Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-10
He Il Carry0n
Censor Fight.
T|1urnlondS SAYS
BY the Associated Press

Senator Thurmond, Demo-
crat of South Carolina, says
he'll take his battle against
censorship of military leaders
speeches to the Senate floor II
necessary. S
Senator Thurmond told a
news conference yesterday that
nobody is going to muzzle me"
1t was his charge that State
and Defense Department CEN
sors were "muzzling" military
leaders in their attempts to
speak against communism that
prompted an investigation by q
special Senate subcommittee.
The hearings were recessed
Thursday after President Ken
nedy invoked the doctrine of
executive privilege. They are
not expected to resume for at
least a week.
| Mr.. Kennedy,s' order pro-
hibited Defense Department
officials from testifying as to
which censors worked on spe-
cific speeches,
He'll Act if Committee Can't
Senator Thurmond said yes
terday that if the subcommit-
tee could not develop the in
formation he wants made pub
lie, then he would try to do SO
himself in speeches on the
Senate floor and elsewhere.
Senator Thurmond also said
he may complain to the Fed
eral Communications Commits
sion that some television pro-
grams have failed to present
his side of the story adequate
ly. He made the same state
ment about some newspapers
The Senator, a prominent
conservative and a member OF
the subcommittee, also ex-
pressed hope that Mr.. Kennedy
will see the error he has
made" in invoking executive
privilege.
The order from Mr.. Kennedy
to Secretary of Defense Nc
Namara was upheld by Sub
committee Chairman Stennis
Democrat Of Mississippi.
President Upheld
Senator Stennis ruled thai
the subcommittee could moi
force a Defense Department
censor to identify who made
changes in a specific speech 81
long as executive privilege wa:
invoked.
Mr.. Mcnamara had or.
dered his censors not to revea
that information to the sub
committee. He has provided
the names of all censors, copies
Of speeches and the alterations
and offered to explain VIII!
specific changes were made.
At his news conference Sen
ator Thurmond also vigorousl!
defended the action of two sub
committee aides who quizzec
some 80 Marines about cole
war issues and anti-commu
nism. The questioning stirred
a sharp protest by Gen. Davic
M. Shoup, the Marine Corp!
commandant, and several Sen
atorS. r. ,.....l.,r. ,.'.s.
An aide to Senator Thur
mond said there has been NJ
formal evaluation of the ques'
tionnaire answers but he got
the impression, from looking
over the tests, that about q
per cent of the Marines die
very poorly.
QUESTIONABLE a Surprise
Senator Thurmond reiter-
ated that he personally knew
in advance nothing about the
nature of the QUESTIONABLE
used.
j. Fred Buzhardt, jr., Senator
Thurmond's legislative assist
ant, said the same question
naire had been submitted to
some Air Force personnel at
Andrews Air Force Base with
out any repercussions.
Senator Thurmond again
charged that the critical COM
plants about testing the Ma
rines were generated in the
office of Assistant Secretary
of Defense Arthur Sylvester
who directs Pentagon censors
He said it was an effort to
divert attention from the presi-
Dental order banning certain
testimony needed for the Sen
ate inquiry.