Evening star., 1956-03-29
Man From Tennessee

Senator Kefauver's campaign
chairman, F. Joseph Donohue.
made two remarkable state
ments: First. that Senator
Kefauver has set the great
Republican farm belt on fire."
and second, that he denies as
mot being true" the sugges-
ton that Senator 'Kefauver
ever missed a single important
roll call. @
Contrary to Mr.. Donohue's
views, it seems to this Tarheel
farmer that in his pursuit of
the presidential nomination
this month, Senator Kefauver
deserted his post of duty solely
in the interest Of his personal
gain and, furthermore, that
he was deceitful in his repre-
sentations to the ''great Re-
publican farm belt" voters
that he is the friend Of the
farmer and at all times work.
ing for the best solution Of the
farm problem.
Five whole days and s16 cru
cial roll-call votes on the farm
bill-March IL, 13, IA, IS and
16 - Senator Kefauver was
recorded as mot voting" In
tense suffering and use Of a
wheelchair did not keep Sena-
tor Millikin of the Senate
floor for these roll-call votes.
The Vice President was on
hand at all times-and many
Of the roll-cal votes carried
by a single vote or by two or
three votes. Senator Lyndon
johnson did not plead illness.
The mere announcement
that Senator Kefauver, if
present. would vote "yea" or
may" did not place Senator
Kefauver in the dependable
ranks of those tired Senators
who hour after hour sat on
the floor of the Senate and
fought with speeches, and with
votes, and with consultations
for the principles in which
they believed, to do the best
they could for their own
States interests and for the
interest of all farmers.
I do not believe that the
farmers, the laborers, the
manufacturers. the miners or
any of the rest of us can afford
to trust the reins of govern
ment to a man who so casually
and so callously deserts his
post Of duty. in this instance
the floor of the United States
Senate, during the debate and
voting on the amendments
proposed to a great and i'm
portant piece Of legislation.
It is the vote on proposed
amendments to a difficult and
controversial measure which
separates the men from the
boys. the statesmen from the
potboilers.
Mrs. Charles M. Clegg.
It was with great anticipa-
ton that I awaited Miss Flee
sons coverage of the Min
nesota primaries following Mr..
Stevenson's "upset" defeat.
She did not fail to come
through in her usual form.
Who else, other than Gov.
Freeman, Senator Humphrey
or Mr.. Stevenson. would think
to lift Senator Kefauver's vic
tory to the shoulders Of Min
nesota Republicanism? And
from the same inkwell gain the
verbage to check of the result
as a Reputation Of Benson
and Eisenhower?
James A. Hamilton.
X X X II
A recent column by your
political expert, Gould Lincoln.
was headed "Who is Going to
Stop Kefauver?" Dwight D.
Eisenhower is going to stop
Kefauver.
George ID. Watrous, Jr.
Jane Taylor scored solidly
with the sentiments she ex-
pressed in her letter on the
Kefauver victory in Minnesota.
Millions of Democrats-and
I mean party workers-will
switch if the so-called king
makers repudiate the primar-
les at this years convention as
they did in 80.
Reaction by party big-wigs
to the Minnesota election was
a sorry, disgusting spectacle.
They are so consumed with
jealousy of Kefauver that not
one of them had the nerve to
even congratulate the winner.
Paul Butler, a supposedly
neutral party chairman, could
not muster a single compli-
mentary statement for Ke-
fauver. He did nothing but
alibi for Adlai. Another Stew
enson big shot, Thomas Fin
letter, was so carried away he
even falsif1ed the rearilta