Evening star., 1954-04-22
OAR, Ignoring Plea
To Wait, Approves
Congress Probes

The Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution today gave a
general stamp of approval to the
work of congressional investi-
eating committees over a lone
plea from their convention floor
to wait until "the truth has
been demonstrated" in the cur
rent controversy with the Army.
Mrs. Cassius Clay of Paris,
KY, declared:
This is not a controversy be-
tween an American institution
and a Communist institution -
it is a controversy between two
highly honored branches Of our
own Government"
She expressed fear that there
could be no outcome "save the
discrediting of one organization
or the other" since plain mat
GcI Vi GFuCIl Is lIlVOlV6O.
II know you are interested in
the TRUTH" she said in urging
the OAR to withhold it's COM
mendation for the present, land
Caesars wife must be above sus-
picion."
Urges Continuance.
The convention, wever,
voted to express appreciation
for the accomplishments of Gin
vestigating) committees of both
the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives and urge Congress
to make adequate appropriations
for their continuance"
The resolution said that the
committees had rendered inval-
liable service to the country and
the need for their work "is still
pressing"
Other resolutions adopted to-
day opposed world government,
pledged anew the OAR adher-
ence to the Constitution, and re-
iterated opposition to "socialis-
tic" legislation.
In urging Congress to recon-
mend an amendment to the
Constitution to prevent any
treaty or executive agreement
from superseding it. the Daugh-
tiers turned down a proposal to
identify the action with the
Bricker amendment.
Just Begun to Fight.
Mrs. Henry Jones of Marsh
vile, Wis, who had moved to
strengthen what she called a
"Milquetoast" resolution, de-
clared:
Il cannot agree with the posi-
ton of the Resolutions Commit
tee that the Bricker amendment
is dead. 1t represents all that
this society has stood for. We
may have lost the first round
but we have just begun to fight"
Mrs. James B. Patton, former
preSident-general, said, however,
that if one name were mentioned
in connection with the resolu-
ton there were many others
which should also be included.
Oppose U. N. Changes.
The daughters reaffirmed
opposition to any change in the
United Nations charter which
might cause surrender of the
sovereignty of the United States,
and said the veto power should
be retained in the Security
Council.
They repeated opposition to
"any infringement" of the con-
Stitutional provision for complete
sovereignty of the United States.
In other action, the delegates
adopted resolutions which:
Opposed the admission of Red
China as a member of the Unit
ed Nations.
Called Tor legislation etXend-
ing the statute of limitations
and permitting introduction of
evidence obtained by wire tap
ping in cases involving national
security and defense. This would
be with written permission of
the FBI by the Attorney Gen
eral. The OAR rejected a sub
stitute overlapping resolution
that would i've the Federal courts
the power instead of the Attor-
ney General.
Opposed Federal aid to educa-
ton and socialized medicine
and recommended further study
and analysis of both. This res