Evening star., 1954-05-27
Syn1ington Steps Up to Bat
ASP UtiIity4Nen Go to Showers

VIC Cdkl ICVSISS OuI pOSlt1uu On
the basis Of such evidence
Senator's Mundt. Dirksen.
Dworshak and Potter then voted
for the motion to dismiss Mr..
Hensel and Mr.. Carr; Senators
Mcclellan, Jackson and Syming-
ton voted against the motion.
Immediately thereafter. Sena-
tors Mcclellan. jackson and
Symington voted for motion by
Senator Mcclellan to call Mr..
Carr Immediately to the stand
as a witness; Senators Mundt.
DirkSen. Dworshak and Potter
voted against.
mer neighbor, John Adams.
Yesterday he broke his silence
with a great parade-ground roar
as his client got marching orders
from the committee.
But If the hearings lost two
men, they seemed yesterday to
have acquired a new one. Sem
ator Symington suddenly looked
like Q different man.
The junior Senator from Mis-
souri,. has hitherto just splashed
around aimlessly in the cold
waters Of the controversy. Yes
terday he plunged in and found
the water fine.
The Handsome One.
The matinee idol of the three
man Democratic team, Senator
Symington is tall, blond and
handsome. Frequently his blue
eyes flashed with fire but often
it seemed misdirected. In the
early days. he often said BEAM
ingly that he was not a lawyer,
as if that were a lovablc little
shortcoming which should excuse
his full participation. I.
Caucus room observers had be-
gun to wonder If it was really
lack Of legal training or rather
presidential aspirations that kept
him wandering around the edges
of the issues involved.
Senator Symington seemed to
pride himself on his amateur
standing. He got involved in
several futile little squabbles with
Senator Mccarthy who told him
to "be quiet" one morning. He
got overwhelmed by Roy Cohn
when Mr.. Cohn took the witness
stand. He made several motions
and withdrew them. He made
speeches and nostalgia references
to his days in the executive de-
partment. He read questions
haltingly, and in general seemed
disturbed and baffled by what
was going on all around him.
SymingtOn at Bat.
Then suddenly yesterday, Sem
ator Symington made the heady
discovery that you don't need to
be a lawyer in order to be a
judge in this case. He found that
if you have something to say and
say it loud enough and often
enough, you can make as much
time as any one.
He stepped right up to Senator
Mccarthy in the morning, The
Wisconsin Senator was rumbling |
along with Communist allega-
tions about a New York editor.
Senator Symington boldly cor
rected him. Senator Mccarthy !
countered with a fierce blast |
about reformed Communists both |
on and OF the committee. Sem
ator Symington stopped him cold
with the statement that he be-
lieved that rGod will decide with
respect to his true reformation
and no mortal man.
BY late afternoon, Senator
Symington found that he could
follow 1t all very easily. He pro-
tested vigorously against the
dropping OF Mr. denSel ana Mr.
Carr. engaged in a spirited ex-
change with Mr.. Hensel's lawyer.
Mr.. Bryan; reproved Mr.. WEIGH
and then set about cornering the
Republican members on the ex-
plosive question of whether or
not Mr.. Carr would be called as
a witness. Amateur or no, Sena-
tor Symington seemed to be TAX
ing over.
He demonstrated that he
found the matter of the moni-
tored telephone calls quite simple.
too. It was q question of who
had signed the agreement that
released them to the public and
who had not. Senator Syming-
ton had signed it. and he won.