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Kodiak mirror., 1954-11-27

.delectable, meal for the Car pen CT and the Walrus. The White Rabbit, Lois Hanson, of course was late for the festi vities but finally arrived fol- lowed by The Caterpillar, Louise Spencer, who crawled on her twelve arms and legs to the party smoking a hokah, the water coloed pipe of India. Tweedle Dee, Lois Spencer, as wide as she was high. just got there in time before pouring time, as she rolled, ran and rippled into the hall. The Ches- hire Cat, Snuffy Rochelle, was the next to arrive and she too was well fortified with sponge rubber pillows.
 Now the, guests had all ar rived the tea was poured. Real guests were bedecked in huge playing cards, one for each card in the deck and worD like a sandwich man would wear them. At the parties hei ght in comes The Queen of Hearts, Lillian Smith with the King of Hearts, Curley Wilson, storm ing no end because someon e had painted her virgin white roses red. In her violent search for the culprit. she broke up the tea party, to the amuse- ment of all.
 The Commentator was ably handled by Doc Rochelle and music for dancing was fur nished by Tommy and Rudy until II pm and Helen Me- Donald and her hand took over from Il til 2.
 . Tv,S Nl..sG GoIS
Kodiak mirror., 1954-11-27

MT. and Mrs. Roland Cata- ford arriy d arrived here re- gently. Cataford who is Aline
 LaLande's nephew will be em- ployee at the LaLande Kodiak
 Bakery in the verynearf future.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-11-27
Next G. S. Meet. Jan.

There will be no meeting ot the Kodiak Girl Scouts Com munity Committee ontil the regular scheduled meeting in January.
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Says Adams Tried
To Silence Witnesses

81. AS a further part of Mr..
Adams attempt to impede the
investigation, he sought to
punish those who co-operated
with the subcommittee, and to
silence those who were about
to cooperate. -.
80. From m id-Oc tober,
through January, 1854, Mr..
Adams sought on numerous
occasions to secure from the
chairman and subcommittee
staff a promise of silence if he
and Mr.. Stevens broke" Gen.
Lawton, commanding general
at Fort Monmouth, and re-
lieved him of his command.
33. On or about october 81,
1858, and on repeated oc-
caslons thereafter, Mr.. Adams
used every effort to discover
the names of persons report
ing instances of Communist
infiltration to the subcommit-
tee. stating that if he discov-
cred any in his department,
he would "have their heads"
"a. From the inception Of
the investigation, the chair
man declared his intention of
examining Army personnel re-
sponSible for the clearing, re-
tention and favorable treat
ment of Communists in the
Army. He specifically stated
that among those called
would be members of the So
called screening board in the
Secretary's Office, also known
as the Loyalty Security Board.
One member of this board was
called by the subcommittee
staff In mid-October. and
examined as to his own loyalty
record, and Mr.. Adams was ad-
vised that after some of the
cases acted upon improperly
by the board were aired pub
licly by the subcommittee,
other members of the board
would be called. After the
case of Samuel Snyder was
considered by the subcommit-
tee in, public session in De-
cember. and it was determined
that he had been cleared"
by the Loyalty Security Board
in spite of overwhelming evi-
dence that he was a security
risk, and after the officially
cleared" Snyder invoked the
fifth amendment before the
subcommittee, Mr.. Adams was
advised that members of the
board would be called the next
month, as soon as the commit
tee staff had completed work
on its interim and annual re-
ports. Mr.. Adams violently
objected to any examination
of the clearing of security risks.
He was told that in view of in
formation which both he and
the subcommittee had that
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Pentogon Charges
Called Unfounded

10. The attempt by these
Pentagon politicians to peg
their attack on the subcom-
mittee's exposure of their ac-
tivities on the drafting and
treatment of Pvt. David
Schine is petty and un-
founded. The deliberate fall
sity of this allegation is clear
ly demonstrated by the fact
that the investigation by the
subcommittee of Communist
infiltration in the military had
been in progress long, before
Mr.. Schine or any one on the
subcommittee staff could have
had the slightest indication
that Mr.. Schine was to enter
the Army. Mr.. Schine has a
background of knowledge of
the Communist movement in
this country. and effectiveness
in exposing it. He contributed
his time and efforts to the
subcommittee as an unpaid
consultant. in which capacity
he was a prime mover in the
successful exposure Of the
Communist infiltration and
the waste of millions of dol
lars of taxpayers money in
the Voice of America program.
He was inducted into the
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being separated from the
Army, he was not called.

