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Evening star., 1954-06-02
By Gould Lincoln

Republican leaders in the Sem
ate today predicted that Senator
Mccarthy. Republican. Of wis
conSin win have his wings con-
siderably clipped If and when
he again becomes chairman Of
the Senate Investigations sub
committee.
Senator Mccarthy stepped
aside as chairman during the
subcommittee's investigation of
his controversy with the Army.
The Republican leaders said
that the subcommittee itself will
decide in the future what is to
be investigated and who is to
be called.
While there have been rumors
that Senator Mccarthy will be
removed as chairman. no Sena-
tor has yet proposed such dras-
tic action. Nor is it likely that
such a motion will be made, If at
all. until after the close Of the
present investigation and the
subcommittee itself has had an
opportunity to make a report.
Senators who. have been crit
ical of Senator Mccarthy and
his defiance of President Eisen-
hover said they believed his sub
committee should initiate any
move that is made in regard to
his Craftsmanship. This, how
ever. does not preclude any in
dividual Senator from moving
that the Senate take the chair
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Text Of Flanders Senate Address Attacking Mccarthy

FOLLOWING is the tert of the
address, Senator Flanders, Re-
publican. OF Vermont deliuered
in the Senate yesterday attack
ing Senator Mccarthy, Repub-
ltcGn. OF Wisconsin
Mr.. President: I propose for
a few minutes to address this
body on the subject Of the CO.
loSsal innocence of the junior
Senator from Wisconsin.
I am not using the word
innocence in the meaning of
freedom from guilt, for no
question. of guilt is involved.
Rather, the meaning is that
of the blithe heedlessness Of
the young, who blunder in
nocently into the most appall-
ing situations, as they ramble
through the world of adults.
Perhaps the best illustration Of
this kind of innocence is to be
found in a popular cartoon
series published daily under
the title Dennis the Menace"
Our busy Senator does get
us adults into all kinds of
trouble. His constructive ac-
tivitieS consist largely in pull
ing personalities out of the
FBI files and displaying them
under the television lights.
This is certainly a labor
saving operation. but it is not
his only activity. Besides this
and while doing this, he
spreads division and confusion
wherever he goes. Not, for in
stance, the foreboding he in
spires in our fellow citizens of
Jewish blood and faith. Among
them this is well-nigh univer-
sal. in spite of the fact that
his two closest associates are
Hebrews. In seeking the origin
of this foreboding, I have been
led to remember the part
which the Senator played in
the investigation of the NAL
medy maSsacres, and the
strange tenderness which he
displayed for the Nazi ruf1ians
involved.
Perhaps this would not have
been enough to perpetuate
foreboding, but his anti
Communism SO completely
parallels that of Adolph Hitler
as to strike fear into the heart
of any defenseless minority.
We should always remember,
by the way. that communism
and NaziSm and other dictator
ships resemble each other far
more closely than any of them
resembles the free world into
which we were born and in
which we hope that our chill
dren and grandchildren will
live.
Evening star., 1954-06-02

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top maker-we promised not to
tell the famous namei Woven
clip-dots, embossed piques,
skipdent limos, combed broad.
cloths! See scoop necks, pocket.
mad tops, bare arms, vivid col.
ors. stripes. prints. Sizes 1888.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
BroWneII AssaiIs
'vigiIante' Acts in
Reply on Mccarthy
BY the Assoeiutsd Press

LOS ANGELES. June AT
torney General Brownell, here to
address a Pasadena YMCA din
ner tonight, says no one has the
right to act on his own author
ity "aS vigilante."
Mr.. Bfownell made the remark
in reply to a reporters question
concerning Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin. He
didn't mention Senator Nc
Carthy's name, but he said he
would "say it in my speech"
ut is serious matter for any
one to set himself up against the
President" Mr.. Brownell also
told newsmen yesterday on his
arrival. He had been asked to
comment on Senator McCarthy's
view that a Senator heading an
investigative committee is en-
titled to material which the Gov
ernment has classified as conf
dental and secret.
"The President" Mr.. Brownell
said, issued a new order some
time ago dealing with classified
material, and classification now
is done only when the subject is
of great Importance to the secur-
ity of the Nation"
Mr.. Brownell speaks in Los
Angeles tomorrow night, before
the Los Angeles County Bar As
sociation and in Fresno Friday
night. Saturday he speaks in
Denver. During part of his stay
here he and Mrs. Brownell will
be guests of Paul G. Hoffman,
Studebaker board chairman.
The Attorney General said the
Justice Department is studying
daily transcripts of the Army
Mccarthy hearing to determine
if any criminal action is involved.
He added:
ANY Government employe who
discloses confidential material
will have to suffer the conse-
quences."
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Matthews Attack
On CIerqy Recalled

