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Handful of Senators Ho-Hum As Welker 'lnvites' Censure By Mary McGrory At the recent McCarthy rally at Constitution Hall, when the star of the evening appeared, j Senator Welker, who was chief j speaker, said, “This is an ex- ' ample of a minor leaguer trying i to play in the major leagues, if ever I saw one.” Despite this self-effacement, however, the junior Senator from Idaho, in the censure debate has been in there pitching every minute for his friend, the junior Senator from Wisconsin; To some observers Senator McCarthy needs Senator Wel ker’s help like a destroyer needs a canoe escort. But Senator Welker is padling furiously, 1 though often against a stream of seeming senatorial indiffer ence. Energetic Helper. Senator Welker ranges hun grily around the Senate floor, nervous as a producer on opening night. When Republicans get into the debate, he hurries to their side, sometimes peering anxiously at his colleagues, as if hoping to divine their intentions from the way they part their | hair. When anti-McCarthy speakers take the floor, he sits darkly brooding and gnawing his i pencil. Senator McCarthy has made no public note of appreciation for the tireless efforts of his self-appointed floor manager The other day, when Senator Welker was engaged in unequal duel with Senator Stennis of Mississippi, Senator McCarthy, who had been looking on. sud denly heaved himself to his feet. Senator Welker turned on him the baleful glare that he gen erally reserves for Senator Mc- Carthy's foes. “I’ll take care of this,” he said angrily. Senator | McCarthy tolerantly sat down again. A husky, dark-haired man, the*; Senator from Idaho has worn a steadily aggrieved look since he entered the chamber. And he is collecting new grievances every day. Insult to Injury. No one asked him to appear before the Watkins Committee to ask him to tell what he knows about the Gillette Committee,' Father Apathetic To Son's Misdeeds Learns in Jail A District man spent a night in jail after his 14-year-old son pocketed $5 instead of paying his father’s fine, police said today. Juvenile Court Judge Edith H. Cockrill last Friday gave the man a choice of $ or two days J in jail after he showed up late In court on a subpoena. Police said the boy’s mother ; sent him down with $5. but he failed to appear. The next day. he gave juvenile squad detec-1 tives several stories about the , money. Judge Cockrill, meanwhile, re- ! leased the father Saturday after learning of the boy’s actions. Officer Thompson said the boy’s stories were untrue. He was i charged with making a false re- I port. The father, it was reported, j has never shown much interest in his son’s misdeeds—until his j night in jail. The subpoena was issued to force him to discuss his boy’s welfare with the jurist. Men Train as Models TOKO. Nov. 18 (A*).—Men are invading one of the last occupa tions of Japanese women, fash ion modeling. Eleven young men are training in the Osaka area and will make their debut soon —modeling men’s clothes, of course. j the group towards whom Sena tor McCarthy is charged with showing contempt. And now, adding insult to injury, no one iis criticizing him for not ap i pearing. Senator Watkins, after his charge to the Senators to re member who they were, left the floor, and Senator Welker, who was just beginning to speak, said sadly, “I would have loved tq have him cross-examine me or interrogate me on ray remarks;’*> After a week of detiate. tM signs are that Senator Welker, like many understudies, feels he is ready for a starring part. He has said, in fact, that he feels he will be censured too. However the censure resolu tion against Senator- McCarthy may be amended, it seems quite unlikely that Senator Mfelker will ! be included in it, even though i he says he will “be batting next j in the censureship league.” Nobody Interested. The Senators, although he has pointed out several instances, where he deserves it, do not seem about to censure Senator Welker. They do not appear even willing to listen to him when he prophesies that they will. When quorum calls were : sounded during what Senator i Hickenlooper called his “exhaus tive” presentation of the legal aspects of the* case, the most that most of the Senators would do was to stick their heads in the dOor and depart. Senator Welker, taking his habitual stance which is remins cent of the World War I poster that bore the legend "Uncle Sam Needs YOU,” said angrily that the empty chairs yawning all around him showed “disrespect” ! not for him but for the man on trial, who, of course, was also absent. j “You can censure me for that,” j he cried. “Get out your resolu- j I tions. Get them there as fast !as you can.” The nine Senators present didn't move a mus.cle. Later, as twilight passed into early evening, and Senator Wel jker, digressing from a digres sion from his 46-page text, said, : “If the wolves get on me—as they will surely. . . .” There were then about six “wolves” present, and none of them stirred. Censure (Continued From First Page.) i charge in which the South Da kotan reversed himself because of “new evidence” was that Senator McCarthy should be condemned for “intemperately abusing” Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker 3. Senator Dirksen, Republi can, of Illinois, was ready, if the Senate debate continued, to submit a proposal for “modify ing” the censure resolution. Decries Hint of Softness. Senator Johnson told reporters he had “a very simple reason” for introducing his amendment on communism to the resolution of censure. “I have been concerned over reports the Communists would be elated over the passage St j the resolution,” Senator Johnson said. “I don’t want to give them anything to cheer about,” he