Evening star., 1952-08-17
Clio Lists Il Senators
Who Voted Right on
II Major Issues
BY ths Associofed Press

House and Fair Deal" supporters
in Congress. reported yesterday
that only IL Senators voted the
way the CIO wanted on all II key
issues before Congress the past
two years.
Senator John J. Sparkman OF
Alabama, Gov. Stevenson's run
ming mate. was not among the IL,
which included IL Democrats and
Republican Senator Morse of
Oregon.
Senator Sparkman. the CIO re-
ported in the current issue of the
CIO News, voted wrong on one
''key" bill the CIO wanted passed
"a measure to give 50 million
to the immigration Service for
tighter control of migratory work
ers who slip illegally into the
country from Mexico. It was
defeated.
But Senator Sparkman'S oppo-
site number, Senator Richard
Nixon of California, the G. o. p.
vice-presidential hopeful, voted
wrong" 10 times, right" only six.
Rates High on Other Issues.
On all other issues Senator
Sparkman was rated tops by the
CIO. Friday a big political rally of
C1O leaders and officers of its Po-
litical Action Committee roared
unanimous approval of an execu-
tive board resolution putting the
weight of the CIO behind the
StevenSon-Sparkman ticket.
In the House. the CLOS voting
record said, 81 Democrats and two
Republicans-Representative Jaw
its of New York and Representa-
tive Case of New Jersey-voted
100 per cent fright" on Is key is
sues selected for study.
The issues, picked by the CIO
legislative department and the
PAC. varied somewhat between
House and Senate. Extension of
the defense production act, passed
early this summer, accounted for
four of the ''key votes" in the Sen
ate, five in the House, others in
volved such controversial subjects
as ownership Of the tidelands oil,
foreign aid. public housing. Alaska
Statehood and the McCarran anti
subversives immigration bill.
The CIO and the AFL have both
condemned the defense production
extension act as it passed on
grounds that it invited new inf1a-
tionary preSsures.
Byrd Move Draws Fire.
A Senate vote on an amend
ment by Senator Byrd, Democrat.
of Virginia. asking that President
Truman make use of the Taft
Hartley Acts 80-day no-strike
provision in the steel dispute was
billed by the CIO as the leading"
issue in it's tabulation. The
amendment passed, 40 to 80.
The voting survey said that IL
Senators voted wrong" on each
of the II votes. Two Democrats
Byrd of Virginia and Mcclellan of
Arkansas-were among the dozen.
Several other Democrats were
credited with all but one or two
wrong" votes: McCarran of Ne
vada and Willis Smith of North
Carolina. fright" only once; Sen
ator Frear of Delaware, right"
twice; and Senators George and
Russell of Georgia, O'Connor of
Maryland, Hoey of North Carolina
and Robertson Of Virginia right"
three times.
Senator Taft Of Ohio. who lost
the Republican party'S presidential
nomination to Gen. Eisenhower,
came up with a single fright"
wte-he voted in favor OF the
st. Lawrence seaway project. The
bill was defeated.
Not Blacklist, Paper Says.
The survey said that in the
House II Democrats. all from the
South, and 20 Republicans voted
wrong" on all the issues studied.
The CIO News prepared the vot-
ing record, which it called neither
a blacklist nor a series OF en-
dorsements for reelection" for
the use of the PAC and rank-and-
file CIO members across the
country.
Neither the National CIO nor
the National PAC indorses can
didates for Congress or State Of
fees. The voting record. however,
is sure to play a part in the
Endorsements which local PAC
committees are now preparing to
make for scores of right" can
didateS.
Here are two lists of Senators,
the first covering those who voted
fright" on all II issues; the sec
ond for those voting wrong
across the board:
Right: Senators Anderson
New Mexico), Benton (Connecti-
cut) Chavez CNew Mexico), Doug
las Ullinois), Hennings CMis-
sourD, Humphrey (Minnesota) &.
Lehman New York;. Mcmahon of
Connecticut (who died July 28) .
Magnuson (Washington), Moody
CMichigan). and Murray Mon
tana)-all Democrats; and Sena-
tor Morse.
Wrong: Senators Byrd and
Mcclellan, Democrats; and Ben
nett CUtah, Bricker (Ohio)
Bridges (New Hampshire). John
Marshall Butler CMaryland)
Hugh Butler Nebraska). Jenner
Ondiana), Martin Pennsyl-
vania), Millikin (Colorado)
Schoeppel (KansaS). and Welker
Udaho).
The CIO-PAC in the past has
supported several Republicans. in
cluding Senator Morse and Sena-
tor Margaret Chase Smith OF
Maine: Representative Javits OF
New York and others. But Demo-
Gratis have won by far the strong
est overall support Of the PAC
since its formation in 1914.
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