It was not the Jews alone
who had reason to be troubled.
The former chief of staff of
the Senator's committee, with
out a word of rebuke from his
superior, charged the Protes-
tant ministry with being in
effect the center of Communist
influence in this country.
Here the attack was on a Wig
orous, indignant majority, and
the Chief of Staff had to go.
But the ghost of religious
intolerance was not laid.
Clearer and clearer evidence
came to light of the danger of
setting church against church.
Catholic against Protestant.
At a recent communion break
fast of the New York police
force, the Senator made a
characteristic speech blaming
the Pentagon for not compel
ling the release of the re-
naming prisoners of the
Chinese Communists. He did
not say how this could be done
short of renewing the war.
Then he referred to his own
proudest achievement-the de-
lection of the pink dentist.
Loud cheers from most of the
audience-others silent.
Then Msgr. McCaffrey went
into a eulogistic grafton on the
public service of our Senator.
More cheers and silences.
Cardinal Spellman entered
during the monSeigneur'S
introduction and shook hands
with our Senator. He arrived
nate and left early. but he did
shake hands. Did this mean
that the imprimatur of "nihil
obstat" had been set by the
church on these debonair cam
paigns to divide Americans
from each other on religious
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Bishop Shells
Address Hailed

But soon, thank God, from
Chicago another voice was
heard. It was that of a high
and respected member of the
Catholic Church. Bishop She'll.
He said that our Senator is
doing more harm than good,
and is dividing the United
States instead of uniting it in
a cause that of itself is sup
ported by every good citizen.
Continuing. he said: "An
America which has lost faith
in the integrity of the Gov
ernment, the Army, the
schools, the churches, the labor
Unions, and most of all. an
America whose citizens have
lost faith in each other-such
an America would not need to
bother about being anti
Communist; it would have
nothing to lose," the bishop
said.
"Such an America" he
added, would have nothing
to recommend it to freedom
loving men-nothing at all, not
even the shining image of its
victorious junior Senator from
Wisconsin.
Thus it became evident that
Dennis the Menace had driven
his blundering ak deep into
the heart of his own church.
His success in dividing his
country and his church is
paralleled by his unparalleled
success in dividing his own
party. While only a minority
leader, his following is faithful
and loud.
This again raises uncomfort-
able comparisons with die
tators elsewhere in the world.
Not so long ago, our Senator
made one-just one-Repub-
lican speech. It was extreme.
but it contained some painful
truths. There were hopes that
he might rejoin the party. But
he soon dissipated these hopes
and instead resumed his ak
happy efforts to split it.
He has achieved the incred-
ible success of trapping Repub-
lican Senators into a detailed
and relentless search for some
significant evidence of SUBJ
versions in the Republican ad-
ministration-and this in an
election year. The search has
no limits in minuteness or al,
titude. It reaches into the
White House itself.
The cooperating group in
the Senate is not large. 1t is
not completely hypnotized. It
is led on by the pitiful hope
that some magic means may
be found whereby Dennis the
Menace will be transformed
into a Republican asset!
Meanwhile the investigation
goes on and on. There are
new synthetic and irrelevant
mysteries served up each day,
like the bakers breakfast buns,
delivered to the door hot out
of the oven. But the commit
tee has not yet dug into the
real heart of the mystery. That
mystery concerns the personal
relationships of the Army pri-
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Crowd Outshines
Play Produced by
Princess MARGARET
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, June Princes
Margaret looked on with a crit
ical eye last night as a cast of
her Mayfair playmates earned
f3.000-$8, ,400-for charity in an
amateur play the Princess
helped produce.
The performance packed the
Scale Theater with a gala audi
ence that included almost every
body but the producers sister,
Queen Elizabeth II. She's at
tending tonight.
The troupe of So, built around
Burke's Peerage, featured dukes,
marchionesses, earls and even
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.
The audience, awaSh in silks,
mink and diamonds. provided a
spectacle which newspaper re-
viewers found in some respects
superior to the show on the
stage.
The play-not that it mat
tered a bit-was Edgar Wal
lace's old thriller, "The Frog"
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Drug Output Up 10 Pet.

