Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-23
Mccarthy Unit Meets Today
To Consider Case of L0Veni0

A0O ~ LII Y OHHA
some supporters to postpone his
anti Mccarthy move until after
the Special Investigations sub
committee makes public prob
ably in about two weeks-its re- |
port on the Army Nice arthy dis
pute. It was believed that ex-
pected criticisms in the report
would bring more support.
Opposes Delay.
But the Vermont Republican |
said he was confident further !
delay would not bring more |
votes" He said that in ponder
ing his resolution Democrats
must consider whether they wish |
to subscribe to Senator McCar-
thy's description of the Roosevelt
and Truman regime as 40 years
of treason" Similarly, he said.
the Republicans must consider
whether they wish to give the
Democrats a campaign issue
which, he added. they will do un-
less they rebuke Senator Nc
Carthy.
Senator Flanders said he
would give a bill of particulars
of his charges against Senator
Mccarthy in a speech preceding
introduction of the resolution.
He had been urged to state why
| he wished Senator Mccarthy
censured, a step that has been
taken only twice in Senate his
tory.
He said the speech would in
clude "a sampling of his charges;
to list every item would take
until Christmas" He added he
might make "an interim speech"
before next Friday.
AS for the charge Of Majority
Leader Knowland that he was
being used by the CLIO and
Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton, Senator Flanders said, '"I
am not being used by anybody.
This fight is mine"
He said he welcomed the sup
port of the CLIO. but knew moth
ing of the ADA. He added the
AFL in Vermont was supporting
him.
Labor knows" he said, "that
the course the junior Senator
from Wisconsin is following
would lead to the end OF free
labor unions"
Senator Flanders received
support yesterday from a group
of % prominent persons who
telegraphed each Senator, urg-
/ ing them to vote for the censure
resolution. The group included
Paul G. Hoffman, president OF
the Studebaker Corp. an
former Federal official who
organized the Citizens-for-
Eisenhower movement in 1852,
and Howard c. Peterson, Phil
adelphia bank president. who
had charge Of raising funds for
the Eisenhower campaign.
"McCarthyism" Decried. !.
Their telegram said in part:
1.-THE issues posed by Mccarthy
ism override all considerations
of party advantage or expedi-
ency. At stake are the integrity.
dignity and authority of our
highest legislative body (the
Senate)."
Others who signed the tele-
gram to the Senate included
Will Clayton Texas cotton
broker and former Undersecre-
tary of State: John Cowles. pub
Usher; Lewis w. Douglas. chair
man of the board of the Mutual
Life Insurance Co. and former
Ambassador to Great Britain;
. CLIO President Walter B. Reu-
Their, and AFL Vice President
A. j, Hayes.
Other signers of the telegram
were: Douglas M. Black, presi-
, dent of Doubleday, Inc, publish
: ers: Cass Garfield, chairman of
Harper g. Bros, publishers;
Samuel Goldwyn, motion picture
producer; Erwin N. GriSwold,
: dean of the Harvard Law School;
: Paul Helms, Los Angeles manu-
facturer: Palmer Hoyt, editor
and publisher of the Denver
} Post; Chester j. La Roche. presi-
dent of a New York advertising
4 firm: Fred Lazarus, jr., depart
ment store executive.
Also John P. Marquand, Pulit-
ger winning author; Ralph
). McGill, editor of the Atlanta
S Constitution; Reinhold Niebuhl
? of the Union Theological Semi.
nary, New York; Jubal R. Par
ten, Texas oil executive.
Also Frederick Douglass Pat.
terson, former president Of Tus'
keegee Institute; Spyros P
, Skouras, motion picture execu'
: tive; Henry N. Wriston. presi'
: dent of Brown University, ane
: ]. D. zellerbach, San francisco
: industrialist.