Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
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Robert Ten Broeck Stevens (July 31, 1899 – January 31, 1983) was a U.S. businessman and former chairman of J.P. Stevens and Company, which was one of the most established textile manufacturing plants in the U.S. He served as the Secretary of the Army between 1953 and 1955.
Although Stevens cooperated with Joseph McCarthy during the investigation of Ft. Monmouth, NJ (where McCarthy had alleged there was widespread Communist subversion), taking him on a personal tour of the facility, Stevens refused to turn over confidential files pertaining to the loyalty review hearings of personnel. Tensions only escalated between the two after the Army promoted dentist Irving Peress, who would not comment on his political background or affiliations. Stevens and McCarthy met to discuss the Peress situation and Stevens promised to supply McCarthy with the names of those who promoted Peress. The press then claimed that "the Eisenhower administration had caved in completely to McCarthy's demands." [1]
Stevens wanted to resign after the incident but was convinced not to quit by then-Vice-President Richard Nixon.
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- ^ (Klingaman, W. (1996). Encyclopedia of the McCarthy Era. New York: Facts on file. 350.)
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| Preceded by Frank Pace |
United States Secretary of the Army February 1953–July 1955 |
Succeeded by Wilber Marion Brucker |
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