BONN. - West Germany's
pharmaceutical industry's 1853
production amounted to 1926
million, or 10 per cent more than
in 1852. Last years drug ex-
ports totaled more than $50 mil
lion, compared with $42 million
in 1852.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Senate COP. Chiefs Predict
Wing Clipping for Mccarthy

manShip away from the Wis.
conSin Senator. Senate commit.
tees are appointed by the whole
Senate and the Senate can at
any time remove q Senator from
q committee.
Democratic Senators are in
clined for the time being to let
the Republicans handle the Nc
Carthy problem.
Senator Mccarthy has said
that as soon as the present in
quiry is over, he intends to re-
sumo investigation of alleged
subversives and Communists in
the Army. and that he would
have Secretary of the Army
Stevens before him.
That" said this Senator, "is
a matter which I feel sure the
investigating committee will by
majority vote determine"
This same Senator also said
that any member of a Senate
committee was entitled to see
any material which is before his
committee was entitled to see
the chairman. He was referring
to Senator McCarthy's refusal
to allow Senator Mcclellan,
Democrat. of Arkansas. q mem
ber Of the investigating commit
tee to have material in the files.
Evening star., 1954-06-02

vate. the staff assistant and
the Senator.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
Coal Chemicals Expanding

NEW YORK.-American pro-
duction of chemicals made from
coal in 1853 totaled about $3.50
million in value.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
ORIGIN OF CONSERVATION
POLICY

Ever since progressives of all parties
and no party under the leadership of
Republican President Theodore Roose-
welt put Conservation" on the map,
the role of the Federal Government
in river development and protecting
basic resources from waste and mon
Opolization by private interests has
been considered sound Americanism
by all save the exploiters.
But today said Powers-That-Be are
attempting to stand our people on
their intellectual heads and convince
them that they would lose their free
dom" if this policy continues They
contend that Government must take
back seat and principal control be
exercised hereafter by the states, To-
cal governments, and private enter
prise in a happy partnership" This
would end Washington dictatorship,
reduce the national debt, and save the
taxpayers millions Of dollars This is
trumpeted in the face of the historic
fact that but for the activities of Uncle
Sam there would have been no con-
servation worth mentioning, since it
is easier for Big Business to control
state and local politics and admins
tration.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
IVA OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE
OF CONSERVATION

The most outstanding example of
conservation principles at work is the
Tennessee Valley Authority. We are
informed that this is an "alien" thing
socialism, or communism, according
to the speaker or the writer. 1t must
be checked and its only big profit
making function, electric power, be
limited and ultimately sold to the pow
err trust. We may expect expert re-
ports to sustain this propaganda from
the task forces" of ex-President
Hoover, chairman of the Commission
to Reorganize the Executive Branch.
Let the public pay for the nonprofit-
able functions of the enterprise, how
ever.
Now, there are four methods to ham,
string and destroy an institution to
which reactionaries are oppOsed-and
they are all in active operation at the
present times: Fool the people by
false propaganda, cut appropriations
and starve it OUT limit its functions,
and appoint managers who will be-
tray it's purposes.
IVA KEPT OUT OF POLITICS
The amazing thing is that so many
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18

