Evening star., 1954-05-13
L letters to The Star. !.

you-in q desperate attempt to prove
your case-cite the instance Of the pho
tograph, we fail to see that has any
bearing. Just what difference it made
who was or was not In such q picture is
problematical. But letter is something
else again! Some publications the writer
has read-secular and religious-hav
made the suggestion that letter Is q
resume Of much longer letter which
did originate in the FBI. And If your
newspeople were as fair minded as they
claim to be they would realize that
probably Is the truth! Mccarthy isn't
dumb enough to claim anything he
can't back up! He'd be sap to try!
I Anne Hunt
have frequently heard the commit
tee urge that the hearing be expedited,
If possible, to allow its members to at
tend to more urgent and vital work. #
Joseph Mccarthy were to curtail his
frequent Interruptions would it not help
considerably to accomplish this end?
It looks very much as though he Is
trying desperately to run the show.
M. w.
On May Star front-page headline
read: Army Making Intensive Search
For McCarthy's Informant"
Had the Pentagon been as diligent In
wedding Reds out Of the military estab-
hshment. there would have been no
need Tor the congressional investiga-
ton. John E. Kelly.
Phony pictures and a phony letter!
Could it be that the blatant anti-com-
munism of J. r. Mccarthy is phony,
too?
Former Mccarthy Fan.
The opportunity given the public to
see" the news as it actually happens
has ruled out much of the ammunition
usually employed by the so-called Glib
eral" or left wing element Of the press.
Yet Dorothy Thompson attempts in
some detail on May to implant in the
minds OF readers picture Of Senator
Mccarthy as suffering from ian adj
vanced persecution complex"
physically and nervously overwrought."
BY comparison she pictures Mr.. Ste
vens as man of complete veracity =. F.
forced into this row only by the ex-
tremity of pressure brought by mem
bers Of the Mccarthy staff to obtain
preferential treatment for ME- Schine.
In claiming that her own interpre-
tation is obviously" that of viewers,
Miss Thompson wanders far from the
field Of objective analysis, and insults
the intelligence of readers and viewers
alike. She made It clear that she had
pre-judged the case on the basis Of
personal prejudice without regard for
the evidence as given up to this point.
Lila d. S0nnemann.
Thank you for printing the defini-
ton of McCarthyism in the letter signed
"R. I. c." Many definitions have been
given for this repulsive word but this
one seems to be more to the point and
clearly describes this threat to good
American government.
Mccarthy has demonstrated in the
hearings that he insists on acting as
chairman. judge, batter. and prosecutor
for all the committee members, to the
exclusion Of one and all.
This man with the very annoying
nasal growl has already with his
privileged immunity attacked Mr.. Hen
sci, accused Mr.. Stevens of perjury,
attacked Senators Symington and jack
son. and used some pretty harsh Ian
guage on Senator Mundt and Mr..
Jenkins. I suppose Mccarthy feels like
those he accuses of being 5th amend
ment commies. They find sanctuary in
the United States Constitution, while
Mccarthy finds sanctuary in the United
States Senate.
Keep it up Mccarthy. Soon there
will not be many Americans left in high
position who have not been recklessly
attacked by the Senator's loose tongue.
and then we will wait for the Wiscon-
sin voters to take care Of him.
Anti-McCarthy.