Evening star., 1953-01-19
New House Probef
Is Anxious 10 Begin
Fight on Red 'vipers
By the A.soeio,ed Press

BY the Associated Press
With four congressional COM
mittees printing to search out
subversion. a newcomer to the
fold said today he can hardly
wait to run the vipers out Of
Government"
Representative Kit Clardy. Re-
publican, Of Michigan told q
news conference that. although
a freshman in the House, he was
"just like an old fire horse
smelling smoke" when it came
to tracking down Communists
and fellow travellers.
Mr.. Clardy and Representative
Sherer, Republican. of Ohio are
the g. o. P.'s freshman menu
bers of the House Committee on
Un-American ActiyitieS-an un-
usual assignment for first-term
Representatives.
Their first meeting with Cap
itol Hill reporters left little
doubt that Mr.. Clardy's booming
voice will be heard frequently
henceforth in the committees
hearing room. Mr.. Sherer said
he would sit back and watch for
awhile.
Fought Reds on Radio.
Mr.. Clardy, a 6O-year-old at
torney. said he has been COM
batting Communists on his radio
program back home in East
Lansing. He said he even did
some investigating Of his own
in California, during a visit to
his brother. and came away con-
vinced the movie industry needs
more looking into.
Besides scanning the movie in
dustry and the Government, Mr..
Clardy said he hopes the House
committee probes for Reds in the
National Lawyers Guild and De-
troit Local 600 of the United
Auto Workers (CIO).
II honestly think we have
grossly underrated the nature of
the Communist threat" he de-
clared. IF we let the vipers get
into key positions, we'll wake up
some morning with manacles on
our hands and wonder how they
got there"
Neither Mr., Clardy nor Mr..
Sherer went along fully with
chairman, Representative Velde,
Republican. of Illinois in his tab
bing Of schools and colleges as
an early target for a Red-hunt-
ing investigation.
Mr.. Clardy said he had no par
ticular position and MIR. Sherer
said he thought universities
should be allowed to "set their
own houses in order"
Senate Moves Planned.
While the House committee
cleared its decks for action, the
Senate was moving on three
fronts
l. Senator Jenner, Republican,
Of Indiana prepared to take COM
mand of the Internal Security
subcommittee's anti-subversive
work and told a reporter lie will
look into loyalty risks "wher-
ever they might be-"
2. Senator Wiley. Republican,
Of Wisconsin and the Foreign
Relations subcommittee he heads
were reported planning a prompt
inquiry into Government poll
cies for keeping disloyal Ameri-
cans out Of United Nations jobs.
3. Senator Mccarthy, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin, chairman Of
the Government Operations
Committee as well as its Investi-
cations subcommittee, was ready
ing a Communist probe but kept
his own counsel on where it
might lead.
Senator Jenner told a re-
porter he could not confirm re-
ports current on Capitol Hill
that President-elect Eisenhower's
choice for Secretary of State.
John Foster Dulles, has dropped
word he hopes Senators Jenner
and Mccarthy will not embar-
rass the State Department.
Jenner Criticized Dulles.
Both Senators have been
highly critical Of the State De-
partment and Of outgoing Sec
retary Of State Acheson. In a
Senate speech last fall. Senator
Jenner denounced Mr.. Dulles for
helping draft the Japanese peace
treaty. Senator Jenner called
the pact "a subtle, devious plan
to destroy our security in the
Pacific"
Senator Jenner said he would
not oppose Mr.. Dulles nomina-
ton when it comes before the
Senate for confirmation but
would push investigation Of
security risks" in the State De-
partment or anywhere else.
Senator Bridges, Republican.
Of New Hampshire, chairman Of
the Senate Appropriations COM
mittee to which the State De-
partment must look for its funds.
confirmed reports that he plans
to meet soon with Mr.. Dulles.
But Senator Bridges refused to
discuss reports he will caution
against any attempts to soft
pedal congressional inquiries into
State Department affairs.
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