Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-26

Albert Joseph Mccartney,
Minister Emeritus, National
Presbyterian Church.
Sayings of Nixon, ct al
Gould Lincoln failed in his
December 10 article in The
Star to defend Vice President
Nixon from Democratic claims
that he accused Harry Truman
of disloyalty and the Demo-
cratic Party of treason. In
stead, Mr.. Lincoln documented
what many Democrats and Re-
publicanS alike believe-Nix-
on's blatant insincerity. Lastly,
your paper deviated from your
excellent policy of fair and
accurate reporting by printing
Gould Lincoln's article as a
news story instead of as a
column of personal opinion.
Nixon had the right to criti-
cize Truman. his officials and
his party, if he did it truth
fully. So do the Democrats
have the right to point out
Nixon's faults, inaccuracies
and extreme insincerity and
contradictions.
I admit the Californian did
not specifically say the Demo-
cratic Party was a party of
treason. Not even a political
science student, much less the
machine-wise Nixon, would
call a majority of the reg
istered voters traitors. But he
skirted that statement, implied
it, crossed it and insinuated 1t
while saying he did not. The
fact is he had to deny calling
the party treaSonous, because
he said 1t in so many words so
often.
Treason" is defined as 1.-THE
betrayal of any trust or conf
dence; treachery; perfldy:
breach of faith - Websters
New International. Do not
these following three state
ments by Nixon accuse the
party leaders of that?
Il say that the Truman ad-
ministration deliberately re-
fused to heed the warnings of
the BI.'-Christian Science
Monitor, october 20, 1854,
report of Nixon's Rock Island.
H., speech.
In The Star itself on Octo-
Der "a. 1854, on Nixon's
Cheyenne speech about IL
cases of Government employees
with Communist connections,
he said: "On the basis of
these shocking cases. l say
that the American people,
regardless Of party affiliation.
will reach the conclusion that
the Truman administration in
dealing with the Communist
conspiracy in the United States
was so blind as to be guilty Of
criminal negligence"
Finally. in tying down the
treason" to county and State
leaders, the United Press re-
port on Nixon's october 25,
1854, speech in Pocatello,
Idaho. quoted: IF the Con-
gress of Adlai Stevenson's
choosing is elected, the secu-
rity risks which have been
fired by the Eisenhower ad-
ministration will all be hired
back" (T'he numbers" game
has since been exposed.)
Can reasonable people con-
clude other than that the
Democratic Party was treason
GUS down to the grass roots to
put up such candidates? In
cidentally, Stevenson did not
select any congressional can
didates.
Joe Mccarthy came right
out and said Twenty years of
treason, but Nixon implied it
in most of his speeches.
More blatant is Gould Lin
coins proof in his article of
that which he claimed was un-
true. The reporter said, g. Z.
A comprehensive check . . Z.
failed to disclose any instance
in which Mr.. Nixon called
Truman, Adlai Stevenson or
other party leaders 'disloyal'."
Yet later in his story, Gould
Lincoln quotes a Nixon Octo-
Der so press release: Il fur
ther charge that Mr.. Truman,
Dean Acheson and other ad-
ministration officials for polit-
ical reasons covered UP this
Communist. conspiracy and at
tempted to halt its exposure +"
''Disloyal" is defined as, mot
true to a sovereign or lawful
superior. or to the government
under which one lives" If
hating Communist exposure
for political expediency" Is
not "disloyal," what is?
Actually the Democrats have
a better record for discerning
and ousting Communist Gov
eminent employees than for
missing them. But you'll hear
more of the corner butchers
short weight than of his over
weight or free soup bones.
In his defense of Nixon,
Gould Lincoln Internationally
exposed the Californian's prac-