Evening star., 1954-08-08
Three Regulations Fude
In Current Congress
Writer Sees Harmful Excesses
On House and Senote Side
By Fronk R. Kent

Not many members of Congress have
enhanced their regulations at this ses-
sion. There never are many who do.
However. most of them have done fairly
welcome through with no black
smarks against themselves as individu-
ais OF course, there are few who are
to be commended for ability and char
.acter. Also there inevitably are some
who are outstandingly demagogic and
extensively partisan.
In this class most observers here can
agree upon three-one a Democrat, one
a Republican and one so-called indie
pendent. The Republican is Representa-
tive Brazilla Carroll Reece of Tennes-
see. Mr.. Reece Is an authentic Old
GuardSman. He was at one time Re-
publican national chairman. In the 1852
preconvention campaign he was an
ardent advocate of the late Senator
Taft. In this session of Congress he is
chairman of special House committee
that investigated the Ford, the Carnegie
and the Rockefeller Foundations. The
manner Of his investigation was so
partisan and unfair as to earn for him
considerable condemnation in the press
and in the country. Particularly, he has
been condemned for making extremely
serious charges against these philan-
thropic institutions and then adjourn
ing his committee without giving them
a chance publicly to reply except by
briefs submitted to the committee This
is exactly the charge that is SO often
made against Senator Mccarthy But
Senator McCarthy's methods were never
more one-sided than those of Mr..
Reece.
The Democrat who it is generally
agreed has damaged q rather good
reputation made in the House as a
representative from Tennessee is Sena-
tor Albert Gore of that State. Mr.. Gore
was one of the leaders in the Senate
fight against President Eisenhower,s
bill enabling the Atomic Energy COM
mission to purchase power from private
companies instead of an expanded
IVA. Mr.. Eisenhower has fatty denied
the charge that he is anti-TVA. He has
asserted that his bill will not only save
the Government money but will en-
courage private enterprise to which he
is committed without in any way dam
aging iva, of which he is a strong ad-
herent. Notwithstanding this, Senator
Gore was one of the leaders in the
indefensible f1libuster on this bill which
prevented the Congress from passing
much greatly needed legislation. Even
more surprising, in a violent speech he
characterized the Eisenhower admin
istration's bill as crooked deap with
private power plant
Senator Gore not only offered no evil
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he does not document it at all. The
record in no way SustainS him. There,
of course, is room for debate on the
subject, but there is not the remotest
excuse to assail the bill as sinister.
underhanded attempt to work out
crooked deal" against the American
people. Even allowing for what politi-
clans call the local situation it had
been supposed that Senator Gore was
we'll above this sort of shabby dema-
goguery.
On the other hand, there is no sur
prise about the attitude of the So
called independent Wayne
Morse of Oregon. A good many people
regard Mr.. Morse as publicity
seeker" But there is considerably more
to it than that. He himself contends
and possibly believeS-that his bolt in
1852 after having been nominated as a
Republican was matter of prime .ple.
But not many, either in or out OF the
Senate, will agree about that. On the
contrary, there is considerable evidence
that he cherishes some sort of personal
grudge or grievance against the Presi-
dent. At any rate, he exudes such Bit
terneSS against the man and against
anything he proposes that nearly every
body regards him as an Eisenhower
,later."
= This almost puts him in a class by
himself. At least, it makes him seem a
little queer. For while there are many
people who disagree with the Eisen-
hover policies, and certainly there were
some 20 million persons who voted
; against him two years ago, it is little
difficult to think of any one else who
nates him personally the way Senator
Morse seems to hate him. The Presi-
dent is the kind of man with whom
you can differ greatly but he is not the
kind whom it Is easy to hate. Yet.
Senator MorSes speeches and person.
ality during the present session just
reeked with hatred. Particularly was
this evidenced in the inexcusable fill
buster which sacrificed SO much good
legislation. Mr.. Morse does not come
up for denomination until 1858, but it
is not likely the Republicans in Oregon
will have forgotten by then the record
he is making now.