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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Thonnos [. Stokes
Mr. WeIch's Dramatic Question
Have You No Sense Of Decency? Mccarthy Was Asked,
As Bostonion Sums Up Meaning Of Madness of Our Era

For it is unlikely that Sem
ator Flanders will ever be able
to get his resolution to strip
Senator Mccarthy of his chair
manships out of the Rules and
Administration Committee to
which it was shuttled on orders
of the Republican leadership
of the Senate. 1t is the COP.
leadership'S intention to keep
it buried there. In this aim
they have the support Of the
Democratic Party leadership
likewise.
So we probably have seen
the end of Senator Flanders
project, that is, unless there
should be a public revulsion
against Senator Mccarthy and
McCarthyism that would sweep
up to cause COP. leaders to
act. In short, if the public
should catch quickly-for the
Senate is to adjourn in a few
weeks-the full meaning OF
McCarthyism as so many
caught it who saw on tele-
vision the episode referred to
earlier, and heard that burn
ing question:
Have you no sense of de-
cency?"
We have not, of course. seen
or heard the last of the Nc
Carthy issue in the Senate. 1t
is bound to come up.
That will be through the
medium Of reports from the
investigating committee, Of
which there are certain to be
two, a majority report by the
four Republicans, and a mi
nority report by the three
Democrats.
Democrats will seek to make
a party record on Senator Nc
Carthy and McCarthyiSm by
getting their minority report
adopted by the Senate. That,
it is indicated, will criticize
both the Senator and the Army
and thus will be an indictment
of the administration. Demo-
Gratis now have q majority in
the Senate, which is divided
48 to AZ in their favor, and
also might get the support Of
Senator Morse, Oregon inde-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18

President Roosevelt once
told this columniSt that his
chief ambition was to carry
the State of Vermont.
It was frustrated. During
the Roosevelt years Vermont
received many favors from the
Federal administration. Wood
stock got q handsome new
post Office and an even hand
somer jail-a fine red brick
Georgian building standing in
beautifully Handicapped grounds
among comely homes in the
shire town Of Windsor County,
which ranks among the most
beautiful in northern New
England.
These favors were rather
skeptically received. A clock
up" had previously sufhced to
deal with the Woodstock crime
wave. But a use was found
for the warm, sanitary cells.
They are rented out during
the skiing season. mostly to
college students who can't af-
ford the inns.
Woodstock, like the rest Of
Vermont, ungratefully voted
Republican.
Vermonters consider them
selves the guardians and re-
positories of Republican tradi-
ton and national virtue. The
senior Senator from Vermont,
George D. Aiken, was its Gov
ernor during the 1896 elections
when every State except Maine
and Vermont went into the
Democratic column.
Entering a Governors con-
ference shortly thereafter he
was repeatedly greeted with
good-natured jeers. What do
you consider your State these
days. territory?"
Vermont, gentlemen" he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Constantine Brown

Has the Diem Bien Phu dis
aster sounded the death knell
Of France as a secondary world
power? Will she be able again
to contribute anything con-
crete to the defense against
the Soviet and Chinese mill
tant communism?
These are questions which in
all likelihood viii be included
in the discussions between
President Eisenhower and
Prime Minister Churchill at
their meeting next week.
The questions will be con-
sidered Sympathetically since
both men are known to have
warm feelings for our nearly
PROSTATE ally.
The trouble with France Is
that her people are frustrated
and disilluSioned with their
politicians and themselves.
The Diem Bien Phu defeat
could have been only q minor
matter had the French people
rallied around their govern
ment at least until the Indo-
China crisis was over. But
factional politics came into
play. Heads of the major and
splinter parties got together
not to show the world that
France, as in the past, could
stand up and be counted; but
to take advantage of a ma
tional tragedy and fulfill per-
sonal ambitions.
France stands to lose not
only Indo-C China but the bulk
of her colonial empire. The
Diem Bien Phu disaster Is al
ready having serious repercus-
sions In North Africa. espe-
cially in Morocco and Tunisia,
where the nationalist elements,
famed by Soviet propaganda
agents, are repeatedly getting
ready for a showdown with
the French and native pro-
French authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18

