Evening star., 1954-06-06

was the proper way to handle
it. think ! know what you
mean, and ! will handle it in
the proper way along the lines
you have been talking about.
Senator McCarthy-If you
put him into service to\work
with the committee, ali hell
would break loose, and the
President would be calling you
not to play favorites because
any one is on a committee. I
think for Roy's sake if you can
let him come back for week
ends or something so his girls
won't get too lonesome
maybe If they shave his hair
of, he won't want to come
back.
Mr.. Stevens-I will take care
of it and / appreciate your
whole attitude on it yesterday.
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IA January, 1854. 2:43 p.m.,
Senator Mccarthy returned
Mr.. Stevens call.
Mr.. Stevens-I want to
thank you first of all for that
marvellous cheese you and
'Jeannie-we are most CRATE
full to you. Joe. ! am going to
the Far East on Sunday, and
! would like, if you can, to have
you work me in somewhere on
your schedule. and I don't care
much when. ] would like to
have a little visit.
Senator McCarthy-Any time
this afternoon would be OK.
Because ] am leaving tonight
to go to Boston, and I will be
gone. At 800 I have a
meeting Of the fun committee
on my budget. After that I
will be perfectly free.
Mr.. Stevens-How long will
that meeting probably last?
Senator Nice Carthy-I expect
quite a squabble over there.
Mr.. StevenS-It would be in
or out of order to buy you a
cocktail that you might name?
Senator McCarthy-I would
favor that very much.
Mr.. Stevens-Shall we go to
the regular place or somewhere
else?
Senator Carthy-Why
don't you drop over here about
500 and we will go across the
street and have a drink?
>. Firmed.
20 February, 1954-1O:O0
a.m.-Mr. Stevens call to
Senator Mccarthy:
Mr.. StevenS-I will tell you
why I am calling you. I didn't
find out until late last night
where you were staying to tell
you that I went over yester-
day on the Hill and called on
the various members of your
subcommittee. any of them
that happened to be over
there, and that included Sem
ators Dirksen, Potter, Mundt,
Mcclellan and Symington.
because I was so upset by the
reports I had on the executive
appearance of Gen. Zwicker,
and what Zwicker's reaction to
it was, that I just feel in fair
ness to the officer corps of the
Army had to do something
about it.
Senator Mccarthy think
the best thing you can do is
not to follow in the old tradi-
ton of the previous admins
tration. I think you have got a
wonderful opportunity here,
Robert, to either set the course
for a housecleaning. take the
position that the Congress
knows about traitors no mat
ter where they are; the other.
of course, is try to cover up,
as has gone on before. That
will be impossible. I will guar
antee you. I have had a most
insulting session with the gen.
eral. I have got a letter which
I am sure you didn't write
Mr.. Stevens was COM
pletely in on that letter, Joe.
That letter was a result of
careful consideration right
here in my Office. In fact, I
took it home and worked on
1t one evening.
Senator McCarthy-There
is something radically wrong
with the advice you had on
that and tell you that the
commissioning of Communists
was an order against discrim-
ination because of political be-
liefs. that is jargon. You don't
recognize that.
Mr.. StevenS-That is ex-
actly what has been used in
referring to this type of thing,
Joe. ~
Senator McCarthy-Lete me
ask you this; is it your posi-
ton that you are going to try
to keep from us the names of
the officers who protected
these men?
Dares Him to Try 1t.
Mr.. StevenS-I am going to
try to prevent my officers from
p0inO before v0llr c0nnYHittAe