Evening star., 1954-09-27

effort and expense. We are sure
that you want to be of help to
us in arriving at a proper de-
termination of the issues in con-
troversy. We are therefore at
your disposal in executive ses-
sion and for your convenience
suggest that the subcommittee
Is available to you commencing
with tomorrow. Saturday, Mo-
vember %, but not later than
Tuesday the 25th, to enable the
committee to hear you and allow.
time thereafter to prepare the
subcommittee report.
Senator Benton has also been
notified to appear by similar
communication. This action Is
being taken at the direction and
with the full concurrence of the
committee members"
40. The copy of the telegram
in the H-H-H Report, designated
Exhibit No. AZ" at page 80
thereof, was not sent to Senator
Mccarthy and was inserted as
an exhibit by error in place Of
the foregoing telegram Of No
vember 81, 1852, as shown by
the fact that 1t is not, dated and
as appears In the index of ap-
pendix, page SIS, wherein exhibit
No. AZ is described as Telegram
dated November 81. 1852. from
Senator Hennings to Senator
Mccarthy Page 99."
Al. On November 81, 1852,
Senator Mccarthy was deer
hunting in Northern Wisconsin.
AZ. Senator Mccarthy wrote
Chairman Hennings on Novem-
ber %, 1852. stating that he had
just received the wire of Mo-
vember %. and that, as Senator
Hennings had been previously
advised. Senator Mccarthy was
not expected to return to WASH
ington until November q, on
which date he did return.
43. Senator Mccarthy did not
see the letter or telegram dated
November 81. 1852, until Novem-
ber %, 1852.
Mccarthy Wrote Chairman.
A.. Senator Mccarthy wrote
to Chairman Hennings alnder
date of December /, 1882. stat
ing as follows: rs$-f SO
/ Senator Thomas c. Hennings.
jr.,
Chairman, subcommittee on
Privileges and Elections.
Senate Office Building.
Dear Mr.. Hennings: This is
to acknowledge receipt of yours
of November 81 in which you
state that your object Is to reach
an impartial and proper con-
clusion based upon the facts" in
the Benton application whic!s
asks for my removal from the
Senate.
II was interested in your dec
laration of honesty of the COM
mittee and would like to believe
that it is true. AS you know. your
committee has the most unusual
record of any committee in the
history of the Senate. AS you
know two members of your staff
have resigned and made the
public statement that their rea-
son for resignation was that
your committee was dishonesty
used for political purposes. Two
Senators have also resigned.
One, Senator Welker, in the
strongest possible language in
dicted your committee for COM
plete dishonesty in handling
your investigation. Senator Gil
lette also resigned without Civ
ing any plausible reason for his
resignation from the committee.
Obviously, he also couldn't
stomach the dishonest use OF
public funds for political pur-
poses. For that reason 1t Is diff
f1cult for me to believe your
protestations of the honesty OF
your committee.
"I would, therefore. ordinarily
not dignity your committee by
answering your letter of Novem-
Der 81. However, I decided to
give you no excuse to claim in
your report that 1 refused to give
YOU any facts. For that reason
you are being informed that the
answer to the six insulting ques-
tions in your letter of November
21 is MOI. You understand
that in answering these questions
I do not in any way approve OF
nor admit the false statements
and innuendoes made In the
questions.
"I note with some interest your
reference to my activities on
behalf of certain special-interest
groups, such as housing, sugar,
and China" I assume you refer
to my drafting of the compre-
hensive Housing Act OF 1946.
which was passed without a
single dissenting vote in the SEN
ate, either Democrat or Republic
can. Neither you nor any. other
Senator has attempted to repeal
any part of that Housing Act.
Or perhaps you refer to the
slum-clearance bill which !
drafted and introduced in 1948,
which slum-clearance bill was
adopted in toto by the Democrat
controlled Senate in 1949.
RatiOning of Sugar.
"When you refer to sugar, /
assume you refer to my efforts
to do away with your party's ra-
tioning Of sugar, as I promised
the housewives I would during
my 1946 campaign. If that were
wrong, I wonder why you have
not introduced legislation in the
Democrat-controlled Sehate TO
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