The Key West citizen., 1954-09-14
Committee Tackles Drafting
Of Its Report On Mccarthy
BY JACK BELL

WASHINGTON @-A six-mem.
Der committee tackles today the
task Of drafting a report on the
official conduct Of Sen. Mccarthy
with every sign it viii ignore his
attack on fairness of its Legal staff.
The report, which may be criti-
cal Of some of the Wisconsin SEN
ator's activities, is to act as
guide to the Senate when it re-
turns later this year to consider
whether or not McCarthy's conduct
merits cenSure.
Whether the committee viii
make specific recon mendations
for action, or viii eOnteBt itself
with factual findings, has not been
determined.
As the public ensure hearings
wound up late yesterday, Chair
man Watkins (R-Utah) said that
E. Wallace Chadwick, the COM
mittee counsel and Guy G. de Fu-
ria, his assistant, had tried their
level best to be fair 10 presenting
evidence on five main categories
Of charges leveled at Mccarthy.
But Mccarthy and his lawyer,
Edward Bennett Williams, con-
tended that Chadwick and De Fu-
ria had been acting as prosecutors.
They indicated they believe any
report 10 which the two attorneys
contribute viii hold that McCar-
thy overstepped the bounds on one
or more o ( the principal counts
against him.
And Mccarthy said he was "still
disturbed by . statement of Sen
Watkins that the jury doesn't have
to be impartial"
This was 0 reference to Watkins
previous statement that many
members of The Senate have taken
sides for Of against Mccarthy, and
that they esnnet for that reason
be disqualified from soting when
the Senate considers the eensure
issue.
Watkins made the statement ear
" 10 the censure hearings when
Mccarthy questioned whether Sen.
Edwin C. johnson D-ColoD could
give % impartial verdict in view
Of some previous statements about
Mccarthy. Mccarthy and Johnson
later shook hands publicly. The
CoIoradoan has assured Mccarthy
he is impartial.
Much of yesterdays final ses-
sion Of hearings was given over to
the testimony of Brig. Gea. Ralph
w. Zwieker, whom Mccarthy has
been accused Of abusing when the
general appeared at o closed hear
ing Of McCarthy's Senate Investi-
cations subcommittee in New York
last Feb. Is.
Zwicker, in q lengthy verbal
fencing duel with Williams, main
tanned be had not intended to be
evasiye or arrogant, as Mccarthy
contends he was. And Zwicker in
sisted he saw no inconsistencies in
his testimony then. Mccarthy has
accused him Of misstating facts.
As the hearings ended, williams
called FOR the appointment of ''in-
dependent counsel" to study the
facts and the law as developed by
10 witnesses in Q days gf public
hearings.
Mccarthy and Williams, stepping
outside Of the hearing room, then
declared on television they don't
believe "the district attorney
should write the opinion when he
had completed prosecuting the
case"
Mccarthy said Chadwick and De-
Furia had been very vigorous
prosecutors and eross-examined
me very vigorously" and he add.
ed:
Il think they made a mistake
In what their task was. They should
have brought out the facts on both
Sides
watkins said the committee
would consider this complaint, but
he pracdcally foreclased action on
It. Three other committee mem
hers indicated they wouldn't vote
70 get new attorneys.