Evening star., 1954-04-23


larly that Cohn not be made
aware Of his attitude toward
Schine.
FurIough Sought
Following Induction
On October q, Cohn called
me and told me Schine was
due for induction November 3.
He expressed two ideas of his
own. One was q furlough at
the outset of Schine's induc-
tion into the Army. The other
idea. was the possibility of q
job at the Central Intelligence
Agency provided CIA could
pick him up before the draft
got him.
After talking with Allen
Dulles, Director of CIA, the
following morning, I called
Cohn and told him there was
no chance of Schine's obtain
ing a job in CIA. I told Cohn
that Schine could be assigned
to temporary duty at 1st
Army in New York prior to
starting his regular basic
training. if actually needed for
committee work.
On October 81, Cohn phoned
me that this arrangement was
satisfactory. I gave instruc-
tons to effect the necessary
details. Schine was inducted
as a private in the Army on
November 3 and went on tenn
porary duty that day with
1St Army in New York.
Almost at the same time.
Senator Mccarthy. asked Mr..
Adams to have Schine's tenn
porary duty in New York can
celed because he. thought
neWspapermen might pick up
the story and prove embar-
RAISING to Senator Mccarthy.
Upon learning this. Cohn re-
quested the temporary duty be
extended over the first week
end of this arrangement.
which was done.
On November 3, I paid an
Official visit to Fort Dix. On
that day I advised Maj. Gen.
c. E. Ryan, commanding gen.
eral, that he would shortly re-
celve, as an inductee, q former
staff member of this commit
tee who might turn out to be
a problem for him. I told Gen.
Ryan that Schine should be
made available upon the re-
quest of the committee staff
over week ends when required
to complete Schine's work for
the committee and provided it
did not interfere with his
training.
On November s, Senator
Mccarthy, Cohn and Carr
lunched with Mr.. Adams and
me in my Office. The Senator's
own memorandum of Novem-
ber 6. published on March IL,
states, and I quote:
g. we told him (Stevens)
we were jammed up trying to
get out our reports to file, and
with the Monmouth investiga-
ton and that David Schine
was about to enter the Army
and had much information
and material on the reports
and investigation that we
could not get along without.
Mr.. Stevens said that he would
arrange for Dave to complete
the work over week ends and
after training hours. -
The next day, Senator Nc
Carthy called to ask me not to
assign Pvt. Schine back to his
committee. I never had any
intention of assigning Pvt.
Schine back to the committee,
but only releasing him for
committee business at times
which did not interfere with
his military training. In this
conversation the Senator in
timated that the committee
had little actual need for
Schine's services.
I call your attention to the
inconsistency between this
statement and the statement
made to me the day before, as
confirmed by the memoran-
dunn from which I have just
read. I do not account for this
inconsistency. I simply recite
the facts. My order to Gen.
Ryan was that Pvt. Schine was
to be released only for COM
mittee work when it would not
affect his training. Under the
circumstances, I had to trust
Senator Mccarthy and his
staff not to abuse this ar
rangement.
Had I known that the order
given to Gen. Ryan in my
effort to assist this committee
would be abused by the staff
of the committee to the extent
that it was, the order would
never have been issued.
On December 10. I lunched
with Senator Mccarthy. Carr
and Mr.. Adams. Senator Nc
Carthy asked whether it would
be possible to assign Pvt.
Schine to New York at the end
of eight weeks of training. He
said he knew of cases where
only eight weeks of training
was required He suggested
that Schine might be assigned
to check textbooks at West
Point. I told the Senator that
Pvt. Schine would have to
complete his full Is weeks
of basic training.
Nee Corthy's Letter
To Stevens Recalled
Senator Mccarthy wrote me
a letter dated December 90,
1858, which he has made pub
lie, purporting to diSclaim any