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character ratings given Pvt
Schine.
He said the performance rat
ing was based on the way Pvt
Schine applied himself to train
ing activities.
AS for the character rating,
Gen. Ryan described this as
most important" He said Pvt
Schine's company commander,
a 1t. Miller, didn't give this
rating lightly" He added that
a thousand things might enter
into such a rating and ito pin
point anything I think would
be a mistake"
No further questions were
asked about the character rat
ing, nor was it brought out that
before Pvt. Schine was drafted
into the Army last November 3
Senator Mccarthy and his aides
have been represented as exert
ing pressure to obtain a direct
commission for him.
Calls Charts dishonest"
Senator Mccarthy used all of
several 10-minute periods of
questioning Gen. Ryan and 1t.
Blount in attacking the Army
prepared charts. He got up from
the committee table, walked
around to a large easel holding
the charts to demonstrate, as
he said, how dishonest" they
were.
He charged they were pre-
sented obviously for the pur-
pose of getting them on the
television screen" and creating
"a false impression" regarding
the treatment accorded Pvt.
Schine.
The chart showed that in
two months basic training at
Fort Dix. Pvt. Schine received
16 passes as compared with
three for the average trainee.
He was off both Christmas and
New Years while the average
recruit received a pass for only
one holiday. -.
Senator Mccarthy, standing
by the easel, had one of his
aides, James Juliana, black in
spaces onto the chart of the
average trainee to correspond
with those on the Schine chart.
Ryan Voices Objection.
Qn ths average trainee chart
he had both the Christmas and
New Years holiday speriods
blacked in. Gen. Ryan ifnme-
diately corrected the Senator's
action and pointed that while
Schine received passes for both
holidays the average trainee did
not.
Gen. Ryan said a few other
trainees besides Schine received
passes for both Christmas and
New Years but these were grant,
ed only under emergency con-
ditions."
Earlier Gen. Ryan testified
Army Secretary Stevens did not
request that Pvt. Schine pose
lier in the hearings.
He told of meeting the Secre-
tary at MCGUIRE Air Force Base.
Gen. Ryan said he remained
close to Mr.. Stevens during the
5 to 10 minute stopover at
the base and Gin my presence the
Secretary did not request any
photograph with Pvt. Schine."
Pvt. Schine, former unpaid
consultant to the Mccarthy In
vestigations subcommittee, has
testified Mr.. Stevens asked him
to pose with him,
Lieutenant Quizzed.
Senator Mccarthy questioned
1t. Blount closely on his state
ment that he did not think the
charts were dishonest"
Finally the Korean war vet
eran stated:
"Sir, all I can do is give you
my opinion. In my opinion they
are somewhat similar to a prize
fight. In other words. one chart
is blacked out and the other not,
for comparative purposes, just
like one fighter wears light
trunks and another black"
Amid laughter, Senator Nc
Carthy commented he could see
why you are an aide"
But the Senator insisted the
charts were prepared by "some
clever little lawyer. certainly not
Mr.. Welch, to deceive the pub
lic." He demanded again and
again that the committee find
out at once who was responsible
and Chairman Mundt told re-
porters during the recess that
the responsibility for the prepa-
ration Of the charts would be the
first business at the afternoon
session.
When 1t. Blount was dismissed
Senator Mccarthy commented:
II would just like to say that
the men in uniform certainly
make better appearances than
the Army civilians"
The subcommittee hopes today
to get a final decision from the
Army on what it intends to dc
about turning over texts Of