Evening star., 1954-09-13
Knew
0fSecurity Ban,
zwicker Says
General Testifies
Senator Wus Told
Of Presidents Order
BY Cecil Holland and
jones Y. Newton

JomeS i. newton
Brig. Gen. Ralph w. Zwicker
testified today that Senator
Mccarthy received advance no.
tice that security orders would
prevent the general from testi-
flying freely about the Peress
case at closed New York hear
ing last February 18.
Gen. zwicker, a trim, ramrod-
straight officer wearing five rows
of ribbons denoting Army deco
rations, appeared before the
Special Senate Committee inves-
tigating censure moves against
Senator Mccarthy.
One of the censure charges is
that the Wisconsin Republican
abused Gen. zwicker during the
New York hearings and said he
was unfit to wear the uniform.
At the time and during the cur
rent inquiry, Senator Mccarthy
referred to Gen. Zwicker as "the
most arrogant and the most
evasive witness ever questioned
by his Senate Investigating SUBJ
committee.
Other Developments.
Other developments as the
committee pushed into it's ninth
and possibly last day of hearings
were:
l. Gen. Zwicker testified he
had searched his memory and
was unable to recall ever refer
ring to Senator Mccarthy as
that S. o. b. during the
February New York hearings.
The committee was told last
week by William j. Harding, a
New York sales agent, that he
overheard Gen. Zwicker mutter
that remark under his breath.
2. Gen. Zwicker said Senator
Mccarthy told him at the con-
clusion of his appearance at the
New York hearing that he would
be called back "and put on dis
play to the public so they can
see what kind of incompetent
officers we have in the Army"
8. Capt. William John Wood
ward, a medical officer who ac-
companied Gen. zwicker to the
New York hearing, testified that
he overheard Senator Mccarthy
refer to Gen. Zwicker during the
Generals testimony as "the first
Fifth Amendment General we've
had before u.s."
4. Gen. zwicker said that he
did not recall discussing Sena-
tor Mccarthy in any way with
Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton, re-
tired Army commander at Fort
Monmouth, N. j. Gen. Lawton
testified Saturday that early last
December he had discussed Sem
ator Mccarthy with Gen.
Zwicker. He said that while he
could recall no direct quotations,
Gen. Zwicker's attitude toward
Senator Mccarthy was "antago-
nistic."
Called in Peress Case.
Gen. Zwicker was called before
the New York hearing of Sena-
tor McCarthy's Senate Investi-
eating subcommittee to testify
about an honorable discharge
given Maj. Irving Peress, a New
York dentist. Senator Mccarthy
has described the dentist as a
fifth amendment Communist"
Gen. Zwicker, in questioning
by Assistant Committee Counsel
Guy G. de Furia, testified that
in his capacity as commander of
Camp Kilmer, N. j., where Maj.
PereSs was stationed, he received
separation orders for the dentist
last January %. He said the
orders called for the separation
of Maj. Peress by honorable dis
charge at "the earliest prac-
ticable date" and not more than
80 days from the date the orders
were received.
Senator Mccarthy has
charged the Army gave Maj.
Peress an honorable discharge
after he had been called before
the subcommittee and had re-
fused to answer questions re-
garding alleged Communist as
sociations and activities.
Told Mccarthy Aide.
Gen. Zwicker testified he COM
municated the order to George
Anastos, one of Senator Nc
Carthy's investigators, on jan
uary %, the day it was received,
and informed Maj. Peress of the
orders on January "a.
"It was done by telephone at
my own initiative" Gen. Zwicker
said, in referring to the notice
(See CENSURE, Page A-4.)