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Evening star., 1954-11-16
Censure as Mccarthy Sees 1t
Senator IS Convinced That He Has Most of America
Behind Him, as Letters From Citizens Indicate
Constantine Brown

A number Of Senators who
stand by Senator McC Carthy for
party political considerations
rather than personal affection
are disgruntled because his re-
cent attitude on and OF the
floor makes things difficult for
thefn.
Although under censure
threat. Senator Mccarthy con-
tinues to step on sensitive toes
of those who, he believes. want
to muzzle him in the cause of
roofing out Communists to
which he has devoted himself.
Thus the compromise resolu-
tion devised by Senator Nc
Carthy's political friends be-
fore the Senate reconvened is
now in jeopardy.
On November s the promo
ters Of the compromise had AZ
votes '.in the bag" They ex-
pected to get 10 more during
the debate. A number Of Sem
atorS have changed their
minds because Senator Nc
Carthy continues to overlook
the unwritten Emily Post"
code, for senatorial behavior.
He considers this unpublished
code antiquated in the fight
against communism.
1 Senator Mccarthy feels that
nothing he has said or done
calls for an apology. He is
convinced that the Gillette
committee was determined
from its inception to discredit
him for partisan political rea-
sons and interfere with his
struggle against Communists
in the Government which was
hurting the party then in
Office. He is also convinced
that he did not overstep per-
nnisSible bounds when he cross
examined Brig. Gen. Ralph
zwicker in connection with
the promotion and honorable
discharge Of Maj. Irving
PereSS.
From the point of view of
human behavior, the attitude
Of the Wisconsin Senator is
understandable. On the one
hand, he is being advised by
his colleagues to pipe down
and remain calm or even meek
to avoid the penalty Of CEN
sure. On the other hand, he
hears loud public applause.
Senator McCarthy's mail.
amounting to hundreds Of let
ters and kilograms a day from
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AL this Ilame-callil1g Is
part OF the right OF free
speech for all Senator's and 1t
would be surprising to md
tne senate voting = censure'
cnarge now against senator
McCaItny lor narsn LANGUAGE
WaiSn tne ueDate ltSelI SHOWS
equaily incorporate language
py otner senators.
What ought to have been
done by the Senate and what
it still ought to do Is to resolve
itself into a judicial body for
the purpose OF hearing the
whole censure "indictment .
Both sides should be repre-
sented by counsel and witt
nesses should be permitted to
testify. Evidence which the
Watkins committee refused to
receive should be heard. The
proceedings should be the
same as In an impeachment
case. Then each Senator would
be voting on q record made In
q legal way and not as q result
~of a record based an nassinY1
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Fletcher Knebel
Potomac ever

Ike asks the Senate to raty agreements rearng Germany
Republican Leader Knowand OVERRIDING this
military stuff for session? Rearmng Germany-ano dis
armng Mccarthy"
Dewey of New says he'll enter the law firm of
Dewey. Ballantne Bushby Palmer Wood always
tell hghcass law firm. It's names as
Fifth Avenue clergyman
Democrats make plans to take Congress They promise
to be easy on the taxpayer BY the time they through with
him, he won't feel . thing. I%3
.
Senator Case Of South Dakota switches McCays side
on csre issue No wonder organized gets break
from the Senate Most Senators charter members the
switchmens union. Ss
for 1855 Russia is afraid to start war for
fear she might lose The United States to start oneor
fear she might win.
Premier Mendes-Fr visits United States Hell find
Americans get along fine with the average Frenchma-which
is more than you can say for the Frenchman.
.
Retired Gen. Stratemeyer seeks 10 million signatures in
dorsng Joe Mccarthy This will prove that at least one out of
is Americans hasn't been investigated for anything vet
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Z ~ US N6IOEu--
Is Doom Just Around Corner?
Prophets Of Despair From Jonah Toynbee Have Had
Too Muny listeners. Professor Of History Writes

lot Of advice from our do
mestic prophets. Very often 1t
takes the form Of telling us
that If we do such and such
we shall decline and fall like
the Roman Empire.
This is all Of a piece. Dr..
Toynbee takes in all civiliza-
tions and has an elaborate
formula for gradual decline.
The others compare us with
the Romans, and each has his
own pet cause for their trou-
bles, something which we
ought not to do on pain of
decline. The result Of all this
talk Is that even the little
kids in the sixth and seventh
grades know In their sweet
preado dolescent way that we
are going to decline and fall
pretty soon, and adults are
just as sure that the logic Of
history is hiding just around.
the corner. waiting to dash out
and bite the seat Of our pants.
We have brought it on our
selves. We are so uncertain
and afraid about our larger
responsibilities that we are
quite ready to lend an ear to
prophets Of every kind of doom.
This Is one kind Of doom that
we can ignore, and the sooner
we start to do so the better.
Actually. historical scholars
are quite unconvinced By
Toynbee's formula, although
they gladly acknowledge that
he has said many Useful things.
AS for the writer's and generals
and preachers, who tell us not
to do whatever 1t was that
tripped up the Romans, they
have 50 many different rea-
Evening star., 1954-11-16

