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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954
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City Will Eliminate
Reported Firetraps.
N O BUILDING is fire proof but Ann Arbor
buildings seem to be fire prone. In the last
eight months Ann Arbor residents have been
witnesses to three fires which caused close to
one half million dollars in property damage and
tragically took two lives.
Students living in residence halls, co-ops,
sorority and fraternity houses are living in Uni-
versity inspected buildings. Conditions in these
buildings are presumably in accordance with
those requirements stated in state housing
codes. However approximately 5000 University
students are now living in rooms over which
the University has no jurisdiction.
THESE ROOMS may be fire traps, but the
University doesn't inspect/ them. University
officials feel that a student who has the in-
telligence necessary to attend this school should
be able to recognize situations which are ob-
viously fire promoting.
Rubbish filled hallways, closets filled with
oilsoaked rags, exposed wires, and faulty in-
sulation are situations which an untrained
amateur can detect. These conditions should
be reported to the city building inspector. His
department, located in the city hall building,
has expressed its willingness to bring to any
landlords attention conditions which are fire
promoting. This department can force land-
lords to correct these conditions through court
orders. City building inspector John Ryan has
stated that with its present staff the .depart-
ment can only hope to finish inspecting all Ann
Arbor houses in a period of ten years. At Mon-
day's council meeting, provisions for the ap-
pointment ofa full-time building inspector was
approved. Mr. Ryan feels that this addition to
his staff will cut down the inspection to two
years. However he is willing to inspect any
student-inhabited building within the week if
it is brought to his attention as a fire hazard.
OF COURSE students in University supervis-
ed housing shoud bear in mind that although
their buildings are not fire traps they are not
fire proof. A burning cigarette in a residence
hall bed is as liable to cause a tragedy as a
pile of rags in a private apartment. Caution
and common sense are two fire preventatives in
any house.
-Elissa Panush
"Official Statement-Politics Is Not Interfering
With Our Work--"
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
INTERPRETING THE NEWS:
Preferred U. S. Prison
To Freedom in Russia
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
FRED ERWIN BEAL died in Lawrence, Mass., Sunday after as con-
fused a life as any I have ever known.
Bealy came out of Lawrence 25 years ago hardly more than a boy,
determined to help make a new world along the Marxist-Leninist line
which he had been persuaded was one of brotherly love, freedom from
want and security for all. He was a member of the Communist party
and chose its National Textile Workers Union as his vehicle. He had
worked in a textile mill from the age of 14, and was then about 22.
THE UNION launched an organizing campaign in the South and
Beal went to Gastonia, N.C., as the local leader. I was then city editor
of the Charlotte Observer, which covered Gastonia as a suburb. Beal
was in my office frequently, protesting that he did not want the vio-
lence which inevitably occurred during the long strikes. He did not
advocate violence in his speeches to the workers he sought to organ-
ize. But he appealed to them because he was sincere-the Communist
party always uses these sincere stooges in its front lines-and instilled
in them deep resentment against the "bosses."
One night Gastonia's police chief and several other officers ap-
proached the darkened hangout of several strike leaders, both im-
ported and local, As he put foot on the porch, a shotgun blasted from
inside.
BEAL AND six others were indicted for conspiracy to murder. When
they could not induce brotherly love, they had sought to enforce it.
The sandy young man from Lawrence had gotten sand in his eyes and
faced 17 to 20 years in jail after a trial which produced a national sen-
sation.
He jumped bail and fled to Russia, which he believed to be his
spiritual home. In three years he was back, preferring the life of a
fugitive in the United States to even a special status in the Soviet
Union. He was finally captured and was paroled after serving part of
his term.
I WOULD RATHER be an American prisoner than a free man in
Russia," he said in applying for restoration of his citizenship. From
then on out he campaigned against Communism.
I talked to him from time to time. I never learned for sure whether
he had found a philosophy to replace the starry-eyed one which got
him into so much trouble. He would grow irritated because he could
never get me to express a firm belief in his "reform."
I, just considered him a benighted victim of something which -has
fooled supposedly wiser people than he.
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
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Gargoyle Medieval Issue
A Savoury Dishe
BILLED AS the "medieval issue," this Garg-
oyle doesn't quite restrain itself to that
narrow compass of, say, a thousand years. The
antic wits of its publishers have ranged all the
way from the world of the ancients through the
slightly arch'aic, and into the neo-modern.
