Evening star., 1954-04-21
Denies He SOUGHT
Fayors for Schine,
Defends Roy Cohn

statement OF SENATOR MCCuTLfty
detailing his charges against
the Army Department. 1t is
in the form of a letter ad-
dressed to Senator Mundt. Re-
publican. OF South Dakota.
chairman of the temporary
subcommittee Investigating the
Army-McCarthy dispute. 1t is
signed zoe McCGrthy."
This statement is being sub
mitted on behalf of Frank
Carr, executive director of the
staff of the Senate Perma-
nent Subcommittee on Inves-
legations; Roy Cohn, the chief
counsel, and of myself. as
chairman of the subcommit-
tee. 1t is being submitted in
accordance with the request
Of your temporary subcom-
mittee.
We are submitting herewith
what we consider to be perth
nent data concerning the at
tempt by two Army civilians.
Mr.. Robert T. Stevens and Mr..
John G.. Adams. to discredit
the Investigations subcom-
mittee, and to force a discon-
tinuance Of our hearings ex-
posing Communist infiltration
in their department.
l. The most recent docu-
ment furnished by Mr.. Stevens
and Mr.. Adams contains 29
allegations against the sub
committee and against me.
Insofar as these allegations
suggest the use of improper
means" they are without basis
in fact. The statements, "in-
nuendoes," and implications"
contained therein are wholly
unfounded insofar as they
allege Improper means"
It is noted that before we
had any opportunity to submit
an answer to these allegations,
they were released publicly, in
violation of the unanimous
agreement arrived at previ-
ouSly.
2. It is further noted that
these allegations. are not
signed by either Secretary
Stevens or by Mr.. Adams, but
by a Mr.. Joseph N. Welch. who
is described as special coun-
sci" for the Department Of the
Army, and who came into the
situation long after all of the
alleged incidents were sup
posed to have taken place and
who could, therefore, have had
no personal knowledge Of the
matter. It should be noted also
that a law partner of Mr..
WEIGH has, in recent years.
belonged to an organization
found by the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee to be
the legal bulwark" of the
Communist Party, and referred
to by the Attorney General OF
the United States as the legal
mouthpiece" of the Com
munists. This same law part
ner was selected by Mr.. WEIGH
to act as his aide in this mat
ter, and was discharged only
when his Communist-front
connection became publicly
known.
8. The report Of the Penta-
gon officials now purports to
be ALLEGATIONS of the Depart
ment of the Army" So broad
q description is inaccurate and
presumptuous. In their attempt
to stop our exposure OF the
handling Of Communist in
filtration in the Army, Mr..
Stevens and Mr.. Adams have
no right to represent that they
speak for the entire Depart
ment Of the Army, or persons
connected with it, any more
than we could claim the right
to speak for the United States
Senate. 1t is therefore sug-
gested that Mr.. Stevens and
Mr.. Adams be instructed to
file their charges henceforth
In their own names, and to
assume responsibility for their
own acts, rather than to hide
behind the cloak of the entire
Department of the Army and
the millions Of loyal Ameri-
cans who have been, and are
now, connected with it and
who are not in any way in
volved in the present ma
neuvers of these Pentagon
, civilians. They should further
be instructed to tell the sub
committee once and for all who
is pulling the strings to protect
those who in turn have pro-
tected fifth amendment Com
munists.