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Another gain for Senator Nc
Carthy although not necessari-
" an unqualified success or un-
mixed blessing for himseemed
likely to result from q closed
meeting between Senators Wat
kins and Case, representing the
committee, and Pentagon on
cialS including Secretary Of De-
tense Wilson. Assistant Secre-
tary Fred NJ. Seatcn and Gem
eral Counsel WILDER M. Brucker.
Late yesterday Secretary viii
son, In a letter to Chairman
Watkins, said the Defense De-
partment had no intention
Of limiting the testimony OF
Gems. Lawton and zwicker seq
cept insofar as limitations are
inherent in the presidential or
der OF May II. 1854" The letter
emphasized that the department
would encourage those two Of
f1cers to testify insofar as they
properly could.
This was interpreted by ut
least two Of the committee menu
bers, as q sign that the officers
would be called to the stand to-
day or Monday.
Gen. Lawton, who had been
put on the stand early this week
by Senator Mccarthy as q pre-
sumably friendly witness, re-
fused to answer questions about
conversations he had with Gen.
Zwicker. He based that refusal
on advice he received from law
yers, including Army counsel,
that the presidential order pre-
vented disclosure of converse
tions that dealt In any way with
security matters. MIR. Williams
complained that this amounted
to a Pentagon gag" on Gen.
Lawton.
Zwicker May Appear.
Appearance Of Gen. Zwicker
as q witness was predicted by
Senator Case, Republican, Of
South Dakota. He said it was
a reasonable assumption that
Gen. zwicker. whom Senator
Mccarthy was accused Of having
abused at a hearing in New York
last February. would be given
an opportunity to testify along
with Gen. Lawton.
Another development yesterday
was release Of q letter from SEN
ator johnson to Senator Nc
Carthy in which Senator john
son said, 81 will do justice fairly
and fearlessly" in the censure
case.
The letter was an ou.growth
OF earlier demands by Senator
Mccarthy that Senator johnson,
a member of the committee, be
questioned about remarks made
in an interview with Denver
newspaperman last March. In
his letter Senator Johnson said
he was merely reporting in the
interview Democratic reaction to
"ScurrilouS and absolutely UNI
warranted" attacks by Senator
Mccarthy. He was quoted as
saying in the interview that all
Democratic leaders in the Senate
"loathed" Senator McCarthy.
BY the, time the committee got
around to cross-examining Sem
ator Mccarthy yesterday, its as
sistant counsel, Mr.. @. de Furia
had time only to deal with the
Mccarthy zwicker incident.
Hayden Testifies.
Dissemination was side
tracked temporarily when Sena-
tor Hayden. Democrat. of Arr
iona came in as q witness to
describe procedural operations
OF the Senate Privileges and
Elections subcommittee.
This gave Senator Mccarthy
an opportunity to attack, even
more pointedly that he did in
his direct examination last
Thursday. the validity Of that
subcommittee in 1852. He also
challenged legality of its 1851
So investigation OF his personal
finances and his activities in
connection with the 1850 Mary
land senatorial election. One of
the censure charges is that SEN
ator Mccarthy showed contempt
of the Senate by ignoring that
subcommittee.
While the committee made no
ruling yesterday on this ques-
ton which involves one Of the
main censure charges. it intends
to look more closely into the
matter. Chairman Watkins COM
mented that the point raised by
Senator Mccarthy. and explored
to considerable extent by Sem
ator Case in questioning Of SEN
ator Hayden, was very interest
ing and very important"
May Call Parliamentarian.
He said the committee might
call formally as a witness the
Senate parliamentarian or as
sistant parliamentarian. This,
he explained. would be mainly
to obtain that officials opinion
on the authority of the chair
man of a parent committee to
increase the size Of subcom-
mittee. Senator Hayden testi-
fed he acted after obtaining an
opinion from the Senate parlia-
mentarian in November, 1852.
Late in 1852. following the
resignation of three OF the five
members Of the Elections SUBJ
committee, Senator Hayden, then
chairman Of the Government
Operations Committee, appoint
ed himself to the subcommittee
SO that it could function with
three members. Asked yester-
day by what rule he had the