Evening star., 1951-11-10
Life and Times of Ace Mccarthy Investigator Scrutinized
By w. H. Shippen

By W. H. Shippen
Senator McCarthy's ace inves-
tigator yesterday refused to an
swer on advice of counsel when
asked if he was fired from the
FBI for staying in a Baltimore
hotel with a girl informer in q
white slavery case.
More smear" tactics were
charged. this time in behalf of
Investigator Donald Surine, 35,
as Columnist Drew Pearson's $5.1
million suit against Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican, of Wisconsin,
and others produced another con-
troversial. pre-trial deposition quiz.
do you know Doris Joe Perry?'
asked Attorney Warren Woods,
representing Mr.. Pearson. .
Eyes. I know her by name" Mr..
Surine replied.
Did you know her In Balti-
more?"
An Inf0rmer for Bureau.
"She was-how shall I put it.
an informer for the bureau office. "
Were the circumstances which
resulted in your separation from
the FBI in any way connected with
the alleged fact that you stayed
with Doris Joe Perry at a hotel
in Baltimore. known as the Abbey
Hotel?"
II instruct you not to answer
that" said Attorney Edward Ben
nett Williams. representing Mr..
Surine and Senator Mccarthy.
Obviously, the question is de-
signed to smear you, as others have
been smeared in these proceed
ings."
Il now propose to show by the
testimony of this witness himself. /"
replied Mr.. Woods, that (a) he
did not voluntarily resign from
the FBI, but was in effect dis
charged.
"(b) His method and manner of
collecting information involved
personal consorting with people
Of disrepute. e~sa sa4.
Calls Action Deliberate.
"tc) That this person deliber-
ately undertook, before the Sen
ate committee which investigated
the Butler campaign in Maryland,
as part Of the conspiracy against
Mr.. Pearson, to suggest and to in
innate by his testimony in a pub
lie hearing before many reporters
that Mr.. Pearson did not tell the
truth in certain statements Mr..
Pearson had made.
II propose to show that the
whole basis and framework of
this conspiracy has been on in
formation supplied by one of the
defendants, Donald Surine, whose
character is of the sort I have
described"
Mr.. Williams said he still in
sisted Mr.. Woods questions were
irrelevant with no bearing on the
charges in Mr.. Pearson's suit.
These included the allegations
that Senator Mccarthy kicked
and slapped him at a dinner
dance in the Sulgrave Club on
the night Of December u, and had
entered into a conspiracy with the
others to drive Mr.. Pearson out
of business.
Produces Affidavit"
Mr.. Woods then produced what
he described as an affidavit signed
by William F. Weber. said to be
serving time in penitentiary in
Pennsylvania on a white slave
charge.
He added the sworn statement
had been taken by Jack Anderson,
a reporter on Mr.. Pearson's staff.
The attorney said he wanted to
question Mr.. Surine about his in
veStigation of the white slavery
case in Baltimore on the basis of
Weber's affidavit. Mr.. Williams
read the statement and said he
objected to its use.
He said his client would refuse
to answer, not on grounds that
his answers might tend to incrim-
mate him, but because the mat
ter was immaterial.
Mr.. Surine then was asked if
he had read the report of the
Senators who investigated the
campaign of Republican Senator
Butler against former Senator
Millard Tydings in Maryland
in November, 1850, including a
recommendation that the Justice
Department review Mr.. Surine's
testimony regarding his separa-
ton from the FBI to determine If
perjury action should be taken
against him.
Instructed Not to Answer.
Mr.. Williams instructed the
witness not to answer. This is
just another attempt to hold you
up to ridicule," he declared.
II only asked the question:" Mr.
Woods protested, ito show the
character of investigators who gel
information for Senator McCar-
thy so he can hold others up to
|ridicule."
do you know Charles Davis?'
asked Mr.. Woods, referring to the
American Negro who was con-
victed in Switzerland recently OF
tespionage and sentenced to eight
months in prison.
Davis, who had been held fo1
II months prior to his trial, re-
Gently was released. On his re-
turn to this country he was SUBJ
lpoenaed by the Senate committee
investigating charges against Sen.