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Thursday, February 25, 1954
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McCarthy wins army bout
Secretory of the Army Robert T. Stevens has agreed to
Senator Joe McCarthy s demands lor information after
being told that his orders to the contrary put him into the
untenable position of defying
dramatic climax of a television showdown between the two
on the dispute over the promotion and honorable discharge
ot Major Irving Peress alter pleading constitutional im
munity in response to questions as to his political beliefs
The army has corrected conditions which sanctioned
Peress' attitude. All facts in the case will be turned up
and made public by Army investigators. Stevens has
withdrawn his orders forbidding officers to oiscus the
case before the McCarthy
wants to again question Brig.
can do so.
It was McCarthy's insulting attitude ,in his questioning
of wicker that gave the publicity which McCarthy is seek,
ing to the incident. His questioning left some facts un
disclosed, though it is evident
not tell. He was evidently
a previous case.
The White House says neither the president nor vice
president had a hand in arranging the McCarthy-Stevens
meeting. Hut after the Army secretary came out of it, as
he told newsmen he does not "consider that I am a person
who capitulates or retreats.
The "memorai'dum of understanding" that resulted
from the meeting, besides the specific agreements on fur
ther information for Mcuirthy s subcommittee, contained
a statement that the Army
subcommittee on the importance of rooting out comma
nists from the armed services
vestigation of the rcress matter would continue.
The transcript of the Zwicker quiz shows that McCar
thy, among other things, told
fit" to wear his uniform and
"help impugning" either the general's "honesty or . . .
intelligence" as a result of some of Zwicker's answers.
G. P.
THE MYSTIFYING SACK MURDER -
The chap who said "truth is stranger than fiction" could
if he were still around cite the Goldie Goodrich Sack mur
der case in Portland in support of a contention that has
been proved many times before.
Few detective stories contain more elements of mys
tery than the Portland case, now a week old, winch has
finally resulted in the indictment of the woman's husband;
George F. Sack. The experts, who have been giving the
cause of death their closest attention ever since the body
was found, now say asphyxiation was the cause of death
but they still do not know how it happened.
Rightly or wrongly, officials and public have been con
vinced that they knew how the former Yamhill county
woman met her death from the beginning. Two of Sack's
previous wives died by violence in the middle west many
years ago. He was accused
And the license plates on the
woman s body wa,s dumped behind a clump of bushes east
of Portland were identified as Sack's.- .,
First the suspicion was poison, but an examination of
the contents of the dead woman's stomach failed to sub
stantiate this theory. Nor were the marks on her body
such as to cause death. For several days the investigators
were stymied. Now they seem convinced that they know
the cause of death.
Still to be convinced will be the jury, and maybe after
them the supreme court. For here is a different type of
murder mystery, one which the public assumes is actually
no mystery at all, but extremely difficult to prove.
A further complication sure to arise is how the defen
dant can get a "fair and impartial trial' anywhere in Ore
gon, so thoroughly have the Portland papers plastered the
state with the lurid details of his past, which probably
should not reach the jurors at all,. but which already have.
COMMITTEE VOTE ON WARREN
"The mountain Ws labored and brought forth a mouse."
This comment Reems appropriate to the tardy action of
the Senate's Judiciary committee which has just reported
out the nomination of Earl Warren to be chief justice,' by
a vote of 12-3 after listening to the testimony of one Rod
crick J. Wilson, a California enemy of Warren who was at
the time of testifying a fugitive from justice.
The testimony was behind closed doors butsenators
who commented afterward said it didn't amount to any
thing, a fact which will surprise no one, for everything
about Warren has been known for years. Senator Wclker
of Idaho caled it "a mass of hearsay and conclusions that
would not under any circumstances be regarded as legal
and competent evidence."
The three Democrats who voted against Warren said
they were not influenced by the testimony. One was pro
testing because the committee's request for an F.B.I, in
vestigation of Warren hadn't been complied with. An
other said Warren did not have judicial experience to qual
ify for such an office. The third said his vote was a "pro
test against procedures" in the committee and that he
will vole for Warren when the matter reaches the Senate
floor.