Congress or even one member
of it, should intervene so arbi-
trarily with the pet agency Of
Congress.
Every legislative safeguard
that could insure bipartisan
ship was thrown about it. The
joint committee, under Repub-
lican and Democratic chair
men alike, has prided itself on
acting as a non-political board
of directors to Acc. The Pres
ident'S order was unexpected,
and to some. shocking.
The joint committee has
known for some time about
the private utility effort to
utilize the ACES power to
make 25-year contracts. It is
known as the Dixon YATES pro-
posal and involves a group Of
utilities in the iva area.
Last April Is two of the dis
senting commissioners, DR..
Henry Smyth and Eugene
Zuckert, wrote their trenchant
reasons for opposing it to the
budget director. The letter
from the director of the budg-
ct, conveying the Presidents
orders to proceed. is dated
June Is. Senators are pointing
out bitterly that the President
waited until after the Acc APP
preparation bill was on his desk
for signature. They are looking
for and expect to find another
means Of making their views
known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18

pendent. They say they do not
intend to let the reports be
held up until after the end of
the session; but will insist on
action.
Through this public fight
over the reports, Democrats
will be able to make a party
record without going to the
length of the Flanders resolu-
ton. The party leadership is
against joining behind the
Flanders resolution as party
issue. There are two reasons.
One is they think the best
strategy is to let the committee
chairmanships issue remain a
Republican Party fight. The
other reason looks to the flu
ture and to orderly processes
in the Senate. If Democrats
should now, as a party. upset
committee chairmanShipS of
the party in control of the
Senate, then that might es-
tablish a precedent that would
boomerang against them at
some future time when they are
in control to upset their own
committee chairmanships. Be-
yond that also is the almost
sacred rule of seniority by
which chairmanShips are at
tanned. That would be disrupted
if q chairman could be deDosed.
There are a number of DEM
ocrats, mostly younger and
newer members. who have little
patience with this position Of
the leadership. They believe
that, as a matter of principle
as well as good politics-the
party should rise up boldly and
strike out against Mccarthy
ism in a fortnight way that
would be unmistakable to the
public. They would go all the
way with Senator Flanders. or
vote for censure of the WiScon-
sin Senator as, an alternative.
or follow some other clear and
unequivocal course Of condem-
nation. But they recognize that
they would not win in the Sem
ate II the leadership is against
them, and If they lost they
would only play into Senator
McCarthy's hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Church Shifts Convention
From Texas 10 Hawaii
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, June 18.-The
Protestant Episcopal Church will
hold its 1855 convention in Hon
olulu, having dropped plans to
hold the meeting in Houston,
Tex.
The church, at it's 1852 general
convention in Boston, voted for
Houston as its 1855 meeting
place. The question of racial
segregation arose and, in recent
months, dioceses Of New York
and Washington adopted pro-
tests over the selection Of the
Texas city. Dioceses in MaSSa-
chusetts, Missouri and New
Jersey also voiced "misgivings."
Last June 9 the Rt. Rev. Henry
Knox Sheriff., presiding bishop
of the church, Cancelled the plan
to meet in Houston after what
he called the most painful de-
cision ! have ever been called
upon to make"
The convention next year will
be held September 4 to 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Flanders Move Upsets Q. Q. P.
Senator's Bid to Strip Mccarthy of ChuirmonshiF
Would En1borross and Undermine Porty

had been concluded. It is
certainly unnatural for the
customarily dignified Vermont
Senator to walk before the
television cameras and get
publicity for his letter and
resolution as he did the other
day before releasing the let
ter. This might have been a
Mccarthy tactic. but few peo-
pie expected it from the VEN
cradle Senator from Vermont.
That's why so many of the
colleagues of Senator Flan-
ders-whose sincerity and in
tegrity are unqueStioned-are
puzzled. They wonder who in
the "left wing" or in the New
Deal camp has been mislead-
ing him.
Most pointed of all, more
over, is the comment that. If
there were anything Of SUBJ
stance in the charges against
Senakor McCarthy concerning
his personal affairs, the proper
procedure would have been to
introduce a resolution for. ex-
pulsion. For, if the charges
are true, the Wisconsin Sena-
tor should be punished far
more than by the loss only of
his committee Craftsmanship.
A resolution to eXpel, how
ever, requires a two-thirdS
vote, which it would never get
in the present Senate, whereas
a resolution to remove a chair
man from a committee re-
quires only majority vote. To
succeed, such a motion would
need aid from Democratic
Senators.
That is why the leading Re-
publicanS are disturbed over
the tactics of Senator Flanders
and why, in view of the
innuendoeS Of a personal
nature in the Vermont Sena-
tors recent speeches, they
wonder if, after all the Juror
about 'McCarthyism," some
of the people on the opposing
side now aren't adopting
unwittingly the same sort of
tactics which they have pre-
viously denounced.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

