Evening star., 1953-06-11
ByJ. A. O'Leory


The naming Of Senator Know
land of California to act for
| Senator Taft as Majority Lead
er for the remainder OF this
session will mean no change in
Republican policy. in the opin-
ion of those who have followed
the careers of both men.
In announcing yesterday that
his doctors have insisted that
he ease up on work while under
| going treatment for a serious
hip ailment, Senator Taft told
reporters he would ask the Wig
orous young Californian to
| take over the floor leadership
temporarily.
Senator Knowland himself
quickly announced that he will
be in constant consultation with
Senator Taft and that the
Ohioan will continue to attend
the weekly leadership meetings
at the White House.
May Miss Meeting.
Senator Taft said today he
probably will miss meeting OF
legislative leaders with President
Eisenhower Monday. He expects
| to be in New York that day, be-
ginning a series, af treatments.
Senator Taft attended a meet
of the Senate Labor Committee
at which the committee autho-
rized Chairman H. Alexander
Smith to draft bill on proposed
amendments to the Taft Hartley
! Act.
Senator Taft said min ority
members of the committee agreed
to study the bill but wanted to
have before them the recommen-
dationS of Secretary of Labor
Durkin for proposed changes in
the act.
1t probably will be late next
week before Mr.. Durkin can have
any recommendations, Senator
Taft said.
The Senator said New York
doctors will map a series of
treatments and he will follow
this course at Walter Reed Hos
pital here after about two treat
ments in New York.
Senator Taft credited the drug
cortisone with having returned
me to health" after three weeks
of above normal temperatures.
He said X-ray treatments were
helping relieve the pain in his
hip.
No Basic Differences.
There are no basic differences
between Senators Taft and Know
land on major issues either in
foreign OF domestic policy, al
though Senator Knowland, be-
ing from the Pacific Coast. prob
ably has shown greater interest
in the course of events in Asia.
AS chairman of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee,
Senator Knowland has been
working closely with Majority
Leader Taft since the Repub-
licans took control of Congress
| in January. The Californian
also was close to Gen. Eisen-
hover during the presidential
campaign. He was one of sew
eral Senators who travelled
across the country with the Re-
publican presidential candidate.
After the November elections,
Senator Knowland was the first
to announce he would be can
didate for Senate floor leader.
But when Senator Taft also in
dicated a willingness to become
floor leader, the Californian with
drew and succeeded Senator Taft
as policy chairman.
Senator Knowland, at A, has
risen rapidly on the national po-
litical scene.\ He was still in an
Army uniform in Europe when
Gov. Warren appointed him to
a vacancy in the Senate in 1945.
He won the senatorial election in
1946, and last year he was re-
elected by the largest vote ever
given a candidate in California.
Under CALIFORNIA; unique pri-
mary law, he won both the DEM
ocratic and Republican nomina-
tionS.
On Two Big Committees.
A tall, broad-shouldered man,
he moves through the long cor
ridors of the Capitol with an
athletic stride that wears out
less rugged associates who try
to keep pace with him. He is
a member CT two of the most
important committees-Foreign
Relations and Appropriations.
Senator Knowland told the
Senate late yesterday that SEN
ator Taft "is not stepping aside
as Majority Leader, but is only
vacating" the leaders desk in
the front row while undergoing
Yoedicol treatment