The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1954, Page 10

Vv Hearings Started With Conflicting Charges And Wound Up With Conflicting Testimony By JOHN CHADWICK ‘:WASHINGTON — The tele- ised probe of the McCarthy-Army Tow started out with a tangle of ¢onflicting charges and wound up For 36 days, beginning April 22, the hearings went on—compounded of a mixture of charges made and denied, of moments of furor and humor, of political in-fighting, of the strengths and weaknesses of men, . The big-name antagonists were Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis), the subcommittee’s regular chair- Secretary of the Army Stevens, appointed soon Eisenhower administra- me into office in January Accusations Made McCarthy and two of his aides Kim Copnetoe Jahn G. Adams of . Adams exerting Improper pressures on the Army in an effort to win preferen- tial treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, a former unpaid subcom- mittee consultant. McCarthy side re- perjury. Stevens, who did the est stint in the witness chair, REZ leg that the committee ’go after’ the Navy and Air Force.” There were sharp conflicts of opinion as well as conflicts of fact. Welch, after a sudden attack by McCarthy on a young member of his Boston law firm, cried out in anguished tones, ‘Until this mo- ment, senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your ess. ... Have you left no sense of decency?” On another day, Roy M. Cohn, regular chief counsel of the sub- committee and a principal target of the Army charges, said of the Wisconsin senator: “I have never known a man who has less unkindness, less lack of charity, in his heart and soul, than Sen. McCarthy.” Second In Line Next to Stevens and McCarthy, Adams and Cohn were the princi- pal antagonists. Their testimony collided, too. There was Adams’ charge—and Cohn’s denial—that Cohn had told him Stevens would be through as secretary and the Army “wrecked” if Schine were sent overseas. And there was Cohn’s. charge— and Adams denial—that Adams had offered to trade him informa- tion about homosexuals in the Air Force if Cohn would tip him to the subcommittee’s plans for its next investigation of the Army. Another episode about which the subcommittee heard different ver- sions was the barring of Cohn from a secret radar laboratory at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., last Oct. 20. Col. Kenneth E. BeLieu, aide. to Stevens and a combat veteran who lost a leg in Korea, testified that Cohn blew up and declared, “‘This is war. ... We are going to in- vestigate the heck out of the Army.” Cohn Was Angry Cohn told the subcommittee he was angry all right, but he denied voicing threats. McCarthy said Cohn was justly angered and that whatever language Cohn may have used was not as strong as he would have used. : Countless words were uttered pro and con about McCarthy’s search for suspected subversives at Ft. Monmouth, McCarthy and Cohn maintained that the Army suspended 35 sus- pected security risks at the Signal Corps center only after the sub- committee began its investigation. Stevens: and Adams testified some suspensions took place be- fore the subcommittee hearing be- gan; they said the McCarthy probe speeded up the suspension of other was being “hammered over the head” by the type of publicity Mc- Carthy was giving out after closed hearings. “I did not welcome the damaging effect upon the Army of Sen. Mc- Carthy’s statements to the press which’ gave the impression that there was much current espionage at Ft. Monmouth, which was not the case,” Stevens testified. Also in dispute was whether, as McCarthy contended, Stevens had planned to relieve Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton from his command at Ft. Monmouth “in reprisal” for cooperating with the subcommittee. Lawton Issue Stevens said he had considered relieving Lawton, but only because of “unfortunate” statements by Lawton about Communist suspects being graduates of certain univer- sities. Another issue that roiled the hearings was touched off by Adams’ testimony about a Jan. 21 meeting at the Justice Depart- ment attended by Att. Gen. Brownell; Presidenial Assistant Sherman Adams and other aides of President Eisenhower. Adams said they discussed Mc- Carthy’s move to call Army loyalty board members for questioning. He said he believed this stemmed from his saying that. Schine might be assigned overseas, Sherman Adams suggested to him, he said, that he put in writing an account of the whole Schine matter. Such an account was the ‘basis for ‘the Army’s charges. The Weather Key West and Vicinity: Partl cloudy to cloudy with showers de thundershowers today and early tonight, clearing tonight. Partly cloudy with isolated showers Sat- urday. Not much change in tem- Perature. Low tonight about 76/78 degrees; high Saturday 87/89. Gen- tle to moderate westerly to north- erly winds, fresh and squally to- day and tonight near thundershow- ers becoming gentle to moderate variable Saturday. Florida: Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thun- dershowers. Little change in tem- Perature. Jacksonville through the Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh winds, east over north portion and east to south over south portion. Partly cloudy to