Potter Reveals Anti-Semites' Role
in Sen, McCarthy's Witch-Hunting

Former U.S. Senator from Mich-
igan Charles E. Potter, who was a
member of the McCarthy Commit-
tee that created so much stir in
the early 1950s,
tells the story of
what went on be-
hind the scenes
during the Army-
McCarthy h e a r-
ings and related
other details
about the late
Senator Joseph
R. McCarthy of
Wisconsin, in his
interesting book,
"Days of Shame,"
McCarthy
published by
Coward-McCann (200 Madison,
NY 16).
Potter says McCarthy was "the
loneliest man" he ever knew. He
points out that McCarthy was not
alone in his provocative actions.
He speaks of him as "a brutal
demagogue to some, a godlike
savior to others, to no one was he
unimportant." He descirbes "the
final act in McCarthy's uprorious
career (which) began with the at-
tempts of a legal counsel of the
committee (Roy Cohn) to save
his friend (G. David Schine)
from serving his country as an
army private."

President Eisenhower's anger
over McCarthy's extremism and
his unruly behavior towards the
army commences the Potter des-
cription of his experiences as an
active member of the Senate
Government Operations Commit-
tee during whose sessions, and
behind the scenes, so much hap-
pened to end McCarthy's witch-
hunting and bigoted efforts.

"In the final decision," Potter
states, "Joe McCarthy was con-
demned rather than censured on
two charges." One was his refusal
to appear before the Gillette Com-
mittee to explain "his strange fi-
nancial dealings." Then there was
the smear campaign, and the Mc-
Carthy speech — "the usual non-
s e n s e that anti-McCarthyism
equaled pro-Communism" — be-
came a new censure charge, Potter
indicates. The former Michigan
Senator writes:

millions of television outlets
across the nation in the Army-
McCarthy hearings. The public
watched and the verdict of the
overwhelming majority was
clear — the freedom of any one
individual depends on the free-
dom for all, the right of every
man and woman to think and
speak within their own con-
science. It was the end of a
period of strange and hysterical
nonsense, brought on by a haunt-
ed man who had an overpower-
ing need to be the center of at-
traction but whose ambitions
had not substance. In the less
than 30 months still remaining
of his life after the c e n s u r e
verdict, he still went through
the motions, bombarding old and
new targets, but no one was
taking him seriously anymore."

NEW YORK—Despite the suc-
cessful recruitment of potential
young federation leaders through-
out the country, actual agency
planning opportunities offered to
these "junior executives" is almost
nonexistent, a Boston federation
leader charged.
David L. Weltman, vice chair-
man of the National Leadership
Development Committee of the
Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds, pointed this out in
a paper presented at the recent
general assembly of the CJFWF in
Montreal.
"Since Federation has turned its
attention to young leadership, it
has recruited, in numbers sur-
passing expectations, well-educat-
ed, economically-secure men and

Finally, said Weltman, "we
must teach our new leaders that
they will not work on that island
which has in the past separated
Jewish community services from
non-Jewish philanthropy. As their
parents were 'chosen' to make
Jewish isolation an anachronism,
they are now being 'chosen' to con-
tribute to the welfare of all peo-
ple. They most be encouraged to
take their place in non-sectarian
philanthropies. They will not lose
their identity by belonging, but
identification can atrophy by com-
placence."

women who have grown to adult-
hood in a world relatively free
from the social and economic ad-
versities which motivated their
parents . " Weltman said.

"As encouraging as our re-
cruitment has been in quanti-
tive terms, remarkably few of
our potential young leaders have
matriculated from normal de-
velopment programs to even
junior management positions in
Jewish social welfare agencies
—or more surprising—in federa-
tion itself. Are we truly pre-
senting to this young leadership
a perspective in depth of yester-
day and for tomorrow? Limiting
a development program to an
understanding of how and why
we raise funds is analogous to
ending religious training upon
Bar Mitzvah."

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Anti-Semitism No Barrier
When recruits realize that fed-
to 'Salvation' Most Church eration's "real purpose is not de-
Potter quotes from Senator Respondents Agree in Poll signed to expand their capabilities

Flanders' speech that explained
the Senatorial resolution of cen-
sure.. Flanders said about Mc-
Carthy: "Note the foreboding he
inspires i n our 7-
fellow citizens of
Jewish blood and
faith. . . . I have
been led to re-
member the part
the Senator
played in the in-
vestigation of the
Malmedy massa-
cres, and the
strange tender-
ness he display-
Potter
ed for the Nazi
ruffians involved. Perhaps this
would not have been enough to
perpetuate foreboding, but his anti-
Communism so completely paral-
lels that of Adolf Hitler as to
strike fear into the heart of any
defensive minority. . . . It was not
the Jews alone who had reason
to be troubled. . . ."
Yet, there was a Jewish group
that backed McCarthy. Potter re-
ports in the course of his account
of the historic case:

