Evening star., 1954-06-09

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between the two Senators.
Senator Mccarthy said Sen
ator Symington seems to be
deathly afraid of going on the
stand and taking the oath" to
tell about his dealings with Mr..
Stevens.
Chairman Mundt accused the
adversaries of wasting time at
the hearing and said that they
have mo control" over their
tempers or dispositions. He cut
short what he described their
opportunities to continue your
personal feud."
Senator Mccarthy, in the form
of a question to Mr.. Cohn. the
witness at the time. then used his
10-minute period to renew his
attack on his Democratic critic.
In it the Wisconsin Senator
accused Senator Symington of
paying bribes to a Communist
labor leader in st. Louis in 1943
to prevent strikes.
Linked to Alleged Red.
Senator Symington then was
president of the Emerson Electric
Manufacturing Co. The labor
official was William Sentner, an
officer of the left-wing United
Electric Workers, independent.
which was ousted from the CIO
five years ago for following the
Communist Party line. Sentner.
according to Senator Mccarthy,
was convicted of Communist
conspiracy and sentenced to five
years in prison last week.
Senator Mccarthy further ac-
cused Senator Symington of
giving Mr.. Sentner "a certain
amount of money each month . .
on the condition strike was
called off. -"
He also said that Mr.. Sentner
and Senator Symington attended
the same study club" together
in the early 1940s.
'New Attack" Symington Says.
Senator Symington in reply
referred to the Sentner charges
as "a new diversion and a new
attack against me by Senator
Mccarthy"
He added that the charges
were presented to the people
OF Missouri in the main on tele-
vision by Senator Mccarthy in
the 1852 campaign when Sen
ator Symington was running for
election) and I am reassured by
the fact they (the Missouri peo-
ple) will think as little of them
now as they did then"
The MiSSourian said Sentner
was the head of the United Elec-
trical Workers in Missouri, the
union which represented the
workers of Emerson Electric. He
added that he had to deal with
Sentner in bargaining and that
there was no secret that Sentner
was the head of the Communist
Party in that area.
AS soon as war work came
into the Emerson plant in 1910.
Senator Symington continued.
with respect to Mr.. Sentner
and all other subversives,. I
worked very closely with the FBI.
The charge that any money ever
In any way passed between Mr..
Sentner and me is totally and
completely false, just another
diversion and just another at
tack"
Defends Study Club.
Senator Symington said the
study club" meetings referred
to by Senator Mccarthy were also
attended by leading citizens, Re-
publicans and Democrats, of st.
Louis.
He said the meeting was
chaired "by one of the most be-
loved men that I have ever
known, Bishop Emeritus Will
Scarlett of Missouri, formerly
Bishop of Arizona" Bishop Scar.
lett is an Episcopalian and Sena-
tor Symington suggested that
Senator Goldwater, Republican.
OF Arizona be asked what he
thinks about him."
Chairman Mundt refused a re-
quest of Senator Symington that
he call James B. Carey, secre-
tary-treasurer of the CIO, to tes-
tify about Sentner and the Mis-
souri, Senator's dealings with him.
Senator Mundt ruled that the
Symington-McCarth dispute sis
certainly not one of the prob
lens to be adiudicated by this