Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1957)
TOT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, Mar 9. 1937 What Kind of a Man Was McCarthy? Historians Likely To Long Debate Him w asnington U.R) One dav in 1950, Sen. Joseph R. McCar- my stepped into an elevator at the Capitol and found himself fage to face with Secretary of state Dean Acheson. For weeks McCarthy had been charging on the Senate floor that Acheson had allowed Communists to overrun the State department. He had come very close to accusing Acheson of treason. This was the first time the two men had ever met Before Acheson had a chance to turn away, McCarthy smiled broadly and held out his hand "How do you do," he said, with out a trace of hostility or em barrassment. "I'm Joe McCarthy." In this story, if anywhere, may be found the answer to a question which Americans have been hotly debating for the past seven years . . . and which his torians are likely to go on de bating for centuries. "What kind of a man was Joe McCarthy? He was a man who convinced millions of Americans that he was passionately sincere in his fight against Communist "infil tration" . . . and other millions that he was a liar and a demo- gogue who cynically manipulat ed the public's fear of Commu nism to gain power for himself. Divided the Nation He was a man who by the sheer, raw power of his person ality and the fierce drive of his ambition divided America as it has rarely been divided in its history ... and left as a legacy his name embodied in an ism. Death, even at the early age of 47, was an anticlimax to Joe McCarthy's tumultuous career. His place in history, as the most controversial public figure of his day, will be based almost entirely on a four-span of his life which began in 1950 with his sensational attack on the State department, and ended in 1954, when the Senate voted 67 to 22 to condemn his actions. It was a routine Lincoln Day political speech in Wheeling, W. Va., that transformed McCar thy from an unknown Republi can senator from Wisconsin into a national figure. He charged that 205 "card-carrying Commu nists" (the figure was later re duced to 57) were at work in the State department, pilfering the nation's secrets and twisting its foreign policies to serve the ends of Soviet Russia. The State Department helped to call attention to the attack, and insured it a place on the front pages, by issuing a bristling denial in Washington. It chal lenged McCarthy to produce evi dence that even one Communist was on the department's payroll. Shows His Power Democratic senators leaped Into the fray, demanding that McCarthy "put up or shut up." A special Senate committee, headed by Sen. Millard E. Tyd Ings (D-Md.) was appointed to investigate. After several weeks of hearings, at which McCarthy offered the names of 81 alleged "security risks' but no list of Indian Fishing Problem Discussed Portland U.R) Representa tives of the attorney general's office from Oregon and Wash ington met with the Oregon Fish Commissions today to dis cuss the knotty problem of In dian fishing rights on the Co lumbia river. Attorneys for the Indians also were expected to attend. The main issue was whether Indians have the right to fish commercially iust below The Dalles dam. The Oregon Fish Commission has banned all commercial fishing above Bonneville dam and believes the Indians should be included. The Indians claim that treaty rights give them the right to fish below The Dalles dam in lieu of the Celilo Falls site which was flooded out by back waters from the big structure. OSC Professor Emeritus Succumbs at Corvallis CorvaUis U.R Charles Elmer Owens, 79, professor -.neritiic of hotany at Oregon State college, died at his home here Thursday. . Turanc was on the college staff for 35 years and served for 12 years as head of the botany department. He retired in 1947. Oregonians consume approxi mately 1 pint of milk a day per person. BIG PINES LUMBER COMPANY 6th & Fir Ph. SP 2-6251 card-carrying Communists," the committee dismissed the charges as "a fraud and a hoax." McCarthy, however, had gained too strong a hold on pub lic opinion to be downed by such a finding. He struck back at his investigators with the cry of "whitewash," and then gave politicians a chilling demonstra tion of his power by bringing about Tydings' defeat in the rough and muddy Maryland sen atorial campaign in 1950. The 1952 elections that swept Dwight D. Eisenhower into the White House and the Republi cans into control of Congress also returned McCarthy to the Senate, by a margin of 130,000 votes, and installed him in the chairmanship of the Senate's Government Operations Commit tee and its Permanent Investigate McCarthy Lost Survival Fight as Dominant Figure Two Years Ago By RAYMOND LAHR Washington U.R) More than two years before he lost his fight for life, Joe McCarthy lost his fight for survival as a dominant figure in national politics. '" He might have staged a come back if he had won reelection next year and if the GOP had regained control of the Senate and restored him to a position of power. But his political power was drastically curtailed by the Sen ate