Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

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abroad unless he has heard 1t
from those friends at first hand.
This calamity came at q time
when the responsibility for world
leadership could not be escaped
by this Nation If we were not to
see the world crumble to ruins
around us In a destruction which
we will ultimately share. Here
again the Senate's honor and. in
addition. the Nations honor have
been compromised by the Sena-
tors Irresponsible staff and here
is another major item In the bill
Of particulars.
'Habitual Contempt" Charged.
Item 8. The Senator has an
habitual contempt for people.
This contempt is so all-perva-
sive that it appears whenever we
hear his words or see him in
action. It was displayed on every
hour Of the televised hearings if
am to believe people who spent
more time before the screen than
I did. It appears in the press
reports Of those hearings and Of
every hearing. 1t is habitual in
his own press releases.
I will give but two examples
among a multitude which might
be brought to bear on this par
ticular item. In the Army hear
ings Gen. Zwicker was badgered
to the point where he became, to
use the Senator's words, one of
the most arrogant witnesses
that had ever appeared before
him. The Senator thereupon
used language to him that no
one with any human decency
would have ever used-particu-
larly one whose own military
career is, according to reports,
the reverse Of illustrious to one
whose military services for his
country are on full record and
are beyond question.
The language was astonishing,
the situation extreme. but the
contempt was, and is, habitual.
The second instance is one
that has happened within the
last few days. In trying to ex-
plain to the Rules Committee
the sweet reasonableness of the
procedures which the Senator
always uses in his hearings. he
made the charge that he knew
one Dorothy Kenyon to be a
member of the Communist
Party on the testimony of two
witnesses. She has completely
denied this under oath. The
next step would be to prosecute
her for perjury, but the Senator
says he contemplates doing
nothing about the matter.
The fact that he has made
charges of such seriousness and
let's them hang over the victim
for the rest of her life without
attempt on his part to prove
them or offering her the chance
of disproving them. is a direct
insult to the personality and the
soul of the victim. The astonish-
ing thing is that the Senator
does not know that he is insult
ing.
Called Blot on Senate.
This thing happens over and
over and over again. Unrebuked
it casts a blot on the reputation
of the Senate itself. It also
makes plain the impossibility of
controlling exhibitions of innate
character by any change in the
rules. The Senator can break
rules faster than we can make
them.
This list will do for an illus
tration of my own bill of particu-
lars. Any member of this body
will find an inexhaustible mine
of incidents from which each
can draw his own bill of par
ticulars.
We now come to major
question which is raised by this
sad affair. That question is,
who is going to prosecute Com
munists if the Senator's opera
tons have the shadow of CEN
sure cast over them? The an
swer is simple. There will be
no loss at all to the anti-Com-
munist campaign. The Sena-
tors contributions have been
minor and comparatively unim-
portant.
II have in my hand" to use
one of the Senator's pet phrases,
a list of the Department Of
Justice cases under the Smith
Act as reported on July 20. 1854.
There have been Is such cases
in which 103 persons have been
indicted and u convicted in the
trials already completed. Twenty
eight of the persons indicted
are still on trial or awaiting
trial. This is an impressive list,
but the Senator made no con-
tribution to this successful
roundup of Communists.
Red Cases Recalled.
There has been another series
of cases based on grand jury
Some of these are still going on.
indictment and FBI reports.
In the Amerasia case Jaffee
pleaded guilty. Larson entered a
plea of nolo and the Ross case
was nol-prossed. The credit does
not go to the junior Senator.
Hiss was indicted, tried, con-
victed and sentenced. The credit
for that must go to the man who
is now, our Vice President. It does
not go to the Senator.
Remington. after two trials.
was convicted on two counts and
sentenced to three years. The
Senator had no hand in this.
julius and Ethel Rosenberg
were convicted. sentenced. and
executed. The Senator had no