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oeived Army clearance to process
the application.
On July Is, Gen. Reber said,
he was informed by one OF his
staff officers that Mr.. Schine had
telephoned and desired to come
over to the Pentagon and hold
up his hand" Mr.. Jenkins asked
what was meant by that and
Gen. Reber said that young
Schine apparently wanted to be
sworn in"
He said, "Mr. Schine seemed
to have an attitude of haste and
impatience."
Application Stymied.
The general related that the
application was finally processed,
but the Transportation Corps
found Mr.. Schine's qualifications
not acceptable for a direct COM
mission. He added that the
provost marshall and the Office
of Psychological Warfare also
turned down a commission for
the subcommittee consultant.
During this PERIOD" Gen.
Reber said, II received numerous
telephone calls"
He said most of the calls,
averaging two a day, came from
Mr.. Cohn during the period
from July II to July 81 but
that "two or three calls" were
received from Senator Mccarthy
urging the necessity of speed"
On July %, Gen. Reber con-
tinued, the Army Adjutant Cen
eral informed him that Mr..
Schine was not qualified for a
commission. He added that ef-
forts were then made to obtain
a commission from the COM
manding general of the 1st
Army in New York. Subse-
quently. Gen. Reber said, the Air
Force and the Navy said they
could not give young Schine a
direct commission.
Cite Monmouth Probe.
Mr.. Jenkins, in questioning the
general, emphasized the impor-
tance of Senator McCarthy's
Communist hunting activities
and brought in the controversial
Fort Monmouth investigation.
He sought to get Gen. Reber
to acknowledge that as a result
of that investigation 33 Fort
Monmouth civilian n employees
were suspended.
Gen. Reber agreed that the
ferreting out of Communists
from such installations as Fort
Monmouth was necessary and
important to national security.
But he refused to say the Nc
Carthy investigation was the
cause of the suspension.
At the opening of the hearing
Senator Mccarthy and other
principals in the case had en-
tered the hearing room amid a
wild turmoil of bursting fash
bulbs, grinding cameras and eX-
cited. noisy spectators in the
packed Senate caucus room.
Senator Mccarthy was accom-
panied by Mrs. Mccarthy, still
on crutches from a recent ankle
injury. Their entry was greeted
with burst of applause and
cheering from the audience.
Senator Mundt, pounding a
glass ashtray as a gavel, for
mally opened the hearing at
1890 am. He read a prepared
statement in which he warned
that the disputants, the sub
committee and the press and
radio were all ION the spot" to
conduct the hearings in such a
way as to enable Justice and
equity to prevail -
These charges, as we'll as
their implications" Senator
Mundt said, "are of such a grave
and serious nature as to have
caused great concern on the part
of this subcommittee as well as
on the part. of the American
people.
Spectators Warned.
"It is our joint determination
to conduct these hearings with
a maximum degree of dignity.
fairness and thoroughness. We
enter our duties with no pre-
judgments of the verities in this
controversy. We propose to fol-
low the evidence wherever it
leads and to give every party in
this dispute the equitable treat
ment and consideration to which
he is entitled"
Senator Mundt warned the
audience that they were present
as guests of the subcommittee
and instructed Capitol police Of