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| fear that 'they're tapping the
phone" but didn't elaborate.
David was born In Gloyers-
vile. N. Y, the second Of four
children. Residents Of this glove-
manufacturing center recall that
j. Myer Schine and his brother.
Louis. began there as leather
salesmen. Then they bought
their first movie theater and in
the sos expanded into a chain
Of theaters and hotels.
Spend Winters in Florida.
]. Myer Scnine and his wife,
Hildegarde. still maintain q big.
white. comfortable house in
Gloversville in "the" residential
district. Their winters are spent
! in Florida, where last year they
threw a party for the Duke and
! Duchess of Windsor. They also
/ spend considerable time in their
apartment in the Waldorf-As-
toria in New York. where. Sec
retary Stevens testified, he went
to dinner at Senator McCarthy's
/ invitation.
Last winter, while the Schines
were in Florida. their Gloversville
home was burglarized. Among
the losses reported in the Glow
ersville Leader Republican was
several thousand dollars in
cash" taken from q safe which
was ripped out of a closet in
the master bedroom.
The SchineS also maintain an
elaborate summer home at West
Caroga Lake. in the Adirondacks.
where David played host for q
week end last year to Senator
Mccarthy and Roy Cohn, chief
counsel Of his subcommittee.
Young Schine attended grade
schools in GloverSville. prepped at
fashionable Fessenden and An
dover and in 1945 entered Har-
ward, which Senator Mccarthy
has since called a sanctuary for
Fifth Amendment Communists"
Drives Cadillac Convertible.
In recent years. Gloversville
has seen little of young Schine.
When he did come home, he
usually drove up in a robins egg
blue Cadillac convertible. This is
not to be confused with the fam
ily's Cadillac limousine which,
complete with chauffeur. was said
to have picked up Pvt. Schine
several week ends at Fort Dix.
At Andover. he is remembered
by Track Coach Stephen S. Sor.
ota as very nice boy congen-
ial and cooperative. At the prep
school. Mr.. Schine threw the
discus, went out,for football but
dropped that sport in favor of
leading a band. According to un-
confirmed reports, his father OUT
fitted the band and bought all
the instruments.
The treasurer of the board OF
trustees at Andover is Abbot
Stevens, q cousin Of Army Sec
retary. Stevens.
At Harvard. Mr.. Schine ma
jored in political science. Few
people there remembered him
because he was said to be a
.loner." Those who do, say he
was a "playboy. with plenty Of
money and a Cadillac" :" He Joined
no. clubs and apparently parti-
cipated in no student activities.
Got Degree in 1850.
Interrupted by a year in the
Army Transport Service, Mr..
Schine returned to harvard and
hot his degree In 1850. A young
er brother, Richard. is now q
Harvard sophomore. They have
two sisters, both married.
After a brief apprentice eShip,
David, Schine became president
and general manager OF the hotel
chain in 1850. Shortly thereaft-
er, according to Roy Cohn. friend
and former colleague, he helped
organize the Young Presidents
Of America. whose members are
limited to men under 40 who
head firms netting at least
81, 100000 a year.
Dave was active in efforts to
get the members not to employ
Communists or people who refuse
to sign loyalty oaths," Mr.. Cohn
told me.
In 1852 Mr.. Schine wrote and
circulated in the Schine hotels a
six-page pamphlet. Definition Of
Communism" While he warned
of the menace, he also agreed
that positive" countersteps had
been taken against communism.
Among these, he listed the
Marshall Plan. q. N. resistance in
Korea. the North Atlantic Treaty
and the Voice Of America. A.
year later. Schine played q key
role in the investigation Of the
Voice Of America.
Became Consultant In 1853.
He went to work for the Nc
Carthy committee on Feb. 6, 1858,
as its chief and only consultant
on a non-salary basis. Did he
have any previous investigative
experience or was he, as one.
reporter said, "just a guy who.
wrote a pamphlet and got him
self a job for free?
Mr.. Cohn. who has known him