Evening star., 1951-09-29
Senate Unit Studies
Benfon's Demand for
Mccarthy Expulsion
BY Cecil Holland

GlOIlS subcommittee UOQdy 1ldQ
under study a 25,0O0-word state
ment by Senator Benton, Demo-
crat, of Connecticut, charging
Senator Mccarthy, Republican, of
Wisconsin with perjury and de-
ception" and urging his expulsion
from the Senate.
Chairman Gillette of the sub
committee recessed the hearings
subject to call, after Senator Ben
ton was questioned briefly at an
afternoon meeting yesterday.
Senator Gillette said Senator
Mccarthy has been invited to re-
ply to the Benton charges, But it
was left unclear whether the Wis
consin Republican, stormy Sen
ate figure because of his repeated
charges that Communists have
inf1ltrated the Government, would
accept the invitation.
Mccarthy in New Mexico.
Senator Mccarthy was out of
washington keeping speaking
engagement in New Mexico and
did not attend the hearing at
which Senator Benton presented
MS case. He had indicated pre-
Vlously that he would ignore what
Senator Benton had to say.
The subcommittee chairman
said Sen. Mccarthy is expected
back here Monday and will testify
again on Tuesday before a Senate
Foreign Relations subcommittee
holding hearings on the contro-
versial appointment of Philip c..
Jessup as American delegate to
the United Nations General AS
sembly. Senator Mccarthy is op-
posing the appointment.
This will mean that another
hearing by the elections subcom-
mittee of five members-three
Democrats and two Republicans
will not be held earlier than next
Wednesday.
The subcommittee members in
dicated they might recall Senator
Benton for further questioning
after they have studied his re-
port. He presented the statement
IN a morning session yesterday
lasting more than three hours.
Pattern of Conduct"
He returned for questioning att
an afternoon session and explain
ed he had undertaken, in his
statement, to show pattern of
conduct" on the part of Senator
Mccarthy, which justified his ex-
pulsion from the Senate.
Subcommittee members asked
only a few questions at the after
noon meeting. For the most part, |
they dealt with matters of pre-
cedent and the basis on which
Senator Benton had made the Sc
lection of 10 cases he presented.
Senator Benton said he had con-
fined himself to the limited area"
of Senator McCarthy's actions
since coming to the Senate and
had rejected the offers of much
information from many outside
sources.
Il want now to stress to your
committee" Senator Benton told
the group at the morning session,
that the United States Senate
seems to have been judging Cor
tgnoring) Senator McCarthy's con-
duct on the basis of individual in
cidents. After each incident of his
conduct, some excuse could be ad-
vanced, consciously or uncon-
Sciously, by many Senators. All
Senators naturally shrink at the
thought of facing up to the fact
that the Senate has an amoral
man who uses the lie as an instru-
ment of policy.
Face Terrible Reality"
only when one case example |
piles upon another case, when in
cident piles upon incident, and
story upon story-do we learn to
face up to the terrible reality,
reality which is the source of
shame to all of us"
Of the 10 cases cited by Sena-
tor Benton. six dealt with various
Mccarthy statements in connec-
tions with his charges last year
that Communists had infiltrated
the State Department.
Senator Benton laid particular
stress on what he described as
"the deceit" practiced by Senator
Mccarthy IN denying that he said,
in Wheeling (W. VaD speech on
February 8. 1850, that he held
list Of 205 names Of Communists
in the State Department. He sub
mitteo a sworn statement and
other documents to indicate that
Senator Mccarthy had used the
disputed figure of 205.
Senator Benton also offered
and the subcommittee heard
played, a recording of Senator