Evening star., 1954-11-28
Mecorthy's 5 Situation
Found to Be improved
Writer Says Only Voters
Con Stop Senator
BY Fronk r. Kent

Several things have now become ap-
parent In the great Senate Tight to
censure Senator Mccarthy. At least
such is the view of great many OBJ
servers In and out Of the Senate. One
is that it is not going to settle anything
very much. one way or the other. One
sure thing Is that he Is not going to
be thrown out OF the Senate. as other
Senator's have been before him. though
not on the same sort Of charge.
This is a discouraging outlook, for
the bulk Of the American people who
thoroughly disapprove Of Senator Nc
Carthy, his methods and manners. are
tired of reading about him and would
like to get rid of him-no matter how.
But 1t is nonetheless true. In ell
probability there will be q Senate vote
on the resolution Of censure, though
when no one can quite tell-and it will
pass by considerable majority. Nev-
ertheless. the Mccarthy situation, from
his standpoint, has improved since he
entered the hospital with an injured
elbow.
It was, of course, improved when
Senator Case Of South Dakota with.
drew his support from the committee
report because Of new information"
and asserted he would not vote to CEN
sure. thus breaking the strength Of the
committee unanimity. The anti-Mc-
Carthyites now say that Senator Cases
action was caused by fear that the
popular Governor Of his State, who is
pro-McCarthy, might run against him.
ing Senator Case both liar and Q
coward. He denies the story vehemently
but it has been printed.
A second source of strength for SEN
ator Mccarthy has been the excessive
abuse by his enemies who have recently
been calling him more names than he
ever called anybody. Examples this
week were the TRADES Of former Brit
ish Ambassador who asserts that Sem
ator Mccarthy has ruined the reputa-
ton Of America throughout the free
world" and of a New Deal Western
editor with a gift for invective. The
incorporate nature Of the former Brit
ish Ambassadors attack was surprise.
He always had seemed a moderate man
when here. The Western editor does
not carry very great weight anywhere.
but the violence of their accusations
got them both f1rst-page publicity. An
other example of excessive abuse came
from Senator Fulbright of Arkansas,
who practically charged that the Nc
Carthy disqualification was a "filibus.
ter"
Perhaps it is, but if that is SO then
the well-known and quite reputable
doctor of the United States Senate is
guilty Of bare-faced fraud and the
doctors and nurses of the hospital
unforgivable. Probably Senator Full
bright. who Is highly esteemed, made
this comment In an emotional moment
but Senator Mccarthy has made no
worse charge against any Senator. No
one really thinks the doctors and
nurses are guilty as alleged. but the
charge is typical Of the bitter feeling
that exists. There are two other points
that have helped the Mccarthy case.
One Is the fact that other Senators
have used equally violent language
toward their colleagues on the Senate
floor. Chief of these was the elder
Robert M La Toilette of Wisconsin,
whom David Lawrence recently quoted
at length. And the record shows others.
And secondly, Of course, are the petit
tions protesting censure which those
in charge declare will be signed by more
than 10 million voters.
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Now the 10 million signatures will
not make right the wrong things Sen.
ator Mccarthy has done In the past,
but they are a formidable number Of
voters nonetheless and politicians in
both parties, including Senators, are
going to note that this is about nine
times as many votes as Henry Wallace
polled in 1948 when he ran for Presi-
dent. How much weight these petitions
will carry In the Senate Is uncertain
but they will carry some. OF that you
may be sure.
Add all these items up and 1t is hard
to deny that Senator Mccarthy has Inn
proved his position since the Flanders
resolution was presented and this ex-
cellent committee appointed. How
ever. 1t Is always difficult to write tenn
perately about Senator Mccarthy with
out being accused of being pro-
Mccarthy. This Is not written by q
friend or admirer of Senator McCar-
thy-rather the reverse. But that
seems no reason for not presenting O
few facts. And one fact that seems
very certain, indeed, Is that this Sem
ate Is not going to stop Mccarthy"
Only the voters Of Wisconsin can do
that.