With the big hearings over Mccarthy Investigators
their main job of getting Communists-andor Pvt
Schine-out Of the Army.
Mccarthy hearings lasted SO days and 18 million
by rckonngor about 100 holes by Esen
hower'S.
Adla Stevenson says foreign policy by the
platoon system Democrats the other hand have but
rule in foreign policy Keep your feet on the groundand
give away everything else.
Gov Dewey Of New York threatens to quit politics
Dewey what's happening in the Republican Party
months since anybody could the time to cali
him a worth reSenting
First aforementioned phone call in Washington after the
hearings expected to be from Roy Cohn to Army Secretary
Say Bob that these hearings what
about this little matter Of Pvt. Schine?"
House committee finds spent $4,000 building boats
that won't Indonesan fishermen The Government
hopes to remedy mistake quickly however by supplying
them with fish that can't swim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Dovid Lawrence

Many Republican members
of the Senate are very much
disturbed over the action OF
one Of their number. Senator
Flanders of Vermont. in intro
ducing a resolution calling
for the removal of Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican. from the
Craftsmanship of the Commit
tee on Government Operations !
unless he subjects himself to
examination of his personal af-
fairs and finances.
Everybody knows that a
committee Craftsmanship is a
matter for the Republican pol
icy committee or party confer
ence to take up, and it is most
unusual for any Senator to
ignore his own party and start
a controversy on his own in
volving the retention or selec-
ton of a committee chairman.
Senator Flanders never con-
suited the party leaders about
it, though the issue, If pressed,
would block the whole legisla-
tive program Of the Republic
can administration at this ses-
sion of Congress.
Everybody knows that, de-
spite all the talk about how the
Republican Party has allegedly
been undermined by Senator
Mccarthy, there is no more eff
fective way to embarrass and
= undermine the Republican
Party than to raise an issue
which can only be decided by
votes of the Democratic Party
in the Senate, which obviously
would wish to take advantage
of the controversy to further
its own political detectives.
What is most diSconcerting
to leading Republicans, how
ever, is that, although Senator
Flanders comes from q school
of thought which has been
arguing that no man should
be punished for his views or
his opinions and that no man
should be tried except by due
process of law and in accord
ance with the Bill Of Rights,
the charges now leveled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Thomas L. Stokes

Out of all the drama and
melodrama of the Mccarthy
Army investigation, a single
line of one brief episode still
stands out above all else to
sum up the meaning of the
madness of our troubled era
McCarthyism. That was what
was really on trial in the
Senate-and still is. The line:
"Have you no sense of
decency?"
1t was, you recall, addressed
to Senator Joe Mccarthy. The
questioner, you remember, was
the Boston lawyer, Joseph N.
WEIGH, counsel for the Army.
The time-after the Senator
had attacked a young member
of Mr.. Welch's law firm be-
cause he once had belonged to
the National Lawyers Guild.
That thrust had drawn from
Mr.. WEIGH the protest, Until
this moment, Senator. I never
really gagged your cruelty or
reckleSsneSS.
That cameo of drama was SO
perfect because no producer
ever could have staged it. AS
it epitomized the Mccarthy
method which some of us have
seen so much of for SO long a
time-too much of, in fact
so another dramatic bit, just
a "walk-on," pointed to the
follow-up of the Mccarthy
Army spectacle.
This was when another New
Highlander and Republican, the
shaggy Senator Flanders of
Vermont, ambled into the Sem
ate caucus room in the midst
of Senator McCarthy's own
testimony. You recollect how
the 70 year old Senator
handed to Senator Mccarthy
the invitation to hear the YER
monter's speech. He made 1t
later, calling for Senator Nc
Carthy's removal from his
committee chairmanships, in
GLIDING that of the investi-
eating committee.
That remains unfinished
business, or better perhaps. q
symbol of the unfinished busi-
ness on Senator Mccarthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18

agricultural authorities in GER
tain districts continues to come
in for criticism in the Soviet
press, neutral observers believe
no crop failure is in prospect and
that the government will attain
or approach production goals it
has set.
The harvest is Of vital i'm
portance to the Malenkov gov
eminent, which has promised the
people more and better things to
eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Eisenhower Order Criticized
Forcing of Acc to Sign Contract With Private Utility
Called Unprecedented Use of Executive Authority

