Evening star., 1954-04-30

out OF the pockets Of our people In
taxes is put to the best use, If nothing
else.
It was mistake to draft him in the
first place. when he was doing impor-
tant work in helping to eliminate Com
munists. Many men are deferred for
less cause.
&c. M.
Senator McCarthy's conversation with
his chief assistant. Mr.. Cohn, must have
dwindled down to the point that it goes
something like this:
Mccarthy to Cohn: Everybody is
crazy except me and thee, and some
times I have my doubts about thee"
/. Mcdonald.
AS far as the Army side. Of the Nc
Carthy-Stevens case is concerned, it
involves nothing more than pressure
being brought to favor q private; and
who in heaven is interested in the pri-
vate? Moreover, testimony already ad-
duced shows that there have been thou
sands of such requests including those
OF two OF the Senators now sitting in
judgment. To maintain that lie, if
any such, can in this respect be serious
is ridiculous. How about The Star car
toon published during the Tydings
whitewash of Communists that showed
Stain and Mccarthy in bed together
the most scurrilous have yet seen and
the least supported by fact? Would
The Star maintain today that it was
not lie of the basest sort? But The
Star can beat its breast over the posi-
bility of lying in seeking favors for
private that were never granted.
The seriousness lies not in the lying
but in the Army seeking by any means,
fair or foul. to squelch any further in
veStlgation; and it does not take oral
evidence to support this charge. The
Army'S actionS-trumped-up obstacles
in the Monmouth inquiry; the asinine
charges about Schine spearheaded by
Counsel Adams; the concentration
OF the Army staff from Gen. Ridgway
down at the hearings, when they should
be attending to the Nations affairs
are enough in themselves to prove be-
yond doubt that the Army is concealing
something of most serious nature.
Joseph N. Nielsen.
I note with apprehension that in his
column Of April %, David Lawrence has
made known his discovery that the due
process of law clause of our Constitu-
tion is tinged with communism. No
doubt further research will show that
King Edward III of England, from
whose reign in the 14th century the
origins of the due-process phrase can
be traced, was an agent of the Kremlin.
Alas! More than just the fifth amend
ment of our Constitution is Red tool.
Briefly, Mr.. Lawrence contends that
lnSiStence on due process of law in
congressional inveStigatory procedures
would hamstring the investigating bod
les. This is because most of the wit
nesses called before a congressional
committee couldn't be exposed or sub
jected to court trial because the time
limit of applicability of the law has
passed or because the activity was not
in itself unlawful"
Mr.. Lawrence advocates exposure of
witnesses before congressional investi-
eating committees. Is he concerned
with their breaches of the law? No.
Indeed the logical implication Of his
column is that due process of law is
all right for lawbreakers because the
courts can try and convict them. 1t
is the man under suspicion of not
having committed crime, the mere
witness, who is not entitled to due
process Of law. Committee witnesses
are not to have the projections we
accord the most hardened criminal
undergoing trial.
Due process of law represents great
paving stones in the road man has
built toward the goal of civilizing him.
self. Due process is the INSTITUTIONAL
zation of fair play. Our history shows
the development of a conviction of the
dignity and intrinsic Importance of the
individual human being. The most
hardened criminal, the most furtive
Communist agent, is a human being,
and we should be repelled by the notion
that he be treated as less.
Careful and often monumentally diff
flcult police work may be needed to