Evening star., 1954-11-11

Senator Mccarthy never did
get around to speaking the IL
page prepared speech he had is
sued for immediate release late
Tuesday. He finally suggested
that it be inserted in the Con-
gressional Record. Senator Lam
ger, Republican, of North Dakota,
demanded that he read it on the
Senate floor if he wanted it in
the record. But he Withdrew the
demand when the clock stood at
$50 pm, quitting time for the
Senate. and Senator Mccarthy
agreed to have the speech iden-
titled in the record as state
ment."
Watkins Plans Statement.
Senator Watkins. asked by re-
porters about the Mccarthy
speech charge that the commit
tee was the unwilling hand
maiden" and involuntary agent
of the Communist Party, said
he would have something to say
about that when he took the
floor again. He declared also he
did not intend to be subjected
to any cross-examination by
Senator Mccarthy.
.ET
Senator Case, who throughout
the late afternoon spoke in an
unruffled and objective tone in
discussing the committee report,
began pounding the desk him.
self when the Mccarthy state
ment was mentioned.
ST don't want him (Senator
Mccarthy to prove by his ad-
vance statements about our
committee that Count One Of
the resolution is correct" Sena-
tor Caseashouted. Count One
charges Senator Mccarthy with
contempt of the elections sub
committee.
IT don't want him to abuse
the members of the committee
for doing what they thought was
their duty" he continued. I'VE
want to make it so that it won't
be necessary again to draft
Senators for these committees.
We hope to preserve for the
Senate of the United States the
right of members to serve on
committees, go into the. facts
and make a report. without
having their motives impugned."
Objections to Watkins.
Senator Mccarthy asserted,
as he had earlier to Senator
Watkins, that he had not ac-
cused committee members Of
being friendly to communism.
He objected, he said, to what
he called the committees "imi-
tation of Communist methods"
and especially to some rulings
by Chairman Watkins at the
hearings last summer.
Republican Senators Butler of
Maryland and Bennett of Utah
spoke briefly without arousing
Interruptions.
Senator Butler announced he
would vote against censure. Urg-
ing the Senate to put aside all
political considerations. he said:
"If the Senate wishes to estab-
lish general rules governing the
conduct of it's members, it cer-
tainly should not do so in an
ex post facto fashion. A vote
for censure will seriously jeopar-
disc minority rights, now and in
the future. In so doing, we most
certainly will drastically alter
the character of our Govern
ment."
Senator Butler counseled his
colleagues to heed this warning
Of Woodrow Wilson: 1--WE are
in danger of acting before we
know what we want or COM
prehend the consequences of
what we do"
He criticized the committee
for having laid down the prin-
ciple that Senator's may be CEN
sured even though their con-
duct is not In contempt of the
Senate, If their conduct brings
the Senate into disrepute."
do we want to establish a
precedent. he asked, that Sem
ators, upon pain Of censure,
must voluntarily appear prompt
ly before and cooperate fully
with Senate committees con-
Quoting Investigations of Sena-
tors themselves, especially when
even the m in m II m right of