being separated from the
Army, he was not called.
18. On or about September
81, September %, october 2.
1858, and as a further step
in these attempts to interfere
with the investigation, Mr..
Stevens importuned the chair
man and personnel of the sub
committee not to require Maj.
Gen. Richard C. Partridge,
chief of intelligence under Sec
retary Stevens administration,
to testify in public session con-
corning his responsibility for
use of Communist line text
books by the Army, and his
lack of qualifications to hold
the intelligence command. due
to his admitted unfamiliarity
with the Communist problem.
A basis for these requests was
that the public appearance of
Gen. Partridge would be per-
sonally embarrassing to Mr..
Stevens, who had responsible
ity for his command. When
Gen. Partridge appeared in the
subcommittee room on or about
September %, 1858, when a
public session was to be held,
Secretary Stevens renewed his
request that Gen. Partridge
not be called.
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Says Report 'DeroiIed
Security Inquiries

4. The so-called original re-
port is not made in the course
of any official function. nor in
the regular course of Pentagon
procedure, nor is it even signed.
The report" has had the
planned effect of derai..-g the
inquiry into security riatters
pertaining to Communist infll-
tration in the Army and to
Secretary Stevens administra-
ton thereof.
At the threshold, the core OF
the matter stands in bold re-
lief: There are, and were. Com
munists and other security
risks in the Army. which
needed and received - until
stopped-public exposure. The
present tactic by Pentagon
politicians cannot obscure that
underlying fact. The gross
mishandling of Communist in
filtration in the Army - ex-
posed by the subcommittee
has been acknowledged by the
Defense Department. VIII tic h
has now adopted a wholly new
set of corrective regulations as
a result of the subcommittee'S
investigation.
5. AS further evidence of the
dishonesty OF the attack upon
my staff issued through Mr..
Stevens and Mr.. Adams, ! call
your attention to the fact that
at least since the beginning Of
World War II the military has
had fully stated offices to
handle the requests from Sen
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ators. Congressman, admins
tration officials. and others,
for favored treatment to GER
tain individuals. have written
to Defense Secretary Wilson
for detailed report on this
matter and for rough esti-
mate of the requests which
have been received from legis-
lators and Government Off
cials, and how many requests
were acceded to. To date all I
have received are letters from
the diff fferent departments
completely evading these ques-
tions. I mention this merely to
show that of the thousands of
requests made, the only one
that the military has seen fit to
publish is the false report on
alleged requests for special
treatment for an Army private
who is still a private, and who
has received no special as
signments. 1t is requested that
the subcommittee obtain the
information relevant to this
point.
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Charges Army Sought
To End Investigation

19. After mid-September.
when the chairman directed
open hearings on Communist
inf1ltration in the Army. Mr..
Stevens named John G. Adams
to the post of Army counselor,
for the principal purpose of
handling the committee" and
persuading it to cease its in
vestigation of Communist in
filtration in the Army. -
20. To effect the purposes
recited in Paragraph 10. on or
about September 25, 1858. Mr..
Adams was named liaison by
Mr.. Stevens to the subcom-
mittee, and Mr.. Adams, in
such capacity, appeared at the
first open hearing on use of
Communist texts by the Army,
and Communist infiltration
into it's civilian personnel. on
or about September %, 1858.
81. From that time hence
forth, and in repeated in
stances both personally and
telephonically. Mr.. Adams at
tempted to interfere with the
investigation of Communist
infiltration in the Army. Mr..
Adams early attempts to end
the hearings were carried out
by his using every effort to
ingratiate himself personally
with subcommittee personnel,
and then appealing to them as
a personal favor to halt hear
ings so that he would be Sc
cure in his new post.
%. Failing in his tactic Of
having the investigation halted
to help him personally. Mr..
Adams next attempted to
cause the chairman and per-
sonnel of the subcommittee to
end it on the ground that it
was becoming personally en-
barrassing to Mr.. Stevens, who
was a very nice man who
shouldn't be hurt" Mr.. Adams
attempt on this basis was sup
ported by Mr.. Stevens on No
vember 6. 1858, when at a
luncheon in his Office, called
at his request. he stated that If
the facts he knew were fully
developed he would have to re-
sign as Secretary of the Army.
He made an appeal for the end
Of hearings on the ground Of
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HenseI Calls Mccarthy Charges 'ScondoIous Malice