Seldom has the Senate looked more foolish than in the
way it has handled the Warren matter, principally because
of Senator Lnnger's use of the nomination for purposes of
badgering the administration on patronage questions.
THAT BREADLINE IN PORTLAND
Senator Morse certainly rang the publicity bell when
lie declaimed that conditions arc so bad in Oregon a bread
line is operating in Portland, which subsequent investiga
tion proved was true.
Still further checking reveals that it is operated by the
Wnfichrt Men's Club, a Catholic organization presumably
named for the famous pioneer Oregon priest, and that it
was organized February 11, 1!52. This, some will re
call, was not during the Eisenhower recession but during
the Truman boom. Further, it develops that the organiza
tion was' serving 600 to 700 meals daily by April, 19.")'.',
some nine months before Eisenhower took office. Today,
aided (?) by the publicity engendered by Morse, business
has Increased to about 1000 meals a day.
It is good that although such was not his intent. Morse
has caused attention to be focused on one of the most
worthwhile Christian enterprises that has come to public
notice for some time, though this may cause demands for
the free food to increase to a point where this organiza
tion cannot meet them. Its resources are obviously limits.
If the fact that this breadline came into being during
Iho Truman administration causes any embarrassment it
needn't. Human need has a way of developing under all
administrations. It is unfortitRte that it is ever exploited
for political gain by anyone, Republican, Democrat or independent.
congress. This cancelled
committee. And if McCarthy
Gen Ralph W. Zwicker, he
that he did know but could
governed by precedent set by
was in agreement with the
and that the Army's own in
Zwicker that he was "not
said the senator could not
of murder but not. convicted
automobile from which the
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Selling Your House, Buying
New One Presents Problems
By SAUL PETT
For HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK UV-I have a prob- like one I can afford. Then I'll
em which is as perplexing and 1
much mora annoying lhan the
question of which came first, the
chicken or the egg.
This problem, of course, Is one
many people have had to deal
with and, I suppose many survived
it. Hut I'll bet all ot them were
just as uneasy as I am since it
defies logic, challenges faith and
would split the orthicon tubes of
the latest 1RM clectornic calcula
tor. It's simply this. I want to sell
it" house. I want to buy another
I.. ...je. Which do I do first? '
I want to sell my house for as
much as the traffic will bear a
healthy, normal American trait
and at (he same time buy a good,
solid, charming, comfortable house
for as little as I can get away
with another healthy, normal
American trait, and in the whole
transaction, I want to sell and buy
without having to add any cash,
or let's say, not much cash still
another H.N.A.T.
There's nothing wrong with our
house. It's relatively new. well
built and attractive. But we need
more space and my wife thinks
she would prefer another town she
has in mind. We're w illing to take
an older house for more spate
but not for more cash, or let's
say, not much more cash, you un
derstand, please do, it's impor
tant. Rut how do I know how much
we can afford on the next house
until we know how much we're
going to get for our house? This,
of course, has always been a per
plexing problem. It's c-pmlly
thorny now when the real estate
market is a little wuiibly.
It's not just the money The
question of timing is tanta'izing.
How can I tell the owner of the
house I might buy, whoever or
wherever he is. can take over my
house? Do 1 tell the first fellow,
look, I don't know exactly when I
can move in but if you'll just hold
your breath, I'll race right back,
put my house on the market and
after a few weeks or months I'll
be able to let you know when I'll
want your house so that you can
then know when you'll be able to
occupy the house or apartment or
jail you're planning your next
move to, can I do that, huh?
"Above all, don't put yourself In
thep osition of where you have to
sell," an experienced friend tells
me. "You'll lake a licking."
"Above all, don't put yourself In
the position of where you have to
buy, another experienced friend
fells me. "You'll pay through the
nose for the next one."
The alternative to the first por
tion having to sell is maintaining
two houses at the same time and
paying mortgages, taxes, insur
ance, etc., on both. The alterna
tive to the second position having
to buy is putting your furniture in
storage, living in a hotel long
enough to find an apartment you
can occupy temporarily while
looking for the house you can
afford, and meanwhile the bills
are piling up. the kids are being
scaricd lor life by all the disloca
tion and pretty soon you can no
longer alford the house you
thought you could alford ill the
first place, if you could have
found it.
