Evening star., 1954-04-13
Two Mccarthy Aides
Present Their Side Of
Dispute for Hearings

While Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican of Wisconsin contin-
ued to nurse a sore throat in
Arizona, two of his aides-Roy
M. Cohn and Francis p. Carr
were due to give the Senate In
vestigations subcommittee their
side of the Army -McC Carthy feud
today.
The subcommittee was clos
eted for three hours yesterday
afternoon with Army Secretary
Stevens and his counsel, Joseph
N. WEIGH, outlining the infor-
nation they want the Army to
submit in preparation for the
public hearings, starting April
%. The subcommittee will sub
NIT the same request today to
Mr.. Cohn and Mr.. Carr.
Senator Mundt, Republican,
of South Dakota, who has re-
placed Senator Mccarthy as
chairman temporarily. explained
that these preliminary closed
sessions are for the purpose of
defining the scope of the in
Quiry.
The controversy was touched
of by an Army report, charging
that members of the Mccarthy
staff sought favored treatment
for Army Private G. David
Schine. a former unpaid con-
sultant to the Investigations
subcommittee. Senator Mccarthy
countered with charges the Army
tried to blackmail him into
dropping his investigation of al
legged communism in the Army.
Jenkins to Quiz Cohn.
Mr.. Cohn, who is chief counsel
to the Investigations subcommit-
tee, will find himself undergoing
preliminary questioning today by
Attorney Ray H. jenkins of
Knoxville, engaged by the sub
committee as its special counsel
for the Mccarthy Army inquiry.
Following yesterdays pre7hear-
ing conference with Secretary
Stevens, it had been the original
intention of Senator Mundt to
have a similar session with
Senator Mccarthy. When SEN
ator Mundt reached Senator Nc
Carthy by telephone in Arizona
he said he was told the Wiscon-
sin Senator did not expect to be
back today.
Senator Mundt said Senator
Mccarthy suggested the sub
committee proceed with Mr.. Carr
and Mr.. Cohn. and perhaps it
would get from them all the
information it wanted from
him. Senator Mundt said, how
ever, the subcommittee still ex-
poets to confer with Senator
Mccarthy as soon as he returns.
Later, when Special Counsel
Jenkins was explaining that the
subcommittee is calling on both
sides for definite, concise
statement of their charges, he
paused to explain that Senator
Mundt was not sure that SEN
ator Mccarthy meant to convey
the impression that Mr.. Carr
and Mr.. Cohn were authorized to
speak for him in these prelimi-
nary proceedings.
Synopsis of Army.
Senator Mundt said the Army
was asked not only for a written
statement of its charges, but a
synopsis of what each of it's wit
nesses would testify, and the
order in which proof should be
presented.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat.
OF Arkansas pointed out that
when similar information has
been presented by both sides
the issue becomes joined and
you know what is to be tried"
Senator Iundt said the data
submitted by each side would
be available to the other. And
Attorney Jenkins said his off,
hand opinion is that when both
sides have submitted outlines of
their cases the information
should be made public.
Senator Mundt said he pre-
sumed the subcommittee also
would have a preliminary con-
ference with John G. Adams.
chief counsel to the Army, whose
name figured in the original
charges and countercharges of
the Army and Senator Nc
Carthy.
Meanwhile. the subcommittee
has not yet worked out the rules
to govern the public hearings,
including the important ques-
tion of whether Senator Nc
Carthy will cross-examine wit