Evening star., 1954-04-21
Mccarthy Probe Rules Allow
Both Sides to Cross Examine

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be nominated by Senator Nc
Carthy and confirmed by the
Committee on Government OPP
erations. and Messrs. Cohn and
Carr. or other principals, or any
counsel selected by them.
"2. During the course of these
hearings. it is the rule of this
subcommittee that counsel for
the subcommittee will first COM
plete his questioning of all wit
nesses without interruption or
limitation as to time; then the
chairman will proceed with ques-
tionS for maximum of 10 min
utes without interruption; then
alternating from Democratic to
Republican sides of the table and
from senior members down the
line. each Senator shall proceed
with questions without interrupt
ton for maximum of 10 min
utes. At the conclusion of these
questions, Senator Mccarthy and
Mr.. Welch, or those associated
with them. shall proceed with
questions for a maximum of 10
minutes to each side, after which,
starting with counsel for the
subcommittee, the same proceed
ure will be repeated until ali
those having questions to ask
shall have concluded their inter-
J rogatories.
SO. All examinations in each
case shall proceed without in
terruption except for objections
as to materiality and relevancy.
| "A. If in the course of the pro-
ceedings any motion is presented
or any objection is raised by any
one competent to make an OBJ
| lection, and it is submitted to
the committee for its determina-
tien and there is a tie vote as
to whether the motion will be
adopted or the objection Sus-
tanned, such motion or objection
will not prevail.
No Votes by Proxy.
"5. There will be no votes by
proxy except where the absent
Senator files with the chairman
OF the committee a wire or letter
stating his position upon the
specific issue before the COM
mittee and in which he asks that
his vote be recorded and direct
ing the chairman to record it
accordingly.
IS. Any matter or issue that
may be presented during the
course of these hearing not spe-
cifically covered by the special
rules adopted for these hearings
or covered by the standing rules
OF the subcommittee, shall i'm
mediately be submitted to the
subcommittee for it's determina-
tion by a majority vote.
~. Any member O, the COM
mittee may at any time move
that the committee go into ex-
ecutive session for the purpose
of discussing any issue.
"8. Where these special rules
of the subcommittee do not ap-
ply. the standing rules of the sub
committee. where applicable,
shall control; provided, how
ever, that where these special
rules may conflict with the regu-
lar standing rules of the sub
committee these special rules
shall prevail.
"9. Because of the peculiar ma
ture of the current controversy
and the unusual problems
created because of the positions
of the individuals involved, these
Iprocedural rules are not in any
way intended to establish a pre-
cedent."
Senator Mundt elaborated on
these rules by announcing the
following other intended pro-
ceQufeS or cOnQlt1OnS:
MFR. jenkins will lead off in
the questioning of each witness.
The Army will present it's side
first. The order of calling in
dividual witnesses will be de-
cided by the subcommittee in
consultation with Mr.. Jenkins.
Rotation Questioning.
The rotation system of ques-
tioning is similar to the pro-
cedure used by the Senate
Armed Services and the Foreign
Relations Committee in a joint
inquiry in 1852. That involved
former President Truman's dis
missal of Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur from his Far Eastern COM
mand. That INJURY, however,
differed in many ways from the
Mccarthy Army controversy
with it's charges and counter