Evening star., 1953-01-30
Quick Combinations
Seen in ; Diplomatic
Appointments Today
BY the Asseeiessd Press

lattons Committee worrying over
how to handle two of President
Eisenhower's top diplomatic ap.
pointments, three others came
UP for Senate action today.
Chairman Wiley Of the COM
mittee predicted the three would
be confirmed quickly. They are:
Mrs. Oswald B. Lord OF New
York, to be United States repre-
sentative on the United Nations
Human Rights Commission, sue
ceeding Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Winthrop w. Aldrich of New
York, to be Ambassador to Great
Britain, succeeding Walter s.
Clifford.
Herman Phleger Of California,
to- be legal adviser to the State
Department, succeeding Adrian
s.. Fisher.
When the Foreign Relations
Committee acted on Mr.. Aldrich
yesterday Senator LANCER, Re-
publican, of N. Oak. voted
against him. But Senator LANCER
has given no indication he plans
to make any serious floor fight
against Mr.. Aldrich, a wealthy
banker.
Dulles Urges Speed.
Secretary Of State Dulles has
asked the Senate to do every
thing possible to speed conflrma-
tion Of key State Department
officials chosen by Gen. Eisen-
hover and himself.
Senator Wiley called his COM
mittee tor an afternoon session
to decide whether to hold open
or closed hearings Monday on
two nominations which have
aroused some quiet opposition.
They are Gen. Walter Bedell
Smith, to be Undersecretary of
State, the No. 2 man in the de-
partment. and James Bryant
Conant to be high commissioner
to Germany.
Senator Wiley indicated he ex-
pected, at the least, exhaustive
questioning of the two men. He
said the hearing on them would
begirT Monday morning, but that
he thought it could not be COM
pleted in one day.
Senator Wiley would not say
whether there was pressure from
any quarter to have open hear
1ngs on DR.. Conant and Gen.
Smith. So far this session all of
the committees hearings on
nominations have been closed ex-
cept that on Mr.. Dulles.
Some Roman Catholic groups
have asSailed DR.. Conant because
OF a speech he made last year
which they considered unfriendly
TO parochial schools.
The nature of any opposition
to Gen. Smith has not been dis
closed. Senator Wiley said no
one has requested an opportunity
to testify against him. =
Written Reports Assured.
The committee chairman said
he was making sure that written
reports would be available for
the Senate today on Mrs. Lord,
Mr.. Aldrich and Mr.. Phleger.
Lack Of such documents on
two other nominations got Sen
ator Wiley into a bitter name
calling row yesterday with Sen
ator Morse, independent, of Ore
gon. The nominations, both
for Assistant Secretaries of State,
we're those of Carl McCardle, for
mer Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin, and Thruston B. Morton,
former Kentucky Republican
Congressman.
Both were approved, following
the exchange of insults between
Senators Wiley and Morse.
Senator Morse demanded to
know why there were no printed
reports on the two men. Told |
by G. O. P. Leader Taft, Republi-
can, of Ohio, that such reports
were not customary in the case
of non-controversial nomina-
tions. the Oregon Senator then |
demanded an oral report from
Senator Wiley.
HurlS Barbed RetOrt.
Senator Wiley began: 81 real
lie that the Senator from Oregon
should be on the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee and every other
committee"
This was a barbed shaft be-
cause at present Senator Morse
Is on no committees. Senate
Republicans bumped him off his
two major committee assign
ments and so far he has not
taken two minor ones left for
him. He broke with the G. o. P.
during the presidential cam
paign.
Senator Morse said Senator
Wiley had gotten his committee
Craftsmanship through the Sen
ate's archaic" seniority rule, &C
cused Senator Wiley of "hit-and-
run" tactics and violating Senate
rules forbidding uncomplimen-
tary references to colleagues, and
wound up:
ANY time he wants to take
me on in mutual exchange of
diSrespect, I'm ready"
Senator Wiley said Senator
Morse was "the champion fill
busterer of this Congress-" a
headline hunter and great
independent" who thinks every
body else is out of step.