Evening star., 1954-04-27
Picture 'Doctorinq'
Charged by Army;
Cohn Takes Stand
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ing to minimize the fact that
it had been altered. He asked
the Secretary if the picture was
not still completely accurate.
I'm certainly not going to say
anything about the picture" Mr..
Stevens retorted. "It was doc
tored."
Seantor Mccarthy said he
could see nothing wrong in the
Secretary of the Army's having
his picture taken with a private.
He pointed out that not only
a third person but possibly a
fourth. whose arms were partly
visible in a picture supplied by
the Army. had been cut off.
MIR. Stevens stuck to his point.
Some one has undertaken to
edit the information being sup
plied here"
Senator Mccarthy pressed
the Secretary to identify the
fourth figure whose arms were
visible in the photograph sup
piled by the Army.
Il don't know, but it might
be Senator Mccarthy" Mr..
Stevens replied.
1T might we'll have been be-
cause I was there when you
called the photographer over to
take the picture" Senator Nc
Carthy said. But he added that
the hat shown in the photograph
was not his.
A ripple of excitement ran
through the ornate Senate eau
Gus room as Senator Mccarthy
finished and Mr.. Jenkins rumbled
out, Mr.. Chairman, at this
time I should like to call Mr.. Roy
Cohn."
Taken in New Jersey.
Mr.. Cohn got up from the
committee table where he was
sitting with Senator Mccarthy,
worked his way among photog-
raphers and around the press
table and to the witness seat. He
was hardly sworn before the
short, dark-haired Subcommit-
tee counsel spoke quickly into
the microphone:
Il welcome this opportunity
to state the circumstances of
this picture. ~
Mr.. Cohn. speaking rapidly,
said the picture, taken at Nc
Guire Air Force Base in New
Jersey last November II, was
made at the request of Mr..
Stevens. He said he hoped the
subcommittee would call other
witnesses to establish this.
Mr.. Jenkins brought out in
questioning that Mr.. Cohn had
informed him in a conference
last week end that Mr.. Stevens
had requested the picture.
Il stated that, and that is a
fact" the 27-year-old Mr.. Cohn
interrupted. And we'll prove
1t, he added.
Invited to Fort Monmouth.
Mr.. Cohn said Secretary Ste
vens had invited Senator Nc
Carthy. Mr.. Carr and himself to
visit Fort Monmouth, N. j., dur
ing a Mccarthy investigation of
the radar laboratories there.
When they arrived at the Nc
Guire Air Base, Mr.. Cohn said
Pvt. Schine was there and two
military photographers.
AT that point" Mr.. Cohn
continued. "Mr. Stevens walked
over to Schine and said, This is
a picture want. Let's have it
taken now"
Mr.. Cohn said Mr.. Schine re-
ceived a copy of the photograph
and had it in his Office until
recent events, and then it was
taken down." He said he had
Mr.. Schine bring it down and
gave it to a member of his staff
to have blown-up copies made.
The young attorney insisted
he did not have any knowledge
that the picture had been al
tered and that some of the per-
sons in it were cut off.
Didn't Hear Word Alone"
Mr.. Cohn insisted under ques-
tioning by Senator Mcclellan and
Senator Jackson that he had not
even heard Mr.. Jenkins use the
word "alone" yesterday in his
questioning of Mr.. Stevens con-
corning the photograph of Pvt.
Schlne. Mr.. Jenkins consumed
the better part of an hour cross
examining Mr.. Stevens on that
particular point.
Wasn't it important to this
issue that Mr.. Stevens was asked
II the picture were taken alone?"
Senator jackson demanded. 1T
became very material to the issue
whether they were alone or with
some one else. Shouldn't you
have called attention to the fact
that the picture might not be
complete?"
Senator" Mr.. Cohn replied,
II didn't catch the word alone
/ think it is completely unim-
portant whether third person
was there or not"
Senator Dworshak, Republi-
can. of Idaho turned sarcasti-
cally to the question of just how
valuable Pvt. Schine was to the
committee.
WAS Mr.. Schine such an in
dispensable member of this
staff" the Idaho Senator asked,
that the committee could not
function without him"
Place Isn't Filled.
HE did an able and success
full job without any compenSa-
ton" Mr.. Cohn replied. He
saved millions of dollars for the
American taxpayer"
please answer questions,
Senator Dworshak interrupted,
land don't make speeches. Who
has been engaged to replace
Mr.. Schine?"