tract is provident and wise and
what 1t does to TVA-impor-
tant as they are-must take
second place.
The President is shown at
tempting to enforce his power
policy at second hand through
an independent agency. Has he
that right?
OF all the independent agen-
cieS, the one chosen deals with
the most crucial. far-reaching
and secret activity of the
Government. Is it wise to in
ject it into a largely irrelevant
matter?
Acc is already in the throes
of embittered controversies
over the rights and actions of
its chairman, Lewis Strauss,
and the security of its best
known scientist, DR.. Robert
Oppenheimer. Is it good adj
ministration to toss another
divisive problem into the boil
ing pot?
Atomic energy policy is at a
legislative crossroads with the
congressional committee try
ing to shape a more flexible
law so that a broad base for
peacetime use of the atom may
be more quickly achieved. Is
a single power project worth
upSetting the orderly progress
of this legislation?
What is almost the most as
tonishing aspect is that the
President. so reluctant to cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18

he was bumped OF his tractor
and run over by It. With .
crushed chest he dragged him.
self 1000 yards to die in his
wife's arms.
Another, q carpenter, nearly
80, drives to Florida every win
ter with a trailer! Lots OF
work down there"
When Senator Mccarthy
called Ralph Flanders vicious
or senile," he spoke fighting
words. Seventy-three Is young
In Vermont-if you make it.
Senator Flanders is fighting
for the Republican Party, and
the United States. He clearly
sees that Senator Mccarthy is
out to found q new party from
the breakup of the old one.
and that the new one will bear
no remote resemblance to Re.
publican or American tradi-
ton.
If Flanders lines up with
Democratic opponents to fruS-
trate q would-be uSurper Of
power. that, too, Is In the Re-
publican tradition. The INTEL
lectual founder of the Repub-
lican Party, Alexander Hamil-
ton, mustered the decisive
votes for his leading political
enemy, Thomas Jefferson,
against the false Republican,
Aaron Burr, whom he correctly
saw to be q dangerous power.
seeking demagogue.
, But the question is whether
the majority Of Republicans or
even Of Democrats in the Sen.
ate will support Flanders rug.
ged position. I doubt 1t. To-
days politicians have little
granite In their composition.
And rugged" Is not even .
virtue In q time when nothing
Is built to last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Effects Of Dien Bien Plus Loss
Thot Disaster, Plus FoctionuI Politics, May Stynie
Any French Efforts to Combat Red Onslaught

could shake of the French
yoke why should not the
Arabs do the same.
As in Asia, the French DOM
nation must rely only on force.
The physical weakness of
France viii prove a great in
ducement for the Subjugated
peoples of North Africa to rise
en- masse and rid themselves
Of the French administration.
Can the present French
form of government survive
such an impending catas-
trophe?' 1t is hardly conceiv-
able. Insofar as the people Of
France are concerned Indo-
China Is a faraway country
which always has been con-
sidered q remunerative specu-
lation for the big interests.
But Morocco and TuniSia are
considered by the man in the
street as much q part and par
Gel Of metropolitan France as
Algeria. And their loss would
have unprecedented reverbera-
tions in Frances present polit-
ical system itself.
Our principal ally on the
European continent is serious
~ i'll. We have done every
thing in our power to prevent
the spread of the illness from
the time when the first symp-
toms became apparent imme-
diately after the end of the
last war. But our succor has
relieved only the symptoms
without cursing the ailment.
which apparently requires q
major operation In the body
polite of France.
Next weeks talks at the
White House between the
American and British leaders
will deal with Frances posi-
ton not only in Indo-China
but in the rest Of its empire
and at home as much as with
any other topics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
Good Harvest Forecast
For Russia This Year
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

MOSCOW, June ia good
harvest-but not a bumper crop
is in prospect in the Soviet
Union this year, according to the
Soviet press and the reports Of
Western observers who have
travelled through the country.
Although the performance Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18
ETC Will Report Soon
On Coffee Price Probe
Dy The Assoeiaisd Press

NEW YORK, June led
ward F. Howrey, Federal Trade
Commission chairman. said yes
terday the results of a flve-month
investigation into high prices Of
coffee viii be submitted to Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Congress
very soon.
He refused to say what is in
the report. beyond agreeing that
it would contain a recommends
ton.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
keneipp " Series
On Traffic Rules
Begins Tomorrow