So. what do I do? Do I set up a
two-way radio station in my house
and then go racing off with a
walkie-talkie and the minute I see
something good flash the word
back to my wife who. in the mean
time, has been coyly holding a
prospect back home without tell
ing him our prire?
Or, ninvhe the best thing to do
Ii thin I'll (ind a tibuit that looki
THE REFORMER
find a prospect who looks like he
can afford my house, lhcn ill
persuade him to buy the house I
saw and we'll slay just where we
are, and one more complaint out
of you kids and I'll tell you about
when I was a boy and we slept
nine to a room, not counting the
cats.
Risky Thinking
Bend Bulletin
Joe Carson to', date the only,
avowed candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for. governor,
although others arc flirting with
the idea made what wc think
was a rather dangerous point at
a parly meeting in Portland re
cently. Carson said he believed foreign
aid funds should he cut by the
Federal government if it is oth
erwise impossible to both finance
Pacific Northwest power devel
opment and balance the Federal
budget. '
The Bulletin believes in the
maximum development of this
region's power resoilrres, al
though wc may disagree with
some as to the best method of so
doing.
This newspaper also believes
the balancing of the national
budget is necessary. Even Lord
Keynes, the "economist in pow
er" in this country for the past
20 years, has never advocated
deficit financing during periods
ot, prosperity such as. the U. S.
h.is been enjoying.
But we Won't feel such nation
al defense and foreign policy tools
as foreign aid should be made
the subject of regional develop
ment vctos, by this region or any
other.
We wonder if Mr. Carson
would have felt curing the last
war that the Northwest ship
building program should have
been cut out in order to finance
construction of addition?! facil
ities by the Tennessee Valley Au
thority. We think not.
An Old Song
Bend Bulletin
Six Communist party members
convicted recently in Michigan
on charge f conspiring to over
throw the government of this
country have chosen jail to de
portation to Soviet Russia.
With men who know Com
munism best, It's jail, six to none.
pi ni.ic be damned
Albany lloimxr.il llrr.ild
How would it he for a good
news picture to get together
the Cottage Grove youngster who
"froze" the hall for s.-ven min
utes and a half in a basketball
"game" the other night and that
television character who dragged
out a kiss with a "bosonvy
blonde'' for five minutes? They
are about the latest exponents
of the old "public be damned''
theory.
THIS IS GONNA BK TOl'GH
I'rndlrtnn Last Oregonian
Oregon Republican will have
to dig deep this year. Accord
ing to an AP story, they have
been asked to contribute S200.
900 to the national campaign
fund of $3,800,000. If a little
more GOP patronage isn't dished
out in Oregon soon the fund rais
ers may find their task unpleasant
There's Got to Be
Showdown on Joe
Asorian-Budgct
Wonder how an old irmy man
like President) Eisenhower feels
to have Sen. McCarthy abusing
generals and calling the presi
dent's own secretary of the army
a "dupe"?
The president must resent this
sort of thing tremendously, and
McCarthy's attack on the army
must bring closer a showdown
with the president which seems
inevitable.
Apparenlly McCarthy, in his
attack on the army and certain
army officers, is employing his
standard method of making act
cusations with insufficient evi
dence or with no evidence at all,
in hopes that some of his accusa
tions will stick.
' Some day President Elsenhow
er is going to face the duty of
repudiating McCarthy and the
McCarthy methods.
The U. S. senate also faces
a. duty of correcting its rules
to limit the power of such an j
irresponsible member as McCar
thy to libel and slander citizens.
He is permitted to commit of
fenses, under senatorial immu
nity, which would bring any or
dinary citizens into court to de
fend damage suits.
Salem 10 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
February 25, 1941
Senator Charles L. .McNary,
Oregon's representative in the
United States senate, had died
in Florida at the age of 6!).
