Evening star., 1954-09-19
Censure Probers Toll
All Day 10 Finish
Report This Week
By Robert K. Welsh

The committee studying CEN
sure charges against Senator Nc
Carthy worked all day yesterday
in an effort to complete it's re-
port this week. One member
raised the possibility of Senate
consideration before the end of
September.
Senator Case, Republican. of
South Dakota, declared it is
strictly up to Senate Republican
leaders to decide whether to have
the Senate act on the report
before the November election.
He refused to say whether he
believed the Senate should be
called back before that date.
But as far as the special COM
mittee's work Is concerned, he
told reporters. there probably
would be nothing to prevent the
Senate from returning as early
as September 27 to take UP the
report.
Senator Cases com m e n is
agreed with a prediction earlier
by Senator Johnson, Colorado
Democrat on the committee, that
the report would be ready this
week, perhaps by Wednesday.
The South Dakota member, how
ever, would not voice an opinion
on Senator Johnson's suggestion
that the Senate should not re-
convene on the controversial
Mccarthy issue until after the
election.
Won't Handicap Mccarthy.
81 don't want the committee
or myself-to be put in the
position of seeming to interfere
with Senator Mccarthy taking
part in the campaign if he wants
to. or to delay Senate action on
the report until after the elec-
ton if the Senate should want
to come back before then" Sem
ator Case said.
Senator Case and other men,
berS of the committee would not
disclose yesterday how far the
work on the report has pro-
gressed. Nor would they indi-
cate whether it will contain spe-
cific recommendations, conclu-
sions, or merely findings of fact
for the guidance of the Senate
in deciding whether the Wiscon-
sin Republican should be CEN
sured.
Senator Case noted that the
Senate could be called back on
five days notice. Such notice.
he explained, would not neces-
sarily have to be delayed until
the committees report was for
mally put into shape and printed.
If the committee found it could
complete the report by next Sat-
urday, for instance, it could no
tify Senate Republican Leader
Knowland several days in ad-
vance, Senator Case said. This
would enable the leadership, if it
chose, to send out the f1ve-day
notice in midweek if it decided
to reconvene the Senate on Sep
tember 27. :
Watkins Is Reticent.
Committee Chairman Watkins,
Republican. of Utah, was firm
yesterday in refusing to talk
about the committees work. He
the unusually long
Saturday session as "a work
meeting" He would not reveal
the actual drafting of
the report has started.
Senator Flanders, Vermont
Republican whose resolution pro-
posing censure Of Senator Nc
Carthy led to the establishment
Of the six-member special COM
mittee, released additional state
ments yesterday to detail sew
eral of his original charges. .
Chairman Watkins said such
supplementary letters from SEN
ator Flanders to the committee
were not officially in evidence
but might be considered if they
developed further facts or legal
points.
"Disservice" Charged.
In support of his complaint
that Senator Mccarthy, as chair
man of the Government Opera
tions Committee and the PERM
anent Investigations Subcom-
mlttee. invaded fields reserved
to other committees. Senator
Flanders wrote:
I'm encroaching on the juris-