The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-16
How The Row
Shapes Up
AS OF Today


WASHINGTON Up = Here is a
brief rundown on the Senate Inves-
LEGATIONS subcommittee inquiry.
into the dispute between Sen. Nc
Carthy tR-Wis) and top Army Of
ficials:
The Original Charges-Secretary
Of the Army Stevens and Army
Counselor John G. Adams accused
Mccarthy and two subcommittee
aides, Roy M. Cohn and Francis
p. Carr, Of using improper pres
sures to win favored Army treat
ment for Pvt. G. David Schine, a
subcommittee consultant who was
drafted.
Mccarthy and his aides in turn
accused Stevens and Adams of try
ing to use Schine as hostage
In efforts to cause Mccarthy to
halt or divert an investigation of
alleged subvers;ves in the Army.
particularly at Fit. Monmouth, NJ.
They also accused Asst. Secretary
OF Defense H. Strive Hensel of
seeking to discredit the subcom-
mittee.
The subcommittee dismissed
Carr and Hensel as principals on a
<-3 party-line vote May 26.
Pertinent Past Testimony-Stev-
ems denied trying to halt McCar-
thy's probe, but testified he object
ed to methods he said gave a dis
torted picture. He said McCarthy's
aides subjected him to threats of
an exceedingly serious" nature in
seeking Army favors for Schine.
Adams testified Cohn threatened
that If Schine were sent overseas
Stevens would be through as Sec
rotary" and the Army wrecked.
He said Cohn brought pressure
that was extremely hard to
bear"
COIN said Stevens and Adams
repeatedly sought to stop the Fl.
Monmouth probes. He said Adams
often referred to Schine as "the
hostage" and. once said he would
"stop at nothing" to block subcom-
mittee questioning of members Of
the Army's top loyalty board.
Mccarthy denied under oath
seeking favors for Schine. He tes-
titled Army officials filed "black-
mail" charges against him and his
aides to prevent exposure of those
who "coddled" Communists.
Mccarthy portrayed Stevens as
q fundamentally honest" man
who was "mousetrapped' by 9TH
ers into plot against Mccarthy
and the Republican party.
Carr testified Adams made per-
sistent demands that the McCar-
thy probes of the Army be stopped.
He directly contradicted some
earlier testimony by Stevens and
Adams.
Yesterdays Highlights - Carr
testified Stevens and Adams s'went
to great limits to prevent the ex-
posture Of persons who had cleared
Communists" for secret Army
work.
Referring to the charge that
Schine was held hostage" by
Stevens and Adams, Army Special
Counsel Joseph N. WEIGH asked
Carr, what were they threaten
ing TO do to him besides letting
him wear the uniform Of the
United States Army" Carr agreed
that the worst he had heard was
that Schine might have got Sunday
KIP duty.
WEIGH attempted to discredit IL
typed memoranda in support of
the Mccarthy camp charges. Nc
Carthy aides had testified the doc
uments were dictated over Pc
riod OF months prior to public
eruption of the controversy.
WEIGH suggested all the docu-
ments had not been typed by one
secretary, as had been testified.
He cited one memo that showed on
Its face it was from "Francis P.
Carr" Referring to the secretary,
WEIGH asked Carr, "She never
called you Francis in her life, did
she?" Carr said the woman ssusu-
ally calls me Frank" Mccarthy
broke in to say he was "getting
awfully sick of these innuendoes.
After Carr completed his testi-
riony, Cohn made his final ap-
pearance on the stand and paid
tribute to Mccarthy as a great
American" whose "only crime has
been doing his level best to try