Marion county commissioners
had inspoctcd the county's own
ership of property, at thov old,
historic Gilden ferry site on the
Snntiam river between North
Sqntlam and Marion. Here a
ferry had operated 50 years ago
to care for traffic going to Scio
and other Linn county points.
Miller's were featuring needs
for a "National Sew and Save
Week," a wartime measure. "Sew
and he a soldier on the home
front."
Henry's Photo shop, 4l9 State
street, had advertised "old mas
ter 18118 copy" violin for $JO0.
.Montgomery Ward were sell
ing men's oil tanned work shoes
for $3.79.
W. E. Ranks, Southern Pacific
freight agent had advertised:
"Wanted, carpenter's helper: If
you can handle a hammer and
a saw and know a hit about car
pentering' (you need not he
skilled) Southern Pacific has a
good job for you as a carpenter's
helper.
Germans had flooded large
parts of Holland to impede the
allied invasion.
American diplomats, newspa
permen, wounded soldiers and
civilians were on neutral ground
in Spain en route to Lisbon aft
er internment for over a year
on German soil.
M I DI-D: NEW FRIENDS
Pendleton last Or;oni;in
"Friends are advising" Lew
Wallace to run for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor
of Oregon, according to a letter
he has sent to some Democrats.
Lew had better get some new
friends who will point out to
him his past adventures in poli
tics offer abundant testimony
that he would be wasting time
and money in a gubernatorial
campaign.
With about 6 per cent of the
world's population, tht Vnited
States has about three fourths of
tht world ! automobiles.
THE WORLD TODAY
GOP Sure to Lose
In McCarthy Clash
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON I - No matter
who won the skirmish - between
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) and the
Eisenhower administration's secre
tary of the Army, Robert T. Stev.
ens, the Republicans as a party
were bound to lose if the fighting
became a public, televised clash.
The Republicani had cam
paigned in 1952 on a promise to
get Communists out of the govern
ment. And McCarthy was demand
ing information on why it took
the Army, under Stevens, more
than a year to get rid of a major
who had refused to answer ques
tions about membership in sub
versive organizations.
A wide-open fight between Mc
Carthy and Stevens on this point,
In an election year, might have
split the party into McCarthy Re
publicans and Eisenhower Repub
licans. The showdown was avoided.
Stevens, .who had ordered his
generals to stand bail: while he
handled the senator personally in
a public hearing scheduled for
today, agreed to give McCarthy
what he wanted after talking with
the senator two hours yesterday
behind closed doors in the Capitol.
McCarthy then called off today's
hearing.
Afterwards, Stevens was repre
sented as surprised that the out
come was considered a defeat for
him. But the general Impression
was that he yielded and, in so do
ing, created a bit ot a mystery. .
Did he decide on his own to
back down? He seemed determined
up to a minute before he saw Mc
Carthy yesterday, to go through
with the showdown today, for
when a reporter questioned him,
he said: "I have no comment on
anything. Tomorrow I'll have plen
ty of comment."
Or did President Eisenhower,
who returned to Washington just
shortly before the face-to-face
Stevens-McCarthy meeting, tell his
Army secretary not to force an
open break with the senator? Or
did Vice President Nixon arrange
it? He was close by while Stevens
talked with McCarthy.
The White House said the Presi
dent did not set up the meeting.
Sen. Mundt (R-SD) said the idea
for the session was his not Eisen
hower's or Nixon's.
Stevens said later he is not a
man who surrenders. No matter
what name is placed on his action,
the fact, is he gave McCarthy just
what McCarthy wanted:
McCarthy wanted the names
of the Army people who handled
the case of Maj. Irving Peress, a
New York dentist, who received
an honorable discharge this month
after refusing, 14 months before,
to answer questions about mem
bership in subversive organiza
tions; v ,
' 2. McCarthy wanted to question
two generals who had had some
part, even though remote, in hand
ling Peress' case. Stevens had
told the generals not to appear
before McCarthy because, he said,
the senator was "abusive."
Stevens, after his session with
McCarthy, not only agreed to give
the names of all those connected
with the Peress case but let Mc
Carthy call them for questioning.
