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gested that this man be court
martialed.
Senator Mccarthy testified he
sent a letter to Army Secretary
Stevens that there was a chance
to serve notice on all officers in
the Army that there would be no
more coddling of Communists,
but that before Mr.. Stevens re-
turned from a trip abroad Maj /.
Peress was removed from the
jurisdiction of the military by
being given an honorable dis
charge. Senator Mccarthy said
he had asked Gen. Zwicker at a
February 18 hearing to find out
the nature of sensitive work"
for which Maj. Peress had ap-
piled.
Mr.. Williams - Did he re-
spond?
Senator Mccarthy No: he
told me he would not give me
tn at information. If I may
quote him verbatim, he said,
Even if I did know, I would
not be privileged to tell you,
under the executive order
which forbids us to discuss mat
tiers of that nature" I pointed
out to him that I thought this
was not security information,
but asked him, in the event, as
Stunning it was. would he ask the
assistant chief of staff of CO to
give him permission to tell us
the truth about this matter: and
he said, mo. I will not" He re-
fused to ask for permission to
give us information, and said,
Il would rely upon the order
and though I have information
I cannot give you the informa-
ton"
Mr.. Williams-To your knowl-
edge. then, or to your knowledge
now. is there any executive or
der which precluded Gen. Zwick-
er from simply stating the ma
ture of those sensitive works fol-
which Maj. Peress applied?
Senator McCarthy-Def1nite
not. on a Truman order or or
an Eisenhower order. so far as
I know; and I think any one
versed in the law would state
that neither applied to this
question.
Mr.. Williams-Prior to Gen
zwicker's appearance before the
committee had you had any
member of the committee staff
interview Gen. Zwicker?
Quizzed by Juliana.
Senator McCarthy-Yes, sir
Mr.. Jim Juliana had interviewed
him.
Mr.. Williams--What did you
expect to develop from Gen
5swicker when you requested his
presence on the 18th Of Febru-
airy. 1854?
Senator McCarthy-Mr. JUL.
ana reported to mel might say
this was an official report from
the staff member to the com.
mittee-that Zwicker said thai
he had objected to the dis
charge; that he talked to the
Pentagon-he did not tell mi
who he talked to at the Penta.
gon-and that he was ordered
to give Peress an immediate dis.
charge, after my letter to Ste
vens came out.
Mr.. Williams want to cal
your attention. Senator, for wha'
1 shall call. for purpose of iden'
tification, the first key question
that was asked of Gen. zwicker
and direct your attention t.
page LAG and to the question
You know"and I am quoting
you-"that somebody signed o.
authorized an honorable dis
charge for this man. knowing
that he was Fifth Amendment
Communist. do you not?" Now
did you get an immediate re-
Spouse to that question?
Senator Mccarthy did not
The answer ! got was he think!
he is. I asked him whether III
knew the discharge was signed
knowing that he was Fifth
Amendment Communist. His an
swer was: IT know that an hon
orable discharge was signed fol
the man." No answer to tn
question.
Mr.. WilliamsI want to cal
the attention Of the witness and
the chair to the question at Page
148. approximately one-third Of
/ the way down the printed page;
THE chairman. Did you also
read the stories about my letter
to Secretary of the Army Stevens
in which I requested, or rather
suggested that this man be court
martialed, and that anyone that
protected him or covered up fof
him be court martialed?
Gen. Zwicker-Yes, sir"
Mr.. Williams-Now, I want to
call your attention. Senator. to
q question at Page 14S, and