The best things in it, however, have a dis-
tince flavor of' the Miiddle Ages. The cover,
by Stuart Ross, shows an assemblage of
monks in a football stadium, cheering the
formation of a gothic "M" on the field. This
beautifully executed linoleum cut is the best
Gargoyle cover I've ever seen.
The story called "Griselda the Prurient," pur-
porting to be "a tale of the Tyrols," also makes
excellent use of the medieval motif. Its dead-
pan, breathless style .$ tirizes, perhaps, Sir
Thomas Mallory and his imitators. It tells the
story of a perfectly respectable man who turn-
ed into a werewolf each Thursday and who is
bedeviled for his secret by his faithless wife,
who wishes to turn him permanently into a
werewolf so she can be free to marry her para-
mour: "Griselda then once more confronted
Bodo and beseeched him to tell her the secret.
'A boon, sire, a boon,' she pled, 'my birthday
approacheth.' But Bodo was adamant. 'Ask
me no more, woman, or I shall take a whip to
thee.' Griselda then repaired to her bedchamber
and pondered so as to find a way she could
extract the secret, so wicked was she!" This ex-
cerpt illustrates the consciousness, and mas-
tery of style which makes the story so out-
standing.
More often, however, the written material
in the magazine seems only to be dealing
with preposterous assemblages of exotic
words ("Zarvin's agent in Kharkov was the
brilliant proto-subversive, Kook the Dull,
who was likewise a proto-strategist, and an
ortho-reactionary with leanings to the left.")
These are larded with non sequiturs so that
the result is often almost the negation of
style. Though the inventiveness in these piec-
es is quite brilliant in places, it usually seems
isolated and without direction.
Somebody on Gargoyle has a genius for scav-
enging up odd photographs and providing them
with new and hilarious captions. There is a
group of them in the article called "The Col-
legiate Look" which utterly devastates Life
Magazine's recent "The Big Ten Look." Others
are scattered provocatively throughout the ma-
gazine.
The ads and illustrations are done with their
usual verve. Larry Scott has produced a witty
and ingratiating group of decadently ornate
scholars, knights, ladies and sundry others.
Ross has also contributed a couple of illustra-
tions, bold in line and casually forceful, which
will not fail to please.
In a couple of articles, Gargoyle has at-
tempted social criticism of a much more
direct kind than it has in the past. Debra
Durchslag's "People Are Talking About . .
puts together a group of more or less pungent
witticisms about Ann Arbor and its deni-
zens in the manner of the Broadway pundit.
Although I have never much cared for this
particular type of column which tends to be
chaotic and rather precious, it is an in-
teresting venture.
The other piece takes a decisive stand on the
faculty dismissals; Don Malcolm's poem, "The
Lay of the Last Pedagogue," is in the best tra-
dition of lampooning political verse. Both the
poem and its illustrations have a lilting, child's-
garden-of-verses air which belies, but does not
invalidate, the criticism they contain.
This issue's faults do no worse than add spice
to its virtues. It's a very savoury production,
taken all in all.
-Bob Holloway
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Six for Twins? ...
To the Editor:
I WOULD like to know the motor-
ists current point system. Here
is how I have it figured out.
Five points for pastel colored
coats (as these are hard to find
in the winter.)
Four points for brown and beige.
Three points for red.
Two points for navy blue coats
with plaid scarves (as this is the
current fad on campus).
As a student proceeds to cross
the street the motorist ably accel-
erates his car so that the poor stu-
dent must make a dash for the
curb or dirty up John P. Motor-
ist's car with blood.
Couldn't something be done
about these discourteous drivers?
-Iris Bennett,
fellow walking student
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Housing Opportunity . .
To the Editor:
MUST say immediately before
I let lethargy set in that I feel
very strongly that the situation in
housing in Ann Arbor today, as
described by The Daily, for the
Negro student is not just deplor-
able, but slightly nauseating. I
feel that it is high time the Ann
Arbor townspeople wake up to the
fact that they are human beings
as are their potential boarders,
and that they should act as such.
I might point out that if news-
papers such as the New York
Times, the Louisville Courier-
Journal, and the Daily, mention
all people equally as much as they
are humanly capable of doing so,
and respect rights of all, there is
no reason why a property owner
should be ashamed in the least to
do so also. And if they have any
qualms about the results they
should take a look at the housing
situation in the dormitories on
campus, where all people live to-
gether, regardless of their physi-
cal characteristics. There have
been no disturbances to my know-
ledge, because of this fact, in any
University dormitory. Surely the
townspeople in Ann Arbor can
equal the example their Univer-
sity has set them.
