Evening star., 1954-04-28

the truth, so help you God?
Mr., Cohn-I do. sir.
Senator Mundt-You may
be seated.
Photo Taken at Request
Of Stevens, Cohn Asserts
Mr.. Cohn Il welcome the
opportunity to state the cir
cumstances of this picture and
the fact that it was taken at
the request of Mr.. Stevens.
I ask that other witnesses be
called to establish that fact.
Senator Counsel
will proceed.
Mr. Jenkin s-Mr. Cohn,
since my appointment as spe-
cial attorney for this commit
tee, have from time to time
been to your Office in consul
tation with you and other wit
nesses that you expect to in
troduce in an effort to ascer-
tain your side of this contro-
versy here. Is that not correct?
Mr.. Cohn-Wait a minute.
Today is Tuesday. is that cor
rect? I believe it was the end
of last week.
Mr.. Jenkins think per-
haps you are right about that.
1t does not make any particu-
lar difference. In your con-
ference with me and in my
questioning you with respect
to the allegations of the Nc
Carthy Committee against Mr..
Stevens and Mr.. Adams you
stated to me that on Novem-
ber 17-and this inquiry is
confined. Mr.. Cohn. we UNDER
stand, to the one issue now
in controversy alone; and that
is with respect to these photo
graphs.
Mr.. Cohn-YeS.
Mr.. Jenkins-You stated to
me on that occasion that Mr..
Stevens as Secretary of the
Army on that date requested
David Schine to be photo
graphed with him.
Mr.. Cohn-I stated that,
and that is the fact, sir. We
will prove it.
Mr.. Jenkins-Did you or did
you not tell me who was pres
ent on that occasion?
Mr.. Cohn-On November
II?
Mr.. JenkinS-Right.
Mr.. Cohn-I believe I told
you some Of the people who
were present. I might have told
you all of the people vino were
present.
Mr.. Jenkins-Did you or did
you not tell me that you had
documentary evidence in the
form of a photograph to sub
stantiate that statement?
Mr.. Cohn-Mr jenkins.
wonder if we could do it this
way: Could l give you my
recollection as to exactly what
I did do?
AS l recall, l told you with
references to the particular
charges about threats that I
had supposedly made to Mr..
stew venS concerning Pvt.
Schine with regard to i'm
proper inducements and per-
suasions that had been at
tempted by Schine himself and
others in his behalf. 1 told
you. sir, believe, that I
thought very substantial proof
OF the bad faith of Mr.. Ste
vens in making those charges
now was the fact that long
after the threats had sup
poSedly been made. long after
these inducements and per-
suasions had supposedly been
made, Mr.. Stevens was not
only most solicitous of Pvt.
Schine but was in his COM
pany, not only once but twice.
and had asked that he be
photographed with Pvt.
Schine. That is what I told
you. sir, and that is the fact.
Mr.. Jenkins-Will you con-
fine it to the photograph
alone?
Mr.. Cohn-I will. sir.
Mr.. Jenkins&I will ask you
whether or not you told me
that you had documentary
evidence in the form of
photograph of Mr.. Stevens
and MIR. Schine corroborating
your statement to me that Mr..
Stevens requested his photo
graph be taken with Schine.
Is that correct?
Mr.. Cohn-I told you, sir,
that as far as I knew there
was picture of Mr.. Stevens
and Private .Schine taken on
November II. There was, and
there is.
Mr.. JenkinS-Did I ask you
to produce that photograph to
me prior to my cross examina-
ton of the Secretary of the
Army?
Mr.. Cohn-1 believe before
you did that, Mr. jenkins. you
asked me to explain to you the
circumstances under which
that photograph was taken. I
believe. sir. I then told you
and if 1 may
Mr.. Jenkins-Did or not you
tell me it was taken on that
occasion at the request of the
Secretary of the Army?
Mr.. Cohn-I said that then,