Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Censure Committee
Hopes 10 File Report
By End Of Next Week
By jones Y. Newton

Members OF the special Senate
committee expect to complete
this week the groundwork of its
report on censure charges against
Senator Mccarthy and have the
report to the Senate in final
form by the end of next week.
One member of the six-man
panel said he expected the report
on Senator McCarthy's activities
would carry conclusions" but
that he had no idea if there
would be any recommendations.
But he pointed out that many
times there is very little differ
ence between conclusions and
recommendations.
The committee planned to
block out the general outline of
its report this week and have
its five-member legal staff fill
in the legal details. Then the
committee will gather to write
the final draft of the report.
One Senator said the commit
tee would keep the report ION
q high moral plane"
Will Stress Ideals.
"Joe Mccarthy aside, we want
to get across the idea that the
Senate is a body with certain
ideals and codes of behavior"
the Senator said.
The six member committee,
headed by Senator Watkins, Re-
publican, of Utah, continued it's
deliberations on testimony taken
In the nine-day censure hearings
after rejecting request by Sen
ator McCarthy's counsel that the
committee should retain new
counsel for the purpose of re-
viewing the testimony and help
ing to write the report.
Senator Watkins, in a state
ment referring to the request of
Edward Bennett Williams, coun-
sci for Senator Mccarthy, said:
THE motion of Mr.. Williams
IN behalf of Senator Mccarthy
that the select committee retain
special counsel for the purpose
OF reviewing the evidence and the
law on the matter now before the
committee has been denied nv
unanimous vote"
Senator Watkins said members
OF the committee will make all
OF the decisions" and that they
will not necessarily need to rely
"on counsel in the making of
those decisions"
In asking the committee to
select new counsel to help them
review the evidence and write
the report. Mr.. Williams charged |
that the committee ATTORNEYS |
had served as prosecutors of |
Senator Mccarthy during the !
hearings. He limited, but did not |
say. that the lawyers might be |
biased.
Chairman Watkins said the
committee has absolute con-
f1dence" in the fairness of its
chief counsel, E. Wallace Chad
wick. his assistant, Guy G. de
Furia and the three other men,
berS of the legal staff.
An additional objection to the
bringing in of new counsel,
Senator Watkins said. was that
it would probably delay for
several weeks the final report
to the Senate" He pointed out
the committee had great diff
Guilty in finding it's present coun-
sci because there are very few
persons who have not at some
time expressed an opinion on
Senator McCarthy's activities.
The author of the Senate reso-
luton to censure Senator Nc
earthly. Senator Flanders, Re-
publican, of Vermont delivered
to Senator Watkins what he
described as evidence" to sup
port some of the charges he has
made against the Wisconsin Re-
publican.
The new Flanders document
dealt with charges that Senator
Mccarthy has on numerous &C. !
caslons used abusive and CO.
ercive tactics in regard to the
press and other communications
media"