the opinions expressed are 1t
Honeycutt's and are not to be
construed as rejecting the views
Of the Navy Department.
The writer told The Star that
the article, which was written
before Communist MICS at
tackled and shot down an Ameri-
can B-29 over northern Japan
last week, had been cleared BY
the Defense and State Depart
ments before publication.
He said it contained no new
information"
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Punishment Fits Crime

MILWAUKEE, (P. - District
Judge Robert w. Hansen found
Sylvester Frankowski. SO, guilty
Of disorderly conduct yesterday
and sentenced" him to repay
with ice cream, toys and kind
ness the boy he was accused of
hitting.
Frankowski said he struck f.
year-old Scott Bugs when the
neighbor boy threw pebbles at
his auto.
Judge Hansen noted that
SCOTS father ives dead and told
Frankowski he would spare q
fine if Frankowski would buy the
lad toys and ice cream and be-
friend him. The defendant said
he would.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
For the Record
By Prof. Richard M. Haywood


(Prot. Richard M. Haywood,
formerly OF Johns Hopkins, is
a specialist in ancient history
dtsNeW York University. He
Guthored STUDIES OF Scipto
AtricanuS," Roman Africa"
and Economic Surrey OF
Ancient Rome"
Arnold Toynbee was invited
to come to Baltimore about
1887 to give a series Of lectures
at Johns Hopkins University.
My colleagues were much i'm
pressed by his answer. He de-
clined. He said that q man
who thought he had something
worthwhile to say and who
lived on the direct bombing
route from Germany to indus
trial England had better hurry
to get his books written and
deposit copies in the Missis-
sippi Valley.
So he hurried and produced
10 history volumes.
But he did more than deposit
copies in the Mississippi Valley
-l1e spread his ideas all over
the Western world.
DIR. Toynbee thinks he has
figured out the process of de-
cay in civilizations. He has q
formula for the way in which
they stumble, catch themselves,
stagger and straighten up,
weave and grab at support,
then at last lie down and turn
up their toes.
The public has gotten q lot
Of advice from DR.. Toynbee
over 81 million words Of It.
All this has sold especially well
ID America. We also get D
Evening star., 1954-11-16

sons for the disaster that it
would be hard to ind any two
OF them to agree on how the
sea-valves got opened.
This is not to say that we
cannot learn any lessons from
history. We can indeed learn
from both the failures and the
successes Of others. but not ii
we let ourselves get obsessed
with the idea that decline and
fall will get us anyway, or
that it will get us If we make
one certain mistake.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Judicial Proceeding IS Urged.
dSenutors Advised to Consider Themselves Jurors
In Hearing Mccarthy Censure Indictment

McCarthy's conduct on Feb
ruary 18 when Brig. Gen.
zwicker, the representative
supplied by the Army under
wraps, was unable to pinpoint
the persons responsible for Civ
ing more consideration to a
request from q false-sWearirlg
Communist seeking to flee from
the Army's jurisdiction than
to q suggestion from the
chairman Of q Senate investi-
eating committee that court
martial proceedings be imrne-
diately instituted
. It is unfortunate that
Gen. zwicker, VINO took pains
to advise 1st Army headquar-
ters, next above him in chain
Of command. that Peress had
asked for the speed-up Of his
discharge. should have borne
the brunt OF Senator McCar-
thy's remarks at the Febru-
ary 18 hearing. We can all
agree on that. This new evi-
dence, however. from Secre-
tary Stevens that the letter
was actually received and re-.
viewed and a decision reached
before the discharge was issued
conyinces me that formal CEN
sure should not rest on the
conduct of the chairman of a
Senate committee in this in
stance" !"
The foregoing is a striking
example of how complex the
whole censure controversy
really is. It is a mark of the
forthrightness and impartial
ity Of Senator Case that the
moment he found the new
evidence he called public at
tention to 1t and moved to
modify the Indictment"
But the whole Senate pro-
ceeding is off on the wrong
foot. Senator Mccarthy, for
example. has been resentfui
and bitter that the Watkins
committee raised doubts as to
his integrity when they seemed
to give weight to the Hem
nings committee report Of last
year and did not pay any at
tention to the letter from At
torney General Brownell in
May Of this year clearing the
Wisconsin Senator Of any al-
legged violation Of law in con-
nection with. his collection or
distribution of funds to fight
communism. That's why Sem
ator Mccarthy blasted at his
colleagues and said the COM
mittee was unknowingly play
ing the Communist game.
Although this same charge
has been made by critics of
Senator Mccarthy against
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Appearances Deceive

