The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1954, Page 12

M’CARTHY MAY PRIME FRESH AMMO AS HEARINGS NEAR By JACK BELL WASHINGTON i-Sen. McCar-| thy appeared to be priming fresh | ammunition to fire at Democrats today in what may be the final hours of the televised chapter of his turbulent dispute with Army Officials. Tre Wisconsin Republican was due to return to the witness stand for what was billed as the last public session of the Senate Inves- tigations subcommittee’s inquiry into the controversy. Joseph N. Welch, the usually soft- spoken Army special epunsel who clashed angrily with MeCarthy yes- terday, he might be able to end his cross-examination in time for a delayed lunch hour, Senator- ial questions appeared to be about exhausted, barring some new flare- up. : Acting Chairman Mundt (R-SD) said he will call the subcommittee into a closed session tomorrow to sound out members on the possi- bility of agreeing on a single re- Port on the charges aired in the Bublic hearings, which opened eight weeks ago today. Secretary of the Army Stevens and Army Counselor John G. Ad- ams accused McCarthy and two aides of bringing improper pres- sure to bear in efforts to obtain Army favors for Pvt. G. David Schine, former unpaid subcommit- tee consultant. The McCarthy camp countered that Stevens and Adams tried to use Schine as a‘“‘hostage” in attempts to sidetrack a McCarthy investiga- tion of alleged Communists in the Army. Hope For Agreement While Mundt held out some hope for an agreement, McCarthy told the subcommittee yesterday he thought there was “no doubt in anyone’s mind about the fact that ‘ my three Democrat friends here will have a report—I could write that, report for them . . . right now.” “I know what they are going to say,” he declared. “I think they LANDMARK TO BE RAZED—This frame home at the corner of South and Du be razed shortly to make room for a new motel. Land, along with an adjacent lot, was sold recently for reported price of $55,000.—Citizen Staff Photo. decided that before the hearing started,” F In what may have been a bid to line up Republicans behind hit; McCarthy. blamed the Democrats primarily for Stevens’ action in fils ing the charges against him and his aides, Chief Counsel Roy M, Page 12 Don t Forget Dad! Remember Dad with a Gift ... This Sunday, June 20! eA Star for the Day Yes, your dad will be the star and this Sunday is the big day to show him what a great fellow you think he is. “ Here are a few suave suggestions from our THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Cohn and Chief of Staff Francis P. Carr. McCarthy said it was ‘“‘very, very lififortunate for the country” that Senators McClellan (D-Ark), Sym- m (D-Mo) and Jackson (D- ash) had rejoined the committee Thursday, June 17, 1954 Make Dad in January after an absence of six months in a dispute over McCar- thy’s control of the staff. “If they had not, I think wo would be investigating Communists today instead of wasting all our} time investigating charges that have proven completely false,” he said. He said he fears they won’t work with him when he returns auto- matically to the chairmanship with the end of these hearings. McCar- thy has stepped off the subcom- mittee for the current inquiry. Bitter Exchange His assertion that the charges against his camp had been proved | “completely false” touched off the bitter exchange between him and Welch. But they wound up agreeing that there is a place for the Army and a place for congressional in- vestigating committees in efforts to root out Communists. Welch suggested that since the Wisconsin senator was a witness and not a judge in the controversy “it would be more graceful to await the verdict” of the subcom- mittee rather than to announce that the charges against him and his aides were ‘entirely false.” “May I tell you, sir,” McCarthy said as he tapped a long wooden Pointer on the desk, “that when ae Don’t tell me, sir, that he United States Army doesn’t fight Com- munists. No Monopoly “You do not have a monopoly, sir, in that field. You do good work. I admire the work you do— when it succeeds. But, believe. me, sir, steadily, day by day in this government, not only in the Army but in the Navy and in the Air Force and throughout the govern- ment .. . the fight goes on. And you should rejoice with me that there are people after Communists tonight in addition to you, sir.” McCarthy said he thinks he and in this fight — I think essentially we are.” He said there was “no and the Army,” adding that he will continue trying “to get the few traitors, the few rotten apples... out of the barrel,” either with or without cooperation from the Army. In a calmer mood, as he him- self put it, Welch agreed with Mc- Carthy that congressional commit- tees have “that wonderful power jof subpoena and it is good that you have it.” ture, senator, people like the Army val Streets is scheduled to Welch “‘should be on the same side | contest between our committee} “On the other side of the pic-| END bly been just as severely criti- cized,”” Symington said. McCarthy and Symington got Don’t Miss A Kiss--- Give Him Changing Stock Prices Have Traders Wondering What’s Up « By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK @® — Stock prices e been jumping around in the last two weeks like popcorn on a hot griddle. Traders are trying to make up their minds whether the bull mark- et is over or whether it’s just get- ting its second wind—whether the expected upturn in business has al- into an argument over the Central Intelligence Agency. Symington suggested that the CIA was a “lifeline of our securi- ty” and a sort of “international FBI.” McCarthy said the latter description slandered the FBI, and he added the CIA was a successor to the World War II Office of Strategic Services, which he char- acterized as “the most heavily in- filtrated by Communists or any organization we ever had in this country.”” CIA Situation “T think it is extremely unfortu- nate that we have blanketed many of those Communists into the CIA,” McCarthy declared. “I want to say that I think the worst situation that we have now is not in the military —it is in the CIA.” CIA Director Allen Dulles has denied McCarthy’s contention the agency is infiltrated by Reds. A contention by Welch that Mc- Carthy had “signed” Schine’s application for an Army commis- sion ended up in an agreement that McCarthy had put his signa- ture as a witness to a loyalty oath which accompanied Schine’s appli- cation, The senator had said ear- lier he knew nothing of the appli- cation. 