Evening star., 1953-03-18
VeIde Awaits Word
On Request 10 Seek
Vote Of Confidence
By the Assoeloted Pres,


lican, of Illinois today awaited
word from the House Rules Com
mittee to open the way for him
to seek vote of confidence as
chairman of the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
He told newsmen he has the
promise of Chairman Allen of
the rules group that his per
sonal request" for clearance of
an custer resolution viii be con-
sidered.
Mr.. Velde joined Representa-
tive jackson, Republican, of
California in asking the Rules
Committee to send to the full
House the resolution offered by
Representative Roosevelt, DEM
ocrat, of New York last week.
II don't see how the commit
tee can refuse a personal re-
quest" Mr.. Velde said.
Mr.. Roosevelt called for Mr..
Velde's custer. accusing him of
bringing discredit on House
members. Mr.. Roosevelt said,
among other things, this was a
result of Mr.. Velde'S assertion
that it is entirely possible" the
Red probers might go into "the
church field" in search of sub
versive individuals.
Jackson LaShes Clergymen.
In Mr.. Jackson's heated speech
to the House, demanding a show
down, he swung out at two
clergymen.
He asserted Methodist Bishop
G. Bromley Oman of Washing
ton has been to the Communist
front what Man O'War was to
thoroughbred racing" He also
declared that the Rev. Cluade
c. Williams of Birmingham was
alleged to have said he was in
the church because I can reach
people easier that way and get
them organized for communism. "
Bishop Oman promptly re-
torted that Mr. Jackson had
used the floor of the House to
broadcast a lie"
Bishop Oman, a vigorous
critic of the committees meth
DDS, said in a statement that
when it releases falSehood and
rumor which it admits it has not
investigated and which does not
represent a conclusion or judg-
ment of the committee, and does
so to silence critics. it becomes
party to slander and justifies the
mounting Nationwide criticism
of its methods"
Allen Declines Comment.
Mr.. Allen declined to comment
on the requests for clearance of
the resolution.
Mr.. Jackson took part of his
address to rap the Ford Founda-
ton granting SIS million which
he said he understood was for
investigating Congress and its
committees to determine whether
there should be more safeguards
of civil rights.
Mr.. Jackson said a wisely
spent SIS million would flush
lot of Communists out of
hiding and might even ''break
the back of the Communist con-
spiracy in this country" But as
it is proposed to be spent, he
said, it will "serve only to lend
additional aid and comfort to
the Communist Party"
jackson Charge Denied.
His statement brought quick
denial from H. Rowan Gather,
jr., president of the Ford Foun-
dation at Pasadena.
mo grant has ever been made
by the foundation for an inves-
tigation of Congress and its in
vestigating committees" Mr..
Gather declared in a telegram
addressed to Mr.. Jackson, copies
of which were released to the
press.
THE Ford Foundation recently
appropriated SIS million to the
Fund for the Republic, an indie
pendent organization, the stated
purpose of which is to support
activities directed toward the ELI
mination of restrictions on free
dem of thought, inquiry and ex-
preston in the United States.
and the development of policies
and procedures best adapted to
protect these rights
In their statement on Feb
ruary 26, 1858. the directors Of
the Fund for the Republic said,
The major factor affecting civil
liberties today, in our opinion,
is the menace of communism
and Communist influence in this
country"
The speechmaking on the floor
overshadowed an earlier commit
tee hearing at which a former
psychology professor at Smith
and Mount Holyoke Colleges de-
clined to say whether she ever
was a Communist.
The committee had spent the
morning questioning Mrs. Hulda
Rees Flynn, the former professor.
Previous witnesses had accused
her Of hpinp a Communist hit
she refused A times to answer
questions as to whether she had
any Red connections
A thin blonde in her 40s, with
a doctors degree from Colum-
bia. Mrs. Flynn now is a house
wife living in nearby Bethesda,
Md.
She based all her refuSals to
answer on grounds she might
incriminate herself with replies.