added. “This amendment makes j it perfectly clear to them and to ; everybody else that the Senate ! is not soft toward communism, jl don’t know any other way to get the point across.” ; Senator Johnson said his : amendment was not intended to | resolve doubts of any wavering on the censure issue. He said i he had not consulted with other I members of. the special commit : tee or any offe else about the resolution. He added, however, that several Senators, after he had introduced it, had told him they wishes to join with him in sponsoring it. ) Senator Case, in justifying his switch in position the atoicker I matter, pointed out again that j the Army decided list February : 2 to give Maj. Irving Peress, former Army dentist, a quick honorable discharge after Army officials had .received a letter 1 from Senator McCarthy the day before, urging them to court martial Maj. Peress and those responsible for his promotion and honorable discharge. The former Army dentist is described by Senator McCarthy as a “fifth amendment Com munist.” The South Dakotan read a part of the censure resolution which states that Senator Mc- Carthy’s abuse of Oen. Zwicker during a hearing of the Mc- Carthy Investigating subcom mittee “tends to destroy the good faith which must be maintained between the executive and legis lative branches in our system of Government . . .” Senator Case said the Penta gon’s action niglving Maj. Pe ress a quick discharge after ignoring the McCarthy letter i “was itself a breach of good relations between the legisla tive and executive branches be cause it gave priority to Peress’ request sor 1 " immediate discharge over the request of Senator Mc- Carthy that they hold Peress.” Didn’t Know of Letter. The South Dakota Senator repeated his earlier statement that when he voted, along with other members of the special committee, to censure Senator McCarthy for the alleged abuse of Gen. Zwicker, he did not know that the Army had re ceived the McCarthy letter be fore deciding to give Maj. Pe ress an immediate honorable discharge. Senator Case said the McCar thy letter of February 1 was not introduced before the special committee, and that he had known little about it. Senator Watkins, Republican, of Utah, chairman of the committee, in terrupted to point out that the McCarthy letter had been in serted in the record of the Army- McCarthy hearings last spring. Senator Case was interrupted also by Senator'Ervin, Democrat, of North Carolina, another cen sure committee member. He asked the South Dakotan: “If Senator McCarthy was ig norant that the decision to dis charge Peress was made at the i Pentagon after his letter was re ceived, how could he possibly' have used that to justify his conduct toward Gen. Zwicker?” Senator McCarthy told Gen. wicker at a February 18 hear ing on the Peress discharge that he was unfit to wear the uniform of a general, among other things. Senator Knowland indicated earlier .that, unless the Senate recesses,, tentative voting con ceivably epuld start tomorrow or Saturdayron afiy substitute mo tion offered by Senator Dirksen, He as well as Senator Dirksen doubted that the Senate would be inclined “at this time” to vote on any motion to table the reso lution. ! Republican Senators Jenner of Indiana, Welker of Idaho and Case were among members who thought the absence of Senator McCarthy, for more than a day or so gave adequate reason for a recess. Senator Jenner told reporters it would be a “serious question of propriety” to meet without Sen ator McCarthy being present. Senator Case, a member of the six-member committee that rec ommended, censure, commented that “some consideration’’ un doubtedly would be given to take"’ time out until the Wisconsin Senator is able to be on hand Senator Case said it was simply a matter or courtesy to give Senator McCarthy every op portunity to listen, speak and ask questions during the debate. Senator Welker, whd spoke for another four hours yesterday in urging the Senate not to set what he called a dangerous new prece dent of doubtful legality "by cen suring Sepator McCarthy, also indicated he would join in a move for a recess Senator Watkins assured re porters he was sorry to hear of Senator McCarthy’s injury. He j said it would not be “fitting” for j him to express an opinion on j whether the injury might cause a delay in the debate. Disavows Any Personal Hatred. “I am sorry to hear that Sen ator McCarthy is in the hospi tal,” he said. “I say that sin cerely. I want you to understand that I do not hate him or any one, however much I might hate certain things that people do.” j From all indications, the | scheduled speech of Senator i Dirksen seemed likely to be one j of the last major 'addresses in the debate. Senator McCarthy informed reporters last Tuesday that he planned to speak at considerable length before the close of debate. As for the rest of the Senate, there has been—as one Senator privately described it—a “poker faced” silence among most mem bers on both sides of the aisle, and an appreciable eagerness to take the floor except for occa sional questions. At yesterday’s session, which wound up at 7 p.m., longe'st since the debate opened early last week—a bit of late-after- If you buy later, ull money paid for rental and delivery will be doductod from the pure Here price. (Max deduc > tion, 6 mes. I Your choice of spinets Cnd consoles of excel , lent mokes. Phone REpublic 7-6212 or King 6-8686 KITTS • ( 1330 G Street N,W. 1 2621 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alex. noon questioning aroused fresh speculation about possible com promise efforts. * The questions were raised by Republican Senators Hicken looper of lowa and Longer of North Dakota while Senator Welker had the floor. Sees Action as Precedent. The