Evening star., 1954-04-24

spokes m an, the gentlemanly
Secretary Stevens. Mr.. Welcn's
principal function has been to
provide moral support.
Flatters Counsel.
At the same tine. he seems to
have been using this little in
terval in order to cement cordial
relationships with Mr.. Jenkins.
On several occasions. Mr..
Welch has referred f1atteringly
to the committee counsel. Even
his plaintive objections to Mr..
jenkins tendency to chew off the
ends of Mr.. Stephens answers
were garlanded in compliments.
Correctly addressing himself to
Senator Mundt. he said of the
committee counsel: His mind
moves as swiftly as he does"
It was as if Mr.. Welch, cropping
| for some certainty in a disor-
dered world, was saying to his
/ fellow, professional lawyer: AT
least you and I understand each
other"
And at the end of an after
noon of bitter legal wrangle at
which Senator Mccarthy dis
played his virtuoSity as an in
fighter, Mr.. WEIGH served notice
that these vast and dowdy doings
had not impressed him over
much.
II don't know if you can see
a clock or not" he remarked
mildly, "but I had hoped I would
get to Boston tonight. Are you
| going to run late?" The motion
for adjournment was not far
behind.
And so Mr.. WEIGH escaped for
the week end to the relative calm
of the Bay State.
| When he comes back next
week. one suspects, the audience
may watch him with new in
terest. For, slow starter though
he has been, Mr.. WEIGH has
shown flashes of great promise.
Even on the opening day, he
made a significant contribution
to the Army's case. Gen. Reber
had been led all over the reser-
vation by questioners seeking to
establish the fact that there was
nothing out of the way in the
diligent efforts of Senator Nc
Carthy and Mr.. Cohn to make
military life more beautiful for
Pvt. G. David Schine.
They were getting along swim
mingly, so well, in fact, that they
might have left the impression
that it would have been unusual
for the Senator and Mr.. Cohn
not to do what they did.
Mr.. WEIGH quietly put a lead
ing question to the General:
"Disregarding the word i'm
proper influence or pressure. do
you recall any instance compar-
able to this in which you were
put under great pressure?"
Unmatched Pressure.
Gen. Reber replied: ITO the
best Of my recollection. I recall
no instance under which I was
put under greater pressure.
Which is, of course, one of the
main things the "television
! show" as Senator Mccarthy calls
it, is all about.
And yesterday, under heavy
bombardment from Senator Nc
Carthy, Mr.. Welsh held his posi-
ton on the matter of admitting
'as testimony the monitored tele-
phone calls between the princi-
pals in the case.
Senator Mccarthy poured it
on. Mr.. WEIGH, the Senator in
sisted. could not speak for the
Army.
Il represent the Army just as
much as you do," Senator Nc
Carthy said. In fact, think
more So"
Mr.. WEIGH did not reply to the
attack. He only looked a little
bit more doubtful. But when the
dust had settled, his suggestion
that the committee vote on the
question of admitting those docu-
mentS had been acted upon.
BY the end of the second day.
people were beginning to wonder
if this man had not come down
from Boston. perhaps, to insert
a little note of old-fashioned
order in a strictly new-fangled
bedlam of confusion.