Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-03

untrue story he soon would b.
Caught up with"
These were kind words about
the press from a man sharply
critical Of most Of it, and they
told Mr.. Nixon and the admins
tration exactly where to head in
Peress Case Arises
At about this time, lendine
support to his charges and givine
him a specific example the ad.
ministration never satisfactorily
explained. Senator Mccarthy
came across the case of Mai. Irv-
ing Peress. an Army dentist
who had been promoted and SUBJ
sequently given an honorable dis
charge although he had clearly
written across his papers a re-
fusal to answer questions of 10y
atty on grounds Of the Fifth
Amendment.
The Senator from Wisconsin
demanded to know who had been
responsible for promoting a clear
ly-suspect individual. The Peress
case became formidable club
with which to belabor his en-
emies.
But time was running out for
Senator Mccarthy. BY deliber-
ately making his own personality
the issue, he had relegated ali
other issues to the sidelines. And
so events unfolded with some
thing Of the inevitability of q
Greek play.
The Army Mccarthy Trial
Early in 1854. through its spe-
cial counsel. John Adams, the
Army leaked to the press q re-
port charging that Mr.. Cohn
and Senator Mccarthy had
sought undue privilege for Mr.
Schine. now drafted and a pri-
vate. In reply, the Senator and
Mr.. Cohn tossed back q set OF
memoranda charging that the
Army had attempted to use Mr.
Schine as hostage" to black.
mail the Investigations Sub.
committee into dropping it.
probe Of Fort Monmouth. In the
wild circus which followed
Americans came to know wei
the droning voice Of the Sen.
ator crying. Point Of order, Mr.
Chairman. point Of order!"-ths
televised picture of Mr.. Cohr
whispering constantly in the
senator's ear - the shrewdly
naive performance Of the Army's
lawyer. Joseph Welch-the woe
BECOME appearance Of Army Sec
retary Stevens, abandoned by the
administration after doing his
best to forward its appeasement
Of McCarthy-the SNUG right
eousness Of the three Democrats,
now back on the subcommittee
and determined to discipline its
chairman-the foghorn voice
Of the subcommittee's special
counsel, Ray Jenkins - the
smooth testimony Of the statu-
esque Mr.. Schine, the worlds
most famous private-the bitter
atmosphere Of mistrust and
hatred which filled the Senate
Caucus Room
After 1t was over, the Re-
Ipublicans on the subcommittee
filed one report, the Democrats
filed another. Though they diff
fered in degree in their criticism
of Senator Mccarthy, all con-
sidered him basically to blame
for permitting Mr.. Cohn to act
as he did. There also was gen.
eral agreement on the tactics
Of Mr.. Cohn, Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Stevens. OF this trio, Mr..
Cohn was first to 60. Within q
month he had resigned under
pressure from the three Demo-
Gratis and Senator Potter, Re-
publican Of Michigan.
Subject Of Censure Probe
Almost Immediately, the Sena-
tor was investigated again. His
old antagonist. Ralph Flanders
Of Vermont. returning to the at
tack at what turned out to be
the right psychological moment,
introduced o resolution to CEN
sure Mccarthy for his past con-
duct. Once again q committee
convened In the Caucus Room,
but this time the mood was diff
ferent and the outcome much
more serious for the Senator
from Wisconsin.
When the special committee,
headed by Utah's senior Repub-
lican. Arthur Watkins, concluded
nine days Of grimly quiet public
hearings. 1t filed o report with
the Senate recommending CEN
sure on three counts: His fiaunt-
ing Of the Privileges and Elec-
tons Subcommittee in l96l-52,
his language concerning Senator
|Hendrickson In 1853. his rough
|shod questioning Of an unco-
operative witness, Brig. Gen.
(now Maj. GEN. Ralph Zwicker.
in connection with the Peress
case.
Bitter Debate In Senate
On November 8, the Senate
reconvened In special session to
try Senator McCarthy's case.
The debate was marked by the
acrimony and violent PARTISAN
ship which had become tradi-
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