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UN yp ae agp gongs were a2 stn og saa arin agp rena per RNIN gee -. Reaction Checked Democrats Find Has Failed to Se By Daris Flecson Democrats have made a quie éheck of the country’s réaction | thus far to Senator Joseph MecCar thy’s Communist charges agains “the State De- partment and are satisfied that he has not yet scored, But they khow they are ngt home yet. Ohe Hiss case . alpd the Sena- - tor's overstate- 3 ments and con- °- fusions will re- cede into the — backrround. . Repu blicans are aware of Boris Fieeson. this, of course, ahd some of them jhave volunteered Senator McCar- ‘thy advice and assistance. At least one, Senator Bridges of New Hampshire, who hazed Secretary State Achcson about the Hiss e, complains that the young ie cin wt ota den pm n from Wisconsin won't take! advice from his elders, It was noticed, too, that after the first ‘day, Senator Millikin of Colorado, -the shrewd and mellow chairman ‘of the Republican conference, ab- ;senled himself from the hearings. GOP Heads ‘Not Involved.’ The Republican National com- mittee calls attention to the fact that it is not involved in any way. Actually both the accuSer, Sena- tor McCarthy, and the accused, Secretary Acheson, are being is- ‘olated by the politicians. They fare on their own and neither is Wkely to-get any help until after e has proved he doesn't need it. This is largely due to timidity |phich is the occupational disease of the politician. To some extent it is also personal. The Senator and. Secretary have not been ,taken into the club, Senator McCarthy's ambitious, lrestless personality has put off jhis colleagues. They simply do c Senator McCarthy ore on Charges 'not. possess the human touch. they | ,, Would not be in politics. Having ft. they rarely warm to the cool! iintellectuality of an Acheson even -|when they admire it. The Secreg / titary’s daily walks with Suprem Court Justice Frankfurter hay not helped him with Congres: | Capitol Hill never cared for th Justice’s influence on Franklin| ; Roosevelt; they attribute to him! scheming, power-loving char acter- istics which they fear. Senators Unsure of Ground. Though he has been long in| Government. Mr. Acheson's ap- pointments have always been per- ‘sonal to the President of tte, United States. He does not haye' any Senatorial sponsors ta act ds a kind of buffer state. He c count on President Truman but the President cannot transfer his political protection to the Senate! floor. | i The emotional impact of charges’ like those Senator McCarthy makes is such that no Senator will get involved until he is abso- lutely sure of his ground, Finally, the Secretary's statement about. Alger Hiss scared them off: the Politicians deny him the right in his great office to have personal Teelings. ; The hearings so far are eritf- cized almost as much in priva conversations among the polit{- coes as the principals. It is now felt that it was a mistake to force Senator McCarthy to name names in open hearings—the Senotor bears down heavily on the fact: that he didn’t want to, Now that counset has been hired, a different form of pro- | cedure can be expected. As Wil- Hl liam P, Rogers demonstrated when he took the job of counsel to the: Ferguson Committee, Senate hear- ings can be transformed into sober iidicia) hearings. My. Ropegs took over after the Howada | Hughes-Senator Brewster fia 0 | and wiped it out with his success. ! ful expose of Gen. Meyers, who not feel sure of him. The case of Secretary Acheson — is now in jail. Democrats hope fort & similar change in the McCarthy | hearings. - —* | lis more epmplex. If poli Bc cia | ~ ae oe 1A ped tia adi th ee a eres are erers - * 1 | a i. iy: 4- Tolson_ i / Clegg ’ Glavin } ’ Nichola, Rosen Tracy rbe. Mohr Tele. Room Nease_ ifhea sp _ wre aa: ; Page Times~Herald Wash. Post ___ Wash. News f Wash. Star Li N.Y. Mirror __ Date: MAR 1 7719 Seed