I believe firmly that here exists
a wonderful opportunity for a
good and honest businessman with
capital to set up some good "non-
discrimination" housing units near
campus, for fair rates. He'd make a
tidy sum of money, and set Ann
Arbor straight as to the facts of
rental ife at the same time.
-Martin H. Buchman
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Wyvern Indignant...
To the Editor:
SPEAKING for Wyvern, the jun-
ior women's honor society, I
would like to express our indigna-
tion at the editorial which appear-
ed in Tuesday's paper deriding the
Block M Section. We represent ac-
tivities all over campus, and we be-
lieve that the Block M is doing a
good job. We would like Mr. Baad
to realize that the Block M is a
growing institution. It is better or-
ganized, is using more complicated
maneuvers, and is more impressive
this year than ever before. At this
rate, in a few years it could very
well reach the perfection of the
sections on the west coast. It can
hardly be expected to be perfect
from the start. Mr. Baad's article
is the only criticism we have heard
of the section, although we have
heard numerous favorable com-
ments. The latter appear to us to
be well substantiated by the Block
M pictures of the first game which
have been exhibited in Mason Hall.
We feel that the members of Block
M are working hard and are doing
a good job. They need favorable
publicity and encouragement rath-
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cannot possibly be like the one at
UCLA. To begin with, the section
there is sponsored financially by
the school itself and various other
agencies. "Block M" is self-sup-
porting and could not possibly af-
ford to hold theesuggested two
hour practice session per week,
since neither the stadium nor Hill
Auditorium is inclined to lend us
their respective sites.
Secondly, it must be taken into
account that "Block M" is given a
limited time within which to per-
form. Other schools permit their
card sections to function through-
out the entire game. Thus, preci-
sion and co-ordination are of the
utmost importance, and both have
been more than amply displayed
this year.
The performances of "Block M"
have been excellent and have com-
pared in every way to those of
Illinois, Northwestern, and so on.
the new instruction card has been
carefully followed, and the new
flips and colors have been shown
to their greatest advantage. Mis-
takes are inevitable, but those mis-
takes have been few.
If Mr. Baad will read the write-
ups given to the section by the
"Detroit News" and the "Detroit
Free Press," my points will be born
out. He may also -consult Joyce
Lane, general chairman of "Block
M," if he wishes to read the num-
erous letters she has received from
visitors who praise the precision
of performance as well as the sec-
tion's excellent co-operation and
co-ordination with the band, when
they perform together during the
half. Moreover, the pictures which
have been taken of the section
should be proof enough of the ex-
cellent job it is doing. There will
be a showing of the "Block M"
movies at the Union in the near
future. I hope that Mr. Baad and
any followers which he might have
can take the time to be in attend-
ance at this performance.
It is not the freshmen who must
be encouraged, since their loyalty
is well expressed through partici-
pation in the section as card hold-
ers and ushers. The apathy lies
among the upper classmen, and
our main purpose this year has
been to give them a card section
which they can be proud of and
consequently interested in-inter-
ested enough to wish to participate
in it themselves. We think we have
given you such a section, but it's
up to every student to -support it
from there. It has grown tremen-
dously this year, and we hope will
continue to do so until its tradi-
tion and prestige are unquestion-
able.
-Harriett Thorne,
Publicity Chairman, "Block M"
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Clardy Defeat .
To the Editor:
REP. KIT CLARDY'S defeat in
last week's election deserves
more attention, it seems to me,
than The Daily has given it. To
;ay that isn't it grand he lost and
isn't it ironic he was beaten by a
professor is not to say very much.
It is significant that a man who
went into his own state and dis-
trict to make headlines as a Com-
munist exposer was defeated just
a few months after his sensational
appearance.
The Daily could have done a ser-
vice to its readers if it had at-
tempted some -sort of analysis of
Clardy's defeat. .
