Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-11
Mccarthy Defends
His Attacks Against
Senator Flanders
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statement was in reply to COB
scenities" by Senator Flanders
and If he wanted to call Senator
Flanders senile that's part OF
our freedom Of speech"
Earlier In hos cross examina-
ton, Senator Mccarthy labeled
as dishonest" q report issued
in January. 1853. by a Senate
elections subcommittee and con-
tended that subcommittee spent
"a vast amount of money IL
legally In investigating him.
Senator Mccarthy said he had
accused the committee Of dis
honesty-one Of the charges
against him in the censure hear
ings-and 81 repeat it."
Senator Watkins asked sharp
" "are you accusing those in
dividual senators Senators Hen
nings, Democrat. Of Missouri
Hayden. Democrat, Of Arizona
and Hendrickson, Republican. Of
New Jersey? are you charging
them with dishonesty"
Senator Met arthy replied thai
the report, in accusing him Of
failing to heed a summons te
appear as a witness, cited as its
main evidence telegram hi
contends never was sent because
it bears on its face a penciled
notation mot sent"
He said somebody took that
wire and put it in the record
Whoever did it was dishonest"
Exchanges with De Furia.
Senator Mccarthy, in some
crisp exchanges with Mr. de
Furia, insisted that only once
did the Hennings- Hayden-Hen-
drickso nsubcommittee formally
request his attendance, and that
he had received this days after
the date on which he was asked
to appear. He said he did not
receive 1t until he returned from
q hunting trip.
AS Senator Mccarthy was be-
ing questioned, standing by and
ready to testify were Brig. Gen
Ralph w. Zwicker and retired
Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton.
Three Senators have charged
that Senator Mccarthy abused
Gen. Zwicker when the general
appeared before the Senator
Investigations subcommittee last
February. Senator Mccarthy
contends Gen. Lawton was
broken" by the Army as COM
mander at Fort Monmouth, N. J..
for cooperating with the SUBJ
committee.
Also on hand today was Roy
M. Cohn. who resigned as chief
counsel of McCarthy's subcom-
mittee soon after the McCarthy-
Army hearings.
Mr.. de Furia started today's
hearing by asking Senator Nc
.Carthy about the charge that
the wisconsin Senator showed
contempt for a Senate Elections
subcommittee that investigated
his financial affairs and other
matters in 1872.
Referring to a letter Senator
Mccarthy wrote on December s.
1851, to Senator Gillette, then
chairman of the Elections SUBJ
committee, Mr.. de Furia asked
Senator Mccarthy If he had any
evidence that the. group spent
items of thousands Of dollars
illegally.
1T was spending a vast
amount of money Illegally" re-
piled Mccarthy. II don't know
the exact amount"
Excerpt From Letter.
In the letter to Senator Gill
lette, he had written:
when your Elections subcom-
mittee. without Senate authori-
zation.. spends tens of thousand.
of the taxpayers dollars for the
sole purpose of digging up cam.
paign material against McCar.
thy, then the committee is guilty
of stealing just as clearly al
though the members engaged II
picking the pockets of the tax.
payers and turning the loot ovel
to the Democrat National Com.
mittee."
Mr.. De Furia asked Senator
Mccarthy If any evidence "tc
support that statement Of fact
was given to the committee.
"Yes," replied Senator Nc
Carthy. who said he had pointed
out to the Elections, subcommit-
tee that in it's investigations II
was going "far beyond" its jul.
risdiction and going back to Q
period long before his election
to the Senate.
He added, however, "they die
me one favor. They proved nc
one ever lost money by making
loans to Mccarthy"
Mr.. De Furia protested this
part of the answer was not re-
sponsive to the question, anC
Chairman Watkins said he didn'i
think it was called for.
Senator Mccarthy said that Il
his answers were not responsive
the chairman could strike them
out, but he said he would like te
be able to finish his answers.
Senator w tkins said he
thought Senator Mccarthy could
answer yes or no to the question
of whether he had produced evil
dence.
Senator Mccarthy then said
the answer was "yes."
In his battle to shatter five
groups Of charges based on 46
complaints for which three fell
low Senators asked the Senate
to censure him. Senator Nc
Carthy yesterday succeeded in
having the committee accept in
to evidence his controversial copy