The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 14, 1954, Page 5

DEMOS FAIL TO BACK FLANDERS N MOVE TO CUT JOE'S POWER By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (#—A hands-off Policy adopted by the Senate Dem- ocratic leadership today apparent: ly all but doomed a move by Sen. Flanders (R-Vt) to strip Sen. Mc- Carthy (R-Wis) of his investigat- ing chairmanships. ’ Sen. Knowland of California, the Republican leader, has already made it abundantly clear that— 48 a representative of the GOP dminisiration — he does not want to move against McCarthy in the Way Flanders suggested on the floor of the Senate last Friday. » However, a remaining key fac- tor, in a Senate where Democrats actually outnumber Republicans 48-47, was the attitude to be taken by members of the minority Party. While Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson | / of Texas, the Democratic leader, would make no public statement on the issue, he was reliably re- ported today to have told party colleagues he regards McCarthy as a “Republican problem.” Apparently. Johnson is advising | . Democrats not to give any encour- agement to Flanders, who has said he will move by mid-July for ac- | tion on a motion to strip McCarthy | of his chairmanship unless the Wisconsin senator answers ques- tions raised in 1952 by a Senate elections subcommittee about his financial affairs. ° The. Flanders motion, which could be called up by any senator at any time, would remove Mc- Carthy as chairman of the Gov- ernment Operations Committee, as‘ well as head of its Investigations subcommittee. Such a step is rare in ‘Senate history. McCarthy termed Flanders’ crit- icism’ of him a “‘smear’’ and said the Vermont senator may be senile. So fa. only one senator — Cooper of Kentucky, a Republican — has publicly lined up behind Flanders’ move. Sen. Hennings of Missouri, a Democrat, yesterday issued what ‘was regarded as an attack on Mc- Carthy in a speech criticizing ‘‘out- fageous conduct” of “a public of- ficial.” He declared at Valley Forge, Pa. “The American people can no Monday, June 14, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Sen. McClellan Predicts Split Report On McCarthy-Army Row By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON (P—Sen. McClel- lan (D-Ark) predicted today the Senate Investigations subcommit- tee will write a split report on the }}McCarthy-Army controversy, en- tering today what may be its final week, “It would be a happy result to have a unanimous verdict,” Mc- Clellan said in an interview, “but the disagreements and the partisan votes that have been taken thus far leave that as only a faint hope.” Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) took a similar view. Both he and McClel- lan referred to a series of 4-3 votes on procedure, in which the four subcommittee Republicans ouvot- ed Democrats, One of these votes, last week designated as the final witnesses McCarthy and two aides on the subcommittee staff: Chief Counsel Roy M. Cohn and Chief of Staff Francis P. Carr. The Democrats wanted to call at least two more witnesses. McCarthy, in the witness chair when the hearings recessed late Friday, was due to return to it in this 33rd day -of the televised hearings. i al CAP ACTIVITY—The Key West Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol and its Cadet corps includes many local citizens as well as numerous military personnel here. These people devote much time and money to the activities of the CAP. Meetings of. the group are held Thursday nights at 7:30 in the Armory building, corner of White and Southard Streets, and ‘interested Persons are invited to attend. the CAP here. Holl and Evelyn Nemec.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. longer write it off as ‘just poli- ties.’ The Democrats in the Con- gress cannot shift the responsi- bility to the Republicans on the grounds that it is solely their problem. And the Republicans can no longer indulge in the luxury of appeasement at any price.” Whether this foreshadowed any general Democratic movement to support Flanders remained to be seen, but immediate indications were such Would not be the case. Democratic leaders are said to NAVARRO, Inc. VACATION SPECIALS - ooo Kor Tuesday Only ; 8 A.M. till 9:30 P.M. Lot No. 1 424 Southard Street TELEPHONE 2-2242 1952 ‘Lot No. 2 Opposite Navy Commissary. TELEPHONE 2-7886 1951 PLYMOUTH | STUDEBAKER Fordor RADIC Dark Green Paint $1097.00 Tudor. New Dark Green Paint Hydramatic Transmission RADIO. $897.00 For Video Vitality We'll be happy (and prompt) to pick up and deliver your ailing television set. 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With only one ex- ception, when a chairman has been removed in the past it has been done on the initiative of the controlling party. The exception came in 1924 when Progressive Republicans revolted against their party’s leadership and eventually forced a floor vote in which the late E. D. (Cotton Ed) Smith, South Carolina Democrat, won out. , Flanders’ motion also is“regard- ed by many of the Democrats as failing to capitalize on the current televised controversy over “pres- sure” and “blackmail” charges exchanged between Secretary of the Army Stevens and McCarthy. The Flanders resolution deals with questions incorporated in an elections subcommittee report ear- ly in January 1953 on accusations flung between McCarthy and for- |mer Sen. William Benton (D- Conn). Sen. Lehman (D-Lib-NY) said in a weekend speech at Waltham, Mass., that what is needed to counteract McCarthy’s tactics “is a show of some old-fashioned spunk on the part of the execu- tive.” President Eisenhower has indicated displeasure with some of McCarthy’s actions but has talked mostly in general terms. Lehman said that in the McCar- thy-Army hearings “the public has seen some of the abuses and ugly implications