Evening star., 1954-10-14


United States Senate being va
Gated by Republican Senator
Hendrickson. The contenders-
former Representative Clifford
P. Case. Republican, against
Representative Charles r. How
ell, Democrat.
Election analysts feel, as Of
today, that Mr.. Howell is out in
front. Mr.. Howell himself says
things look so rosy there's a
danger of complacency."
Mr.. Case expresses absolute
confidence in his situation,
minimizes the Importance of the
opposition to him that has flared
within Jersey G. O. P. ranks.
Part of it is based on his pro-
nouncement on Senator Nc
Carthy. Last July. Mr.. Case, said
that if elected:
II shall vote against contir1u-
ing Senator Mccarthy as chair
man, or as a member Of the
committee on Government OPP
erations, or Of any other COM
mittee with similar functions"
Against Mccarthy.
Mr.. Howell also has come out
against Senator Mccarthy.
But Mr.. Howell says the surest
method of achieving the same
result is to elect a Democratic
Senate, which automatically
would remove Senator Mccarthy
from committee chairmanships.
Or. he says, reform the rules
governing Senate committees. He
says it is not realistic" to sup
pose q G. o. P. Senate would take
the action Mr.. Case recommends.
The point is important in New
Jersey. Mr.. Howell said the DEM
ocratic National Committee took
soundings in IL key States, found
New Jersey topping the list in
the number of Mccarthy hackers.
Senator Mccarthy injected him.
self directly into the New Jersey
campaign yesterday by saying
that he was supporting all
G. o. P. candidates but Mr.. Case.
Why did Mr.. Case take his
position in the controversy?
sit was something that needed
saying" he says. 1T is an es-
sential part of the campaign"
Some New Jersey Republicans
disagree. They say Mr.. Cases
July 7 statement was gratuitous
and helped to crystalline opposi-
tion to- his candidacy.
Several Areas of Opposition.
q A Republican who has been
working actively against Mr.. Case
and asked not to be named
said the opposition centers in
several areas:
There is the pro-McCarthy
group. There are the people who
fought for Robert A. Taft and
have never been reconciled to
the Eisenhower wing of the
party. There are friends Of
other men who wanted the
nomination. And there are
people who think Cases record
shows he is a socialist"
Mr.. Case has been Endorsed
by Americans for Democratic
Action, self-described liberal po-
litical organization. So has Mr..
Howell.
Mr.. Case said he does not go
along with ADA, however. "be
cause the dominant element of
the ADA leadership believes in
revolutionary reform as opposed
to the moderate, evolutionary.
steady progress shown by my
record and the record of the
Eisenhower administration"
He noted that he was in
dorsed in 1852 by the ADA,
and had received other indorse-
ments by the AFL and CIO. II
was naturally appreciative of
this support" he said, but as
serted it was not given him in
exchange for promises or as a
part of any agreements.
Nevertheless, this and other
factors resulted in a movement
to place the name of former
Representative Fred A. Hartley.
jr., co-author of the Taft-Hart-
ley Act. on the ballot in Novem-
Der as a write-in candidate. Mr..
Hartley recently said mo" to
the movement.
Still voicing opposition to Mr..
Case. Mr.. Hartley said he would
not advise any one how to vote.
But he said he would not vote
for either Mr.. Case or Mr..
Howell.
Mr.. Case said in an interview
he believes Mr.. Hartley's with
drawal will tend to help his
campaign now. However, he
said of the whole movement
against him: II never thought
it would have much significance
in a harmful way" And In a
debate with Mr.. Howell, the
G. o. P. nominee said there was
no. division over him among
responsible Republicans of the
State"
A veteran observer Of New