The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-04-02
Senator Mccarthy May
Be On The Way Out

WASHINGTON - For the first
time in a year most Washington
observers feel that the cOmbin.
cd opposition forces have Sen.
atOr Mccarthy on the defensive.
These observers include some of
McCarthy's former boosters, who
believe the Senator took on too
many opponents and issues at
one time.
The tide seemed to turn against
Mccarthy shortly after he launch.
cd his attack against the army.
The latest incident in that fight
was the direct charge by Sccrc.
tary of the Army Robert Stevens
that Mccarthy and his commit.
tee had repeatedly tried to get
a commission for a former com.
mittcc staffcr. G. David Schinc.
Stevens said an attempt was
made in all three services, the
army. navy and air force and
Schinc was refused commission
on the ground that he did not
have the necessary qualifications.
Stevens in wire to Mccarthy
charged:
"You know full we'll that after
commissions were refused by all
three services on grounds of lack
of qualifications your represent
ativcs continuously urged time
off: special treatment and even
you at times asked special as
Signmcnt in New York City. thus
avoiding any possibility of over
seas service for Private Schinc."
Mccarthy fought back with a
charge of blackmail against Stcv-
ems. lie and his assistant. II. NJ.
Cohn. held an interview with
press and radio to rcfutc the
charge but his own fellow Re.
publican Senators joined in the
rcbukc of COhn nevertheless.
Senator Potter of Michigan an
nounccd COhn should be fired if
he carried on the campaign for
special treatment of Schine. the
army charged.
Venerable old Senator F'land.
crs took the floor and attacked
Mccarthy and his tactics. lie said
the Wisconsin Senator was split.
ting the party. President Eisen.
hover joined in with a plain de-
nunciation Of Mccarthy when he
told reporters. asking about the
Flandcr speech. that he support.
cd Flanders assertion that those
seeking personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
were a great danger" to party
unity.
Then Vice President Nixon
joined in the attack. lambasting
reckless" investigators. II was
too much fire even for Mccarthy
to answer effectively. Suddenly
he had been hit with q heavier
barragc. from sources in his own
party. than ever before in the
past. lie fought back but the
tide seemed to be turning against
him. The question is whether he
can arrest the trend. now that
il has seemingly turned against
him III his own party.
The February unemployment
totals Of the Commerce Depart.
mcnt released tea days late.
we're clhS" to alarming news
among Administration officials.
Some of them had said - some
time ago - that wEci u.,cnplOy.
mcnt reached 3.5O0.O0O il would
he time to do something about
Il.
February figures pushed the
total TO something over 36OO. 900.
and the old samplins system -
which was discarded in February
- would now show uncmplOy.
mcnt over 4.OOO.OOO That isn't
the high since World War II. In
1850 the unemployment total hit
4.0O0.OtO and passed that mark.
The latest tabulatiOn though.
does show clearly that IL the
trend continues any longer the
Republican Administration may
have for itself a record it would
rather forget - record postwar
unemployment. The departments
March figures will be- out soon.
early in April.
II these figures tell the same
tale February totals told. the
Eisenhower Administration may
not wait until May to 30 into