Evening star., 1952-11-02
Democrats Cite 18 Distortions Made by Mccarthy

Wisconsin, used at least 18 falls
statements. distortions or quota
tions wrenched from context" il
his speech last Monday night at
tacking Gov. Stevenson of Illinois
I'VE are providing detaile,
point-by-point analysis of i
errors in the speech" said Stephel
A. Mitchell. chairman of the com
mittee. Il hope the newspaper
viii accord our analysis equa
space and prominence with tina
given the original speech ant
story"
In a 5.000-word reply to Sen
ator. McCarthy's 3.500-word radi,
speech, Mr.. Mitchell called par
ticular attention to what he de
scribed as "seen glaring false
hoods and distortions" selected
from the analysis.
He listed them from the detaile,
Recommendation as:
q. McCarthy's statement tha
The Daily Worker authorized it
readers to vote for Gov. Stevenson
was untrue. This Communis
paper denounced the Democrati
Party.
q. Mccarthy falsely stated tina
Adlai Stevenson formulated Amer
ican political policy in post-wa
Italy and falsely implied that Gen
Bedell Smith criticized U. S. polio,
in Italy at the time. Gov. Steven
son headed an economic mission
to Italy which was not concerned
with broad political matters. Gen
Smiths book, cited by Mccarthy
actually shows that Smith agreec
with American postwar policy il
Italy. and in any event the bool
does not even mention Ada
Stevenson.
"3. McCarthy's charge tha
Adlai Stevenson was the man Alge
Hiss and Frank Coe wanted rep.
reSenting them at a meeting o.
the Institute Of Pacific Relation!
was twisted reading Of an IPF
letter suggesting 'Adlai Stevens
as a possible representative O.
Secretary Knox. Other name.
suggested in the IPR letter in.
cluded those Of publisher Gardner
CowleS (now supporting Eisen.
hower), Gen. Little, Gen. Magru,
der and Admiral Hart.
Il In referring to an article ir
Life Magazine by Arthur M
Schlesinger, jr., Mccarthy con.
cealed the anti-Red content o.
the article. an article on which
Schlesinger obtained assistance
from Whitaker Chambers. 4
sample Of what Mccarthy omitted
Is: The Communists spread thei
infection of intrigue and deceit
wherever they co.
IS Mccarthy dropped out {
critical part of sentence in quot
ing from brook review by Schle.
singer-a review which in reality
attacked the book for underesti.
mating the threat of Communism
IS Mccarthy. in stating tina
Wilson Wyatt condemns the gov.
ernment's loyalty program dis.
torted criticism by Wyatt Of loose
standards and inadequate proce.
dures and omitted Wyatt's in.
dictment Of Communists.
~ Mccarthy falsely implicated
former Attorney General Homer
Cummings as giving testimony or
Communists. The actual witness
was one William Garfield Cum,
mings. whose identity and testi-
mony were on the public record.
Following is partial text of the
5.000-word analysis issued by the
Democratic Committee:
MCCARTHY SAID:
II hold in my hand a phOtostat
of the Daily Worker of October
19, 1852. They refer and
quote to our hatred for Eisen-
hover and then 60 on to say
that they do not like Stevenson
too well. They slap him on the
wrist and say if Communists want
to vote for Stevenson-gO ahead
and do it, but don't vote straight
down the line. Vote for C0mmu-
nist-controled Progressive Party
candidates and pile up q big vote
for those Communist candidates
on the ticket"
THE FACTS:
Nowhere in the Daily Worker
for October 10, 1852. nor for any
other date, does there appear such
statement. What the editorial
for the day cited by Senator Nc
Carthy does say lin part) is:
For our part, we believe only a
vote for the Progressive Party will
register positive vote for peace
We believe that those who will
vote Progressive, constitute the
most alert and most militant Sec
tion of the population and that the
American people, as they become
more conscious of the truth. will
turn to them for leadership" :.
MCCARTHY SAID:
"In StevensOn's biography
on page. 73 we find that in the
summer of 1943 after Mus
sOlini'S government had fallen
Stevenson was given the task Of
formulating Americas postwar
policy in Italy.
"Well, Gen. Bedell Smith, fine
American, in his testimony and in
his book has told what that for
eign policy established by Steven
son was. he says that for
eign policy was to 'cOnnive,' 'tC
cOnnive' to bring Communists into
the Italian government and tt
bring the Italian Communist lead.
er, Togliatti, back from Moscow
THE FACTS:
Page 73 of the Noel Busch bi.
ography of Adlai Stevenson, citec
by Mccarthy. says that Gov. Ste
venson in 1943 headed a Foreign
Economic Administration mission
to Italy. The objectives Of the
mission were. Busch says. to fine