Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Met arthy Optimistic.

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However, he said he was not try
ing to rush matters.
Mccarthy Optimistic.
| After precipitating a fur,
Of debate on the floor yesterday
Senator Mccarthy said in 6
radio broadcast last night there
are plenty of votes" in the Sen.
ate to censure him, but that hi
believes the outcome would moi
affect his reelection chances ir
Wisconsin in 1858. ~
II don't think the American
people are fooled at ALL" he
added.
He said he expected the cen.
sure votes to come from most oil
the Democrats and "so-callec
liberal Republicans" The Sen.
ator spoke out bitterly against
what he described as "the jungle
warfare which some elements Of
the Republican Party have waged
on me because of my fight on
communism" This, he added
disguised many Republicans and
and Democrats who would have
voted Republican" in last week
election.
The Senator dashed at the
committees report on the Senate
floor yesterday and described as
"imbecilic" and fantastic" the
recommendation that he should
be rebuked for his remarks about
Senator Hendrickson, Republic
can, Of New Jersey.
Ignored Committee Call. :
The committee recommended
that Senator Mccarthy should
be censured for his refusal to
appear before a Senate Elections
subcommittee in 1852 to answer
questions about his financial af-
fairs, and for his treatment of
Brig. Gen. Ralph w. Zwicker in
his Senate Investigating sub
committees hearings early this
year on the promotion and hon.
orable discharge given Mai. Irv-
ing Peress, a New York dentist.
The Wisconsin Republican has
accused DR.. Peress of being "a
Fifth Amendment Communist. %
Senator Hendrickson was a
member of the elections subcom-
mittee. After he had signed the
report Senator Mccarthy re-
ferred to him as "a living mir
acle without brains or CUTS"
At yesterdays Senate session,
a sharp debate broke out when
Senator Watkins said the COM
m1ttee proposed to eliminate an
obvious error" in its report and
make some corrections of gram
NAUTICAL and typographical err
rors.
Senator Mccarthy, sitting be-
side the 67-year-old Senator
Watkins, jumped to his feet, said
he had found many errors in the
report and demanded to know
which was being corrected.
After the furry Senator Nc
Carthy went over the changes
with Senator Case, Republican,
OF South Dakota, a member of
the special committee. He then
told reporters that he didn't
think the correction was of ma
jor Importance but that he had
made his point.
Lays AnimOsity to Watkins.
Il think that he (Senator
Watkins) performed a service
to the Senate and the country
by his refusal to tell me about
the change" Senator Mccarthy
said. HE demonstrated his per-
sonal animosity to me as he did
in the hearings" g..
Senator Morse, Independent,
OF Oregon one of those who had
preferred specific charges against
Senator Mccarthy, told the AS
ISOLATED Press the Wisconsin
Republicans attitude on Senator
Watkins was 'inexcusable."
"His quibbling on the floor of
the Senate certainly was not the
Senate operating at its best" the
Oregon Senator added.
An influential Republican Sen
ator said there Is a move under
way to offer amendments to the
censure resolution which would
praise Senator McCarthy's eff
forts to hunt out Communists.
He also said some efforts may
be made to censure other Sem
ators but he declined to name
them.
Senator weIker, Republican,
Of Idaho. said he is convinced
that the proposed censure action
Is unconstitutional and planned
to explain his reasoning later to