PORT CHESTER, N. Y. (P).
For 80 years John Hazard
lived rent-free in q small
apartment over a garage on
the estate of Mrs. r. H. Naples
here, occasionally doing odd
jobs.
Sunday he died Of q heart
attack at the age Of 65.
Detectives entered his apart
ment for q routine search and
found: $19,780 in cash, two
bank books showing total as
sets Of $I8.201, Al bonds total
ing $1,025, and keys to a safe
deposit box, the contents Of
which are not known.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Doyid I LoWrence

Senator Paul Douglas of nli-
ilois. Democrat, who has just
been reelected, made during
his campaign q comment on
the Mccarthy case which won
the respect of his constituents
In both parties he declared
that the, Watkins committee
was g. grand jury's and that
its report proposing that Sena-
tor Mccarthy of Wisconsin be
censured was an indictment"
and that he would sit as q
juror.
If the Senators who are de-
batting the issue could all take
the same viewpoint that fair
minded Senator Douglas does,
the Nation would be witness
ing today a dignified proceed
ing instead Of q rough-and-
tumble brawl. For the truth Is
many Senators are not regard
ing the Watkins report as an
indictment" but a verdict.
Many have closed their minds
-and did so even before the
indictment was presented. Sem
ator Smathers Of Florida,
Democrat, said It didn't make
any difference to him what the
Watkins committee reported
he would vote the way the
committee recommended even
If it had been an exoneration.
Other Senators have felt they
didn't wish to abdicate their
responsibilities that way.
Senator Case of South Da-
kota, Republican, who was one
Of the six Senators who unan-
imously signed the Watkins
report, is one who thinks the
matter is still open and he has
just written a letter to his col
leagues proposing that the "in-
dictment" be modified and that
Senator Mccarthy be not CEN
sured on the second count
the one relating to intemperate
language used in cross-exam-
lining Gen. Zwicker. Senator
Case says that the letter which
the Secretary of the Army,
Robert T. Stevens, wrote last
Saturday about the honorable
discharge suddenly given last
February to Maj. Peress, the
Fifth Amendment COMMITS
mist" brings in new facts and
evidence not before available.
Mr.. Case says:
This proof that an Army
staff at the Pentagon did de-
eide to let Peress slip out OF
their grasp after the issue was
directly and timely raised
throws into new focus q whole
set Of dates and events prior to
the zwicker hearing. It goes
far toward explaining Senator
Evening star., 1954-11-16
and four naples at 5000, but

and four naples at 5000, but
Common Pleas Court Judge
David c. vokes tripled the
award because he said the
lumber crew had deliberately
trespassed" on the lot of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Schankin.
The lumber crewmen had
been cutting timber on an adj
joining lot and got onto the
Schankin lot by error. they
said.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Six Trees Bring $500

DETROIT IA Detroit
couple got a $2.700 award yes
terday because woodchoppers
mistakenly cut down six trees
on the lot the couple had
bought as site for their new
ranch home.
Al jury valued the two oaks
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Danes to Poy Debt

Denmark Is to pay Germany
about Sc million now and SIS
million over five years. on It's
Indebtedness to Germany under
the European Payments Union,
Copenhagen reports.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
ReoI stickup

LUcEDALE. Miss. (P).-Bur-
glars who removed q steel safe
from the Gulf. Mobile & Ohio
railroad station Sunday night
are really stuck with it. All it
contained was a gallon Of glue.
, 1954-06-14
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-30

Enough has prove housing
under the Federal Housing Administration program
getting building pocketng
difference
For example, builder would a a
dollars for housing development guarantee
Then the builder would construct the building
$1,000 had
guaranteed the loan The builder couldn't
dime invested.
1t difficult believe shoddy performances
could have occurred without lending
builders md
While FILA blind tricky shenangans
that the money
equally blind being
rental developments,
II secret that Negro Mexican
Americans and could housing
developments despite the gave
first preference such
the attention Of FILA time to a
pleas for equality OF treatment Negroes
The standard FILA
cling of this rental
depreciation
values Negroes
itself the custodian the public good
willing eopardZe the pledged
the loan 1t enough FAs pretended
records indicate that guaranteed exceeded building
costs by at least half billion ahfess
trust in respect to financial obligations
its duty to all Americans despite or
California Eagle
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-30

