Evening star., 1955-03-09
Mccarthy Alleges
Army Has Another
Communist Major
By l. Edeor Primo

Senator Mccarthy today came
up with what he says is another
Communist major in the Army.
The Wisconsin Republican
made the charge while question
ing Wilbur M. Brucker, Defense
Department general counsel. at
a Senate Government Operations
subcommittee hearing on the
Federal security system.
He did not mention the Off
GERS name but gave his serial
number-01046319-and his ad-
dress-APO 122, New York.
Links Him to Red College.
The Senator, who asserted
that he had recently" brought
the matter to the attention of
Army Secretary Stevens. said
the major had been a member
of Communist fronts and a di-
rector of a Communist college in
Arkansas.
ITO be a director of a Com
munist college you have to be,
obviously, a Communist" the
Senator said.
Senator Mccarthy is still at
war with the Army over the lat
ter's handling of the case of Maj.
Trying Peress, a dentist whom the
Senator has called "a Fifth
Amendment Communist"
Senator Mccarthy was not
present a few minutes earlier
when Mr.. Brucker. former Gov
ernor of Michigan. told the SUBJ
committee that the military serv-
ices refused to accept known
Communists or subversives and
that if investigations show these
types of persons in uniform steps
are taken to eliminate them from
active duty.
Senator Mccarthy said he
brought up the Arkansas ma
jor's case because he wanted to
know what the procedure is"
when the Army gets into such
a situation.
Colonel Gives Answer.
Mr.. Brucker called on Col. w.
A. Perry. of the Office of the AS
sistant Chief of Staff for Intel
ligence CD, to supply the an
swer. The colonel gave this ex-
PLANTATION:
"The first step is to investigate
the allegations-to get all the
facts. If the allegations are suf-
ficiently serious to start with
and the individual is in a sensi-
tive spot he is removed while
the investigation is going on.
After the investigation is
completed the findings are re-
viewed by CO. to determine
whether the individual should be
removed from the Army. Ga
recommends-if for removable
GIL (personneD where boards
act in the name of the Secre-
tary of the Army. There is a
hearing and a review and the
case is decided at the Secretary
of the Army level"
Senator Mccarthy had no fur
ther questions on the subject.
Quizzed on Draft Evasion.
The subcommittee is holding
hearings on a resolution by Sen
ator Humphrey, Democrat. OF
Minnesota. to set up a special
commission to study the entire
internal security field.
Asked by Senator Humphrey
whether a young man could
evade the draft by joining the
Communist Party or subversive
organization, the former Michi-
gan Governor said military in
telligence watches for any such
action and that there has been
no problem along this line.
Senator Symington, Democrat
of Missouri, asked why subver-
sives could not be inducted and
put in labor battalions or non
sensitive positions.
Mr.. Brucker replied that there
are no labor battalions" and
there is no non-sensitive post
left in the military that I can
find" He said every one in the
Army comes into contact with
sensitive matters some time or
other.
Favors Labor Battalion.
Pressed as to what can be
done to preclude the avoidance of
military duty by subversives, Mr..
Brucker said he personally would