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OF C ww UwESSIONAL RECORD—SENaASL eiricogr? ect ef the first amendment to tL ot Lt “a Tot tol oa From othe Reecrd was ros orth Carnot fart ped fer pr the Y Lu . ir Their alieved BE . : i oR OL: t ft Cc. eet i gpa gt 1. © Seen! of the gut c ween cf the Fede BC. D PPrschs pes 5 to lst the orgarizie t: FULCUMMittee reo eons te CHore@speot to the nartiegpos -EPH R McCarRTHt In such wer oot 2 BTEC As cou TLPTs mm me ents ite ial rest to expisp a fot finds such cractiers and beheviir That in the roinion of the Senate, ‘anf: te Eiic the position of United States Benstor': Now, therefore, be it~ Myr. President. I now from the report and cease to quote read the resolving 2. oF the reper lieves and Elections with respect to the 1956 Marviend eae elag- oft its Subcommittee en Priv t to Benate gress. Apri] ier investigas ioroot Sene ’ WOO senus Maks Aalh reerect ; to the meeuch rooro met de A view toward sited Brates Senate vir Josepu Ro M-cCartyy. tinn. Which was made pursu Instead of readins further from the Tepori. aif the Son Rul PEM! me to do sc. I a-k un: mous pon sere ir- cud theenc of myagm Pour Pac. of ran Suncom _'s TEPORE. be- at betiom’ of pace $1, and uh poe 33. Woth thf ecn- isypem 6 WR give fur- from the report. the 2 Turee woon every Mem- Lf Beng te Ti. VICE FRESIDENT Is there ob- feceoom tu the reque.. of the Si ur from Conneticut? With ul objeciicno, 1 Sp Orda ved. Mfr Frozicgent. in view Of vine inwuc.mbe1.t oi the pracuces of the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. McCar- THY} Which ts found in the report from which I have been quoting, I suggest to+ day. in the first session the Senate has held since the report was released to the press, that the Senator from Wisconsin at once submit his resignation from this body. That would be a bold and deci- sive gesture on his part, through which he could do honor to the great position he has held for the past 4 years, in the footsteps of the late great Senator Rob-~ ert M. La Follette, Sr., and his most emi- nent son, Senator Rabert M. La Follette, Jr. By resigning in the face.of such an indictment, the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. McCartTuy! can take the only step new open to him to make amends to the people of Wisconsin, to his great prede- cezsors in the seat he now oecupies in the Senate, and to his eoileacues in the Eenate. I submit that a high percent- aze of the Members of this bedy would resitn forthwith 1f such a report were written about them, esreed to unani- mous’s by a subcommittee compctsed of five of ther colleagues. If the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. TcCsnTHy refuses to resien—and there a notin: in his record to incicate that he wil dc other than refuse—then I Survest that at Jeast he refrain from takine any further part in the actions and proceedings of the Un:ted States Senate until! my resolution has been re- ceived and reviewed by the Committee on Rules and Administration and unti action has been taken upon it by the committee and by the United States Senate itself. . Exrxor A (From pr 81] to 35 of the repcrt entitled “Maryland Senatorial Erection of 1950—Re- port of the Subcommittee on Privileres and Evecticns to the Committee on Ruies and Administration.” U.S. Senate, 82d Cong., tet geese pursuant to §. Res. 250, Blst Cong., 2d BE5E ) Srnatoke JosrrH R. McCaktur The activity of Senator McCarTuy and his staf, Wecording te the evidence, commenced in early July 1950. when the candidate, JoHM MagsHaLL BrTceR. accompanied by his came Psich treasurer, Mundy, visited Senator Mc- CarTHY in bls office in the Senate Office Buliding in Washinecton, D.C, tn the late afternoun (R.. pp. 1248-1246). Arter a dis cuselun there with Senator McCagTHT, Miss Jean Kerr, his research assistant: and Robert E. Morris. identified in the records of this Bubccommitlee @s minority coursel in the State Department employee lovaity investi- Balen, this group. includi:ne the candidate Burirr. had dinner and spent the evening together (2. p. 1250) discuselmg verlous phases of BUTLER s forthcoming” campalen 4 According to the #estimonr, ‘eh e Pp. 2578. : ator McCaetny bad accumulated 6 large quantity cf information and Material re- luted to Benator Tydings' conduct of the lovaity besrings, He mace the charge: thot resulied in that investication, fullowed 3t Glusely. epceke about it exten sively through- out the country and had jiabeied toe wvest.