F6tlo,0ing is the tert of a
statement By Assistant Secre-
tary of Defense H. StruDe Hen
sci in reply to Senator Nc
CGrthy::
Senator McCarthy's charges
that the Army's case against
himself and his subcommittee's
chief counsel, Roy Cohn. are a
personal vendetta to cover up
what he calls misconduct and
possible law violations" are
barefaced lies. If the Senator
makes those charges without
the protection of Senatorial
immunity, will guarantee -
lawsuit which he will not be
able to drop.
Senator Mccarthy in his an
swers to the Army's Speciflca-
tions of his misconduct has
in his references to me
reached the high mark OF
scandalous malice and the low
mark of cowardly irresponsi-
bility..
The Senator knows well that
I had no connection with his
attack on the Army and its
resistance to his improper con-
duct until Senator Potter re-
uuested on March 8, 1854, from
the Secretary of Defense full
details of the special favorS
granted to Pvt. Schine. Sena-
tor Mccarthy also knows that
I never had any notice of the
Senator's investigation of me
until March %, 1854, some
time after the Army report on
the Mccarthy Cohn Schine
improper pressures for special
favors had been filed. The
Senator also knows that as
soon as heard he was investi-
eating me I referred all I had
heard to the Department of
Justice Con March 20, 1954),
and demanded a full investi-
CATION of my past conduct and
the Senator's charges which
he was then leaking around
Washington.
Evening star., 1954-04-21

Mccarthy is in a position to
attack decent people.
My financial interest in what
Senator Mccarthy calls a "pri-
vate ship supply firm" has been
. well known in Government and
elsewhere since its formation
as of January /, 1943.
The firm was a limited part
nership which did business un-
der the name of Arthur l..
PeirSon and Co. Senator Nc
Carthy's investigators were
told by Arthur l.. Peirson I was
not an active partner and, as
a matter of fact. the only &C
tive partner in the firm was
Arthur L. PeirSon.
The business of this firm was
to stock canned meat and
other food products at various
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Says That Charge
Was Found False