vote of condemnation against him in November, 1954. Since then, it had been shrinking steadily to a hard core of Mc Carthy supporters. Otherwise, WITH WIFE Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) is shown above ' with his wife, the former Jean Fraser Kerr, shortly after their marriage in 1953. McCarthy died Thursday in Bethesda Naval hospital in Maryland. Senator McCarthy No Middle-of-the-Roader With Friends or Foes Editor'! not; United Preta eorres-1 ness nartiriilarl-ir to ronresenta- pondent Fred Parker got a close view . ' . . , , of Sen. Joe McCarthy shortly after tives Of the press WhO hounded Parker became United Press bureau I him constantly manager in Wisconsin. Parker as sumed his bureau manager duties just oeiore tne start or tne Army-McCarthy hearings and during the sen ator's week end trips home. Parker did his best to become McCarthy's shadow. Because of the close contact, Parker earned several big news beats lor united Press av well '-as an in timate picture of the. Senate's "most controversial figure.. ' By FRED PARKER United Press Correspondent Nashville, Tenn. (U.R) Sen. Joe McCarthy was the kind of a man who would take off his shirt for a friend,, or his coat for an enemy and just about every one he met fell, into one of the two categories'" - There . was no., middle-of-the roader connected with McCarthy and the quick-witted, quick-tem pered Wisconsin senator thrived on making enemies just as he thrived on making close friends. However, above all, Joe Mc Carthy was a nice guy personally with a tremendous, sense of fair- Chjn Up Club Elects Slate of Officers Mrs. Harry Chipman, 155 Highland dr., was unopposed for reelection to her second term as president o fthe Jackson coun ty chapter, Chin Up club, at a meeting at the Jackson county housing project hall last night. The Chin Up club is an organiza tion of physically handicapped persons. Other officers elected were Mrs.- Howard Glascock, vice- president; L. E. McMurray, sec retary; Mrs. L. E. McMurray, treasurer; Mrs. Mabel Houck, corresponding secretary ;and A. E. Davis, associate representa tive, t The local chapter will host the national convention here on June 8 and 9. A banquet will be held at Roxy Ann Grange hall on June 8 with business sessions scheduled the following day. 4- CLUB HEWS Natural Press Agent. While the senator liked to play cloak and dagger at times with the press, he was actually the world's greatest natural press agent with a sense of news better than most city editors and a de sire to give all the reporters close to him something exclusive. McCarthy loved .to make the headlines, and after giving you one flaming banner, he was just as likely to give another one to the next guy alone. It was never safe to leave him alone. Contrary to some belief, Mc Carthy did not blacklist a re porter for writing facts that were uncomplimentary to him, as long as he believed they were fact. And if he felt that he had hurt a reporter by not giving him one of his statesments, he would come up with another statement even more news worthy. . However, reporters, like poli tical opponents, learned that Mc Carthy could be just as tough as he was nice. One Question Toe Many One night at an informal news interview, one reporter con tinued to press McCarthy for an answer to a question after the senator had declined to com ment. The reporter asked the ques tion once too often, just as Mc Carthy and his friends were leaving. The senator handed his coat to a friend and in a low voice audible only to the report er and ' myself, challenged the other reporter in no uncertain terms. The reporter, several inches taller than McCarthy, ignored the challenge as grace fully as possible. I considered Joe McCarthy a friend and I'm proud that he once said "I don't like some of the things that Parker has writ ten about me, but I'm sure that he'll always write a true account of me." Eagle Point Childcare Club There was a childcare 4-H meeting at Eagle Point April 30 in the school music room. Miss Hatten, our 4-H county agent, was guest. We had our regular meeting before our president turned the meeting over to our leader,- Mrs. Harbison and Miss Hatten. Miss Hatten asked what pro jects we were working on. She also reviewed us on what to do while we are baby-sitting.. Sandra Wallis, Reporter. . ; Stan Culy Elected Chapter President Salem Stan Culy, sophomore from Medford, was elected pres ident of Willamette university's UNESCO chapter last week. He and his cabinet will hold office during the next school year. Culy, a philosophy major, is a Bishop Baxter scholarship hold er. He has been active in Wesley Fellowship and is affiliated with Sigma Alpha Chi service honor ary and Phi Eta Sigma, scholas tic honorary. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Culy, 21 Washington st, Medford; and graduated from Medford High school in 1955. his influence had to be wielded largely through the men who stood by him in the Senate. Not Always That Way Things were different when he was riding the crest of his power from 1950 to 1954. Then many Republican candidates eagerly solicited his support. And more than a few Demo crats hoped he would not in vade their states to campaign against them. McCarthy helped destroy some prominent Democrats and left - others with permanent scars. In 1950, the McCarthy influence was a factor in the defeat of men - like Scott W. Lucas, Senate Democratic floor leader; Francis J. Myers, Senate Democratic whip, and Sens. Mil lard E. Tydings and Elbert D. Thomas, the chairmen of major Senate committees.- He also helped to damage the Truman administration, politi cally, and thereby contributed to the election of President Eis enhower in 1952. Some Repub lican senators-elect also believed they benefited from McCarthy campaigning in 1952. Then he challenged the Eis enhower administration and al most destroyed himself. He was virtually benched during the campaigns of 1954 and 1956. Had Ike Nod in '52 McCarthy himself was a can didate for reelection in 1952 and was given the Eisenhower blessing, even if it was a cool one. There was never any warmth between the two men, largely because of McCarthy's bare-knuckle attack in a Senate speech against Gen. George E. Marshall, who was Eisenhower's patron in the Army. More recently, the President snubbed McCarthy with public gestures which indicated con tempt for the Wisconsin senator. And McCarthy was one of a handful of GOP senators on whom the administration could never rely for support. One of the unanswered ques tions in national politics was what Eisenhower's attitude would 'be toward a McCarthy reelection campaign in 1958. The President has rareiy intervened in Republican primaries. Would he have maintained silence next year or would he have encour aged a challenge against Mc Carthy in the Wisconsin Repub lican primary? . Now the question can remain unanswered. ing Subcommittee McCarthy opened hearings on what he called "extremely dan gerous current espionage" at the Army Signal Corps Center at Fort Monmouth, N. J- It was this investigation that produced an open break be tween McCarthy and the Eisen hower administration ,and led to the famous "Army-McCarthy" hearings in mid-1954. Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens said the. Fort Mon mouth hearings had produced no evidence of espionage. He charged that McCarthy and his chief counsel, 27-year-old Roy M. Cohn, had merely used the investigation as a club to beat the Army into granting special favors to Pvt. G. David Schine, close friend of Cohn and unpaid "consultant" to McCarthy's sub committee before he was draft ed in November, 1953. Forest Service Considers Bids for Mt. Shasta Bowl San Francisco The U. S. Forest Service this week tenta tively accepted the bid of the Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl corpora tion for development of a recrea tion area on the slopes of Mt. Shasta. The locally-owned group with stockholders in northern Cali fornia and southern Oregon, sun- mitted the proposal to the forest service in competition with other groups. The firm, which plans to build a ski-life and an aerial tramway well up the slope of the big mountain, to develop a lodge, parking facilities, and other fea tures for a year-around recrea tional area, is capitalized at $750,000. Of this, nearly $500, 000 has already been sold in an initial stock issue, and the rest must be sold by a May 15 dead line, according to George Schra- der, Mt. Shasta, corporation sec retary. State Sen. Randolph Collier, Yreka, is president of the firm. Provided there is no hitch in plans, initial work can be under way this year, with completion scheduled in December, 1960, according to corporation of ficials. Much of the area would be in operation before then. John C. Crawford, Medford is a member of the board of directors of the corporation. He said that he would be glad to give anyone further informa tion about the firm's plans. Or it can be obtained from Schrader in Mt. Shasta. Fellowship Awarded Man at Oregon State Stanford, Calif. !U.R) Rob ert G. Mason, editor for the ag ricultural experiment station at Oregon State College, has been awarded a graduate fellowship at the Stanford University jour nalism department.: He was awarded a behavioral sciences fellowship and will work toward a Ph.D. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way To Sell Two Hours for Lunch Would Solve Problem Champaign, 111. ' (U.R) Prof. John F. Due suggests that American workers might solve the problems of some public transportation companies if they took a couple of hours for lunch. Provided, that is, if they took a bus , or streetcar to travel home for lunch and then back again. Due, a faculty member of the University of Illinois College of Commerce, brought up the sub ject after returning from a Eur opean trip, where he said long lunch hours and lunchtims travel is customary in many countries, Mcuartny shot tack the charge that the Army had tried to use Schine as a "hostage" to get him to abandon the Fort Monmouth Red hunt. McCarthy's own Senate In vestigating Subcommittee, with McCarthy temporarily stepping down, conducted 36 days of sen sational televised hearings on the charges on counter-charges. McCarthy's face on the TV screen became a familiar sight in millions of homes. Arguments about the Wisconsin senator, his tactics and his staff became a national obsession. The battle was shifted almost immediately to the Senate floor when Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R Vt.) introduced a resolution of censure against McCarthy. . 