The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-27
STEVENS WILL
(Contlnued IRON PaRe Onel

Ao9Ss &uaF9eo
/ Stevens, accusing Mccarthy OF
having abused" Brig. Gen. Ralph
w. Zwicke- in questioning about
the PeresS ease, had told Zwlcker
not TO obey a subpoena calling him
before Mccarthy Tuesday for more
questioning. :,
! The White House advisers. the
informant said, all told Stevens
this was not a case in which he
could expect TO win much popular
support in a televised hearing.
Mccarthy had been bitterly eris.
ical of the Army for having pro,
NOTED Peress, although he said
PereSS had refused on grounds OF
possible self-incrimination to an.
swer questions the Army asked
about any possible Communist
connections.
Pentsson Disclosure
The Pentagon disclosed last
night that ii had allowed Peress
to resign from the Army earlier
this month with an honorable dis
charge, knowing at the time Nc.
Carthy was demanding that PereSs
be subjected to court martial
trial for conduct unbecoming an
officer" on grounds he was a
Communist.
Those are points on which Nc.
Carthy had made it clear he
planned to dwell heavily in any
televised clash with Stevens.
Army officials told newsmen in
briefing sessions last night the
final decision to give Peress ar
immediate honorable discharge
was made after Mccarthy had
called for court martial for the
dentist.
The spokesman said honorable
discharge seemed under the cir.
cumstances to be the quickest and
best way to separate Peress from
the service. They said his Army
service showed no basis for lodg-
ing court martial charges.
Officials said Peress noted his
refusal, on constitutional grounds,
to answer questions about mem
bership in Communist or other sus-
pect organizations, on a question
nalre he filled out before being
called to active duty.
But they said it was February
1854 month after he was called
to active duty-when his responses
were noted and an investigation
begun. That investigation led to
the recommendation for his dis
charge. Meanwhile, the Army
spokesman said, he had received
a routine promotion under a gen.
eral program for adjusting the
grades of professional men in the
army to their civilian status.
The Senate Republican Policy
Committee. obviously spurred BY
the Stevens-McCarthy fracas, yes
terday ordered a checkup to see
whether rules for Senate invest.
cations should be changed.
Mccarthy, who was not men
toned in the announcement of the
study, said at a news conference
ne had no idea whether it was
aimed at him.
Il have no objection to ii. he
said. They can do that if they
care to-"
He also denied having told Gen.
wicker the officer was unfit to
wear his uniform. The transcript
OF the hearing contained these re.
marks by Mccarthy to wicker:
Then, general, you should be
removed from any command. ANY
man who has been given the honor
OF being promoted to general and
who says, Il will protect another
general who protected Commu.
nists. is not fit to wear that uni.
form. general"
Mccarthy said further at the
news conference that any pub
liShed stories that Republic ans
were trying to stop me" are com
pletely untrue"
However. he ran into demands
from Democrats on his subcom.
mittee yeSteday.
Under protests from Sen. Nc
Clellan of Arkansas, senior Demo
crat on the subcommittee, Nc.
Carthy cancelled within minutes
his announced plan TO hold a closed
door hearing in New York City