The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

SENATOR
SAM erwin
* SAYS *

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WASHINGTON - The various
Committees of the Senate met
this week to organize for the con-
sideration of legislation. The only
one Of the three Committees on
which I serve that was able TO
complete its organization was the
Committee on Government Oper-
ationS, which. as I have previous
ly reported, is headed by Sena-
tor John L. Mcclellan, OF Ar
kansas, one of the ableSt Members
Of the Senate
VESTIGAT1ONS
This Committee works through
two Subcommittees. one known as
the Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations, and the other
known as the Reorganization
Subcommittee Senator Mcclellan
assigned me to the Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations
which is charged with the duty
Of Investigating corruption in
government and Communism in
government and defense plants.
Five of the members of the
Permanent Subcommittee on IN
vestigations are we'll known to the
people Of North Carolina because
of the Arny-McCarthy hearings.
which were in progress during
May and June. 1854. These five
consist OF three Democrats. name
", Senator Mcclellan, Senator
Henry Jackson, and Senator
Stuart Synlington, and two Re-
publicanS, Senator Joseph R. Nc
Carthy and Senator Karl E.
Mundt. The only new member of
the Committee other than myself
is Senator George H. Bender, who
now occupies the Senate seat for
merly held by Senator Taft.
SUBVERSION
Two Subcommittee OF the Sen
ate, to-Wit, the Permanent Sub
committee on Investigations of
the Government Operations Com
mittee. and the Internal Security
Judiciary Committee are charg-
ed with the duty Of Investigating
SubverSiOn. On January 10, 1855.
the Senate unanimously adopted
a Resolution in these words;
Resolved, That the Commun-
iSt Party Of the United States is
recognized to be a part Of the in
ternational Communist conspiracy
against the United States and
all democratic forms Of govern
ment. 1t is the sense of the Sen
ate that its appropriate commit
tees should continue diligently
and vigorously to investigate, eX-
pose, and combat this conspiracy
and all subve4 Sive elements and
persons connected Herewith. in
cluding the completion of all
pending and unfinished investi-
cations of such nature
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
l am confident that the Per-
manent Subcommittee on Investi-
cations, acting under the leader
ship Of Senator Mcclellan, will do
a good inveStigative job. AT the
organization meeting Of the COM
plete Committee on Government
Operations new rules were adopt
ed for the guidance Of the Per-
manent Subcommittee on Investi-
cations. These rules are aptly de-
signed to protect the essential
rights OF witnesses called before
the Committee, and to enable the
Committee to avoid the criticisms
visited upon it in the past.
HURRICANE HAZEL
On Friday Of last week I flew
to Wilmington. North Carolina
for the purpose of attending the
seth Annual Meeting OF the Will
mington Chamber Of Commerce.
The trip was most enjoyable be-
cause it enabled me to meet many
of the fine citizens of Wilmington
and New Hanover County. 1t al
so enabled me TO appreciate the
wisdom embodied in the Chinese
proverb that one picture is worth
q thousand words Mr P NJ
Camak. Mr.. Ralph Horton, Nh. A.
E. Jones, and Mr. Hugh Morton
accompanied me TO Kure Beach,
Carolina Beach and Wrightsville
Beach. where I had an opportun-
ity to witness at first-hand some
Of the destruction which Hurri
can Hazel inflicted upon the
North Carolina beaches. 1 was
deeply impressed by the efforts