It is still not too late an answer
such questions as 1. Did Clardy
make his investigations the main
point of his campaign and did his
opponent attack Clardy chiefly on
those investigations? or 2. Did
Clardy take the 'A Vote for Me
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CALIFORNIA STORY: The saga of Goodwin
Knight, victorious Governor of California,
is commencing. Reports of his aspirations for
the GOP Presidential nomination appear in two
influential newspapers of the country (New
York Times, November 7; Chicago Tribune,
November 8). Cameras are being focused on
him. editors are planning feature stories, GOP
committeemen are discussing the new figure.
We happen to know that the board of one
foundation is considering a proposal to invite
Knight to speak at a banquet soon to be given
in Washington--thus offering this inquisitive
city a chance to look him over.
For the politicos and political observers know
that Knight will control one of the largest blocs
of delegates at the national nominating con-
vention two years hence. They compare his tri-
umphant eagles to the lowered standards of the
now beaten "liberal" GOP state machines of
the East-the "boss" organizations which
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steam-rollered the popular demand for Taft in
1952, thus easing Ike into the nomination.
Hence, seeking hope for the GOP in 1956, ob-
servers talk of Knight.
Canvassing comment (by long distance
phone) across the country, we found Governor
Lee of Utah recalling with approval how
Knight (like Lee) had spurned UN day in
Caifornia. In Nebraska, former Congressman
Howard Buffet said to us: "The salvation of
the anti-socialist element in the GOP lies in
leadership in the West, not the East. It is rath-
er ironical that California, long labelled as tlp
homeland of strange radical causes, should
produce Governor Knight, the No. 1 conserva-
tive leader in America today." And in Chicago,
former Congressman Samuel Pettengill told us:
"The election reveals the eclipse of the Dewey
'liberal' wing of the GOP, exemplified by the
crash of the big machines in New York, Penn-
sylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey. Speak-
ing of Governor Knight of California-it looks
as if 'the sun rises in the west'."
--Human Events
New Books at the Library
Audett, Blackie-Rap Sheet, New York, Wil-
liam Sloane Associates, Inc., 1954.
Gann, Ernest K.-Soldier of Fortune, New
York, William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1954.
Henry, Joan-Yield to the Night, New York,
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954.
Lynes, Russell-The Tastemakers, New York,
Harper & Brothers, 1954.
Poncins, Gontran de,-The Ghost Voyage,
New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954.
Taylor, Elizabeth-Hester Lilly and Twelve
Short Stories, New York, The Viking Press,
1954.
Waltari, Mika--Moonscape, New York, G. P.
Putnam's Sons, 1954.
Kramer, Dale - The Heart of O. Henry, New
York. Rinehart & Conmnnv 1954
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10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. today and 10:00
a.m.-8:30 p.m. tomorrow.
"English Immigration to the United
States, 1789-1812." Dr. Herbert Heaton,
Chairman of the Department of His-
tory, University of Minnesota. 4:15 p.m.
Thurs., Nov. 18 in Auditorium C, An-
gell Hall.
Academic Notices
Sociology Coffee Hour: Undergradu-
ate majors in Sociology, as well as So-
ciolbgy grads and faculty, are invited
to the coffee hour at 4:00 p.m. Wed.,
Nov. 17, in the department lounge, 5th
floor, Haven Hall.
Engineering Senior and Graduate Stu-
dent Seminar: First ofthree meetings
on "How to Interview for a Job." Wed.,
Nov. 17, 4:00 p.m., Room 311, West
Engineering Bldg.
Geometry Seminar will meet at 7:00
p.m. Wed., Nov. 17, in 3001 A.H. Dis-
cussion will continue on certain aspects
of algebraic geometry.
Seminar in Mathematical Statistics
will meet. Thurs., Nov. 18, at 4:00 p.m.,
Room 3201 Angell Hal. Jack Meagher
will conclude the discussion of Chap-
ter V of Cochran's "sampling Tech-
niques."
Zoology Seminar. "Cortical Reaction
in Sea Urchin Eggs," Robert Day Al-
len, 8:00 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 18, Rack-
ham Amphitheater.
Coffee hour for all Political Science
concentrates Thurs., Nov. 18, 4:00-5:00
p.m. in the Michigan League.
401tInterdisciplinary Seminar in Ap-
plication of Mathematics to Social Sci-
ence will meet Thurs., Nov. 18, Room
3401 Mason Hall from 4:00-5:30 p.m. G.
Graves will speak on T. W. Anderson's
"Probability Models for Analyzing Time
Changes in Attitudes."