Richard Graves, who was a political
unknown six months ago, was the
Democratic gubernatorial nominee
while Rep. Sam Yorty will be the
Democratic opponent of Sen. Thomas
H. Kuchel (R) who was appointed
to fill Vice President Nixon's seat.
The surge of Democratic votes in
California followed victories for lib
eral candidates in Alabama and North
Carolina where repetition of 1850
smear tactics proved ineffective. 1t
tied in with host of reports from
all over the country indicating a ris-
ing tide of liberal sentiment.
Whether these factors were behind
a sudden decision of Pres. Eisenhow-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18

er to make a nationwide political
speech was not clear. The decision to
put his remarks to national Citi-
zens for Eisenhower rally on the air.
waves, however, was not announced
until after the California election
and only day before the event.
The President pleaded for 'less
political fission and more political
fusion" in his badly-split party and
appealed for more congressional &C
ton. He dwelt longest on his request
for lower agricultural price supports,
request which has been decisively
turned down by the House agricul-
tural committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AN INDICATION OF A
STARTLING REVERSAL IN NOVEMBER?

for the first time in many years,
candidates wore party labels. AS a
result California Democrats for the
first time in 20 years nominated a
full party slate.
Where two years ago Ia congress
sional candidates eliminated all OPP
position in the primaries, this year
only three will have no further con-
test. They were, on the basis of in
complete returns, Reps. Jack Shelley,
Clair Engle and Harry Sheppard, all
Democrats.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
From CIO-PAC

California last week joined Ala
bama and North Carolina in point
ing to the possibilities of a startling
reversal of political form this year.
Recognition of these possibilities APP
peared to be behind last minute
change of plans which put Pres. Eli
senhower on nationwide TV and
radio network to plead for support
of his Legislative program"
California voters last week went
to the polls to mark ballots on which,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
The Mechanical Brain

PORTLAND, Ore.-The fastest me-
chanical brain in the world, a calcu
lator at the Institute for Advanced
Study at Princeton, N. j., can do p
900 multiplications, 1900 divisions,
or 100000 additions in one second.
The machine, which is only s 8 x 2
feet, contains $500 vacuum tubes, 40
cathoderay tubes, and more than a
mile of wiring.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18

Americans condone these tactics and
take seriously the charges against
IVA. But not so the people whom it
serves. They have organized the "Citi-
zens for IVA" with headquarters at
the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville to
defend IVA against hostile action by
the Administration and tell the people
of other states the truth about it.
Thus far IVA has kept out of poll
tics and has an efficient management.
The term of the present chairman of
the Board, Gordon R. Clapp, expired
in May The people trusted him and
for obvious reasons presented Presi-
dent Eisenhower with petition signed
by 10000 citizens urging reappOint-
ment.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
By JUDSON KING
In AMER. TRAIN DISPATCHER

Editorial Note: He has passed his
80th milestone, but Judson King is
still fighting, as in earlier years, for
protection of the peoples resources
in his capacity as director of the Ma
tional Popular Government League.
An encouraging sign of the times
is the growing resistance of the Amer
lean people to the efforts of the Pow
ers-That-Be to seize control of the
nations natural resources-land, oil,
gas, forests, minerals and water power
while the nation is distracted over
Communism, hydrogen bombs and the
threat Of another war.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18

to these absurd canards and come at
once to Mr.. Clapp's conclusions as to
the bearing of the Tennessee expert
ment on national power policy. He
holds that IVA is a national-not
merely regional = asset that has
proved it's worth.
He begins by putting on the line the
basic principle that can ample supply
of electric energy at the lowest obtain
able cost" is necessary for normal eco
nomic progress. But the building of
plants to furnish this abundance at
low rates must come first and stimu
late growth. IVA has demonstrated
this is sound financial policy in the
public welfare. 1t is paying it's way.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
DERIVATIVES OFFERED

AS alternatives, he suggests that the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18

Silicosis and Legislative pay initia-
tive petitions should be filed with your
LOCAL county clerk.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
HARMONIOUS RELATIONS
WITH LABOR

