Evening star., 1954-09-27
Refusal 10 Testify,
Abuse Of wicker
Found Subsianfiaied

Found Subsianiiafed
This is the tert of the spe-
cial Senate committees report
on the t,Uo main charges on
,ohich it found Senator Nc
Carthy should be censured::
Category |. Incidents Of
Contempt Of the Senate
or a Senatorial Com
mittee
A. General Discussion and
Summary OF Evidence
The evidence on the question
whether Senator Mccarthy was
guilty of contempt Of the Senate
or a senatorial committee In
wolves his conduct with rela-
tion to the subcommittee on
Privileges and Elections Of the
Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration. An analysis of
the three amendments referring
to the general matter fbeing
amendment cd proposed by
Senator Fulbright, amendment
(a) proposed by Senator Morse.
and amendment CID. proposed
by Senator Flanders1. reveals
these specific charges:
Cd That Senator Mccarthy
refused repeated invitations to
testify before the subcommittee.
co That he declined to COM
ply with request by letter dated
November 81, 1852, from the
chairman of the subcommittee
to appear to supply information
concerning certain specific mat
ters involving his activities as a
member of the Senate.
(3) That he denounced the
subcommittee and contemptl-
ously refused to comply with its
request.
(4l- That he has continued to
show his contempt for. the SEN
ate by failing to explain in any
manner the six charges con-
tanned in the Hennings-Hayden-
Hendrickson report. which was
filed in January 1858.
We have decided to consider
and discuss in our report under
this category the incident with
reference to Senator Hendrick-
son, since the conduct COM
planned of is related directly to
the fact that Senator Hendrick-
son was a member of the Sub
committee on Privileges and
Elections. This incident Is re-
ferred to in the amendment pro-
posed by Senator Flanders (S0).
the specific charge being: .
(5) That he ridiculed and de-
famed Senator Hendrickson in
vulgar and base language. cali
ing him: "A living miracle with
out brains or CUTS" s&@
Report Identified.
The report referred to as the
Hennings Hayden Hendrickson
report is the report OF. the SUBJ
committee on Privileges and
Elections to the Committee on
Rules and Administration. pur-
suant to Senate Resolution 1877.
82d Congress, 1st session, and
Senate Resolution 304, 82d Con-
gress, I'd session, filed January
2, 1858, made part of this report
and printed in the appendix. The
select committee admitted in
evidence the Hennings-Hayden-
Hendrickson report for the lin
tied purposes of showing the ma
ture of the charges before that
subcommittee, as bearing upon
the question of jurisdiction Of
that subcommittee, and what
was the subject matter of the in
vestigation opp. SIS. III, and 524
of the hearings).
AS stated by the chairman Up.
II of the hearings), the select
committee did not construe this
category as involving in any way
the truth or falsity Of any Of
the charges against Senator
Mccarthy considered by that
subcommittee.
The evidence taken by the
select committee under this cate
CORY consisted of letters and
documents, oral testimony by
Senator Mccarthy and oral testi-
mony by Senator Hayden. and
by the Parliamentarian. As to
the statement regarding Senator
Hendrickson, there is the testi-
mony of a reporter. There is no
material contradiction in any Of
the testimony relating to this
category. The sending and re-
ceipt of the correspondence is
admitted. There is no contra
diction of the verbal testimony
of Senator Mccarthy with ref
erence to his conversations with
Chairman Gillette, or of that OF
Chairman Hayden with refer
ence Tn the constitution, of the
Subcommittee on Privileges an6
Elections and the filing of 1t.
report, or of that of Parliamen-
tartan Watkins, discussed fully
hereinafter.
The evidence shows that the
Subcommittee on Privileges anc
Elections was proceeding to in
vestigate and report on Senate
Resolution 1877: that Senator
Mccarthy was invited to appear
to testify before the subcom-
mittee on five separate occasions
extending from September Is
1851, to November Z, 1852, ano
formally requested to appear By
letter and telegram Of Novembel
81. 1852: that Senator Mccarthy
could not appear at the time!
specified in the request becaus.
of his absence in Wisconsin; tha
Senator Mccarthy did not ap'
pear before the subcommittee IL
answer to the matters under in