Evening star., 1954-04-23


was a declaration of war and
! am the Secretary of the Army.
Mr.. Jenkins: When was your
next contact with the staff?
Mr.. Stevens: David Schine
called me up on the % of Octo-
ber, the next day.
Mr.. Jenkins: What did Mr..
Schine say?
Mr.. Stevens-He still har-
bored hopes he could do some
thing special with the Army. :.
Another Cohn Contact.
Mr.. Jenkins-When was your
next contact?
Mr.. Stevens-I was contacted
by Mr.. Cohn -
Mr.. Jenkins-The date?
Mr.. StevenS-The 22d. :.
Mr.. Cohn advised me that Da-
vid Schine was going to be in
Quoted Nov. 3. He said he had
two ideas. One was that Dave
Schine should be given a fur
lough and assigned to the New
York area. The other was that
maybe the Central Intelligence
Agency could use David Schine.
I talked with Alan Dulles
(head of the CIA) the next day.
Mr.. Jenkins: With what result?
Mr.. Stevens: Negative.
Mr.. Stevens testified he in
formed Mr.. Cohn of this and
said he would arrange for Pvt.
Schine to be given two weeks
temporary duty with the 1st
Army in New York to permit
completion of his committee
work. This arrangement was
made but later cancelled, accord
ing to Mr.. Stevens, when Sen
ator Mccarthy said there might
be unfavorable press action.
I'D like to say the reason I
made that arrangement was
this" Mr.. Stevens said. II didn't
want the United States Army of
being in the position in any con-
ceivable way of obstructing an
investigation of the Army"
Mr.. Stevens said in his open
ing testimony today that meas
ures he has put into effect since
taking Office have frightened up
security regulations throughout
the Army.
Under cross-examination by
Mr.. Jenkins. Mr.. Stevens testified
that Immediately after he took
office he addressed a memo to
the Army Chief Of Staff request
ing a briefing on the Arn1y'S
security program.
Program Had Top Billing.
"Then one of your first, if
not the first official action, was
taken with respect to the loyalty
and security Of the personnel
of the Army?" Mr.. jenkins
asked.
THAT is correct" Mr.. Stew
ems replied. -..... -.
II assume that program had
top billing with you?" Mr.. Jen-
kins said.
"It did," Mr.. Stevens replied.
'"The purpose of your pro-
gram was to make many and
continuing changes for the Sc
curity of the Army?" Mr.. .Jen-
kins asked. 0
"It was" Mr.. Stevens said.
I'm your opinion it has had
that result?" Mr.. Jenkins asked.
1T has," Mr.. Stevens said.
Mr.. Stevens repeated under
croSS-examination a charge in
his opening statement yesterday
that Senator McCar-
thy asked him to give a COM
mission to Pvt. Schine after the
Army had turned down an ear
lier application. The Secretary
said the request was made by
the Senator at a meeting in the
Schine apartment in the Wal
dorf Astoria Hotel in New York
last September 16.
In his opening testimony late
Yesterday. Secretary Stevens said
the activities of Senator McCar-
thy and Mr.. Cohn were a
'perversion of power"
Secretary Stevens all but called
Senator Mccarthy a liar for hav-
ing charged that Secretary Stew
Ems attempted to blackmail the
Senator and that he also sug-
yested the Senator investigate
the Navy and Air Force.
Mr.. Jenkins, a Tennessee trial
lawyer hired to represent the
committee during the current
surprised some spec
tators by asking a number of
questions that seemed to favor
Senator Mccarthy.
Viewers Protest.
One Democratic member of
the committee got a number of
telegrams from TV-viewers pro-
testing that Mr.. Jenkins was
o-McCarthy." Whether he
had, in effect, stated con-
clusions that are very much in
doubt" in phrasing some ques-
tions about Senator McCarthy's
investigation of alleged COM
munism at Fort Monmouth,
N. j.
MY questions speak for them
selves. and the anwers speak for
themselves" Mr.. Jenkins told
them.
DAD NA-Ae d.