Bishop a good against Wednesday
when he told his radio audience the Communists
think
umped charge consul
get him out Of the country Fortunately the charge investigated
friendly who produced evidence showing that
the city alleged
mtted This terrible
whom the mped charge made actually lynch
ed We have
Well the editor Negro soldier
military police during
through which
sealed the
possibly appeared
The awhe martial rebuked the Judge advocate
the
today. a United States the
presidential
Franklin d Roosevelt
with Tmadge members
Coconpators doing everything within their
class citizenship Of population and threat
ening ignore a decision highest the
No Bishop Sheen. America
the conduct Of which usiaby criticize
that the procCe of atrocities
resolute bunch Negro and white
and down the country Legislative halls
OF
those who help themselves
from out of the woodsIOWa (Des Mones Ia BYsTANDER
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-30
Dean William Piekeus

The untmey death William Pckens
yearod educator author scholar
loss to the Negro community
One of the best educated ne very
of whom boast he his life
citizenship rights for his people.
In his youth participants
Niagara Movement which
ISOLATION for the Advancement Coored
became field secretary thus with
parts OF the United States
Much OF the credit pioneer
the Twentes and Thre
Dean Pckens had the distinction spokes
proportion
work the effective
While retiring Treasury Depart
intelligent emancipation
the Negro will be sorgotten-PittsburEh Courier
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-30

Out of the present controversy Department Of
the Army Secretary and Senator Joseph Mccarthy may
factors that will clear the and change by public pres
of the congressional Investigation tactics that
creating climate of fear.
II this happens and we believe will considerable credit
will the relentless Tv which way showing
In mems faces the underlying motives which their
often revealing characters In clear unmsakablc focus
The present hearings televscd they are bringing
millions Of Americans closeup of Senator Mccarthy seldom
picture OF prosecutor the defense One could
help but speculate how the American public would
the spectacle Of the archnvcsgator of congressional history
trying by means keep from the monored
conversation he had with the Secretary the Army Mccarthy
has always tried give the impression that person who
not willing reply his questions who
TO the Fifth Amendment terrible chaacter. To him
utilizing every lawyers trick keep Of the hearing
ed he had with Secretary
about his character than all of the editorial attacks made
him.
Mccarthy the crusader in shining armor didn't look so
good trying up aud keep from public view Of the
remarks he made the telephone Secretary Stevens
The hearing also showing the which Nc
Carthy rclcncss nveStgaMe tactics have frightened
ous departments Mccarthy has succeeded
keeping The Department the defense However
Dulles the state Department has notceahy ffeucd its back
and for the past few months Mccarthy has turned his
another direction and has been giving the fcntagon going
over with special attention 60 he Army
The divve influence that he the Wisconsin Senator has
been clevery trying eud between the Army and
the two other branches service the Navy and the Air Force
with charges that Army Secretary Stevens wanted him lay
off his department and investigate the other two This oh
vious trick get the services quarng among themselves
time when unity between them should be at the highest for
the benefit Of our nation.
Many Of us common citizens debt TV for giving
close views Of the principal figures in the present eonr
versy Of expressions which the key figures have
their faces various periods tell than multitude Of
printed words Just what kind Of person the individual really
happens he and whether his motives good and In the
best interests Of the country.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-04-30

Like being prepared direct American inter
In IndoChina
Eisenhower has IndoCna must be
He Acheson evaluaon
Of the strategic Importance Of defense Of southeast
Asia from Communist aggression.
Look Of the military stratgSt to deter
that the French and Thaand would
practically defenselssa be just short
eventual Of Japan Philippines Even Australia
New Zealand would be endangered
To get for protect Indoina Secretary
British and French held China
needed.
The administration has already
his hands off IndOa completely
ignored Is clear that both Chinese and equipment
action against the French
China has called
The French apparently unable unwilling We
already thoroughly TndoChina We supplying
echncans and equipment We almost so cent Of the
II would be almost political and Dulles
commit American unpOp
ular at best The fighting gubby business
Chinese Reds Wet Mimi The policy
of massive retaliation through would be almost
periasm the apparent intention giving
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patiently ignored Now It him to figure out of i'm
plemening his policy through allied support
through United Nations action
technical support be through sending US dv
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good diplomatic business let powerful bluff
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