Daughters Ignore McCarthy

Some of the newspapers that most deplore McCarthy, said the Washington evening Star (circ. 234,660) last week, keep right on doing their best to build him up. The press, said the Star, "must be credited with a very substantial and entirely unnecessary assist in [McCarthy's] rise to national fame."

The Star, in an editorial, singled out three methods by which the press has helped the rise: "The first [treatment] is the He-Didn't-Mention-McCarthy-but-We -Know -He -Meant - to-So-We'11-Do-It-for-Him." This method is used "when Senator X or Secretary Y ascends the public platform and makes some passing reference to 'divisive influences' or 'disruptive forces.' The news stories on this generally begin: 'In an obvious reference to Senator McCarthy . . .' The headline . . . usually reads SECRETARY Y BLASTS

MCCARTHY, or NEW ADMINISTRATION ATTACK ON MCCARTHY . . ."

The second method, said the Star, is the "He-Said-Five-Thousand-Words-on -Something-Else -and -Fifteen -on -McCarthy -and -It's -Up -to -Us -to-Put-It-in-Proper-Perspective . . . These stories begin: 'The Rev. So-and-So made a slashing attack on Senator McCarthy . . . tonight. The Rev. So-and-So's topic actually was "The Need for Better Choirs in Rural Churches." At the end of his hour-long address, the Rev. So-and-So said: "That goes for Senator McCarthy, too." '

The third technique, said the Star, is the "Nobody-Even-Thought-About-McCarthy -and -We -Just -Can't -Conceal -Our-Surprise. [This] is frequently carried to extraordinary lengths. One of the best examples occurred recently in Washington. 'Meeting in the midst of widespread controversy over the activities of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy,' one story began, 'the Daughters of the American Revolution completely ignored the Wisconsin Republican . . .' DAUGHTERS IGNORE MCCARTHY, the headline said."

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