Evening star., 1954-09-13
Mccarthy and Lawyer
Tell Lies Dr.. Peress
TeIegrapIls Watkins
BY The Associated Pres.

lelegTdpnS watkins
BY The Associated Pres.
NEW YORK, Sept. l3.-Dr.
Irving Peress, the starting point
of much Of Senator McCarthy's
conflict with the Army, said last
night the Senator and his law
yer had told downright lies"
about DR.. PereSs In the current
Mccarthy censure hearings.
DR.. Peress. former Army den
tist described by Senator Nc
Carthy as q fifth Amendment
Communist" made the charge in
a telegram to Senator Watkins,
Republican, of Utah. head of the
Senate committee studying CEN
sure charges against Senator Nc
Carthy.
Dr.. Peress made the telegram
public here.
He said certain statements by
Senator Mccarthy and the Sen
ator's counsel, Edward Bennett
Williams. Should be corrected
In your committees records"
Denies Clearance Application.
DR.. Peress said that at the
September 8 session Of the Wat
kins committee, Mr.. Williams
asked this question Of Senator
Mccarthy:
Did there come time in the
Interrogation of Mai. Peress
when he was asked about an
application that he had made
while at Camp Kilmer for sensi-
tive work which required a secu-
rity clearance for him?"
DR.. Peress said Senator Nc
Carthy. replied: Eyes, sir. there
did come that time, Mr.. williams.
The reason for the question was
that we had the file. We knew
ne had applied for security clear
ance to handle either secret or
confidential work"
DR.. Peress told Senator Wat
kins in his telegram, 'I applied
for no security clearance at any
time. I performed no sensitive
work at any time. I did dental
work and dental work only. r
would like to have my Army
dental service record made
public"
Denies Falsifying Affidavits.
DR.. Peress was promoted to
major and later received an
honorable discharge shortly after
he had claimed the privilege of
the fifth amendment when asked
questions about Communist ac-
tivities by Senator McCarthy's
investigating committee.
He quoted Mr.. Williams as
saying at the Washington hear
ing that Maj. Peress had falsi-
fed his Army affidavits."
This, too, is an outright lie,"
DR.. Peress said. Il have not
falsified any affidavits, nor can
Mccarthy produce any falsified
af1idavits."
According to the transcript
of the watkins hearing, Mr..
Williams full statement was:
WAS it Gen. (Ralph W05
zwicker's Commander of Camp
Kilmer) position as he testi-
fed here that ifahe bad learned
that Maj. Peress had stolen $50.
he could have stopped his dis
charge and would have stopped
his discharge, but the knowledge
Of the fact that he had been
q member of the Communist
Party and had faHified his Army
afhdavits on that subject. that
knowledge was not enough to
preclude the honorable dis
charge that was given to him
On ceDTudTy
Challenges Eagle Quotation.
Dr.. Peress also challenged
Senator McCarthy's quoting Of
Ruth Eagle. a New York Police
Department undercover agent. as
saying DR.. Peress was IAN i'm
portant functionary Of the Com
lnunist Party"
DR.. Peress said "a reading Of
the Ruth Eagle testimony of
February 18.1954, will prove that
at no point did Ruth Eagle
identify me as an important
functionary of the Communist
Party
He added, There are numer-
Gus other untruth or half truths
In Mr.. McCarthy's testimony
concerning me.
II bring these facts to your
attention in the hope that the
standards of honesty and fair
play established by this commit
tee will prevail in my case. and
you will see At to correct the
records in accordance with the
truth"