And he said McCarthy could ,ucs
tion the generals too. Stevens said
he's "confident" now officers will
not be "abused."
Before it can be established
whether this was a surrender or a
truce, this question must be an
swered: Will McCarthy pursue this
investigation and call the witnesses
or will he let the Army make its
own investigation and, perhaps,
I give the Dublic a report?
It's possible the Eisenhower ad
ministration, which has had scv-
: era! bouts with McCarthy in the
1 past year, may have decided to
have it out with him once for all
in this case and then suddenly
changed its mind for strategic rea
sons. Several months ago, in discus
sing foreign affairs. Secretary of
State Dulles said that, if war came,
t h e Eisenhower administration
Aould choose its own battleground.
In this dispute with McCarthy tne
Army had no choice of battle
ground. McCarthy chose it.
These are the facts as given by
the Pentagon itself: Peress was
commissioned a captain in October
! 1.,2 and a few days later refused
j to answer the questions on sub
' versivc organizations. Neverthc
, less, two months later he was
called to active duty. In October
! lfiss he was made a major. On
Dec 30. 19X1. Stevens said, the
Army decided to let him out bc
I cause ol an investigation it had
made of him. On Jan. in. 19.H.
the Army told him he must leave
by Arpii. On Jan. .10 McCarthy
called him for questioning. The
.dentist refused, citing the Fifth
! Amendment, to answer questions.
'Two days Inter he asked (or and
got nn honorable discharge.
! McCarthy wanls to know. why il
look the Army so long to make up
fits mind about Peress. Stevens al
ready has acknowledged there
were soft spots in the Army's
handling of a rase like thisj
! CHARITY IN ORDER HERE
Albany Democrat Herald
I Wc still think the armed
i forces ought to go easy on the
lads w ho break under torture
' and say what their inhuman cap
1 tors order them to say. Maybe
the boys should have trial by
I juries made up of men w ho had
undergone similar treatment and
had not cracked.
IT ISN'T WORTH IT
J. Edgar Hoover
It can reasonably be estimated
that .$20 billion annually is the
cost of crime in this country.
That represents a cost of $42!
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Stevens Cleared with Ike
Before Defying McCarthy
By DREW
WASHINGTON Sincere Sec
retary of the ATmy Robert Stev
ens got himself in the predica
ment of being summoned before
the TV cameras of Senator Mc
Carthy's committee today (Thurs
day) only after an amazing series
of backstage events, including
a telephone call to his chief,, the
President, at. Palm Springs,
Calif.
The events illustrate what hap
pens to an official, whether
Democrat or Republican, if he
cither appeases or stands up to
McCarthy.
Stevens' phone call to Eisen
hower in California was for the
purpose of asking Ike whether
he should issue a statement
throwing down the gauntlet to
McCarthy and charging him with
"unwarranted abuse of our loyal
army officers." Ike gave the
green light. As a result, Stev
ens is now getting the full force
of McCarthy's well-known pen
chant lor revenge.
But some months before, Eis
enhower had issued a contrary
order to Stevens and to other
cabinet officers namely, to co
operate with McCarthy and give
him whatever he wanted. It
was the President's position at
that time that McCarthy was a
problem for the Senate of the
United States to deal with, not
the executive branch of the gov
ernment, and that he, Eisenhow
er, would cooperate with Mc
Carthy's probes.
How Probe Started
That was how McCarthy hap
pened to get carbon copies of
the Army's investigation of itself
at Ft. Monmouth. The Army,
leaning over backward to check
Its own security, had started a
probe of Ft. Monmouth and
dutifully sent the McCarthy com
mittee carbon copies of its pre
liminary findings in obedience
with Eisenhower's order.
It was McCarthy's aides who
spotted these carbons and noti
fied their chief, then on his
honeymoon, to come back to
Washington. A big spy scandal
was brewing, they figured, and
the Senator could ride the head
lines. So McCarthy flew back, and
has been getting headlines on
the Ft. Monmouth investigation
almost ever since.
Stevens Leaned Backward
At first the Secretary of the
Army did his best to cooperate.
