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Cracking down with his gavel,
Watkins stopped him.
"The senator" he Numbered,
sis out Of order"
Mccarthy made another try.
Interruptions
Once again Watkins stopped
him, declaring 1--WE aren't going
to be interrupted by these diver
sions and sidelines. "
"The committee" the chairman
declared, twill be in recess. I"
Johnson, in his brief formal
statement, recalled that his March
IL interview with the Denver news
paper was shortly after Sen.
Flanders (R-vt) criticized McCar-
thy in a Senate speech March 8.
He added:
"The Flanders speech on the
Senate floor which was the fore
runner of my March IL statement
pertained to the question whether
or not Senator Mccarthy be re-
moved from the Craftsmanship Of .
Senate committee. Ny position
then and now is that that matter
should be decided by the majority
party in charge Of the organization
of the Senate and that it. was not
the business Of the Senate Demo-
cratic party at all.
Faith In Ability
81 have full faith in my ability
to weigh the charges which have
been made against Senator Nc
Carthy together with whatever
evidence that may be presented
without prejudice"
In the 2h hour session before
the recess until tomorrow, the Sem
ate group did little more than lay
the groundwork for its hearings.
Much Of the time was taken up
with reading into the record cor
reSpondenee related to a charge
that Mccarthy was contemptuous
Of q Senate subcommittee on cleo
tons and privileges Of the Senate
Rules Committee.
That subcommittee looked into
McCarthy's financial affairs in 1852
but never got him before it as a
witness as 10 his transactions al
though it made several requests
for his appearance.
This first charge for the new
hearings is labelled: incidents of
contempt of the Senate or a sena-
torial committee.
Dismissal Asked
Williams moved for dismissal Of
this charge shortly after the COM
mittee opened the hearings.
Williams commended the charge
was Legally insufficient" but
Watkins told him the committee
did not agree with him.
Mccarthy himself was permitted
to read . statement charging that
the senator's seeking to censure
him are affected by Interior, po-
Htical considerations.
His statement declared also that
there Is an "unholy alliance" in
this country which argues that
vigorous anticommunism is more
dangerous than communism.
Watkins let Mccarthy read it,
but told him ''most of it is not
relevant and material to the issues
as we understand them"
The chairman commented too
that McCarthy's statement was I'M
sworn and was mot testimony"
Mccarthy, thanking Watkins.
read his statement in a firm, clear
voice.
I would be untruthful," the
statement said, Elf / agreed that
my accusers were not affected by
Interior, political considerations.
i believe that my accusers
either entertain such motives
themselves, or are unwilling vic
nms OF powerful pressure groups
in the country who are best char
acterized as opponents of q vigor-
Gus fight against communism.
As this Senate committee began
its inquiry, another prepared to
make public tomorrow its findings
on MeCarthy's row with Army Of
ficials-subject Of IS days Of hear
ings earlier this year.