Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
Tho Political Mil
Tho Political Mill
Neither Foction Wins
Army Corthy Row
Both Committee Reports
Fail to Support Either Side
BY Gould Lincoln


tee reports on the Army Carthy row
finally are in-and they do neither
Senator Joe Mccarthy nor Secretary
Stevens any, good. They lambaste the
two minor principals involved in the
case, Roy M. Cohn Of the Mccarthy
stan, and John Adams, counsel for
the Army Department. It is fact that
both these reports. the majority written
by the Republican members Of the
Senate committee and the minority by
the Democratic members. crack down
on all these gentlemen. The differ
ence between the two criticisms is only
one of degree. Indeed. in some respects
the two reports really coincide.
The supporters of Senator Mccarthy
and the supporters Of MIR. Stevens will
not like these reports. Some win say
that the criticism Of Senator Mccarthy
; falls far short Of what Is warranted.
Others win contend that the committee
should have been more severe In its
findings on Mr.. Stevens. And certainly
the supporters Of Roy Cohn will de-
nounce the committee for its structures.
So much for the extremists. The general
public. which was thoroughly disguised
what they showed. will likely applaud
the committee.
Only One Unemployed.
Mr.. Cohn is. the only one Of the
principals in the case who Is out of
the job he held before the investiga-
ton of, the charges by the Army against
Senator Mccarthy and vice versa. He
resigned, but 1t was well understood that
had he not done so, he would have been
tossed out by majority vote of the
Senate Investigating Committee. What
will happen to Secretary Stevens and
Mr.. Adams remains to be seen. Both
the majority and minority reports found
that Mr.. Stevens had followed course
Of "appeasement" in dealing with Sena-
tor Mccarthy. MIR. Cohn, and with David
Schine. the private for whom the Army
charged Senator Mccarthy and Mr..
Cohn used improper pressure to obtain
commission and other special favors.
The minority report suggested that MIR.
Stevens should be replaced with another
man.
These committee reports cannot be
laughed off-either by Senator Nc
Carthy or Mr.. Stevens. There have
been rumors so far denied at the
White House-that Mr.. Stevens was pre-
pairing to resign. 1t looked as though
both were hiding their time--until the
Senate Investigating Committee made
its report. One rumor was that the
Eisenhower administration was pre-
pairing to send Mr.. Stevens abroad as
an ambassador-and so take him out
Of the Army Department job. The re-
moval OF Mr.. Stevens. however. would
be regarded as a distinct victory for
Senator Mccarthy. which would not
please the administration.
Further, 1t is obvious that no matter
how reprehensible the actions of Sena-
tor Mccarthy may have been, in this
case there Is no likelihood that he would
be removed from the Senate. The peo-
pie Of Wisconsin are the only ones that
have the power to deal directly with
Senator Mccarthy, and they will have
no opportunity to remove him until he
comes up again for election. This does
not happen until 1858.
Under New Scrutiny.
Another committee is now looking
into charges that Senator Mccarthy
has not acted as becomes q Senator
OF the United States. Whether
1t will come up with a recommends
that the Wisconsin Senator be "cen-
sured" is anybody's guess. II 1t does.
the Senate itself will be called upon to
act-and even If it doesn't, demand
for censure vote may be made by
individual Senators. The report of the
Senate committee which has completed
its report on the activities of Senator
Mccarthy and the representatives of
the Army Department is not calculated
to aid Senator Mccarthy in the new
investigation.
All this may have some effect on
the congressional elections, particu-
larry If Senators are compelled to
vote on censure or non-censure of
Senator Mccarthy. There is no doubt
that Senator Mccarthy has a strong
following in the country because of
his persistent hunting of Communists
and fellow travellers. In the Midwest.
indeed. the people are said to be at
least evenly divided on Senator Nc
Carthy. But take it by and large. It
does not new appear that Senator Nc
Carthy is to be the main issue, or even
a main issue, in the campaign. One
reason for this Is that many Repub-
hcans do not wish to have him as an
issue-and certainly some of the DEM
ocrats have no more desire to make
him an issue.