Stevens is a millionaire textile
manufauturer with no great un
derstanding of politics, but a
sincere desire to serve his coun
try. He inherited probably the
biggest textile business in the
world, was also a director of
General Electric, General Foods,
New- York Telephone, Whitney
Chain, Owens -Corning Fibre
Glass and Mutual Life Insurance,
but was willing to give all these
up to serve as secretary of the
army.
At first, however, Stevens
served McCarthy more than he
served the Army with the re
sult that some ot the highest
members of the military estab
lishment including the Army
policy board, got pretty sore at
him. '
Furthermore, some of the rep
ulablo newspapers of the coun
try, including Jhe New York
Times and the Washington Post,
luhlishcrl a scries of articles
showing that there was no es
pionage at Ft. Monmouth.
McCarthy had made headlines
when, nn emerging from closed
door committee sessions, he an
nounced that he was developing
information leading to "extreme
ly dangerous espionage." This,
he said, "might envelope the
whole Signal Corps." It might
rival, he said, the Rosenberg
case.
Stevens meanwhile said noth
ing. He failed to defend the
Army. But when the staunch
Republican New York Herald
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Tribune published a scathing
scries of articles showing that
there was no espionage danger
at Ft. Monmouth, Republican
Secretary Stevens was finally
pushed into a press conference
at which he admitted the truth
of what the Herald Tribune, the.
Washington Post and the New
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Specifically, Stevens stated
that no one at Ft. Monmouth
had been charged with espion
age. There may have been some
charges 10 years ago, back In
1044 when Julius Rosenberg
worked there, he said, but there
was no evidence since that time.
Dutiful Army Secretary
This statement by the Secre
tary of the Army caused the
senator from Wisconsin to hit
the ceiling. He promptly sum
moned Stevens to New York, and
Stevens dutifully went. And at
a private luncheon also attended
by Roy O. Cohn, McCarthy's
counsel, the Secretary - of the
Army was rebuked for making a
statement which put McCarthy
in a hole. , .
Lamely, Stevens explained
that he was pushed into holding
a press conference, and there
was nothing else for him to say
but the truth.
Finally McCarthy persuaded
the Secretary of the Army to
issue a clarifying statement, af
ter he left the luncheon, to the
effect that in making his earlier
statement he, Stevens, was
speaking for the Army and not
for McCarthy, who had been
holding executive sessions. The
inference was that Stevens did
not know what McCarthy had
been developing in these execu
tive sessions and that McCar
thy might have run across es
pionage unknown to the Army.
McCarthy was satisfied but
for only a short time.
For, in Senate debate on Mc
Carthy's appropriations. Senator
Ellcndcr of Louisiana pulled
from his pocket a letter from
Secretary Stevens denying Mc
Carthy's charges of Ft. Mon
mouth espionage.
"Insofar as the Army has thus
far been able to determine," the
Secretary of the Army wrote
Ellender, "there is no current .
espionage or other subversive
activity at Ft. Monmouth."
McCarthy has been boiling at
Stevens ever since. Meanwhile
Stevens has come to the belated
conclusion that it doesn't pay to
apcase the senator from Wiscon
sin. The conclusion results from
the following:
1, the growing Ire of Army
officers who have been insulted
by McCarthy; 2, the fact that
highly important secret projects
have been moved away from Ft.
Monmouth because of its lowered
morale; 3, the hassle with Mc
Carthy over his former favorite
boy investigator, Gerard David
Schine, who has received fav
ored Army treatment despite the
protests of various high-ranking
officers; 4, the attitude of
pro-Eisenhower Republican news
papers. On top of this, Stevens called
Ihc President at Palm Springs
over the weekend and got an
OK in effect to disregard Ike's
earlier directive to cooperate
with the senator from Wiscon
sin. It is with this background of
jumping from frying pan into
the fire and back again that
the harassed and harried Secre
tary of the Army now faces .Mc
Carthy's vengeful cross-examination.
OIR SIREST STRENGTH
President Eisenhower
Today, as then (in Lincoln's
time), there is need for positive
acts of renewed recognition that
faith is our surest strength, our
greatest resource.
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