Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02

subcommittee in a Boston hear.
ing.
Dean Griswold, saying the.
would not be expelled. callee
their actions unwiSe, repri.
manded them and removed tn,
brothers from a law schoo
newspaper.
Mr.. Sears criticized Dean Girls.
wold's action. However, las
June he defended from criticism
a lawyer who had been hirec
through the State Bar. AsSocia.
ton to appear as counsel fol-
the Lubell brothers.
Senator Mccarthy also has
laryngitiS, an aide said Senator
Mccarthy would have no com.
ment on the Sears appointment
Publisher Surprised.
Mr.. Fox, the Boston financiel
and publisher, was in, Washing
ton yesterday negotiating to buy
a yacht. Asked about Mr.. Sears
Mr.. Fox said:
when I got out of bed this
morning I had never seen the
man. I was just as flabbergasted
Thy the appointment as any
one"
Asked if he knew anything
about Mr.. Sears stand on Sena-
tor Mccarthy and Mccarthy
ISM" Mr.. Fox said:
II can answer that question
When we heard he was being
considered for the job. we made
a careful check. My editorial
departments conclusion is that
he has never expressed himself
on Mccarthy"
1t was in the Boston Post, the
Fox newspaper, that Mr.. Sears
was quoted after the 1852 cleo
ton as saying the Wisconsin Re-
publican has done "a great job. y
Last year after Senator Nc
Carthy had criticized Harvard
and urged parents not to senc
their children there, Mr.. Sears
was reported several times a:
saying the effect of the Harvard
corporations statement on AGA.
demic freedom would be to sa.
botage congressional investiga.
tions."
Last November "a he and Prof
Howe debated the fifth amend
ment question at a meeting ol
the Brotherhood of Temple Is,
rael, in Brookline, Mass In thi,
debate Prof. Howe attacked thu
infection of McCarthyism," bu
Mr.. Sears was reported as sayins
sometimes wonder if smears
villif1cation and barrage of let.
tiers to the press directed al one
who is American enough to stanc
up for the country we know ane
love, are not part of tile Soviet
scheme"
TelephOned to Curtis.
After the Sears appointment
was announced, Representative
Curtis. Republican, of Massa-
chusetts disclosed that Mr.. Sears
had telephoned him about the
job. In a letter to Senator Sal
tonstall on March 18, Mr.. Curtis
wrote:
Sam Sears has .just tele-
phoned me from Boston of his
interest in the appointment as
counsel to the Senate committee
over which Mundt will preside in
investigating the Mccarthy
Stevens fracas.
LAS Sam is a constituent OF
mine and a personal friend
feel justified in writing this
letter.
1--WE known him since his col
lege days and have much adj
mired his progress as a lawyer.
He was, I believe, principal trial
lawyer for the Boston Elevated
for many years. and / guess all
will agree that he is a recognized
leader of the trial bar of MaSSa-
chusetts. He is a recent past
president of the Massachusetts,
Bar Association"
Backed by Saltonstall.
Senator Saltonstall's office re-
ported that the letter was for
warded to Senator Mundt. Sen
ator Saltonstall also said he had
received a telegram from Mr.
Sears regarding the appoint.
ment.
Il think he is as good a man
as the subcommittee could have
gotten" Senator Saltonstall rolc
the Associated Press.
In his 30th Harvard class re-
port, Mr.. Sears, who is married
and has five children, declared
that his hobby is collecting GOLD
toothpicks Largest collection ir
the world :"