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Hearings
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hearings resume Monday, how
ever, saying he would not dis
cuss the matter until a speech
he is scheduled to make tonight
before the Fort Atkinson (Wis.)
Chamber of Commerce.
Later, at Sturgeon Bay. Wis,
Senator Mccarthy said will not
attack Ike at Fort Atkinson for
what he termed the Presidents
iron curtain order. But the Sen
ator said again he thought Gen.
Eisenhower was acting on bad
advice.
Senator Mccarthy also said if
the hearings continue next week
he would like to have subpoenaed
for testimony five newsmen-
Homer Bigart, New York Herald
Tribune: Columnist Joseph Al
sop; Philip Potter, Baltimore
Sun. and Murrey Marder and
Alfred Friendly, both of the
Washington Post and Times
Herald.
Army Counselor John G..
Adams has testified he talked to
those newsmen about alleged
improper pressures from Senator
McCarthy's Office before the
Army charges became public. Mr..
Adams said he gave the informa-
ton to the newsmen in conf
dence and they did not violate his
trust.
Not Sorry He Took Job.
Mr.. Stevens, addressing a
Montana Stockgrowers AsSocia-
tion convention at Miles City,
Mont, yesterday declined direct
comment on the controversy but
said "the President has given me
all the backing that I could have
asked" He said the answer was
"a strong no" to questions as to
whether he was sorry he had
gone to Washington and whether
he would resign.
Mr.. Stevens has charged Sem
ator Mccarthy and his aides
sought favored Army treatment
for Pvt. G. David Schine, a
former unpaid consultant to the
Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee headed by the Senator.
Senator Mccarthy countered
that Mr.. Stevens ard his assist
ants used Pvt. Schine as a "hos-
tage" in efforts to sidetrack an
investigation of Communists in
the military.
Senator Mundt, Republican of
South Dakota, who has replaced
Senator Mccarthy as chairman
while the subcommittee conducts
it's public probe of the dispute,
delivered what sounded like an
indirect Endorsement of Senator
McCarthy's attack on Red China
trade, in New York speech last
night.
Senator Mundt said "any dip
lomatic move or selfish, self
serving financial transactions by
anybody anywhere which weak
ems freedom by fortifying the
forces of Russian communism is
a blow at the safety, the security
and survival of decent human
beings living anywhere"
Addressing a meeting Of the
All-American Conference to
Combat Communism, Senator
Mundt said that regardless of
where the chips fall and what
the answers show in the
McCarthy-Stevens controversy.
congressional investigating COM
mittees are here to stay"
Indirect Support.
The South Dakotan also gave
some indirect support for Sena-
tor McCarthy's claim that the
bearings are keeping him from
trying to track down subversives
in defense plants. Senator Mundt
cited what he called the urgent
need for new legislation pro-
tecting our defense plants from
the widespread Communist infil-
tration and espionage now known
to be occurring there"
However, Senator Mundt said
he has formed no Judgment on
the outcome of the hearings
over which he is presiding.
Senator Gillette, Democrat. Of
Iowa told the Senate yesterday
he believes "the glare and blare
of publicity that has attended
the recent hearings had brought
a distinct loss of dignity to our
Nation at home and abroad and
will further debase the high
quality Of American world
leadership"
He said the subcommittee
under Senator Mccarthy had
violated the rights of citizens
under the 5th amendment and
the Senate should act to control
the group.
Meanwhile, a separate row
bubbled up between Democrats
and Republicans on the SUBJ
committee over telephone calls
concerning the McCarthy-Army
dispute which were secretly
monitored at the Pentagon.
Some of the calls apparently
were between Army officials and
members of the subcommittee.
Disagree on Method.
Both the Republicans and
Democrats insisted they want