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...midst of the debate on censuring Joe McCarthy, one day last week, Senate Majority Leader William Knowland suddenly claimed the floor. Adjusting the lectern on his desk and fingering a prepared text, Knowland aroused momentary hope that at last some Republican leadership was about to be displayed on the McCarthy issue. What he had to say soon dashed that hope, startled his colleagues on both sides of the aisle...
Although he had urged the Senate to shun non-McCarthy matters during the special censure session, Knowland had an issue of "greater importance" to discuss. He feared that the U.S. was being lulled into a blind policy of coexistence with Soviet Russia that would ultimately lead to Communist conquest. Then he made an astonishing proposal: Committees of the 84th Congress, early next year, should "summon the State and Defense officials and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to fully inquire into our foreign and defense policy to find out where in their judgment it will take us and whether ... a basic...
Delight Across the Aisle. Across the aisle, delighted Democrats (Texas' Lyndon Johnson, Missouri's Stuart Symington, Illinois' Paul Douglas) leaped up to congratulate and commend Knowland. They had good reason. No one on Capitol Hill had ever expected a majority leader of the U.S. Senate to 1) intimate that his own Administration's foreign and defense policies were dangerous, and 2) demand an investigation by committees controlled by the opposite party...
...Although Knowland's warning about the lulling effect of coexistence talk was worth voicing, he had blatantly disregarded the fact that he is not "any Senator." He is the majority leader, who is supposed to represent the Administration on Capitol Hill. This was by no means his first major open difference with Administration policy, e.g., he supported the Bricker amendment, and has repeatedly called for a break in diplomatic relations with Russia. It is not the Knowland practice to argue with Administration officials and then, if he must, publicly disagree. He takes his stand against the Administration without...
Sterility at GHQ. There were clear indications last week that the abdication of Republican leadership extends far beyond William Knowland. The best example could be found in the McCarthy censure controversy...