cloudy with showers in suth and central and widely scat- tered showers in north portion employes. And they said McCarthy turned up:only some minor new in- formation. about one person. The Army secretary testified: “I did not need spurring by anyone” to weed out subversives. He said he had asked the FBI as early as April 1953 to undertake a full-scale investigation at Ft. Monmouth, Warnings Ignored McCarthy said the Army had ignored warnings from the FBI, He and Cohn testified that Stevens example “of the wrongful seek- of privilege, of the perversion ” What» McCarthy have to say charges? “I state un- they are untrue,” he said. first hearing McCarthy statement that, in one or another, was to be repeat- Statement by § firmly convinced,” he said, “the reason we are here time on the question not Pyt. Schine re- consideration ‘is be- the old civilian politicians over the past 10 or 20 years who have cov- ered up.” The clashing nature of Stevens’ and McCarthy’s testimony can be pointed up by what they had to say about a charge termed per- haps the most serious of all by the — special counsel Joseph N. This was that Stevens had of- fered up the Navy, the Air Force and the Defense Department as “substitute targets” in an effort to halt the subcommittee’s probe of the Army. On the very last day, McCarthy said he had personal knowledge of this occurring at a Nov. 6 luncheon in Stevens’ Pentagon office. « “That is true, then?” asked Sen. "When Stevens was testifying, he awore, “At no time ... did I sug- + and Adams repeatedly tried to get the subcommittee to halt its inves- tigation, lest Stevens be forced to resign. Stevens testified he felt the Army Adidas dc 2 as wae al ROTARY HEARS (Continued From Page One) fice of those who gave their lives for liberty and freedom.” Famous Flag He said that the famous picture of the five Marines raising the Flag on Mt. Surabachi . meant more than just a surcease for soldiers. “It has become the sym- bol that. captures the whole of World War Two.” “To our generation,” he went on, “Flag Day is a particularly poignant occasion. Many of us have at one time stood by an open rave and watched the Flag being taken from a casket and presented to the family as a token of grati- tude, in remembrance of those who served it so well and died to defend it.” Chaplain Laudenslager closed his inspiring address by saying that it is symbolic of America that the words “under God” will henceforth be included in the Pledge of Allegiance. Church Flag “I am reminded of this,” he said, “every time I see the church flag flying above the Stars and Stripes during chapel services, for this is the true meaning of our Flag, and that as long as it flies ‘under God’ all will be well.” There was a long moment of silence before those present broke into spontaneous and prolonged applause . President Ralph Rogers presid- ed at the meeting. Several guests and visiting Rotarians were in- troduced by Art Hunt ™ the ab- sence of George Erhart, fellow- ship chairman. Robert Garrison and Clyde Stickney were inducted into the Key West Rotary Club. W. Cur- ty Harris spoke briefly on the history and the meaning of Ro- tary. The new members were presented with a copy of the Ro- tary “yardstick.” Paul Sher, secretary, presented the club with a citation from the Navy for their help and coopera- tion during the celebration of through Saturday. East Gulf: Moderate to fresh east winds over north and moder- ate variable over south portion. Partly cloudy to cloudy weather with scattered showers in south widely scattered showers in Portion through Saturday. Western Caribbean: Gentle to moderate easterly winds and part- ly cloudy weather with occasional eueces showers through Satur- lay. : Weather Summary for the Tropi- cal Region: A tropical wave over southern Florida has remained nearly stationary for two days and is causing showers with a few squalls over southern Florida and through the Florida Straits. In the eastern Caribbaen is a weak east- erly wave. Otherwise conditions are normal. There are no signs of a developing disturbance. Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fia., June 18, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night ... Mean .. Normal A north Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Excess this month Total this year .. Excess this yea Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 90% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 29.90 ins.—1012.5 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise - 5:38 a.m. Sunset .. Moonrise Moonset ... TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) High Tides Low Tides 0:14 a.m. 4:35 a.m. 11:06 a.m, 6:14 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Station— Tide high water Bahia Honda (bridge) .....—oh 10m No Name Key (east end) ....+2h 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. —ch 4m +h 10m Caldes Channel (north end) (—)—Minus sign: to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections te be Insects have as many as 4,000 Armed Forces Day. muscles compared to less than 500 in a human being. 