University Daily Kansan
Page 10
Friday, Nov. 7, 1952
McCarthy's Future Anybody's Guess
Madison, Wis.—(U.P.)—Just where the Republican election landslide leaves controversial Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy seemed to be anybody's guess today.
The Wisconsin' Republican won reelection to the Senate in Tuesday's balloting, although he trailed the rest of the Republican ticket. But there was the possibility that his next six years in office will be vastly different than the first six-especially the stormy, exciting time between 1950 and this fall.
The primary question was: Will the new Republican government help him make good on his promise to take an aggressive and allegedly adversative nublic employees?
It was in 1950 that Sen. McCarthy made a speech to a small gathering in West Virginia, telling his audience that the State Department was | o^c riddled with Communists.
When the news services picked up his speech, the affair began to snowball, and before he knew it Sen. McCarthy was (A) a national figure (B) a star witness before congressional committees (C) a sought-after speaker (D) the sworn enemy of a whole army of Democrats and liberals.
He became so important in the presidential campaign that reporters were careful to note just how far he stood from Dwight D. Eisenhower on a rear platform and how many times the two men shook hands.
He didn't put the new word "Mc-Carthyism" into the political vocabulary—his enemies did that—but it's there just the same and will probably get steady use for some time to
come.
But Sen. McCarthy achieved all this as a member of a minority party and as chief sniper against President Truman and, more particularly, the chief executive's cabinet members.
Come Jan. 20 Gen. Eisenhower will mold a new administration, and, as McCarthy himself put it in one speech, "there won't be any need for a one-man Senate investigating committee."
With the Republican victory Sen. McCarthy is in line for the chairmanship of the committee which investigates government operations and will be furnished a staff of investigators.
Welcome to Lawrence
we have a full line of home furnishings for you to see and buy. STOP IN
$100 Offered For Radio Script
Weakley's Fine Furniture
Students and faculty members may receive a $100 award by submitting 15-minute radio scripts "of an intelligently patriotic motif" to Herbert Prescott, Grinnell college, Grinnell, Iowa.
729 Mass.
Mr. Prescott is director of the Grinnell Radio Players, who plan a series of 13 shows made possible by a National Association of Educational Broadcasters, Fund for Adult Education grant.
For the past few years, the group has world-premiereed nearly 50 original scripts, and many of them are contained in three commercially published books edited by Mr. Prescott.
Scripts should be submitted in standard form and may be in prose or poetry. Those sending scripts should enclose a stamped return envelope.
Beverly Churchill and Marjorie Mackie, college freshmen, were elected freshman representatives to the Associated Women Students senate Wednesday.
AWS Picks Frosh For Senate Seats
The number of votes cast was 280. Approximately 500 freshman girls were eligible to vote. The total vote
The election was close, Vickie Rosenwald, college junior, AWS election chairman, said. Neither girl received a heavy vote.
cast last year was less than 150.
cast las. The new senate officers will have charge of AWS meetings for 1953 Orientation week. They will acquaint the new girls with the organization.
Read the Kansan's Classified.
They replace Winifred Meyer,
college sophomore, and Sue Moyer
who is attending Boston university
this year. ___
CINCH BELTS Elastic, in $1.29 All Colors.
Terrill's
803 Mass.
It's your move for All-American Service
Mel Franz Conoco
900 N.H. Phone 867
Hartman Standard Service
1300 Mass. Phone 3303
Wuthnow's Conoco Service 900 Indiana Phone 3354
Field's Service
1826 Mass. Phone 2091
Bucheim Service Station
1901 Mass. Phone 3063