Seminar in Applied Mathematics will
meet Thurs., Nov. 18, at 4:00 p.m. in
Room 247 West Engineering. Ted W.
Hildebrandt will speak on, "Elimina-
tion methods for matrix operations."
Education School Council is spon-
soring a coffee hour Thurs., Nov. 18
in the Education School Lounge, 4:15-
5:30 p.m..
Events Today
Conference on Higher Education.
Theme: Pre-Professional Education.
Wed., Nov. 17, Thtrs., Nov. 18.
Tryouts for the Annual French Play
Wed. and Thurs., Nov. 17 and 18. 3:00-
5:15 p.m. in Room 408 of the Romance
Language Building. All students with
some knowledge of French are eligible.
Research Club: The second meeting
will be held in Rackham Amphithe-
atre Wed., Nov. 17. at 8:00 p.m. Paul
S. Dwyer (Mathematics): "The Art of
Computation," and Hans Kurath (Eng-
lish): "On Making a Dictionary."
The Congregational-Disciples Guild:
Wed., 7:00 p.m., Discussion Group at the
Guild House.
La Sociedad Hispanica will hold its
annual poetry contest Wed., Nov. 17
in the League at "8:00 p.m. Prizes will
be awarded, singing and refreshments.
Vengan!
Undergrad Zoology Club. Dr. Richard
Hartman will talk on, "The Contribu-
tions of the Electron Microscope to the
Study of viruses." Demonstration of
the microscope in operation. 7:00 p.m.,
General Meeting of Sigma Alpha
Eta, speech correction fraternity, at
the University Television Studio at
310 Maynard Street, Wed., Nov. 17 at
7:30 p.m. After the business meeting,
the fraternity will watch the filming
of a television program about aspects
of speech. Everyone interested in speech
correction is invited. -
Movies. Free movie, "Glacier Park
Studies," Nov. 16-22. 4th floor Exhibit
Hall, Museums Building. Films are
shown at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. daily, in-
cluding Sat. and Sun., with extra
showing Wed. at 12:30. Open to the
public free of charge.
First Baptist Church. Wed., Nov. 17.
4:-5 p.m. Guild will be hosts at "Skep-
tic Corner."
St. Mary's Chapel Novena devotions
in the chapel Wed, at 7:30 p.m. Open
forum discussion at the Fr. Richard
Center immediatelyfollowing the serv-
ices. Fr. McPhillips will show color
slides. Social hour and refreshments.
Pershing Rifles. Regular company
drill Nov. 17 at 1930 hours. Be at TCB
in uniform. Bring gym shoes,
Wesleyan Guild. Wed., Nov. 17. Mid-
week Worship, 5:15 p.m. in the chapel.
Mid-week Tea in the lounge, 4:00 to
5:15 p.m.
Economics Department Coffee Hour.
The seventh in a series of Union stu-
dent-faculty coffee hours will be held
in the Terrace Room of the Michigan
Union from 4:00-5:00 p.m., Wed., Nov.
17, and will feature the Economics
Dept. The public is invited to meet
thepfaculty informally, and Speech
students are especially urged to attend.
Refreshments.
UlIr Ski Club will meet Wed., Nov.
17, 3rd floor of Lane Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Talk and discussion on ski equipment.
Coming Events
Christian Science Organization Testi-
monial Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Fire-
side Room, Lane Hall.
International Center Tea Thurs., Nov.
18. 4:30-6:00 p.m., Rackham Building.
Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu-
dent Breakfast at Canterbury House,
Thurs., Nov. 18, after the 7:00 a.m.
Holy Communion.
La P'tite Causette will meet Thurs.,
Nov. 18 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. In the
right room of the. Michigan Union
cafeteria.
The Congregational-Disciples Guild:
Thurs., 7:00-8:00 p.m., Bible Class at
the Guild House.
A.S.P.A. Social Seminar, Thurs.,
Nov. 18 at 7:45 p.m. in the West Con-
ference Room of the Rackham Build-
ing. Speaker will be George Bean, City
Manager of Peoria, Illinois and Presi-
dent of the I.C.M.A. Light refreshments.
English Journal Club will meet at
8:00 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 18. in the East
Lecture Room, Mezzanine Floor, Rack-
ham Building. Prof. Norman E. Nel-
son will speak on "The Social Sci-
ences and their Relation to Literature."
Faculty and graduate students of the
Psychology and Sociology Departments
are invited.