"The tyrannies of Joe Mc-
Carthy lost all their tremendous
power to injure individuals when
he demonstrated them through

Rights Talks in Moscow
Reported by Delegation
of Canadian Parliament

MONTREAL (JTA) — A Cana-
d i a n parliamentary delegation
which visited Moscow recently dis-
cussed human rights with Soviet
leaders, including the religious
rights of Jews in the USSR.
M. Cadieux, Canada's under-
secretary for external affairs,
notified Rabbi S. M. Zambrowsky,
chairman of the national religious
affairs committee of the Canadian
Jewish Congress, of the delega-
tion's discussion.
The letter to Rabbi Zambrowsky
was in response to one calling
attention of the Canadian govern-
ment to the situation of the Jews
in the Soviet Union. Rabbi Zam-
browsky asked whether the parlia-
mentary delegation had an op-
portunity to discuss the denial of
rights to Soviet Jewry when it
visited the USSR.

In his reply, Cadieux noted
that such a discussion of human
rights and the religious rights
of minorities had taken place.
He asserted that the discussion
was "likely to reinforce that
tendency toward some relaxation
in Soviet treatment of Jewish
communities which had come
about recently."

He also indicated that the de-
partment for external affairs is
"kept abreast of the situation in
order to take any helpful action
we can whenever the opportunity
offers."

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, December 10, 1965

`Potential Leaders Not Given Chance to Assist Agencies'

Twenty-one per cent of Pro-
testants and 20 per cent of Catho-
lics surveyed by a University of
California research team said they
felt they would be denied salvation
by being anti-Semitic.
The random sample of church
members in four metropolitan
counties in northern California
showed that there are a great
many differences of belief among
Protestant denominations in Amer-
ica.
The question dealing with anti-
Semitism as a definite barrier to
salvation pulled a mere 10 per
cent affirmative vote from South-
ern Baptists. Disciples of Christ
had the highest percentage against
anti-Semtism: 30 per cent; and
Episcopalians and small sects
rated 26 per cent.

"From New York came a
trainload of Joe's supporters
headed by Rabbi Benjamin
Schultz, director of the Ameri-
can Jewish League Against Com-
munism. Their slogan was:
`Strike terror into the hearts of
Flanders and Malenkov.' "

It'll be recalled that Rabbi
Schultz was generally repudiated,
that Stephen Wise long before then
condemned this rabbi's actions.
Potter describes the entrance
into the McCarthy campaign of
Gerald L. K. Smith. He refers to
the manner in which McCarthy
joined in the attack on Mrs. Anna
Moskowitz Rosenberg who was
appointed Assistant Secretary of
Defense by President Truman, and
Potter states: "McCarthy got into
trouble this time because of his
natural laziness and a failure to
be automatically suspicious of the
anti-Semites who led him up the
wrong road in the Rosenberg case."

First, in this respect, Potter
states, "came the Reverend Wes-
ley Swift, who is perhaps best
remembered for his refusal to
concede that Christ was a Jew.
Swift delivered 'evidence' to Mc-
Carthy's office that Mrs. Rosen-
berg had been a Communist."
Then Potter quotes a letter to
McCarthy by Gerald L. K.
Smith whom he describes as'"a
rabble-rousing anti-Semite who
had been infecting the United
States for many years" and who
wrote: "Congratulations on the
terrific job you are doing in
helping to keep the Zionist Jew,
Anna M. Rosenberg, from be-
coming the director of the
Pentagon."

Thus, down the line, Potter pro-
ceeds to expose the anti-Semitic
element in the McCarthy ranks,
and the manner in which bigots
played their role as supporters of
the Senator who was repudiated,
whose propaganda was rejected,
who was censured by his fellow-
Senators.
Senator Potter has written a
valuable account of the famous
McCarthy case.

as responsible planners for tomor-
row, they move on to fields where
their influence can be more pro-
found. Simply stated, they seek
challenge and they will not re-
main dedicated in the absence of
it," Weltman said.
He suggested that a few young
people be assigned the responsi-
bility of being "administrative as-
sistants" for each agency's budget.
"Those appointed would have a
special role in seeing that they
are thoroughly familiar with, and
critical of. their assigned agency's
budget. They could meet with the
agency during preparation of the
budget, and could prepare a mem-
orandum highlighting the major
problem areas for consideration
by the senior members of budget-
ing committees."

IDC Increases Dividend
The board of directors of Israel
Development Corporation has voted
to increase the year-end dividend
for the six month period ended
Nov. 30, to 45 cents per share, pay-
able Jan. 15, to shareholders of
record Nov. 30.
For the same period last year,
and prior to a two-for-one split
of its $25.00 par shares, a dividend
of '75 cents a share (adjusted to
37 1/2 cents on basis of stock split)
was declared for the same period.

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Wednesday 12 noon, Dec. 15th, 1965

at

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Guest Speaker:

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Nat'l Pres. of Pioneer Women

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