- Bolicnu as a whitewash. MISS ItsN EFER Subsequent to the primary on September 18, 395° ard continuing until election day ftsel!. we find Miss Jecn Kerr and others of Benatcr McCartry's staf devoting extent:ve time to the campaizn of JoHN Mar<HaLL Brrire Aithourh the testimony of Jonkel t. the subeommitier would & ‘toat dure ing this interval of her acusity Mus Kerr 9709 Was on leave of absence from her senatorisl employment (R..p. 5151, Miss Rerr has stated ubeguivocally that during that entire time she remained on the payroll of Senator MMc- Carrer iR., p. 2574) and acted at his request and with his Enowledce and approval iF. p.2580,. Bhe postponed her vacation to per- form this work {R., p. 2580). Miss Kerr's Participation was extensive, and many of the Witnesses appearing before the subcommittee in its inquiry had occasion at one time or another to be contacted by her. She was a courier of funds and information. delivering Campaign contributions from Washington to campaign headquarters tn Baltimore (RF, p. 25871, and, under the direction of Jonkel, coptacting printers of campnign Mterature in both cities. It {6 also to be nowrd thos she was hostess at a dinner party arranesd and given at her home in Weshingicn e-- tended by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bentler. end to Which she Invited Jonkel (BR. p. 2222., Although she discliims any Campeign mo- tive in tbhlh socia! event, it ls a fact thet Bhortly following this meeting between Bentley, Jonkel. and Miss Ferr. Bentley m with Mr. Bcrier aud Jater made a 65.0.0 contribuuicn (R, p. 2603). thers of the stat of Senator MCCARTHE ‘Were likewise active. One oi the memrer: ¢ ‘the Senator's stat ctated that at tum “full sta® of the Senatcr, including hi tministrative agsistant, secretary, clerks, & investicutirs, devoted their enerzics and ,@ffurts in various ministerial camscitie: kn “connection with BUTLer’s campaicn (FR. p. Daa. Also among those whe partic.rated " Promineets “was, Donald A. Surfine. en n+ ibe employ of Senator Mc- THE MIDNIGHT RIDE Charges were made by former Senator Tyd- Ings cuncerning Mr. Feder, the Buluimure Frinter, and his midnight ride. He re- ferred to this incident as a “story of Chicarco ,€angland transported into Maryland” and stated that Fedder was “virtually kidnapped ir order to get BrTiers letter back’ (|R., F 44), In hls testimony Fedder made reference to a telephone conversation he had with candidate BCTLER, on cr about November 2, 7950, in which Fedder expressed concern over the large quantity of printed campaign ma- terials which he had on hand and for which he had not been paid. Following this con- versation, on November 2, 1950, Mr. Brier wrote and delivered to Fedder a letter in which he stated: “At this time I want to give you my per- Bohuw assurance that 1 do guarantee payment for any of your services that have not been paid for at the time the campaign ls com- preted. This assurance applies to materiais that have been delivered and ts mete 3 that were not shipped in time for ure 7 the ‘campaicn. “Sincerely, £ -“SBaN MarcHact BUsLrr " Ex:empive testimry vas received by tse BuLCO ieee ocoregriing the Mic. ot ‘ride. On the evening of Nuven Mos: Eert, throuch Ray R.errm.: of Senator McCastHy, mide ar with Fedder to have addressed and B Qeantuy Gf post caries be: Eran of candidate Evtu4e oR. y.t Jar work wes belr2 ad me in the Dic. af Calumbla by Reputiicin Nau... _ Fcluntecrs and others untir the si of Mrs. Rex Lee. In cornectian Froject at pbout aiagh.oom Nos Tel9, Danae A Sur. IDVestigat BPlored by Serncter TaRTHT. imo cum Wish Bee! Socce a lowier and George Rune @& reu.-ers ch reside of ‘es ascent. both @icia. met Fedd-: at the post efice in Ba? he more (R. p. #8: to peck up aad man esm- pletec ecards which hac beer add:essed Dy Pedder's workers «at their residences in + a