days of the campaign,
including the printing and dis
tribution of half a million copies
of four-page tabloid. From the
Record"
Fake Photograph Cited.
This publication, he said, not
only charged him with holding
up arms for American soldiers
during the dark days of the Ko-
rean war, but printed a faxed
photograph purporting to show
him in friendly association with
Earl Browder. former Communist
leader.
Mr.. Tydings told his former col
leagues that "the Times-Herald
that printed these 100000 four
page tabloids charged the Butler
headquarters only $1,414 for the
thing"
He declared this was only about
one-half the real cost.
Mr.. Tydings, veteran of four
terms, whose defeat by a relative
ly unknown opponent made Mary
land political history, called the
committees attention to the libel
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