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,portant if some members of the
committee were prejudiced."

,portant if some members of the
committee were prejudiced."
Senator Watkins refused
throughout yesterdays session
to comment on this statement,
but after the session ended re-
porterS asked him whether he
had made such a statement. II
don't think I said that at all. "
Senator Watkins replied.
We're not going to have any
Of these outside diversions" he
added. We're not going to in
vestigate this hearing in the
newspapers, TV or kinescope. or
any other way. We're going to
stick to our knitting right here
in the Senate Caucus Room"
A playback of the filmed re-
cording of Senator Watkins
comment Wednesday night
showed that the Senator was
asked: "Is impartiality a re-
quirement of the committee?"
Senator Watkins replied:
mo. The Senators who are
committee members are the same
Senators who are in the Senate
and no one has ever required
that the Senators be impartial.
They don't come here that way.
They come here ordinarily hav-
ing been committed to programs.
having made their own platform
pledges and on many of the pub
lie questions they, of course, are
committed. They have taken
positive stands"
Up to Senate.
Senator Watkins had stated
earlier that his committees job
was to find the facts and leave
the final decision to the full
Senate as to whether or not to
censure Senator Mccarthy.
The chairman said he assumed
the committee would require
Senator Mccarthy to abide by
its rules when his side of the
case is presented next week.
However, he said, since the
Senator in a sense is on trial. the
committee will lean over back
ward to give him every opportu-
ity to present his position.
where there is a doubtful
question, we will probably rule
in favor of the Senator" he
said.
In the hearing yesterday long
passages from the transcript OF
the Army-McC arthy investiga-
ton were read into the record.
Mr.. Chadwick read such
statements as Senator Nc
Carthy's declaration that 1T will
receive all ~the information
can get about wrong doing in
the Federal Government
(and) give that information to
the American people"
Senator McCarthy's lawyer
protested some of this materia
was being read out of context
and did not reflect Senator Nc
Carthy's real position.
Senator Watkins said TIT
committee would consider any
other parts of the transcript
which the lawyer thought shoulc
be included.
1--WE want to get all the rele.
want and pertinent evidence. nc
matter where it leads" Sena.
tor Watkins said. "as long as il
will give light on the charges
that are before the committee
t.. This is to be an about in.
vestigation to get all the facts
no matter who they help Of
hurt"
So, on Mr.. Williams sugges.
ton, into the record went addi-
tional echoes of the Army-Mc.
Carthy hearings, notably Sena.
tor McCarthy's famous declara.
ton:
IT would like to notify those
2 million Federal employees thai
I feel it is their duty to give u!
any information which they have
about graft. corruption, treason
and that there is no loyalty tt
a superior officer which car
tower above and beyond theil
loyalty to their country"
The committee wound up it
evidence on that issue late IL
the morning session. then turnet
to the final accusation:
That Senator Mccarthy ma.
have broken the law by produc
ing the 2A-page summary Of {
secret FBI report on a searcl
for espionage at Fort Monmouth
This is the ''letter" which
stirred up one of the hotties
controversies in the earlier in
vestigation, with Senator Nc
Carthy and his opponents heat
edly debating whether the Sen
ator had any right to receiv
such a document.
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