2 Mundt said in an interview that: “once I sound the gavel” ending the hearings, the subcommittee’s ban on investigations under Mc- Carthy’s chairmanship will end. From that point until official findings are filed with the Senate, he said, there will in faet be two Investigations subeommittees—the “special” one he has headed in the hearings, and the “regular” one headed by McCarthy. McCarthy said he will leave to- night or Friday with Mrs. Mc- Carthy for a few days’ rest. He declined to discuss his plans be- yond that. Teady been amply reflected in the market, or whether a new upsurge of inflation is likely in coming months. One day last week stock prices— as mirrored in stock indexes—took the sharpest drop since June of 1950 when traders were trying to guss whether the outbreak of fighting in Korea meant the third world war was starting. One day this week some stock- price indexes had “‘the greatest ad- vance of the past two years” and were reported standing “‘within the — of the highest mark since You might remember, however, that a stock price index isn’t the same thing as the market as a whole. For instance, Tuesday when the many stocks were making a sharp advance, 298 of the 1,139 stock issues traded declined. And two of them hit their lowest point so far this year, while 272 showed no change at ail. ‘On the days when an index may be taking a spectacular drop, there will almost always be a® sizable number of stocks recording price gains. The long uphill march since last September has reflected primarily the eagerness of investors to buy the blue chip stocks of the most prominent and prosperous corpora- tions—the type which most stock indexes include. A sizable number ofsother shares on the stock ex- change have shown. only a small advance or none at all. Stocks of some industries have been notor- iously depressed. The advance of the blue chips and some growth company stocks oyer the months has been traced tomseveral factors. - is the belief that business will turn better this fall or next year. A second is a growing amount of idlé money piling up in pension nunds ‘and insurance company safes. Investors have been seeking the blue chips to put this money to work, A third has been the very real chahce that dividend payments will be more liberal. 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Don’t think. sir, that under those circumstances I think we are playing a game.” Wasted Months, McCarthy replied: “Just as certain as you sit here today, the four months we have wasted on this hearing called on by your clients will result in the end with many more young men being without limbs. “While we investigate these fraudulent charges, Mr. Welch, there are Communists working in our defense plants, there are Com- munists being left unmolested in our government. That is the trage- dy of this hearing.” Welch replied that if McCarthy had given the Army the names of “any subversive or Communist threatening this country that is reachable by the Army in any way . . they would either be under surveillance or-suspended or kicked out.” , “Don’t pull that on me,” Mc- Carthy broke in. Welch, his face flushing and his | voice rising, told McCarthy: “Don’t suggest to me, sir, ... will not be graceful when it comes! he said. Numbers Compared “You are 100 per cent correct,” McCarthy replied. “We only have a few investigators, and they have hundreds.” McCarthy repeatedly suggested that the Democrats, and not the Republican officials who - filed charges against him, were respon- sible for those charges. “I think Secretary Stevens has had the experience that perhaps a| number of people have had,” Mc- Carthy said. “He came to Wash-| ington a businessman, no back- ground in politics, no experience down here, and just couldn’t cope | with the rather rough brand of| politics played in Washington. . . “It was only after the secretary of the Army got in contact with the Democrats — who then were not on the committee — that these fraudulent charges were issued.” Asserting that monitored Phone ; calls had indicated the Democrats | on the subcommittee “were not | exaftly concerned with any har-| mony or cooperation between Bob | Stevens and this committee,” Mc- Carthy told McClelldn he had ad-| vised Stevens to “beat him (Mc-| Carthy) to the punch.” Advice Asked “We didn’t give that advice until after he called on us,” Mc-| Clellan retorted. “He got into the| mess before he came to us. We could have kept him out if you had sent him a little sooner.” Symington said McCarthy had made much of the Missouri sena- tor’s advice to Stevens to consult Clark Clifford, onetime special counsel to former President Truman. “If I had gotten a Republican that the United States Army is going to cut its own throat... lawyer I wouldn’t have been any «better off and I would have proba- de °@ PALM BEACH SLAX and SUITS Dad Will Go For Cool, Well-Fitting ... “For The Brands You Know” 526 DUVAL STREET