Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-30
Talks by Democrats
Hint Attacks Will
Center on Mccarthy
RY iha Assoeioted Presa


N NEW YORK, April 30.-Prom-
inent Democrats last night key
i noted what may be the party'S
line of political battle by de-
Iouncing what they called
Creeping McCarthylsm" and a
Republican give away" Of nat
ural resources.
They took the closing Of the
"flrst 100 days" Of President
Eisenhower's Republican admin
istration as the signal for what
appeared to be the opening of
national debate and outlining Of
party strategy for the 1854 con-
gresSional and 1856 presidential
election campaigns.
Senator Lehman of New York.
former Air Secretary Thomas K.
Finletter and other speakers
raised q number of issues in
speeches delivered at a Demo-
cratic State Committee dinner in
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Lehman Hits Thought Control.
Senator Lehman struck at
: what he termed ''would-be
thought control police OF con-
gresSional investigating COM
mitteeS."
What a spectacle we present
to the rest Of the world" he
said. 1--WE have convinced our
own people that this great de-
mocracy Of ours is honeycombed
with traitors, spies, Subversives
and sexual deviates.
Our democracy is portrayed
as so weak system that it must
devote all it's internal energies
to investigation. recrimination
and denunciation."
Senator Lehman declared the
Bill of Rights was being abridged
"by indirection, innuendo, smear
and attack" and that this was
the achievement Of Senator Nc
earthly of Wisconsin, Senator
.Jenner Of Indiana and others of
their ilk."
creeping McCarthyism."
II have no use for Communist
conspiraCors," said Senator Leh-
man. ANY one of them who can
be shown to plot and intrigue
against the security of the Unit
ed States should be duly pun
ished, under law. Any one of
them who commits espionage or
sabotage should be punished to
the fullest extent of the law.
But ! believe that the police
agencies of the United States
including the FBI, are COM
petent to deal with violations of
our laws. And the courts are
equipped to weigh the evidence
and to pass judgment on these
Subversive lawbreakers."
- Would Risk Defeat.
Senator Lehman declared "a
frontal attack on McCarthyism"
might not be the way to po-
1itical victory, but said:
eff we can save the cause of
freedom in our country, by risk
ing political defeat in the next
election, let us take that risk"
Mr.. Finletter, also indicating
that the Democrats would hit
hard on the civil rights issue
in forthcoming campaigns, said:
IAN evil force is loose in the
land. Any party which, for
party unity or fancied political
advantage, fails to take a stand
on this issue is misjudging the
American people"
Mr.. Finletter said 1--WE are told
that we must wait; that the
Republicans will choose the right
moment and then strike firmly
at the evil. But the right mo-
ment has been with US for some
time" !
Notes Emerging Issues.
Mr.. Finletter, who has been
mentioned as a possible Demo-
cratic candidate for mayor or
governor, said certain other
broad issues ARE emerging" on
the national scene.
I'VE see the attempt Of the
Republicans to give away the
great natural wealth of the Ma
tion-the oil of the tidelands as
well as the power Of the Niagara
and the st. Lawrence to the
privileged few" he said.
I'VE see signs that the Repub-
licanS intend to treat farm sup
ports as only measures Of diSaS-
ter. This is not good enough. We
Democrats believe that the sup
port Of farm prices on a steady
basis at all times is necessary to
an abundant economy"
Other speakers at the dinner
were Senator Mansfield Of Mon
tana and Senator jackson of
Washington; Richard H. Balch,
Democratic State chairman;
Mayor Impellitteri Of New York,
Miss Angela Parish, vice chair
man Of the party's State COM
mittee; Representative Adam
Clayton Powell, jr., and Paul e.
Fitzpatrick. former State chair
man for whom the dinner was
given.
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