of what has been tak- ing place behind the scenes of the McCarthy committee during the past two years.” Flanders’ basic contention Fri- day was that McCarthy stood in contempt of the whole Senate by not appearing before the elections subcommittee while it investigated charges against him in 1952, Mc- Carthy has characterized that sub- committee’s report as a “smear.” Interviewed on an NBC TV-radio show last night, Flanders declared all McCarthy’s words and actions must now “be seen and listened to” in the light of this ‘unresolved contempt of the Senate.” Criticizing McCarthy on other counts, the Vermont senator as- “clearly in the direction of -fight- ing communism with fascism.” “This little difficulty we are in is not a difficulty of this adminis- tration,” he said. “It is a difficulty of the last 1,500 years, when West- ern civilization began and. . . if we do not see what is happening and do not know what to do about it it is going to see the end of those 1,500 years.” McCarthy, returning from a weekend speaking trip, told news- men on his arrival in Washington he had no comment on Flanders’ remarks, TWO PILOTS DIE SEOUL @ — Two American | pilots were killed yesterday when | their F84 fighter-bombers collided about 10 miles southeast of Taegu. Their names were withheld. VAN FLEET IN SEOUL SEOUL — Presidential envoy James A. Van Fleet, on his second | Paik Too Chin and Commerce and ‘Industry Minister Ahn Tong Hyuk. | Pictured above are members of the group inspecting the plane belonging to Left to.right are Caroline Putnam, Gloria Lentz, Beatrice West, James Doyle Convicted Red Will Testify At New Hearing SEATTLE ® — Chairman Velde (R-Ill) said he expects a four-day hearing starting here today to be “one of the most important and revealing” ever held by the House UnAmeri¢an Activities Com mittee. He attached particular signifi- cance to the hearing because it will be the first congressional in- vestigation of Communist activities in the Pacific Northwest — a key industrial, maritime and agricul- tural area. For the first time, a Communist convicted of conspiracy under the Smith Act will have appeared as a “friendly” witness. First of an expécted 40 or more witnesses will be slight, bespecta- cled Mrs. Barbara Hartle, who renounced communism after she and en other Northwest Commu- nist leaders were copvicted last October, France Is Losing Grip On Colony On Indian Coast MADRAS, India —France, fighting to hold her place in Indo- china, was reported today losing her grip on one of her tiny foot- holds in India. Press reports from the small French colony e of Yanaon, on India’s west coast, said about 200 pro-Indian demonstrators in the town of 5,800 persons had seized all public offices, hoisted the Indian flag and proclaimed French control at an end. The report said a six-man ad- ministration council was nomin- ated and four ministers named. Indian Prime Minister Nehru has been demanding determinedly that France withdraw from Yanaon and her three small colonies on the Indian coast, Pondichery, Karikal and Mahe. Indian-Freneh talks on the subject broke up earlier this month without agreement, —— New VA Hospital Dedicated In Ohio CINCINNATI — Vice Adm. Joel T. Boone, chief medical di- rector of the Veterans Administra- tion, yesterday dedicated an eight- million-dollar VA hospital here, The institution, the oth to be built by the VA, will be used as a surgical and general hospital. Dinosaurs roamed every conti- nent of the earth for 139 million years before they became extinct. Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND and CUBAN —TRY A POUND Topay — Sa LE STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE oe aw ffee Mill a” ALL GROCERS / a He returned to the capital early jay from a speaking trip which k him to Milwaukee and Sioux alls, S.D. _ Cohn has testified at length, but there has been no testimony thus far from Carr, originally accused dong with McCarthy and Cohn of @erting improper pressures in an bk to win favored Army treat- mt for Pvt. G. David Schine, i] a former subcommittee aide who was drafted. These charges were filed by Secretary of the Army Stevens and Army Counselor John G. Adams, who in turn were accused by McCarthy and his aides of using Schine as a “hostage” in attempts to get McCarthy to sidetrack a search for Communists in the Army. er McCarthy has stepped from his usual role as chairman of the sub- committee while it investigates the row. Presiding in his stead is Sen. Mundt (R-SD). , McCarthy has undergone more than a day of cross-examination by Special Subcommittee Counsel Ray H. Jenkins, the subcommittee members and Special Army Coun- sel Joseph N. Welch. But at least a couple more days of questioning seemed ahead of him. Cohn, too, is scheduled to return for more questioning. Carr, while still on tap as a wit- ness, was dismissed as a principal by a 43. subcommittee vote May 26. Mundt said over the weekend he still hopes for a single over-all report by the subcommittee, per- haps with some dissenting views on a few aspects of the case. Told of Mundt’s comment, Mc- Carthy said: “Every vote on every important question that has arisen so far has been along party lines and I expect that formula will hold. when the final report is made.” On the row issue, Atty. Gen. SAVE OVER $72 FLOOR-N-HAND VAC by Westinghouse Ideal for smal! homes, apart- ments, trailers—a wonderful second cleaner. Motor-driven brush. Complete with floor adapter for the price of the Hand Vacalone! $34.90 value. Extra vents mean more steam for better dampening. Smart, lightweight. Open handle ends wrist strain, Westinghouse STEAM or DRY IRON Only WHEW... What relief... ar. a savings, tool “t Westinghouse Cools without drafts! Super-safe, hassock-type fan. Rich, deep maroon act now! Model 10DA2. 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