Evening star., 1954-04-26
Misuse Of Powers
By Cohn Is Charged
By Army Secretary
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Mr. JENKINS prOCe6CeQ Cne IN
terruption and asked Senator
Mccarthy to be patient until
his time for questioning came
around.
Acting Chairman Mundt said
that Mr.. Jenkins should be al
lowed to proceed without inter-
ruption, but added that only
Secretary Stevens was present
at the request of the committee.
MIR. Stevens testified that at
a luncheon on last December 10
Senator Mccarthy asked him to
give special treatment to Pvt.
Schine.
Mr.. Jenkins: What was said
o nthat occasion by Senator
Mccarthy with reference
to Schine?
Mr.. Stevens: Senator McCar-
thy asked a number of times
during the course Of that lunch
con if Pvt. Schine could be as
signed to New York.
@. Who was present at that
luncheon, Mr.. Secretary?
A. Senator Mccarthy, Mr.,
Carr, Mr.. Adams and myself
Francis Carr, subcommittee
staff director and John G.
Adams, Army counsel, are the
other principals in the contro-
versyD
@. Very well.
A. Senator Mccarthy asked on
several occasions why he tPvt.
Schine) couldn't be assigned to
New York aC the end of eight
weeks of basic training.
About Three Requests.
@. How many times would you
say, in your best judgment, such
a request was made by
Senator Mccarthy.
A. I would say about three,
just as a guess.
Q. I will ask you whether or
not the Senator was quite
insistent about the matter or
A. Yes
@. Or were these statements
made in a casual sort of way?
A. Yes, I felt that through
repetition he was quite insistent
about it.
When Mr.. jenkins suggested
that Secretary Stevens was try
ing to mollify Senator McCar-
thy in order to hold his job,
Secretary Stevens replied an
grily:
Il wasn't thinking a thing
about my tenure of office.
didn't ask for this job. wanted
the United States Army to be
treated fairly"
Mr.. Jenkins asked whether
Secretary Stevens thought SEN
ator McCarthy's Fort Monmouth
probe was being unfair.
"As far as publicity was con-
cerned," Secretary Stevens re-
piled. sit was extremely unfair.
1T was not fair to the Army or
the American public to create
the impression that a lot of es-
pionage was going on at Fort
Monmouth when such was not
the case"
Privileges at Club.
Mr.. Stevens testified he had
extended to Senator Mccarthy
and his staff guest privileges at
the New York Merchants Club.
of which he is a member. He
denied. however, that this was
done for the purpose of stopping
the investigation at Fort Mon
mouth. Rather. he said, it was
"a friendly matter of con-
venience."
Did they avail themselves of
that privilege?" asked Mr..
jenkins.
Yes. they did," Mr.. Stevens
replied.
At this point, Senator Nc
Carthy attempted to raise a
point of order that Mr.. Jenkins
should ask questions which
might bring out that he and his
staff visited the club in Mr..
Stevens company. However,
Chairman Mundt ruled that
points of order could only be
raised against the relevancy or
materiality of testimony.
Senator Jackson, Democrat, of
Washington, said he was glad to
have that rule clarified. Senator
Mccarthy on several occasions
has raised what he said were
points of order, only to go on
and participate in the question:
ing of witnesses.
Adherence Indicated.
Senator Mundt indicated the
rule would be strictly enforced
hereafter. He said Senator Nc
Carthy might ask any questions
he wished concerning the Mer-
chants Club when it comes time
for him to cross-examine Mr..
Stevens.
Mr.. Stevens was asked if he
had received calls regarding any
other soldier or draftee besides
Pvt. Schine. He replied en-
phatically: Positively not"
The Secretary also testified
that at a January IA meeting
with Senator Mccarthy, the
Wisconsin Republican "sug-
gested it might be useful to as
sign Pvt. Schine to check West
Point textbooks"
Il Told him Schlns would have
to Comrlete Is weeks of basic
training" Mr. Stevens added.
Mr.. Jenkins asked the Secre-
tary if he considered that SEN
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