Evening star., 1954-09-14
Censure Group Holds
Executive Session,
Makes No Decisions
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for that reason he said he must
refuse to discuss matters before
him.
The report may or may not
recommend censure Of the Wis
consin Republican on any Of the
counts in five categories oficom-
plants.
Chairman Watkins said earlier
that he and his five colleagues
conceivably would submit only
findings Of fact and interpreta-
tions of statutes or regulations
without proposing specific SEN
ate action.
The nature and scope Of the
report will rest on more than
200. 900 words of testimony taken
from 10 witnesses at nine days
of open hearings that ended at
5:18 pm. yesterday. Bulky legal
briefs and mass Of other docu-
ments swelled the record.
Mccarthy Protests.
Senator Mccarthy and his
counsel protested often during
the hearings and again after adj
journment yesterday that Mr..
Chadwick and Mr.. de Furia had
acted as prosecutors" in pre-
senting material and injecting
comments unfavorable to the
Senator.
While disavowing Ill will
against The committee lawyers,
they asserted that those counsel
would have to be "superhuman"
to show impartiality in aiding
the committee in deciding the
conflicting issues and contra
dictory statements and in pre-
pairing a report for the Senate.
Senator Mccarthy, as If antici-
pating an ultimate decision
against independent" counsel.
told a television audience later
that the procedure smacked too
much Of "a district attorney
writing an opinion in a case he
had vigorously prosecuted"
The committee took the re.
quest under advisement but only
after several members paid trib-
ute to the assistance given by
their counsel. Chairman Watkins
reminded every one concerned
that the committee will do the
deciding on the report or recon.
lnendations and that the Senate
itself will be the final author
ity."
Statement Reread.
The open hearings ended al
most as they began. Chairman
Watkins reread his first day
statement promising fairness.
thoroughness. orderly procedure,
and determination on the part
of all members to do justice ir-
respective of what they may
have read, heard or voiced about
Senator Mccarthy in the past.
I The final day found Brig. Gen.
Ralph w. Zwicker on the stand
from 1920. An. to $3.50 pm. The
former Camp Kilmer, N. j. COM
mander whom Senator Mccarthy
was accused Of having abused"
at a Senate Permanent Investi.i
cations subcommittee hearing in
New. York last February, cli-
maxed$ his testimony by disclos-
ing that:
He personally opposed the pros
motion and honorable discharge
of Mai. Irving Peress, and also
very much opposed any Army
officer taking refuge In the Fifth
Amendment.
Senator Mccarthy severely
criticized Gen. Zwicker at the
hearing last February for ex-
pressing no opinion or refusing
to answer various questions
about Mai. Peress, denounced by
Senator Mccarthy as being a
Fifth Amendment" Communist
for invoking that amendment
when asked about Communist
aff1liations.
VI Don't Know"
Mr.. Williams wanted to know
why Gen. Zwicker had not given
his personal opinion last Febru-
ary 1S as he did yesterday, thus
avoiding much Of the subsequent
trouble.
II don't know" the general re-
piled. II am much, much more
familiar with proceedings and
hearings and what I could say
and shouldn't say. than I was
on February 49,"
Gen. Zwicker testified, how
ever, that he had not objected
officially to the promotion or dis
charge Of DR.. Peress. He insisted
that he was following orders
literally and that any decisions
concerning DR.. Peress had been
determined by superiors. He
said he informed First Army
Headquarters that DR.. Peress, at
his own request. was being Inn
mediately separated from the
service February 2 instead Of
waiting the 90 days given him
in the orders covering such
separations.
Testimony by James N. Juli-
ana, an investigator for Senator
McCarthy's subcommittee. and
| George AnaStoS. an assistant