The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-16
Mccarthy Invites Three Democrats To Return
10 Work On House investigating Committee

lhaeehet lelisE today . the three
'IDemssrsls Nho ansrily foslensd
Ila6t wed frUm he Senate lnveD.
IIsieafi0ns subcommittee De heads.
l 'sIhe door IL open for your re-
turn, eie letter said.
saying Ne MAS writing with ne
'Iapproval Is he thfse cher Repuh.
lIieah n6fnhsrS, mccarthy d..
'lCiaftd:
II want to assure you thai Il
iyou heve changes 70 suggest II our.
mslhods q operation, We 6hall %
lhappy q BiG down around Tie con.
lrnittes tabls - discuss your vtew.
'lpolnts with You and y consider
lyoar sgggssticns and resOmmen-
I1eilons.
asAators MeCIeIlar (D.Ark),
Isymiagson lD-Mo) ana Henry
4 Jaekeon (D.Wash) quit tie sub.
Ieommlltek af.or tie four Repuhii.
can members voted 10 give Ne.
Icarshy sole power 70 hire and fire
staff employees.
/ ID revolt against what they called
lons.man rule, the Democrats said
they could not aeespt The respors
lslh1lty without any authority.
MeCafthy's letter, however, min
limiSed the authority conferred on
hin. Ias Wrcte he Democrats:
~ alncoraly hops you viii not
lrefmil such differences u opinion
lsnaeag s. 90 details a our house.
laa y cause you not " con-
lnae a. pogvioe which you have
lIheon r6sEing he eountry 81
Ne Nnikout over vesting Me-
lCnrlky With eomplsts eoatro over
naltlso STAN porSounel came
'Ihnf1 g sho heals q 4 e0ntf0Tef1yI
lever 1 fAAgaSine article written ~
'lJ. D. Motlhews.
Y Mathews, hired By Mccarthy a.
llt1o snheommittee's executive staff
! dlgeetoE, Wrota h the article that
Itka ieeaeot einnle group supporting
ihe Communists apparatus q Amer.
lee b ecmpooed q Protestant
4 elegaymen.
TSe ITO 81 Democrats denounced
lthis a 4 1hocklng and unwaFranted
'lolta6k q tAe Protestant elafgy.
Efsatshewa submitted lis resigna.
'ltioa, hak Mccarthy aecepted It only
.loflee President EIDonhoWer joined
" srllleiom a The article.
Melth4ps yeetafday asked the
Iouse UM.Amerlean Activities
lconmlslso 10 hear HE contentious
,loG ~ eubVeralcn Ii The clergy.
IICsg aisaee Chairman Velde (N.1lI)
lItold neWsmen his purely per-
'Iponal'' opinion was that Matthews
Iteqaest should Be granted. But he
tAA 4 wk6 ~ 70 the f.ill COM
lmltise.
MeCafthy's earlier suggestion
lthat ne investigation snheom-
lmIilea queasion Matthews vas 70.
oetad u outsld1 that groups.
tIiurls dletlon.
/ II lis Letter today, Mccarthy
lseid ~ vas Totally unaware Of
Iith6 eonltuvorolal article written
10y Dr. Matthews d the time be
Twas eugAget
he sid that. q the Democrats
had followed hiO proposal 70 work
loik ! solution agreeable q you,I
this entire matter wosild have
Ihosn disposed d ID an orderly
lmanher without the injection OF
lpaFtisan politics and the tanning OF
religious bigotry. with resultant
aomaes - Tie regulations q al
'leonettho. :.
Mccarthy wTuto hat. AFTER they
ltigst discussed The issue d 4 con-
Igereaee July I, the Democrats
| advised him they had decided %
smand MattAows. resienatlon.
Me said II sttampls6 q disauada
tAom .sIn he hallel that q create
{ religious controversy WHARF, tharo
riahtfally was n0ao and 10 aiyo
tbs sllnaiion 6 partisan eompl exiOnI
IWonld % injury % our churches,
/ q he work d Tie committee, and
d public cpinion III this country
which mieht orroneou1ly eoneludeI
Tour committee had some intention
lOf investigating the churches =
TIE three Democratic senators
also eol 1 lettef yesterday from
Patrick Murphy Malln. executive
dlreetpf 81 the Americas Civil
llahefsles Union. qNastionina Whssh.
eF Matthews civil liberties were
violated.
hEalln said he union vas glad co.
lee { move 10 bring his (Mc.
lCarthy'al inVestloative activities
uilhln proper limits" hut he said
IMaiiheWs' resignation amay have
llncidenkally involved the vislationI
Iof principle Of eivil liberties
and may cause future trouble. =
Mccarthy, commenting ca this,
Sad Mathews had quit he aana-I
TOR said hs len 4 up % TIE Demo
eratic committeeman whether To-
hear Matthews.
/ MeClellan also q The top-rankine
lDemoerat On the Government
Operations Committee. tie sub
eommilteass parent body which
mccarthy also Aeads. by custom,