lowa Senator wanted to know if any member in the his tory of the Senate ever had been censured for words uttered on the floor or in committee. He said he I knew of, and in some instances had personally heard, intemperate and even violent language by Senators. He declared that, so far as he could determine, it was the “completely unbroken" practice of the Senate never to call a member to account by censure action of the kind proposed against Senator McCarthy. He added that the move seemed to him to be similar to changing rules in the middle of a ball game. Senator Langer arose to ask if Senator Welker knew of any precedent for censuring a Sena tor for having, refused to appear before a committee. The Idaho Senator replied that the 45-page speech he had been reading Tuesday and yesterday, with numerous interpolations, found no such precedent. He men tioned several former members, including the late Senator Rob ert M. La Follette, sr., of Wiscon sin, who refused to appeal be fore a committee but was not censured or reprimanded by the Senate. Senator Welker's long stand on the floor yesterday consisted of completing the reading of the prepared speech he began Tues day and which was substantially reoorted thereafter. New Senator Backs McCarthy. As he was defending Senator McCarthy, the opponents of cen sure gained another recruit at least against one count. Senator Brown, Republican of Nevada, one of five new Senators sworn hi last week, said a study of the .committee hearings and the re port convinced him he should vote against censuring Senator McCarthy on the count charg ing' contempt of the elections subcommittee in 1951-52. It was a main contention of; Senator Welker that “It is absurd and contrary to our whole theory : of government to claim that a Senator may not question the motives of a committee (g the Senate or of its individual mem bers.” ;• Senator Welker digressed at one point to attack the Wash ington Post and Times-Herald. He called attention to that news paper’s publication of grouped (^OuTlinens are f ...and safer...because , CLOROX makes linens > ■ more than white... | it makes them sanitary, too! *42 > Yes, ClorOX-dMR cottons ood liltens look Clorox also deodorizes, leaves linens A ftt#r koaraso Clorox relieves dlngiMSS, fresh smelling whether dried indoors or A ? ( stain, even Kerch and nlldow. They ore out. 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The parody of a Gilbert and j Sullivan song they found objec ; tionable spoke of “That Son of a B From Wisconsin.” I The parody was written by' Myron 8. Isaacs, son of the guest of honor. Councilman Stanley \ M. Isaacs, Republican-Liberal I minority leader of the council.; Councilmen Edward A. Cun-I ningham. a Bronx Democrat, and Robert E. Barnes, - a Queens Republican, joined Councilman McCarthy in the walkout from the grand ballroom of the Roose velt Hotel. The walkout—before the din ner started—apparently was no ticed by only a few in the crowd of 1,400 paying tribute to the 72-year-old Mr. Isaacs. But Mrs. Muriel Moss, in charge of the arrangements, said she under stood some other persons also may have left. The passages in question were omitted when the song , was sung j I Mobile Burglary OSHKOSH, Nebr. (£>).— Thieves who entered a garage broke down a door by backing an automobile through it. Then they loaded the 300-pound safe into the car and drove off to do their safe-cracking elsewhere. photographs of .himself. Rabbi Benjamin Schultz of New York, and John Maragon, above a cap tion describing them as joining in a November 11 rally at Con- | stitution Hall by supporters of I Senator McCarthy. Senator Welker explained to the Senate that Mr. Maragon, a one-time frequent visitor at the White House several years ago, j had served a prison term on a perjury charge growing out of j testimony before a congressional' committee. The Idaho Senator asserted that the newspaper did a “cruel” thing to Mr. Mara gon to use the picture as it did. gat the dinner- Copies of the whole parody, however, had been placed at the dinner tables. , Democratic Mayor Robert F. Wagner, who had dropped in at the dinner to laud Mr. Isaacs, was shown the passage in which Mr. Isaacs was depicted as help ing "parents control their fer tility.” Mayor Wagner looked sur prised ■ and told newsmen : “What’s this? I’ll have to make a statement on this tomorrow. Everybody knows how I feel about the Catholics.” The younger Mr. Isaacs said later that the* verses, making flippant cbmment on his father’s career, had “meant no offense.” He said the poem was “written by me as a joke on my Dad.” |He said orders had been given ; to delete the stanza containing i the references to Senator Me- ; Carthy as well as the references : ; to the Jewish groups and to birth control. This was not done, however, and a mimeographed copy was placed before each guest. The author, who is an associate gen eral counsel of the Securities and Exchafige Commission at Wash ington, described the distribu tion as a “slip-up.” Councilman Cunningham, commenting on the parody's mention of “a son of a B” and of “fertility,” said to a newsman: “How far can we go—how far can we go in these days?” He said such material might get into the hands of children, and i thus would be “even worse.” Councilman Barnes said he thought the implications in the parody were “outrageous.” He said he “joked” about the references to Senator McCarthy, j but the mention of “fertility” was “an insult to me as a Cath olic and to any Catholic who might have attended the dinner.” Councilman McCarthy said he walked out because the language was “insulting to me” and be cause the whole poem was “in l poor taste.” The poem—addressed to Coun- ROAST DUCK ! 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