Evening star., 1953-12-01
The Political Min
MeC Corthy Foes Cheer
His Jibes at President
But Eisenhower Remains
Unconcerned About Speech

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Uneoneerned About Speech
By Gould Lincoln
Republican leaders here are not wor-
rying over Senator Joe McCarthy's
criticism of the Eisenhower admins
tration because it has not fired John
Patton Davies, charge d'affaires in
Peru. Nor are they particularly dis
turbed because the Wisconsin Senator
insisted that the Red" issue will go
into the 1854 campaign. although
President Eisenhower had expressed
hope that it would be only memory
by that time. The demands made by
Senator Mccarthy that the United
States bring pressure to bear to cut off
supplies to Red China from Britain and
other countries. made also during his
speech last week replying to former
President Truman, they point out, were
not new.
Two reasons are advanced by these
leaders for not taking the Mccarthy
riously. First, they say, Gen. Eisen-
hover is just as interested as is Senator
Mccarthy in roofing all subversives out
of the Government. Second. they be-
lieve that the Red" issue will go into
the campaign next year, and point out
that Gen. Eisenhower had merely ex-
pressed hope 1t would die down
and did not say 1t would cease to be
an issue. They refer to a speech made
by Gen. Eisenhower in Milwaukee, with
Senator Mccarthy on the stage with
him. during the 1852 campaign, in sup
port of their contention that the Presi-
dent and the Senator are equally in
terested in eliminating "Reds" from
Government posts. The speech also
was direct criticism by Gen. Eisen-
hover of laxity on the part of the Tru-
man administration in dealing with
Communist and fellow traveller inflltra-
ton into the Government.
Attacked Democrats.
In his Milwaukee speech, Gen. Eli
senhower. after referring to IAN i'm
portant few" whom he described as
proud prisoners of their own mis-
takes" asked who are these inen?"
He answered his own question, saying:
"They are those who cheered the
blithe dismissal of the Alger Hiss case
as red herring They are those
who applauded when an administra-
ton Democrat grandly declared that
Communists in our national life were
not very important and that we
should not waste time chasing 'phan-
TOMS They are those who slapped
their sides with laughter when the
same man dismissed the quests for
Communists in our Government as a
kind of silly game being played in the
Bureau of Wild Life and Fisheries"
Gen. Eisenhower referred in this criti-
cal manner to both Mr.. Truman and
to Adlai Stevenson, then candidate for
President on the Democratic ticket.
The issue he drew against them was
the RED ISSUE"
The President has said recently that
the Reds would all be eliminated from
the Government - certainly by the
time the next campaign rolls around.
His hope that the Red issue would
be a memory by the time of the elec-
tion was predicated on that belief.
Already 1,456 security risks" have
been fired from the Government under
his administration. Senator Mccarthy
raised against this administration rec
ord only the case of John Patton Da-
vies. On that case, Gen. Eisenhower
and his advisers have taken issue with
Mccarthy. And that's that.
Much has been written to the effect
that McCarthy's recent Nationwide
broadcast was more of an attack on
eisenhower than on Truman. That,
however, is only the view of those who
dislike Mccarthy and Eisenhower.
those who ached first to see blow-up
between the President and the late
Senator Taft. and who more recently
have done their best to promote a row
between the President and Senator
What the Wisconsin Sena-
tor had to say about former President
Truman was blistering and factual
attack.
Speculation on Motives.
Wide speculation has arisen about
Senator McCarthy's motives in includ.
ing his criticism Of the Eisenhower adj
regarding Mr.. Davies in a
speech aimed at Mr.. Truman. Some
suspect that Mccarthy is making a bid
FOR the Republican presidential nomi-
nation in 1856. Others, that Mccarthy
is intent upon gaining further power in
the Republican Party, so that he can
have big voice in the nomination of a
candidate 2h years hence.
The Wisconsin Senator is no visionary,
He is a hard-headed politician. He
has said he has no presidential aspira-
tions-that he does not believe he could
be nominated or, If nominated, that
ne could be elected. When he said in
his recent speech that he and "McCar-
thyism" will be the issue in the coming
campaign, he was refer
ring to that campaign, not to the cam
paign of 1856. He made this clear
when he pointed out that If the Demo-
Gratis could elect Democratic Senate.
they could then throw him out as
chairman Of the Senate Investigating
end which they desire.
Mccarthy. Republican leaders say.
has big following among the people.
These followers applauded his speech
because Of its attacks on Truman and
Communists in Government, not be-
cause Of any attack upon Gen. Eisen-
1ower. The people who applaud Nc
Carthy's criticism of the Eisenhower
administration and the President are
hose who hate Mccarthy.