Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
| Reuther AppIauds
Catholic Bishops
| Attack on Mccarthy
by the Associated Press

HbhUON VII 1uN0Uh1 lily
by the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 10.-The
CLIO and JAW, says President
Walter P. Reuther, agree with
Bishop Bernard j. Shells crit
icism of Senator Mccarthy as a
NOISY anti-Communist headline
hunter"
The bishop, in a speech before
a UAW-CIO Education Confer
ence yesterday, said it is time
ito cry out against the phony
anti-communism that mocks our
way of life, f1outs our traditions
and democratic procedures and
our sense of fair play"
Replying to- the bishops ad-
dress, which was cheered by
some $500 union members. Mr..
Reuther said:
1--WE are happy to join with
I
you in this fight against political
immortality in America. Commu-
nists cannot be defeated by using
their tactics.
eve agree with our good
friend Bishop She'll that if you
are going to fight the curse of
communism, then we in Amer
lea must demonstrate that we
are going to make that fight in
Keeping with the moral values
that we believe in"
"Slicker From Appleton"
The 66-year-old bishop. an
auxiliary to Samuel Cardinal
Stritch. Roman Catholic Arch
bishop of Chicago, did not men,
ton Senator Mccarthy by name.
He identified him as the junior
Senator from Wisconsin and
referred to him as "city slicker
from Appleton" Senator Nc
Carthy's home town.
Bishop She'll, who emphasized
he was speaking as citizen and
not for the church. said, Il take
a pretty dim view of some noisy
anti-Communists-one in par
ticular. the junior Senator from
Wisconsin.
II do not take a dim view of
them because they are anti
Communists, but because they
are such pitifully ineffective
anti-COmmunistS. / hate to see
anti-communjsm identified with
playing for the grandstand."
Bishop She'll asked: "Are we
any more to be feared by the
Communists because of all the
hundreds of headlines the SEN
ator from Wisconsin has piled
up?
II don't believe so.
"Just what has been accom-
pliShed? I wonder.
Serve Their Purpose, He Says.
"The large-type charges almost
always peter out to a back page
item after they have served their
purpoSe-to gain another head
line.
But by then our man, on
horseback is charging off. in
another observation-disclosures is
another day, another edition,
there isEa need for another head
line.
This kind of ridiculous goings-
on is seriously described as anti
communism.
IF you will pardon a very
lowbrow comment, 1 say
Phooey.'"
Available records show no at
tack on Senator Mccarthy by q
man of Bishop Shells high posi-
ton in the Catholic hierarchy.
There have been instances of
Catholic priests - editors and
Understanding Senator Nc
earthly in published articles.
There was no comment on
Bishop Shells speech by Cardi-
nal Stritch. Likewise, in New
York, Francis Cardinal Spellman
and Bishop Fulton j. Sheen de-
clined comment.
McCarthy's Reply.
Senator Mccarthy, who was in
Tucson. Ariz., yesterday was
asked to comment on the bish-
ops speech. Senator Mccarthy,
who is a Roman Catholic, said he
had not seen his comments and
added, IF I spent all my time
reading the attacks that are
made on me, I'd do nothing else"
Paul G. Hoffman, board chair
man of the Studebaker Corp.
told the union members last
night that some of the Nations
basic rights are being challenged.
"The method is a newly
evolved process of trial by innu-
endo or public accusation" Mr..
Hoffman said. 1T is process
in which the accused is assumed
guilty until proved innocent-a
process by which one person can
do serious and irresponsible harm
to another simply by whispering
such words as 'subversive,' pink
and fellow traveller
ut is procedures new form
of Ku Klux Klanism-by which
group of Americans having no
judicial status can set itself up
to pass judgment on the loyalties
of fellow citizens and gain a con-
siderable measure of accept
ance."
Targets Not Identified.
Mr.. Hoffman, who did not
identify any of his targets by