Evening star., 1954-05-04

whom he described as having
"top-secret clearance for tele-
communications" Mr.. Jenkins
objected that the merits of in
dividual cases were immaterial.
Senator Mccarthy argued. how
ever, that when Mr.. Stevens said
that none of the cases at Fort
Monmouth were Communists,
that was 80 clearly false" that
the Senator had no choice but
to bring out the Secretary's
knowledge on the record.
Morning Session Ends.
| He again demanded to know
whether Mr.. Stevens believed
none of the cases were Commu-
nists.
$50 far as I know" Mr.. Ste
venS replied, that is a fact.
+. Are you speaking of Fort
Monmouth"
II am talking about the Army
Signal Corps" Senator Nc
Carthy said.
ooh. that's a lot different" /"
said Mr.. Stevens. my answer
has been directed solely at the
Fort Monmouth cases."
It was at this point the morn
ing session ended.
Senator Mccarthy and Mr..
Cohn yesterday pounded Secre-
tary Stevens with another all
day cross-examination. It was
interrupted only briefly for a
stormy bit of testimony from
Mr.. Adams and the squawking,
gurgling testimony of Dicta-
phone machine.
Senator Mccarthy was trying
to prove that the Army had pro-
posed last October that he issue
a press release calling off his
hearings on alleged SubverSion
db EOAt INOAILAAOuClls
Point Fails.
To answer this accusation,
Secretary Stevens proposed a
Dictaphone belt which he said
recorded the voice of Mr.. Adams
debating the first draft of a pro-
posed Mccarthy press release
which, incidentally, never was
issued.
The Mccarthy camp encour-
aged the hearing to settle for a
written transcript of the record
ing. The Army, however, at
tempted to play the recording
through the public address sys-
tenn so that every one-including
the radio and TV audience
could hear Mr.. Adams own voice.
Mr.. Adams held the Dicta-
phone speaker near a micro
phone and turned on the ma
chine. The belt spun. There were
some tentative crackles and pops.
Then a screech and a howl and,
in the background. Mr.. Adams
voice, which seemed to gurgle.
Subcommittee Chairman Mundt
banged the gavel to announce the
experiment had failed. Mr..
Adams angrily switched off the
machine. And Mr.. .Cohn, who
was against the recording in the
first place, laughted.
Proposal Read into Record.
Mr.. Jenkins then read into the
record a transcript of the Army
proposal for a Mccarthy press
release.
Senator Jackson said the state
ment contained nothing that the
Fort Monmouth hearings would
be stopped.
Senator Mccarthy then read
two sentences from press re-
lease that the Army had pro-
posed for the Senator.
One read: II have every conf
dence that Secretary Stevens
and the Army will now immed-
lately and effectively continue
the Investigations already under
taken by the subcommittee"
Another sentence read: 81 be-
lieve that our recent hearings
have brought their names out
and from here forward the Army
should be able to finish the job
we have started"
"Is this the language you
wanted me to make public?"
asked Senator Mccarthy.
Mr.. Adams, looking worried
and perplexed,, reached across
the table to get the document
from Senator Mccarthy. Mr..
Adams asked blandly, May I
see it?"
Senator Mccarthy handed Mr..
Adams the document and added
helpfully, 81 have marked on
page and 2 where I read"
Reads Final Paragraph.
Mr.. Adams. once he had the
document firmly in his hand,
yelled at Senator Mccarthy:
Eyes. I wanted to make it
public in context with the final
paragraph"
Mr.. Adams then angrily read
the final paragraph: There are
still some witnesses under sub
poena by the subcommittee and
they will be heard later this
week in New York in executive
session. Following these hear
ings, it is our present plan to
hold open hearings on the same
subject. probably in New York" !"
Mr.. Adams continued to
shout: "That doesn't mean clos
ing the hearings"
Then he threw the document
back across the tabla> toward