Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09

tailored brown suit setting of
the pink Of his face and the
|china-doll blue of his eyes,. Beck |
was a study in technicolor as he
faced committeeman, reporters,
photographers and television
viewers.
Along with his new lawyer,
Edward Bennett williams, Beck |
appeared to have acquired a new
Idemeanor. No less reticent thanl
before. he was considerably less |
cocky. He held his answers to a
minimum decline to answer"
and left the speechmaking and
RECOMMENDATION to Mr.. williams.
The lawyer. for his part, made
it clear from the outset that MIR. |
Beck was not going to be very
helpful. Mr.. Williams told the
committee that ION May 2 oil
this year the witness was in
dicted by the Federal Grand
Jury in the Western District of
Washington for income tax eva
SION"
Asks Hearing be Delayed
Mr.. Williams then formally re-
quested that "the appearance Of
this witness be deferred" until
after his trial, and said, This
committee must now make AM
educated choice whether the
trial or this investigation is more
important"
The lawyer also questioned the
committees right to sit until a
successor is named to take the
place of the late Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican of Wisconsin.
who died last Thursday. Mr.. Will
liams pointed out that the re-
solution setting up the select
committee specified that It'll
should be bipartisan, with four
Republican and four Democratic
members.
Both points were overruled BY
Senator Mcclellan, who later an
nounced that the parliamentary
ian Of the Senate had affirmed
the right Of the committee to sit.
Mr.. Williams objection was
rendered moot later in the day
when Vice President Nixon an.
pointed Senator Curtis Of Ne
braska to fill the Republican
vacancy on the committee.
Queries Beck on Statement
The chairman told Mr..
Williams the committee was not
particularly interested in pur-
suing Beck's financial troubles.
What the committee was inter-
ested in. Senator Mcclellan said,
was a remark attributed to Beck
at Galveston. Tex. on April is,
to the effect that If he had talked
in his earlier appearance before
the committee it would have
blown the lid right of the Sem
ate.
Senator Mcclellan asked Beck
what 1t was he wanted to say,
and the labor leader said:
Il decline to answer the, ques-
ton on the ground that an an
swer might tend to incriminate
me-"
Gaveling down a roar Of laugh
ter, Chairman Mcclellan pressed
Beck again unavailingly. Finally,
the chairman asked Beck If he
understood that the committee
is giving you the opportunity
Beck said he understood this.
Balks at Witness Queries
The questioning then turned
to the whereabouts Of four wit
nesses sought by the committee.
They are Beck's namesake sen,
union auditor Fred Verschueren,
ST., and two Beck kinsmen, Jo-
seph McEvoy and Norman Ges-
sert. Beck declined on rs occa-
sions to answer questions rela-
tive to these four-one of his
refusals being as to whether he
knew Dave Beck, jr.
"a Seattle newspaper re-
ported last night that young
Beck, McEvoy and Gessert had
been located across the Ca
madam border in Vancouver.
Beck. the paper said, had been
staying in a hotel and the
others in a motel. They paid
their bills and checked out
early Yesterday
Mr.. Kennedy said he has been
informed by a Government
source that the party still is in
British Columbia today.