Next came the recognition of labor
unions, a prime heresy in those days
when it was maintained in High Places
that the Government had no legal nor
moral right to depart from the open
shop. But under the leadership of Da-
vid E. Lillienthal, a board member
with heart as we'll as brain, and
Marion H. Hedges, then editor and re-
search director of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a
brand new labor policy was evolved
with vision in cooperation with the
national and local officials of the Is
AFL unions whose crafts were con-
cerned.
The Tennessee Valley Trades and
Labor Council was organized by these
unions to deal with IVA management.
The methods devised have worked so
successfully that there has been no
strike or labor disturbance worth men
tioning during these 20 years, and that
is why both as citizens and craftsmen,
union labor is loyal to IVA and fears
change of management. Finally, it is
evident that IVA has been practicing
cooperation and partnership" with
state and local Government and pri-
vate enterprise proposed by the pres
ent administration as a new policy.
vate power companies cannot horn
in on the power and keep rates up.
There's the rub.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
Why Scutt|e IVA?

Government might establish ''guaran-
tees against losses from SURPRISES
which actually occur" Or, it might
Subscribe capital to the utilities in
the form of second preference stock
without voting rights. This preference
stock would have fixed yield lower
than required for private investment
but high enough to cover the cost of
money to the Government and a re-
serve for possible losses" Such capital
subscriptions need cost the taxpayers
very little, if any at all. That would be
based on actual and not forecast sur
plus.
Finally, he insists that the para
mount issue is an abundant supply
which transcends the controversy over
private VS.. public generation But we
shall need tremendous amounts of
power. Hence, expansion of Govern
ment plants should proceed with all
possible speed. This is no time to de-
pend primarily upon private industry
fulfilling its obligations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
IVA AND THE LABOR PROBLEM

The benefits of IVA resulting from
the above policies are enjoyed by all
citizens, but there are other policies
of a special interest to my readers
which aroused the hostility of Big
Business from the start-its handling
of the labor problem.
In the first place, the Board decided
to organize work force of it's own
and not farm out the various construc-
ton jobs to private contractors 1t had
20 dams to build with around 10000
employees on the payroll; it wanted
unity, efficiency, and peace. That de-
cision not only forestalled an enor-
nous amount of lost time but saved
the Government many millions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
TVA-A NATIONAL EXPERIMENT

A bewildering array of facts dissi-
pates the "myths' befuddling so many
people outside the Valley that the
IVA is a Relationship" that it is sub
sidized by the nations taxpayers, that
it inhibits private enterprise, and so
on. But we must pass over the answers
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18
POLICY OF PRIVATE POWER
COMPANIES


On the other hand, the policy of the
power companies to charge high rates
which result in low consumption while
the industry waits for a profita BILE
"market'' before building new facili-
ties has always resulted in "too little
electricity" Also that there is no bet
ter prospect for the future from pri-
vate enterprise. Says he: america
needs more power than the power in
dustry is prepared to supply"
He warns that the new plant capac-
ity which the Government has induced
the industry to construct for defense
purposes is no answer. Peace time con-
sumption increase is so rapid and
great that these new plants will soon
be in full use. There are shortages in
many areas right now. If war hits, then
what?
This raises the question whether it
is fair to ask private industry to keep
in advance of domestic needs and, in
addition, to invest millions in surplus
plants for war necessities which may
or may not occur.
No, says Chairman Clapp, that
would not be fair but this interest
free loan feature of rapid tax amorti-
cation" method is costing too many
millions and the companies will own
the plants in the end.
ALTERNATIVES OFFERED
AS alternatives, he suggests that the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-06-18

They knew their man. Taking his
NJ. A. in Public Administration at the
University of Chicago in 1888, when
IVA started, he was at once employed
as Assistant Personnel Director, then
Director, then General Manager, and
in 1913 was appointed Chairman of
the Board. AS required by the Act he
took an oath that he believed in the
wisdom and feasibility" of the prof.
ect and has kept the faith.
All this is why, assume, when the
authorities at the University of Chica-
go wanted a lecturer to sum up for
them the history and significance of
IVA in this crisis, they extended an
invitation to the alumnus, which he
accepted, giving six lectures during
February.
These addresses are live stuff. The
description of how "Men and manage
ment rebuilt river-20 dams in 20
years. is instructive as to the effici-
ency of public enterprise.