Evening star., 1954-04-01
Bostonion Is Named
Counsel for Army,
Mccarthy Inquiry
Begins Work Monday;
Hearings Expected
To Sturt Week Later
By Cecil HoIIond

committee today named Samuel
P. Sears of Boston as special
counsel for the investigation of
the bitter McCarthy-Army con-
troversy, breaking logjam that
has stalled the inquiry.
Acting Chairman Mundt, Re-
publican, of South Dakota, said
Mr.. Sears, a 58-year-old Har-
vard-educated lawyer, will be-
gin his work Monday.
Senator Mundt added t44at
public hearings will start early
in the following week.
Senator Mundt said the sub
committee will meet Monday
with Mr.. Sears to consider
ground rules for the investiga-
ton. This will involve the issue
of whether Senator Mccarthy
will be given the right to cross
examine witnesses, as he has de-
manded, despite the fact that he
is party to the controversy.
Approval Is Unanimous.
Senator Mundt, who is replac-
ing Senator Mccarthy as sub
committee chairman for the in
vestigation, said the selection of
Mr.. Sears was by a unanimous
vote of six subcommittee mem
berS - three Republicans and
three Democrats.
The subcommittee had been
searching for special counsel
for more than two weeks.
Senator McCarthy's Office was
informed of the selection. Sena-
tor Mundt said. only 10 minutes
before the public announcement
at a news conference. The Wis
conSin Republican, who is in New
York, has withdrawn from taking
part in subcommittee decisions
on the controversy.
Mr.. Sears was present when
Senator Mundt announced the
appointment. He said he is a Re-
publican and a Unitarian.
Mr.. Sears, holding black pipe
in his hands, spoke briefly at the
news conference. He said he was
fully aware of the responsibility
that is mine" in takirG the job
and what it entails"
Will Avoid PartisanShip.
He added that he would con-
duct the investigation as "dis-
passionately as I can" and would
seek to carry out the assign
ment without letting partisan
ship enter into it."
The lawyer said the assign
ment would interfere with his
practice, but he felt no one
should say mo" when asked to
take a position of this kind ex-
cept for some very special reason.
Senator Mundt told reporters
that Mr.. Sears was suggested
originally by Senator Saltonstall,
Republican, of Massachusetts,,
and was on an original panel
of seven lawyers considered for
the post.
The Senator added that Mr..
Sears had been vacationing in
the Caribbean and the South
west and was reached in Texas
yesterday and offered the po-
sition. Mr.. Sears arrived here
last night and will go to Boston
before returning here to begin
work.
Key Role in Probe.
Mr.. Sears will have a key role
In the subcommittee investiga-
ton of the headline-making con-
troversy between Senator Nc
Carthy and the Army. The Army
has charged that Senator Nc
Carthy and Roy M. Cohn, the
subcommittee'S regular counsel,
exerted pressure on it to obtain
special treatment for G. David
Schine, former subcommittee
consultant and now an Army
private.
Denying these charges, Sena-
tor Mccarthy and Mr.. Cohn &C
cused Secretary of the Army Ste
vens and John G.. Adams, Army
counsel, of using "blackmail tao
tics" and seeking to turn an in
vestigation of Communists-in-
uniform from the Army to the
Navy, Air Force and Defense
Department itself.
enator Mundt said Mr.. Sears
had agreed to stay as special
counsel until the case is COM
pleted."
Objected to Contributions.
Mr.. Sears, who received his
bachelor of arts and law degrees
from Harvard, was asked if he
ever had a dispute with the dean
of the Harvard Law School about
communism, He replied that he