Trafic Director George =.
Keneipp tomorrow viii open .
seires Of weekly television shows
aimed at keeping Washington
ians abreast Of their driving
rules and problems.
The program. Traffic Direc-
tors Mailbag. viii be carried on
The Stars television station.
WMAL-TV, Channel 7. from 6:45
TO I pm. Mondays.
The Star, In conjunction with
the program, tomorrow viii pub
lisf the first of cartoon-illus-
trated series dealing with the,
Districts traffic scene. Mr.. Ke-
neipp viii devote part Of his tele-
vision time to q discussion OF the
newspaper feature.
Spencer Is Guest.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
will help launch the teleyision
series with an appearance dur
ing tomorrow's opening show. A
guest interview is planned for
each program.
Mr.. Keneipp explained that o
principal objective will be ito
clarity some of the traffic regu-
lations which have not been too
well understood. particularly by
the motorist who obtained his
license many years ago."
Discuss Violations.
He added that:
1--WE will also discuss the
principal violations which are
responsible for the bulk Of our
traffic accidents"
Mr.. Keneipp will also speak
briefly on the highlights OF gen.
eral traffic news.
The traffic director will devote
part Of each show to letters from
residents who have questions or
suggestions about Washington's
traffic setup.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Optometrists to View
Film Tuesduy Nioht

The film More Than Meets
the Eye" will be shown at the
final meeting of the year for
area optometrists at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Burlington Hotel.
Or. G. Ross, chairman of the
Optometric Associations Motor
lists Vision Committee, will also
speak on Safe Driving Day,
which will be held tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Far East Film Fete

film festivals, now important
events In many parts Of the
world, will be held annually I'M
the Far East, Tokyo experts pre-
dict. The first. hurriedly organ
lied. was held In Japan early this
wear
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-03-26
New Donors Swell Blood
Collection Here Tuesdav

1t was with orebodngs that workers opened
the doors of the Presbyterian Church here Tuesday t 10 O'CLOCK
and sat down to await the coming of blood donors after the
officials from Columbus Center had their equipment and
London Business Professional Womens Club with Miss
Ruth T. Armstrong of the members chairman worked
diligently the task of getting donors when records were
examined as the wheels were set in notion the outlook
But guess just doesn't pay orebodings or to
be Mobile nt uo @ @ Ue no o6 De one me most @ successful visits
Area Center expressed themselves highly pleased
for community hs sze and paid 6gS Compliment an to Ss he
way in which operations handled the
Judge Maurice Beathard chairman of the
gram for Madison County Red Cross with regard to the
of Tuesdays visit
pins of blood This great
thrill We're the THIRTY NEW OR FIRST TINE PoNoRs who
went through According to Judge Beathard it has been
rely repeated time to time and
is most gratifying to have such great number of
The Bloodmobie Tuesday five nurses and
in the church taking blood loading the truck 5feyarS Rood
packed in ice refrigerated Tuesday night in Columbus and
reday to be sent to hospitals Columbus and surrounding
OF this Tuesday be used as whole
blood only days the remainder will be
used as plasma which is usable for years
Nurses from Madison County who volunteered their
were, Mrs. VIM. r Bacon Mrs w. " Nichols Herbert
Bauman, Jr, Mrs. W. Dwyer Mrs Phillips, Mary
Conrad, Mrs Ellen Rea and Mrs Mary Whoaver
Doctors duty during the day Dr. VIM. T. Bacon,
DR.. Ernest Crouch, DIR, j A Knapp and DR.. R. s. Poste
milk donors and lunch for workers Mrs. Albert
Rankin Woord Jones, Mrs Raymond Mabe Mrs Henry
Mrs Ernest Wheeler.
Donations for caneen were made by Temple Bakery Car
er grocery Buss market Ramemeyers market Aensworths
Dairy and Ice Service Company.
Other Red Cross volunteers included Mrs R. H. Robson
Peter Langan Mrs j. selby and Miss Ruth Armstrong
there emergency Mobile Unit win
turn here until December
certainly did Madison County proud Tuesday March
23 what with the excellent of The Press and volunteer
i we We @ st t ~ 1 th A ms n ~ % m VII gate t oeeween q
this great project said Miss Armstrong recruitment chairman