The Busy Traveler

Nevada's stubborn old Pat McCarran, robust tenor in the U.S. Senate's choir of minor statesmen, was off to see for himself how Europe was faring. Three weeks, he figured, would be enough time to check up on the thousands of displaced persons he is keeping out of the U.S. by sitting tight on the Administration's D.P. bill in the Judiciary Committee. He could also work in a visit with Generalissimo Francisco Franco to talk about a $50 million U.S. loan and discuss U.S. recognition of Spain. And in his spare time, he would be able to tour Italy, France, Belgium, Germany and England to "see how our [EGA] billions are being expended." Just to be sure that nothing untoward occurred in his absence, McCarran picked a suitable man to sit in for him as chairman of the Senate's civil rights subcommittee. His choice: Mississippi's Dixiecrat, defender of white supremacy and protector of womanhood, James O. Eastland.

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