Evening star., 1954-06-05
SENATOR SYMINGTON.

SENATOR SYMINGTON.
February 20, 1854. 1905 am.
Mr.. Stevens phoned Senator
Symington.
Mr.. Stevens-I wanted to call
you and tell you of the develop
mentS. That is. when I got in
the Office this morning ! found
out for the first time where
Senator Mccarthy was. Believ-
ing it is fair to put all the cards
on the table at all times. I
wanted to call him and tell him
that I had called on all the
members of the committee I
could find yesterday and that I
had said that I did not intend
to produce Zwicker, and I told
him that did not intend to
have this abuse of our profess
sional officer corps continued.
You can imagine what hap
pened. He really started to beat
my brains out.
Senator Symington - Don't
worry about that.
Mr.. StevenS-I am a "coddler
of Reds" you see.
Senator Symington-Did you
have anybody on the phone?
Mr.. Stevens-Yes, I did.
Senator Symington-That is
good. Keep the recording.
Mr.. StevenS-He blew his lid
and finally he said, will you
accept a subpoena for 10
O'Clock Tuesday morning?" and
I said, II will take that under
advisement." He said, "Are you
refusing?" I said. "I am not re-
fusing to appear at all. will
take it under advisement." He
said, "You are subpoenaed for
10 o'clock Tuesday morning. He
didn't say what committee or
where.
Senator Symington-Just keep
IL all down on paper.
Mr.. StevenS-I wanted to post
you on what had transpired. I
would gather from that he prob
ably is shifting to Washington
and had men for witness be-
cause I told him I was not going
to produce Zwicker.
Senator Symington i He just
called me, his man did, and
said he would not have Zwicker
on Tuesday if I felt this way
about it; if it was cursory on my
part that he would go ahead
with the hearing, but if it was
more than cursory, that he would
postpone the hearing until I
got back.
Mr.. Stevens-It is postponed
then?
Senator Symington-Yes.
Mr.. {Stevens-I guess he is
calling another meeting now for
the purpose of beating my brains
out.
Senator Symington-I wouldn't
show until I am here. wouldn' t
go until I am here.
Mr.. Stevens-That is one rea-
son why I am calling you.
Senator Symington-I will get
into that with Clifford.
Mr.. Stevens-I put in a call for
John Mcclellan, too, and I
talked to him just before your
call came on.
Senator Symington-I lust
wouldn't go. Let me talk to Cliff
ford about it, and will call you.
20 February 1854. 1925. Sena-
tor Symington phoned Mr.. Ste
VenS.
Senator Symington-I talked
to our legal friend. He thinks
1t was a mistake for you to call
Mac. am writing this letter to
Mac: Senator Mccarthy.
Dear Mr.. Mac:
"Dick Lavenia of our staff
called this morning to say you
are agreeable to postpone the
Zwicker hearing until March 10
or thereafter. Thank you very
much.
Secretary Stevens also told
me this morning you were going
to subpoena him this next Tues
day, February %. Because of
my great interest in this entire
matter, I would greatly appreci-
ate your also postponing any
hearing with respect to Secretary
Stevens or the Army.
II am,
Sincerely yours"
I would suggest two things to
you, old fellow. One, let's counter
punch this stuff and not lead.
Two, I think your people over
there are pretty harassed and I
don't blame them, but maybe
some of them can't see the
forest for the trees. This boy
gets awfully rough. would use
those telephone numbers I gave
you yesterday. He has a deep,
it could be deeper, dislike for
your opponent, you see."
Mr.. Stevens+Wen, Stu, I tell
you. probably it was poor poll
tics and poor judgment to call
him. I just felt that having gone
and called on members of his
committee, it was the right thing
to do and it would not give him
a chance to say that we go
around behind his back.
Senator Symington-I think
that is probably pretty smart.
but you are the Secretary of the
Army and you can do anything
you please, but I would not leave
with him unless you talk with
my friend. That is Just for what
it is worth.
Mr.. Stevens-I know it . is
worth a lot.
Senator Symington-It isn't a
question Of politics at all. It is a
question of the integrity and