9.0 tt. TODAY'S MARKET NEW YORK #—A quiet mixture of gains and losses persisted in the stock market today in early dealings. Most changes were in the small- er fractions, and many leading is- sues remained unchanged. General Electric, which has topped the most active list for the past two days at higher prices, opened today on a block of 3,000 shares up % at 43. A block of 4,300 shares of Radio up %. Also gaining were Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Phelps Dodge, American Cyanamid, American Can, Santa Fe, and Eastern Air Lines. Lower were Studebaker, Douglas Aircraft, Kennecott Copper, Du Pont, American Tobacco, New York Central, and Sinclair Oil. PUERTO RICAN (Continued from Page One) she fired her bullets into the ceil- ing of the House chamber, not to- ward the floor on which some 200 legislators were then gathered on routine business. Cancel, Figueroa and Flores tes- tified, as did Mrs. Lebron, that none of them intended to kill any- body. They said they wanted only to dramatize their demands for Puerto Rican independence. FASCELL PROMISES (Continued from Page One) Fascell promised tbat he would do everything in his power to promote the establishment of a Coast Guard Air Patrol in the Keys. Center had pointed out that two recent marine emergencies involv- ing boats in the keys had pointed up the need for a keys air patrol. He added that the nearest Coast Guard aircraft is stationed in Mi- ami and suggested that more planes be stationed in Key West. Promises Aid Fascell agreed with him and said that he would confer with the proper officials in an effort to ob- tain such service. Fascell, in commenting on the keys water shortage, also said that he would explore every means possible on the federal level to see what can be done about ob- taining an additional water line for the keys. The nominee also promised to look into the federal government’s claim of ownership of scores of offshore islapds in answer to a re- quest of Marathon Chamber of Commerce president John Goggin. “T believe in the division of pow- ers of the state and nation — the states can handle problems pecul- iar to themselves better than fed- eral government,” Fascell com- mented. Future of Keys Fascell also said that he is a firm believer in the future of the Florida Keys. “It is the frontier of South Flor- ida,” he said. Marathon attorney Ralph Cun- ningham was the master. of cere- monies at last night’s dinner. Prominent guests included County Commissioners Harry Harris and Joe Allen, State Senatorial nominee William R. Neblett, County Super- intendent of Public Instruction Horace O’Bryant and Frank Barta- lone, Fascell’s Monroe County cam- paign manager. State Representative Bernie C. Papy was unable to attend be- cause of the press of business. Karachi was a city of 300,000 be- fore Pakistan became independent in 1947, but today it has a million people. Citizen Classified Ads Pay Off! LIONS HEAR (Continued from Page One) county commissioners but the defense director,” he said. The meeting of the Lions.Club Was the first regular meeting conducted by the new officers who were installed last week. President Morales announced that a new policy is being put into effect about members. He ARMED EXILES MAY - (Continued from Page One) still at his headquarters in Teguci- said that potential members will] ; first be invited to the club to see how they like it and also to let the club members see how they like them. He added that the board of directors will meet once each month to consider ~ ne members. Pg Music Presented Lion Louis in a song fest. The members sang numerous old favorites, including “Key West, the USA,” written by Louis Carbonell. Walter’ Burns was the soloist for the evening. In true Durante Style, he sang “Dear Ole Suwan- nee,” with the help of Norman Kranich at the piano. Club Secretary Gerald Saun- ders announced the names of new committee members.. He also an- nounced that on Monday night the Lions Club Auxiliary | will hold a meeting for purposes. of installing officers. The time was set at 7:30. BS EES ENE VENIRE DRAWN FOR (Continued from Page One) graham, Edward F. Tynes, Jr., Arthur Pastorini, Clarence M. Rob- erts, Salvador Reyes, Ricardo Perez, George E. , Horatio Castillo, Carlyle §. Fabal, Mario Alfonso, Sr. Louis. Bancells, John R. Kerr, Sr., Manuel Gonzalez, Henry L. Weatherford, Rudolph Hernandez, Arthur A. Ingraham, Robert J. Pinder, Warren G. Darlow, Emil L. Helm, Laurie Roberts, Berlin A. Sawyer, Jr., Bernardine Her- nandez. Marie P. Napoles, Jr., Tony Pazo, Argimire Moreno, Anthony Alonzo, Sr., Marine J. Castro, El- well M. Kay, Eloy Garcia, Paul K. Lake, Warren G. Lowe, Fermin Vidal, Harold J. Key, Merrell -F. Sands, Robert L. Bethel. Ovilie Moreno, Joe Castro,. Jose Garcia, Reynaldo Garcia, William L. Davis, Sr., James L. Kees, Sr., Bryant E. Earls. TREVOR RETURNS (Continued from Page One) 8,300 Rotary Clubs comprise a membership of 384,000 Rotarians. Trevor is completing his one year term of office as. governor of District 243. The Fort Lauder- dale Beach Rotary was organized during his administration. e District $43 has 33 clubs from DeLand to Key West, including Pahokee, Belle Glade and. Okee- chobee, with 2,25¢. members. Bi Sa wala Only one in 15 British household- ers own washing machines. Now On Display New - Beautiful 46-Foot Michigan Arrow Mobile Home 3 BEDROOMS — SLEEPS 8 Open For Inspection ... 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