Evening star., 1954-05-01
The Political Mil 7
9. Q. P. Looking DorkIy
AtM'Corthy-Army Row
Democrats Seem to Hope
Hearing Will Be Lengthy
The Political Mil
By Gould Lincoln

BY Gould Lincoln
Republicans from President Eisen.
hover down the line have become dis.
guSted and disturbed, in varying de-
greeS over the spectacle of the Nc
Carthy-Army row. They do not believe
that 1t is doing anybody any good
either Senator Mccarthy or Secretary
of the Army Stevens, and certainly not
the Republican Party. What to do
about it is another question.
Senator Mccarthy, of Wisconsin has
become the bull in the Republican china
shop AS long as he confined his efforts
to seeking out Communists and fellow
travellers who had inf1ltrated the Gov
ernment and industry he was regarded
as doing valuable work. He is now
in the role of attacking the Eisenhower
nistration-which is another thing
entirely. He is engaged in a knock
down, drag-out battle to prove that
an important part Of the administra-
tion-the Army Department, under Sec.
retary Stevens-tried to blackmail him
into calling off his investigation Of
alleged Communists in the Army. At
the same time. the Army Department.
is doing its best to prove that Senator
Mccarthy and his chief counsel. Roy
, Cohn. and others brought extreme and
improper pressure to bear on the de-
partment to obtain special favors for
drafted Pvt. David Schiffe-a former
volunteer Investigator for the Mccarthy
committee.
G. o. P. Not Happy.
How this row between Senator Nc
Carthy on the one side and the Eisen-
=, ,;ek,.a H. @kl,
affect Republican chances in the COM
ing congressional elections it is too
early to predict exactly. 1t is certain.
however, that leading Republican poll
ticians look darkly on the whole thing.
They figure that if they are to hold
control of Congress in the 84th Con-
gress, which comes into being next
January, they must campaign on the
Eisenhower record and the record
of the present Congress in deal
hover program The Republican
National Committee, therefore, is ex-
pected to put into action next fall a
considerable team of speakers who will
tell the voters about the record Of the
Eisenhower administration, the Presi->
dents leadership, and the legislative
program supported by him. Some of
them do not see Senator Mccarthy At
ting into that picture. Anyway, it is
asserted at Republican National Com
mittee headquarters that the national
committee has made no speaking dates
for Senator Mccarthy up to date. not
WithStanding an assertion in the Con-
greSSional Record by Representative
Mason of Illinois that Len Hall, ma
tional chairman of the Republican
Party. has booked Senator Mccarthy
solid for the three months preceding
the fall election and most of those
speaking engagements are placed in
doubtful Republican congressional dis
tricts." A distinct impression is left
that when Senator Mccarthy speaks in
the fall campaign, it will be on invi-
tation of individual candidates, either
for the House or the Senate.
Firm Answer.
At the Presidents last press confer
ence he was asked if he had heard
of Mr.. Mason's statement that Chair
man Hall had booked" Senator NC
Carthy for three months of the cam
paign. His answer, which was firm
and to the point, was that Mr.. Hall
had not said that to him. The national
recent requests for, Senator Mccarthy
as speaker-although the Senator
has received many such requests him
self. Nor does the committee have any
plans as of today for using Senator
Mccarthy. Eventually the speakers
bureau of the committee will be sending
out sound Eisenhower speakers, it is
reported. It is considered unlikely it
will put controversial figures in the
field
Gen. Eisenhower himself will get into
the campaign. speaking in many parts
of the country. But it will be to dis
cuss main issues--the Republican pro-
gram and the administration of the
Government and the problems and
needs of the country--not to barn.
storm for individual Republican candi-
dates.
Frankly the Republicans are glad
the Mccarthy Army hearings are TAX
ing place early in the year. They are
anxious to bring them to conclusion
and to have them forgotten. The
Democrats, on the other hand, don't
care how long the hearings go on or
how silly they make the Republican
Party look. Democratic National
Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell has al
ready opened up on this issue. Ono
of his comments was: TITS fascinat-
ing, watching all this on TV-wonder-
ing what is the secret of Schines sue
cess and wondering which Republican,
or Republicans. will turn out to be the
liar or liars. We know somebody lied,
and it wasn't Democrat"