COHN LEAVES McCarthy

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27408, 22 July 1954, Page 11

COHN LEAVES McCarthy

Staff Change On Sub-Committee WASHINGTON, July 20. Senator Joseph McCarthy today announced the resignation of Mr Roy Cohn, chief counsel of the Senate Investigations Sub-committee, and also the shift of an assistant counsel, Mr Donald Surine, to the personal staff of the chairman. , The staff changes averted a threatened bitter dispute over demands for a staff “house-cleaning.” The sub-committee confirmed in their positions the rest of the staff of 25 men and women, with the exception

of Mr Thomas Lavenia. office manager. This action left Mr Lavenia on the payroll at least until July 31, but with his future as a committee employee after that date in doubt. Senator McCarthy confirmed that Mr Lavenia and Mr Surine were two staff members to whom the Defence Department had denied security clearances. He said he would press for an explanation of why the Defence Department would not clear Mr Lavenia. Announcing the resignation of Mr Cohn, who was the main target of subcommittee members demanding the staff house-cleaning. Senator McCarthy said: “The resignation of Roy Cohn must bring great satisfaction to Communists and fellow travellers. The smears and pressures to which he has been subjected make it clear that an effective anti-Communist cannot Jong survive on the Washington scene.”