Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-18

the armed services have 81
drafted doctors and dentists who
have been denied commissions
20 because of very questionable
loyalty"
He said the remaining 81 were
refused commissions because in
some respect other than serious
loyalty doubts they failed to
qualify as officers.
OF the 81, he said, two are in
the Air Force and the rest in
the Army.
Mr.. Wilson said doctors of
questionable loyalty will not be
commissioned.
We'll discharge them before
We'll commission them" he de-
clared.
On the point of whether they
could be given dishonorable dis
charges, Mr.. Wilson said he
thought they could but that the
Army hesitates to do it without
court-martial trials.
Spikes COddling Charge.
Senator Smith, Republican. of
Maine. brought up the question
of "coddling" Communists.
Mr.. Wilson replied that he is
sure that that is not so. He said
that not so many years ago,
when the Russians were our
friends. while the Army was
not coddling Communists maybe
some other people WERE"
Mrs. Smith said there had
been charges the Army was
coddling Communists. She asked
what efforts the Defense Secre-
tary was making to determine
whether this was true.
There has been no indication
of this that I have run across
anywhere. Mr.. Wilson told her.
LAS soon as we find a Com
munist among our officers. out
he gees. They are mean people
to try to handle-they won't CO.
operate with any one"
Mrs. Smith asked again
whether Mr. Wilson planned to
determine whether there had
been any coddling of Reds.
II don't pay much attention to
such talk because it's not SOL
don't need to because it's not
true" he replied.
Crowd Turns Out.
Anticipation that the Stevens
Mccarthy dispute might come
up brought out so many specta-
tors that Chairman Saltonstall
shifted the session from the
committees own hearing room
to the larger Senate caucus room
which seats about $50.
Television and newsreel cam
eras were spotted on the wit
neSSeS.
Mr.. Wilson, reading a pre-
pared statement. said defense
officials welcomed a chance to
discuss 'the vital problem of
dealing with Communists"
This question affects the
morale. the effectiveness and the
prestige of the armed services"
he said.
Senator Mcclellan. Democrat,
of Arkansas, one of the Nc
earthly subcommittee members
assigned to make arrangements
for that groups investigation of
the dispute. said in an inter-
view he sees "only a very slim"
chance that the taking of testi-
mony can start next week. He
said hearings might take 10 days.
Meader Doomed for Job.
Friends of Representative
Meader. Republican, of Michigan
a former counsel to the subcom-
mittee, said they will boom him
for the job of special counsel for
the hearings on the Mccarthy
Army dispute.
Senator Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois a member Of the sub
committee, said in Philadelphia
that the subcommittee will try
to find who compiled the 34-page
Army report criticizing Senator
Mccarthy and Mr.. Cohn.
Senator Mundt said last night
at news conference in Spring.
field, Mass, that evidence will
be turned over to the Attorney
General for consideration of pos
sible perjury charges ''if all the
parties concerned stick to the
stories they have told"
Senator Mundt said he does