The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-06
Transcript OF Mel arthy-Army
Hearings To Dept. OF Justice
WASHINGTON @-Senators in

vestigating the McCarthy-Army
controversy decided unanimously
today to send a transcript of the
hearings to the Justice Depart
ment-a step ordinarily taken
when there are questions of per-
jury or other possible law viola
lions.
Sen. Mcclellan DARK moved
that the transcript 60 to the JUS
tice Department ''for such atten-
ton and consideration as it may
merit"
Immediately afterwards, Sen.
Symington (D-Mo) read a state.
ment claiming there had been a
violation of law by whoever gave
Sen. Mccarthy material from an
FBI report relating to security
risks at Fl. Monmouth, NJ.
Symington spoke of the material,
which Mccarthy had brought into
the hearing, as "this fraudulent
letter."
Mccarthy retorted that Syming-
ton and Sen. Jackson (D-Wash)
were attempting to obstruct the
roofing Of Communists out of the
government.
Mccarthy said Symington and
Jackson, who once left the McCar-
thy subcommittee in a row with
Mccarthy, were part of secret
effort" to obstruct the committee.
81 find they are doing every
thing possible to keep this commit
tee from functioning," Mccarthy
said.
Symington had said someone was
absolutely guilty" of giving Sc
cret information ''to someone not
authorized to see it," an obvious
reference to McCarthy's getting
the material from the FBI report.
Mccarthy, in producing his doc
ument on Tuesday, described it as
1851 letter from FIJI Director J.
Edgar Hoover to Maj. Gen. A. r.
Boiling, then Array chief of intel
ligence.
But yesterday the senators in
vestigating the row between Nc
earthly and the Army had one of
their staff check with Hoover. He
reported Hoover said there never
was a letter from him such as
McCarthy's 24 page document but
that some of the material, with
the subject matter, was the same
as in a 15-page FBI report.
Mccarthy took the witness chair
and testified under oath that the
material was given him by an
Army intelligence officer. He re-
fused to name the officer.
The senator .swore too that he
had believed it was in fact letter
from Hoover to Boiling at the time
he offered it to the investigating
committee, but had learned after
offering it that it was not letter.
He said this information came to
him from Roy Cohn, general coun-
sci to his investigating committee.
He didn't say how Cohn learned
this.
In today's exchange, Mccarthy
charged Symington was trying to
punish those who dare to give out
information about espionage in Sc
cret radar laboratories" ct. Mon
mouth, N.J.).
Symington retorted he would not
take the subcommittee time to
discuss with Mccarthy whether
"my record for building forces
against Communist advances is
equal or superior to his" Syming-
ton was first secretary of the Air
Force and later chairman Of the
National Security esourceS
Board.
Symington repeated that the let
ter brought out by Mccarthy was
fraudulent" in that the informa-
ton had been altered to make it
appear as a letter when it was
not. He said he did not question
whether the facts in the paper
were accurate.
Ray H. Jenkins, special counsel
for the investigating subcommit-
tee, brought an end to the out
burst with a demand that no fur
Their discussion be permitted. He
said the letter was explored fully
yesterday and further charges
and counter.charges would be a
waste of time"
There was no argument over
McClellan's proposal to send the
transcript of hearings to the JUS
tice Department.
Chairman Mundt (R-SD) said the
committee already had planned to
do so, but had not sent the trans
scripts to the department yet.
Mcclellan proposed that each
transcript be sent to the Justice
Department in the future as soon
as it is prepared, This was part of
his motion as adopted.
Secretary of the Army Stevens
waited patiently in the witness
chair while the senators had their
exchange.
Once given the opportunity to
speak, Stevens read statement
from FIJI Director Hoover prais.
inc ARMY cooperation with the