Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations
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S. Prt. 107–84 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF THE SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS VOLUME 5 EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 1954 ( MADE PUBLIC JANUARY 2003 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF THE SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS—VOLUME 5 VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL S. Prt. 107–84 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF THE SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS VOLUME 5 EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 1954 ( MADE PUBLIC JANUARY 2003 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 83–873 WASHINGTON : 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 107TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut, Chairman CARL LEVIN, Michigan FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii TED STEVENS, Alaska RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio MAX CLELAND, Georgia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah MARK DAYTON, Minnesota JIM BUNNING, Kentucky PETER G. FITZGERALD, Illinois JOYCE A. RECHTSCHAFFEN, Staff Director and Counsel RICHARD A. HERTLING, Minority Staff Director DARLA D. CASSELL, Chief Clerk PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS CARL LEVIN, Michigan, Chairman DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii, SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois TED STEVENS, Alaska ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio MAX CLELAND, Georgia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah MARK DAYTON, Minnesota JIM BUNNING, Kentucky PETER G. FITZGERALD, Illinois ELISE J. BEAN, Staff Director and Chief Counsel KIM CORTHELL, Minority Staff Director MARY D. ROBERTSON, Chief Clerk (II) VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 83RD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin, Chairman KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota HENRY C. DWORSHAK, Idaho HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan ALTON A. LENNON, North Carolina FRANCIS D. FLANAGAN, Chief Counsel WALTER L. REYNOLDS, Chief Clerk PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin, Chairman KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas 1 EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington 1 CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri 1 ROY M. COHN, Chief Counsel ROBERT F. KENNEDY, Minority Counsel FRANCIS P. CARR, Executive Director RUTH YOUNG WATT, Chief Clerk ASSISTANT COUNSELS THOMAS W. LA VENIA DONALD A. SURINE DONALD F. O’DONNELL JEROME S. ADLERMAN DANIEL G. BUCKLEY C. GEORGE ANASTOS INVESTIGATORS ROBERT J. MCELROY HERBERT S. HAWKINS JAMES N. JULIANA KARL H.W. BAARSLAG, Director of Research CARMINE S. BELLINO, Consulting Accountant LA VERN J. DUFFY, Staff Assistant 1 The Democratic members were absent from the subcommittee from July 10, 1953 to January 25, 1954. (III) VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL C O N T E N T S Page Volume 5 PREFACE ............................................................................................................... IX INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. XI Waste and Corruption—Development of Alaska, January 13 ................... 1 Testimony of Carmine Bellino. Voice of America, January 13 ........................................................................... 29 Testimony of Dr. Newbern Smith. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, January 19 .................. 31 Statement of John Adams. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, February 18 ................ 33 Testimony of Peter A. Gragis; Leo Kantrowitz; Max Finestone; Frank M. McGee; Lt. Col. Chester T. Brown; Capt. W. J. Woodward; and Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, February 23 ................ 63 Testimony of Charlotte Oram; Sallie Fannie Peek; Genevieve Brown; William S. Johnson; and Lamuel Belton. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, March 1 ........................ 73 Testimony of Pvt. David LaPorte Linfield; and Sidney Rubinstein. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, March 10 ...................... 75 Testimony of Harriman H. Dash. American Citizens Behind the Iron Curtain, March 3 ............................... 93 Statements of Ben H. Brown, Jr.; W. Barbour; Alyn Donaldson; Everett F. Drumright; Frederick Ayer, Jr.; Lt. Col. R. W. Springfield; James H. Smith, Jr.; Capt. W. R. Smedburg; Lt. Com. T. J. Martz; Lt. Col. Nihart; and Warrant Officer Jack Goodall. American Citizens Behind the Iron Curtain, March 9 ............................... 139 Statements of L. E. Berry; Col. Vernon M. Smith; Lt. Col. Homer B. Chandler, Jr.; and Lt. Col. Charles M. Trammell, Jr. Alleged Threats Against the Chairman, March 4 ......................................... 165 Testimony of William J. Morgan. Communist Infiltration in the Army, March 4 ............................................. 177 Testimony of Dr. Marvin Sanford Belsky. Communist Infiltration in the Army, March 5 ............................................. 187 Statement of Lt. Oscar Roy Weiner. Communist Infiltration in the Army, March 10 ........................................... 189 Testimony of Lt. Oscar Roy Weiner. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, March 16 .............................................................................. 195 Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, April 19 ................................................................................. 197 Testimony of J. Myer Schine; Florence D. Torrey; and Roy M. Cohn. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, April 20 ................................................................................. 209 (V) VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:20 Apr 16, 2003 Jkt 083873 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83873PL.XXX 83873PL VI Page Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, April 23 ................................................................................. 213 Testimony of George E. Sokolsky. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, April 24 ................................................................................. 223 Testimony of Iris Flores. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, May 5 .................................................................................... 241 Testimony of James B. Reston. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, May 6 .................................................................................... 245 Testimony of Fred A. Seaton. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, May 27 .................................................................................. 253 Testimony of John E. Pernice. Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr, June 3 ................................................................................... 259 Special Senate Investigation on Charges and Countercharges Involv- ing Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens,