Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-14
Two 6. O. P. Senators
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previously had produced EVIL
dence that Mr.. Goldflne paid
some $4,000 in hotel bills for
Mr.. Adams over q four-year
period.
Cites Democrats Affairs
Like Senator Potter, Senator
Goldwater saw in the Adams
affair a similarity to the deep
freeze scandals Of the Truman
administration.
IT campaigned very vigor-
ously in 1852 against that sort
of thing" the Arizonian said.
II guess most of my campaign
was against--oh, I don't want
to call it dishonesty; let's call
1t buddyism.
IT can't condone this sort of
thing, If it is true. / have no
way in the world Of defending
Republican activities like this
any more than Democrat activ-
tiles.
IF there is truth to these
charges, then ! think Adams
becomes a definite liability just
as (former military aide) Harry
Vaughan did in the Truman
administration"
RepercussiOn Seen
Senator Goldwater foresaw
profound political repercus-
sions arising from the Adams
case.
II know I'm going to have to
answer a lot Of questions about
this when go out to Arizona
to campaign, he said.
White House refusal to COM
ment on the oriental rug de-
veloped at a press brieflng held
by Mr.. Hagerty yesterday aft
ernoon. 1t was at the morn
ing brieflng that he said Mr..
Adams refused to answer ques-
tons about the coat.
Mr.. Hagerty said his refusal
to discuss the reported gifts
was based on his belief that
these do not apply to the is
sue at stake, which he said was
whether Mr.. Goldfine received
preferential treatment as a re-
suit of Mr.. Adams activities.
Hearings to Continue
On Capitol Hill, Representa-
tive Harris declined to state
whether he considered the gifts
to be at issue. He said, how
ever, that his committee would
develop the facts and make
them known" at hearings re-
Stunning Monday.
Criticism of Mr.. Adams came
from Adlai Stevenson and two
Democratic Senators, but two
Republican House members
Representatives O'Hara of Min
nesota and Perkins Bass of
Mr.. Adams home State of New
Observation-Disclosures the pres
idential assistant.
Mr.. Stevenson, the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate in
1852 and 1856, decried Mr.,
Adams acceptance of Mr.. Gold
fines hotel hospitality in
Boston.
This seems to indicate that
some people can get favors
through the Presidents Office,
and some can't" Mr.. Stevenson
said. II have heard pious
preaching by Mr.. Adams
this isn't the first instance of
hypocrisy in the adminiStra-
ton"
Senator Marlborough, Demo-
crat of Texas, called it the
worst Government scandal
since Teapot Dome" and Sen
ator Clark, Democrat of Penn
sylvania. said Mr.. Adams &C
tions were in bad taste.
But Representative O'Hara,
a senior Republican on the
Harris subcommittee, said Mr..
Adams explanation dispelled
the charges.
Mr.. O'Hara said men in high
public Office must refer mat
tiers that are put up to them
land / think that's what Mr..
Adams did in a completely fair
and decent way"
Character Assassination
Representative Bass accused
the subcommittee of "indulging
in character assassination at
its worst" But, under question:
ing, Mr.. Bass said he himself
would not have made the con-
facts with agencies that Adams
did 'ay'd looking at 1t in ret
respect I'm sure he (Adams)
wouldn't have"
Representative, Mack, Dem
ocrat of Illinois, who has called
for Mr.. Adams resignation,
said there is no special need
now for the Harris subcom-
mittee to concentrate on what
further favors Adams may
have received.
HE has already admitted to
receiving quite substantial
gifts" Mr.. Mack said. He added
that the point is to show that
Mr.. Adams interviewed from his
important White House job to
help Mr.. Goldflne-a point Mr..
Mack commended is already in
Dictated by the record.
Mr.. Harris said the allega-
tons of coat and rug gifts to
Mr.. Adams were mot an al
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