2,400 Acres of Haystack Burn Have Been Replanted Yreka, Calif. About 2,400 acres in the Haystack burn area i have been replanted with 1.6 j million pine trees completing a , recent contract, - according to John S. Hall, Klamath national forest district ranger. Forest service crews will re plant another -350 acres this spring. Hall said. The work will take about a week. The district ranger noted that Norman E. Dircksen, project supervisor, will be assisted this season by Bob Scharf and Rich ard Nute of the Yreka district. They will assist in surveying, Dwindling passenger demand j Pasting plantations making sur- The resolution was inferred to a special committee for investi gation while the senate itself re cessed for the- summer. The special committee, head ed by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah), conducted a series of public hearings whose dignity and decorum were in sharp con trast to the earlier . Army-McCarthy hearings. On Sept. 27, the committee reported unani mously that McCarthy "should be censured" by the Senfte on two charges contempt! the Senate (for spurning efforts to get him to testify before the 1951 elections subcommittee) and abusing an Army officer, Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Z wicker. His Star Declines . Voting on a revised two-count indictment Dec. 2, 1954, the Senate found McCarthy guilty by a majority of better than three to one, and formally "con demned" his conduct. The ebullience which had marked McCarthy's actions in the past now disappeared. He became more subdued in public and private and began to have repeated attacks of illness. Though few realized it, the dynamo that had driven Joe Mc Carthy was fast running down. Thursday night it quit. START NOW Save has forced many American tran sit companies into dissolution or bankruptcy. Four peak load periods in stead of two would be a boon to public transportation, and prob ably a long noon-break would improve worker efficiency too, Due said. In any event, Due said, some thing will have to be done for public transportation. "Despite growing problems of street traffic congestion," he said, "too many municipal gov ernments still regard the transit system merely as a commercial enterprise which must stand on, its own feet financially, without regard to the effects of such a policy on traffic problems and community development." , vival counts and delineation of suitable sites for planting within the Haystack burn, Hall re ported. ' Klamath District The Klamath district also is reevaluating timber resources of the Yreka working circle. The circle includes most of the Hay stack burn, Hall said. Data gathered will be used in preparing a new management plan for the working circle, and will establish an annual cutting budget based on the timber available and : its anticipated growth, it is possible to. perma nently harvest the computed al lowable cut annually. This in j turn' will provide a permanent ', base for the local lumber indus try dependent on the Yreka working circle, he said. I --aTrTfwHnl mn is. w-w-wa. f.ai REYNOLDS IlKlilifT lHTIr 'ALUMINUM Erect this beautiful all-meta! shelter unit yourself. Save up to 50. Completely finished. No painting or nailing. Exclusive aluminum interlock-panel marquee roof slides together in a jiffy. Improves your property value. Use as carport, patio, toolshed or porch. Two men can erect in 90 minutes. Attach-to-home model also available. . lf yov wish, we can install it for you. For in formation, please telephone 0-0000. See The Patti-Port n Display. at Dan Patch Co., Inc. ' 2080 West Main Phone SP 2-4324 lhy hoi Mvr flown bafert. But early one morning Zdnek Machilner, 19, and Karel Kucera, 20, tied up a Czech guard and wobbled to the safety of West Germany in a stolen plane. EbuG tifoatr coBood Go ffroodorca These two escaped -but 70 million others re main captive behind the Iron Curtain. And these are the people at whom Radio Free Europe beams its daily broadcasts. Escape is not its aim. Radio Free Europe penetrates the Iron Curtain to spread truth ... to strengthen hope and resistance. Said the youths above, "It ( Radio Free Europe ) added courage and strength to strained nerves." It offered us ... a hope for a better future," said a young nurse who fled to the West , "Everybody, is listening even die Connnanists," said an escaped Czech skating champion. From 29 powerful transmitters, Radio Free Europe broadcasts up to 20 hours of truth a day to five key satellite countries Poland, Czecho slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. And how the Communist bosses fear it! Each dollar you contribute sponsors a Minute f Truth on Radio Free Europe. How v many minutes will you giver '. Support Radio Free Europe e Send your Truth Dolton to: CRUSADE for FREEDOM - MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE v :
