Evening star., 1954-04-21
BY Robert K. WoIsh

The Mccarthy Army fight
swept toward the open arena to-
day with some precedent break
ing ground rules adopted for the
the Senate investigating subcom-
mittee hearings.
For the purposes Of this in
veStigation Senator Mccarthy
temporarily must give up his
place and official privileges on
the subcommittee he ordinarily
heads.
But the Wisconsin Republican.
like his adversaries from the
Pentagon, will sit at a far end
of the subcommittee table and
be allowed to question witnesses.
The other questioning will be
done by Ray H. jenkins, Subcom-
mittee counsel. and by the seven
investigating Senators. them
selves.
The televised and broadcast
sessions are to begin at 1890
am. tomorrow. They will run
for about two hours in the morn
ings and another two hours in
the afternoons as long as neces-
sary, Senator Mundt, Repub-
lican of South Dakota, an
nounced.
DwOrshak Joins Probe.
Senator Mundt serves as
chairman of the investigating
subcommittee of four Repub-
lican and three Democratic Sen
ators. With Senator Mccarthy
stepping aside as a member, a
fourth Republican was added
yesterday by the subcommittee,
on nomination of Senator Nc
Carthy. He is Senator Dwor-
shak OF Idaho. a member of the
Government Operations Com
mittee. parent of the subcom-
mittee and also headed by Sem
ator Mccarthy.
Announcing unanimous ap-
proval of the ground rules at
meetings of the subcommittee
and full committee late yester-
day. Senator Mundt disclosed
Senator Mccarthy dictated a
memorandum to him by tele-
phone from Texas earlier in the
day. This directed that the full
committee meeting be called for
action on the rules and on Sen
ator McCarthy's nomination of
Senator Dworshak, Senator
Mundt said. The rules were
adopted unanimously. Senator
Dworshak voted against his own
nomination but it was approved
IL, Senator Mundt, added.
PrecedentS Broken.
The ground rules differ funda-
mentally in at least one major
aspect from all previous con-
gressionaf committee hearings,
m that all principals or their at
torneys in the Mccarthy Army
feud will have the right to ques-
ton all witnesses.
Previously, the Mccarthy sub
committee always has operated
under the following rule on this
point: ANY person who is the
subject of an investigation in
public hearings may submit
questions for the cross examina-
ton of other witnesses called by
the subcommittee by submitting
such questions in writing to the
chairman. With the consent of
the majority of the subcommit-
tee then present, these questions
will be put to the witness by a
member or counsel of the sub,
committee.
Rules Outlined.
Here are the rules for the
hearings opening tomorrow:
Il. For all purposes of these
hearings Senator Mccarthy will
not participate in any of the de-
liberation of the subcommittee.
in any Of its votes, or in the
writing of the report, and he will
nominate some other Republican
member of the Committee on
Government Operations to re-
place him on the subcommittee
during these hearings for such
purposes. It is the understanding
and the rule of this subcommit-
tee that during these hearings
Senator Mccarthy or his counsel
and counsel for Messrs. Stevens
and Adams, Cor MeSSrs. Stevens
and Adams themselves) or other
principals involved in the con-
troversy. shall have the same
right to cross examine as the
members of the subcommittee.
"These same rights shall also
prevail for the new Republican