Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

crowd OF about 1000 Democrats
at a $100-a-plate party fund
raising dinner here tonight that
President Eisenhower must &C
cept the blame for whatever i'll
effects Senator Mccarthy has
had on national unity because
Gen. Eisenhower has been per-
suaded to pull his punches in
the belief that "McCarthyiSm is
the best Republican formula for
political success"
Senator Mccarthy, Weekend
ing in a nearby beach hotel.
shut himself off from reporters
and provided no immediate re-
Spouse to a Slashing attack on
his Communist investigation
operations and to Gen. EiSen-
howers role as a critic of his
methods.
Tears Into Mccarthy.
Mr.. Stevenson, speaking with
what some of his associates de-
scribed as . cold fury. tore into
the Wisconsin Senator in vitrolic
language. He left no doubt in
the minds of his hearers that he
felt Gen. Eisenhower had fallen
short of his best possible effort
to curb Senator Mccarthy.
To the former Governor of
Illinois, who discarded for the
night his role as the chief
quipster of American politics
Senator McCarthy's detectives
included mot only the intimida-
ton and Silencing of all indie
pendent institutions and opir-
ion in our society, but the
capture of one of our great
instruments of political action
the Republican Party.
THE end result, in short. is
a malign and fatal totalitarian-
ism." he declared.
Many Party Officials Present.
Mr.. Stevenson's speech was ar
ranged before a backdrop of a
Democratic harmony fest in a
State the former Illinois Gov
ernor lost to Gen. Eisenhower
in 1852.
In what was for him a Bit
terly phrased address. Mr.. Ste
venSon took a step toward end
ing speculation about Demo-
cratic tactics in this years cam
paign for control of Congress.
Mr.. Stevenson charged Gen.
Eisenhower with personal re-
sponsibility for the Mccarthy
ism" which he blamed primarily
for "the bitter harvest of the
seeds of SANDER, defamation and
disunion planted in the soil of
Democracy"
Cites Controversy.
Citing the controversy between
Gen. Eisenhower and Senator
Mccarthy over the latter's
charges that the Army had
"coddled" Communists, Mr..
Stevenson said that if the Presi-
dent had cracked down on the
Wisconsin Senator he would have
had the country's support.
Had the Eisenhower admin
istration chosen to act in defense
of itself and of the Nation which
it must govern. it would have
had the grateful and dedicated
support of all but tiny and de-
luded minority of our people,"
Mr.. Stevenson declared.
He added that clear as the
issue is, the administration ap-
pears to be impotent. Why?
Because the party which created
the administration is hopelessly,
dismally, fatally torn and rent
within itself"
Mr.. Stevenson said Gen Eisen-
hover had been "patronized,"
the press threatened and '"our
servants of God impugned." The
latter was a direct reference to
Senator McCarthy's employment
of j. B. Matthews as an investi-
gative aid. Mr.. Matthews re-
signed in the furore over maya
zine article he wrote contending
that "the largest single group
supporting the Communist appa-
ratus in the United States today
is composed of / protestant
clergymen."
Declaring there was in prog
ress a calculated campaign Of
deceit" Mr.. Stevenson struck out
not only at Senator Mccarthy
but at Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, Attorney General
RrOuynn11 and nfher Eisenhower