This charge was fully in
vestigated during 1948 and
l949.
The charge was found to be
false and my income tax re-
turns were settled and cleared
as a result of that inveStiga-
ton.
To the best of my knowl-
edge, the alleged investigation
of this matter by Senator Nc
Carthy started on or about
March 22d. when two uniden-
titled men, reporting to act on
behalf of Senator Mccarthy.
appeared at the Brooklyn
home of Mr.. Persons mother
in-law, soaring her seriously
with the charge that her
daughter had been involved in
a 'hit and run accident" and
insisting that they be given
her daughters address imme-
diately so that they could get
in touch with her."
AS a result, Mr.. Persons
mother-in-law gave them Mr.
Persons address. On March
26, 1854, James N. Juliano
and Donald A. Surine appeared
at Mr.. Persons home and
under the threat of produc-
ing a subpoena very shortly il
he did not care to talk, inter-
rogated him for some four or
five hours, stating that "they
were out to get Hensel."
Mr.. Peirson told them all
the pertinent facts and par
ticularly pointed out that none
of the partners withdrew any
profits from the firm, except to
pay Federal and State income
taxes.
Consequently, it is clear that
Senator Mccarthy knew he
was lying when he drew and
signed Paragraph 8 of the
statement which he submit
ted today.
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his personal friendship with
the chairman. Mr.. Stevens was
assured that there would be no
effort to embarrasS him per-
sonally, but that there could
be no whitewash and that the
investigation and hearings
would continue.
%. AS a part of the attempt
to halt the subcommittee in
vestigation of Communist in
filtration in the Army, Mr..
Adams frequently, and Mr..
Stevens on two occasions,
offered up the Navy. the Air
Force and the Defense estab-
liShment proper, as substitute
targets" as follows:
"a. On or about October 13,
1853, Mr.. Adams suggested
that the subcommittee "go
after" the Navy and Air Force,
and drop its probe, of Com
munist inflltration in the
Army.
25. On or about October 21,
1853. Mr.. Adams renewed his
suggestion that the subcom-
mittee conduct an investiga-
tion of the Navy and Air
Force, and drop the investiga-
tion of his department.
26. On or about November
6. 1858. Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Adams suggested that the
Navy, Air Force and Defense
establishment proper would be
appropriate objects of an in
vestigation, instead of their
administration of the Army,
and Mr.. Adams offered to sup
ply information about them.
27. On or about November
IA, 1858, Mr.. Adams advised
that, in his opinion, the time
was ripe for the investiga-
tion to turn to the Navy. z
%. On or about November
II. 1858, Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Adams renewed their request
that the subcommittee should
investigate the Navy and Air
Force.
20. On or about November
80, 1858. Mr.. Adams made a
specific suggestion and offer
of assistance in switching the
subcommittee's probe from his
department to another branch
of the service.
80. On or about December
9, 1858, Mr.. Adams again
urged that the subcommittee
begin to investigate security
risks in the Air Force, and
offered specific information in
return for certain information
he desired to use in forestall-
ing further investigation Of
his dena artment
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numerous persons with Com
munist records had been
, cleared by this board, a white
wash of them was impossible.
At various times in December
and January he told Mr.. Cohn
and MIR. Carr that he "pould
stop at nothing" to prevent
the subcommittee from going
into this
IS. Early in January. and in
mid-January, Mr.. Adams was
advised that members of the
board would be interviewed
before the end of the month.
When they were called for
January 19-the day the staff
completed work on the reports
Mr.. Adams declined to pro-
duce them. He was told they
would be Subpoenaed.
SO. The following days, Mr..
Adams communicated with
other members of the sub
committee. and stated that
unless the chairman was pre-
vailed upon to drop his investi-
Cation, and not to issue sub
poenaS for those in the loyalty
Setup, Mr.. Adams would cause
an embarrassing report to be
circulated about Mr.. Cohn.
81. On or about January %,
1854, Mr.. Adams made to the
chairman and Mrs. Mccarthy
the threat that unless the in
vestigation of the loyalty set
up were halted, he would cause
to be issued a report on Mr..
Cohn, casting events in such a
light as to attempt to en-
barrass the committee and it's
staff. The chairman told Mr..
Adams that the investigation
OF those responsible for clear
ing Communists would con-
tinue despite any threat from
Mr.. Adams. Mr.. Adams asked
if the chairman would wait
until Mr.. Stevens returned
from a trip. so that he could
discuss the matter with him
personally. and the chairman
agreed to this. but emphasized
that there would be no white
wash. When the chairman told
Mr.. Adams he would expose
the old team which had great
responsibility for Communist
inflltration, Mr.. Adams re-
piled: IT am part Of the old
team, and the people you are
threatening to expose are
friopdc Nf ,,,iy,oV
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Bad Faith Charged
To Army Officials

=. is. To further understand
the bad faith in which this
attack was suddenly launched,
the relationship of Mr.. Cohn
and Mr.. Adams must be placed
in proper perspective. They
were close personal and social
friends. During most of the
period involved. they were in
communication personally tele-
phonically as often as dozens
Of times a week. They worked
and socialized together day
after day. Ordinary conversa-
tions about mutual associates
and situations have now be-
come attempts to persuade
and induce" Daily discussions
some jocular, some ami
mated-have now become
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Says Cohn Broke OF
Social Relationship

