Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-17
By Robert K. Welsh

A charge that the taxpayers
money is being wasted on an
Alice in Wonderland Investiga-
ton" caused a Republican,
Democratic row that broke up
House committee hearing on
tax exempt foundations today.
The tumult became so heated
that the committee took cool
ing off recess until later this
afternoon. It was the angrieSt
in series of similar outburSts
since the f1ve-member special
committee began hearings more
than two weeks ago.
Representative Hays, Demo-
crat, of Ohio, hurled the charge
that Sis, 900 of taxpayers money
was being spent ION an Alice-in-
Wonderland investigation that
came out with a verdict before
! the evidence was in" At previous
sessions Mr.. Hays had criticized
committee staff officials for what
he called one-sided preliminary
report unfavorable to some tax
exempt foundations.
"PiOus Remarks" Hit.
The brawl today involved
Representative Goodwin of Mas
sachusetts, as we'll as Chairman
Reece of Tennessee, both Repub-
licans. Mr.. Goodwin accused Mr..
Hays "of impugning my motives"
because the Ohio m m b r
shouted:
II am getting tired of you sit
ting here and making pious re-
marks about me and then run
ming to me in private and telling
me you sympathize with me.
Why don't you be a MANI"
The uproar started suddenly
in the course of questioning of
Pendleton Herring, president of
the Social Science Research
Council. Mr.. Herring in his
opening statement yesterday Sc
verely criticized the committee
staff report. When staff officials
questioned him in detail today,
Mr.. Hays interrupted to read a
biblical quotation from the Book
of Job urging wisdom, patience
and silence.
Chairman Reece declared that
! the quotation apparently had
been sent up to Mr.. Hays by
someone in the audience. The
chairman warned that 1.-The ros-
trum should not be used as a
clearing house for the views of
persons in the audience who may
have a special interest"
, This touched off the fireworks.
At one point Chairman Reece
accused Mr.. Hays of being "in-
capable of analyzing previous
statements by some witnesses in
these hearings"
"Fed Up" Hays Says.
IT am fed up" Mr.. Hays re-
torted, with trying to analyze
some of the witnesses you have
dredged up" This brought Mr..
Goodwin into the argument with
complaint that Mr.. Hays was
out of order and should be re-
quired to confine himself to the
subject under investigation.
When the recess finally was
arranged,4 Chairman Reece an
nounced: II would regret very
much if the impression gets out
that this committee is incapable
of maintaining order"
Presidents of two organiza-
tionS viewed in a sometimes un-
flattering light by previous wit
nesses were supposed to give
the committee a brighter pic
ture of tax-exempt foundations
at today's hearing.
Arthur S. Adams. president Of
the American Council on Educa-
ton, was to testify after Mr..
Herring. president Of the So
cial Science Research Council :.
Mr.. Herring, a Baltimore ma
tive who has headed the council
since 1913, began his testimony
yesterday by criticizing the
committee research staff and
supporting witnesses" at re-
cent sessions. He complained
that they tried to ''re-
write American history and
to explain what has happened
in the United States since the