Hillel: Musicale Thurs. at 8:00 p.m.
Bach's Fourth Symphony, Leonard
Bernstein's "Fancy Free" Brunch
scheduled for Sun., Nov. 20 has been
postponed to at later date.
Martha Cook invites all women new
to the campus this year to an Open
DREW PEARSON:
'Joe Must
Stay'
Locusts
WASHINGTON. - A middle-aged
woman opened the Senate office
building door of Sen. Earle Clem-
ents of Kentucky and stepped in-
side.
Abruptly she asked the steno-
grapher sitting at a desk near the
door:
"Whom are you for?"
Senator Clements' secretary was
perplexed. The woman visitor had
not announced herself, had given
no name, but on her breast was a
large button. It read: "God Bless
Joe."
The intruder did not give the
senator's secretary much time to
ponder.
"Whom do you work for?" she
demanded.
This again was weird question,
since the door of the office was
plainly marked: "Senator Clem-
ents of Kentucky."
Before the senator's secretary
could answer, the visitor blurted
out: "Ah Ha! You won't tell whom
you work for. That shows where
you stand-afraid to tell whom
you work for!"
And she flounced out.
Thus operate the Joe-must-stay
lobbyists who have descended on
the Capital like a swarm of locusts.
Behind Joe's Lobby
Sen. Joe McCarthy borrowed a
page from the Communist book
when he imported organized dem-
onstrators to try to stampede the
Senate into voting down the cen-
sure resolution. Backstage story
can now be told of their noisy
march on Washington.
Their spiritual leader was Rabbi
Benjamin Schultz who, ironically,
joined, forces with the nation's
most poison-mouthed anti-semite,
Gerald L.K. Smith, Under an as-
sumed name, Smith also slipped
into town to help organize the
demonstration for McCarthy.
\Smith registered as "Stephen
Goodyear" in room 1017 of the
Mayflower Hotel,, not far from
Rabbi Schultz's room. Both spent
most of their time on Capitol Hill,
huddling with pro-McCarthy sena-
tors and herding the demonstrators
around.
Significantly, the McCarthyite in-
vasion followed the same pattern
as the frequent Communist
marches on Washington, when the
Reds have poured into town to try
to influence Congress.
Like the Reds, the McCarthyites
got their instructions from profes-
sional organizers, who acted as pep
leaders. They came bearing pla-
cards, shouting slogans-a boister-
ous but disciplined mob. They also
swarmed into the Senate gallery
and trooped from office to office
in small groups, pressuring sena-
tors. Down to the last detail,this
is the standard Communist tech-
nique.
The McCarthyites were recruited
mainly from freedom clubs and
McCarthy clubs that Joe has been
organizing in Brooklyn, Boston,
and a few other cities. The main
contingent, estimated at about 650,
boarded a 7:30 a.m. train at New
York City's Pennsylvania Station.
A copy of the "Tablet," a Catho-
lic publication of Brooklyn, was
waiting on each seat. This con-
tained an inflammatory defense of
McCarthy, including his word-for-
word attack on the Watkins Com-
mittee.
As the tran chugged toward
Washington, the professional pr-
ganizers wandered down the aisles,
giving instructions and whipping up
enthusiasm. Significantly, they de-
nounced both Republicans , and
Democrats alike.
One beetle-browed pep leader as-
sailed President Eisenhower as
"soft" on communism and pro-
posed Senator McCarthy for presi-
dent. This was greeted with cheers.
When the train pulled into Wash-
ington's Union Station, the demon-
strators were greeted by a District
of Columbia police officer who
warned it was against the law for
them to parade their placards on
Capitol Hill. The McCarthyites
booed him down. Nevertheless, the
organizers were careful to collect
all the placards before they moved
on th6 Senate. Instead they handed
out several mimeographed protests
for the demonstrators to sign and
present to various senators.
Who Promoted Peress?
In the past, Red demonstrations
in. Washington have had little effect
upon Congress. But the McCarthy
pressure tactics seem to have
some of the solons cowed-particu-
larly Senator Case of South Dako-
ta. Perhaps this is because the
only mail being received is from
the McCarthyites. Though all the
polls, plus the election returns,
show that McCarthy's public fol-
lowing has dropped, the mail has
been lop-sided in his favor. Per-
haps this may be because the Mc-
Carthyites take the trouble to
write, while those against him