38. Shortly thereafter, the
chairman advised Mr.. Cohn Of
Mr.. Adams latest strategy to
stop the investigation. Mr..
Cohn did not react to this as
Mr.. Adams had done to alleged
threats" made against him.
by continuing and encourag-
ing their social relationship.
Mr.. Cohn acted to terminate
Immediately his social rela-
tionship with Mr. Adams. and
had only one further official
contact with Mr.. Adams.
80. On Lincoln's Birthday,
Mr.. Adams from Washington
telephoned Mr.. Cohn at Mr..
COINS home in New York, to
ask why Mr.. Cohn had been
"ducking" Mr.. Adams, and to
find out when they could get
together. Mr.. Cohn advised
Mr.. Adams. that he had learned
of the latest techniques Mr..
Adams was employing to halt
the investigation, and that he
thought Mr.. Adams had been
dishonest. Mr.. Adams ex-
planned that he had just had
to stop the subpoenas for the
board members.
40. On or about January 81,
1854, Mr.. Adams told Mr.. Carr
that Mr.. Adams had to prevent
the appearance of those con-
nected with the loyalty pro-
cedure, and that this was one
issue on. which he would stop
at nothing.
Al. On or before February
16, 1854, Mr.. Adams advised,
as he had on prior occasions.
that If the investigation con-
tinued. he expected to be
actutely embarrassed over the
Peress case, as no follow-up
action had been taken on it
by him, and he might be
charged with primary respon-
Sibility for allowing an hon.
orable discharge to issue to
Peress on February 2, 1854.
AZ. Mr.. Adams continued
his entreaties that the inves-
tigation be terminated, and
when he was refused, he and
other tagon officials
planned the issuance of the
report as he had threatened
to do.
43. On March 10, 1854. Mr..
Adams was advised of six ad-
ditional alleged Communists
in the Army, and was asked
to produce their files, and
advise of their immediate
whereabouts preparatory to
calling them before the sub
committee.
A. On March IL, 1854. the
unsigned 34-page document
was released publicly.
Charges Document
Sought to Halt Probes
As. This document was is
sued for the very purpose an
nounced in advance by Mr..
(See TEXT, Page A-5.)
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by me were whatever amounts
were necessary to enable me
to pay the Federal and New
York State income taxes on
Elch profits.
All these facts were dis
closed to the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue by me in a
letter dated February II. 1916.
Subsequently. the firm Of
Arthur L. Peirson and Co. was
informed that the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue had received
an anonymous complaint to
the effect that the full income
taxes had not been declared
or paid by the various partners
Of the firm.
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rected against one who has a
long and successful record in
the prosecution and exposure
of Communist spies in this
Nation, including julius and
Ethel Rosenberg, William
Remington. the 80 American
Communists in the United
Nations, second string leaders
of the Communist Party, Gus
Hall. Frederick Vanderbilt
Field, and numerous others
IA. The recently contrived
attempt to direct fire at the
chairman and to accuse him
of attempting to secure special
treatment for Pvt. Schine is
branded as false by reference
to the written record and to
the prior Stevens-Adams re-
port itself. At an early date
the chairman. in the presence
of Mr.. Cohn and Mr.. Schine,
suggested to Secretary Stevens
that he lean over backwards to
avoid giving anything which
might be even remotely con-
strued as special consideration
to Mr.. Schine. The fact that
no special consideration of any
kind for Schine was desired
was made clear. the reason
given being that anything
which could be twisted and
distorted by the left-wing
press as special consideration
for Schine would be bad for
both the committee and the
Army.
This insistence on the part
of the chairman was repeated
orally on many occasions, and
after another bargaining at
tempt by Mr.. Adams, the
chairman in writing on De-
cember %, 1853, in a letter to
Secretary Stevens, concluded
as follows:
while / am inclined to
agree that Mr.. Schine would
never have been drafted, ex-
cept because of the fact that
he worked for my committee,
I want to make it clear at
this time that no one has any
authority to request any con-
sideration for Mr.. Schine
other than what other draft
ees get. I think it is extremely
important that this be made
very clear in view of the pres
ent investigation which our
committee is conducting of
Communist infiltration of the
military under the Truman
AcheSon regime.
Let me repeat what I have
said to you before, the course
of this investigation will in
absolutely no way be influ-
enced by the Army's handling
of the case of any individual.
regardless of whether he
worked for my committee or
not
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designated depotS along the
East and West coasts to supply
private steamship companies
and private ship chambers.
The merchandise in question
was manufactured by Stahl-
Meyer and Co., New York City,
and Arthur L. Peirson and Co.
sold the resulting merchandise
at OPA ceiling prices to ship
ping companies and ship
chambers.
The dollar figures alleged by
Senator Mccarthy to have
been drawn by me from the
firm during 1943 and 1914 and
1945 were, with some minor
inaccuracies, profits credited
to my account on the firms
books in those years. -
The only cash withdrawal