Evening star., 1954-04-28
By Mary Mcorory

The next time Mr.. Cohn meets
Mr.. Welch, he may be just a
trif1e wary.
Mr.. Cohn is the chief counsel
for the Mccarthy investigating
subcommittee. Mr.. Welch repre-
SentS the Army in its current
disagreement with the subcom-
mittee.
Not precisely opposite num-
berS, they are two legal eagles.
And they met in full flight yes
terday over an enormous photo
graph. 1t showed Army Secre-
tary Stevens, Pvt. G. David
Schine and a couple of other
fellows. This was the "undoc-
tored" photograph as opposed to
the "doctored" version which
showed the secretary and the
private all by themselves, smiling
at each other.
At 81, Mr.. Cohn has something
of the air of the Quiz Kid. He
has powerful memory, he gives
ready, rapid-f1re answers. He
has many decided opinions. Mr..
WEIGH. who comes from Boston,
Is the elder by some 36 years.
lie has yet to reveal the full con-
t DTS of his legal bag of tricks to
the hearing. For yesterdays en-
counter with Mr.. Cohn, he drew
forth only the needle.
Master and Pupil"
Seated side by side at The
committee table under the spot
ll9ht. they looked more like
master and pupil than adver-
Saries. Mr.. Cohn, black hair
slicked down. sat erect, eager
and assured. Mr.. WEIGH. wispy
grey hair sticking out in the
back. bow tie trif1e askew,
leaned forward, beaming just a
bit.
AS things progressed he
seemed to adopt toward Mr..
Cohn the kindly attitude one
might take to a frisky puppy.
Down, boy. down." sums it up.
First things first, Mr.. Welch
meticulously established the re-
lationship between them.
Mr.. Cohn," he said, ST as
sumo you would like it under
stood that although I sit at
the same table, I am not your
counsel"
Mr.. COINS rejoinder showed
he could take joke and maybe
even turn it to his advantage. |
There is not statement that |
has been made at this hearing
with which I am in more COM
plete agreement. Mr.. Welch," he
replied briSkly, although I say
I am sure you are a lawyer of |
great ability and maybe would
be fortunate if I had you as my
counsel. 1 have no counsel here. |
Roy Cohn is here speaking for |
Roy Cohn, to give the facts. 1 |
have no counsel, and 1 feel the
need of none, SIR"
A Bit Near-Sighted.
Mr.. Welch called for the dis |
puted picture. Mr.. Cohn asked |
to have it brought closer. He
volunteered the fact that he was
Observation-Disclosures not, he |
hoped. in connection with his |
duties
He asked for it, and Mr.. Welch
let him have it.
'I think you have bet aged
some ar-sightedness," ne re-
marked.
Mr.. Cohn decided the time for
comedy had come and gone. He
said a little huffly that he was
not as clever as Mr.. Welch and
while he could answer the ques-
tions he could not answer the
quips.
Mr.. Welch, beaming just a
little bit more. said only, "Oh,
Mr.. Cohn."
Unsmilingly. the pair con-
sidered Mr.. Stevens facial ex-
preston in the picture. Mr.. Cohn
called it a smile. Mr.. Welch
called it "a grim smile" and in
vited his young tablemate to
concur.
If the smile is grim or if it
isn't grim. I know not. sir"
said Mr.. Cohn. But obviously
it was a smile that made Mr..
Cohn happy.
Not too fast, Mr.. Cohn; not
too fast" said Mr.. Welch.
All About Smiles.
They returned to their joint
scrutiny of the picture. which
Mr.. WEIGH later owlishly termed
"the big picture" Mr.. Welch
ventured to say he thought he
observed on Col. Bradley'S face
"a faint little look of pleasure.
It sounded as harmless as the
spiders invitation to the fly. and
Mr.. Cohn stepped right into Mr..
Welch's parlor.
Il would say" said the young
attorney, with q chuckle, that