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4 ing that ne be assigned 20 the
New York City area when he had
! completed basic training at Fort
1 Dix.
Senator Mccarthy and Mr..
Cohn state in their formal
charges that mo improper means
Of any kind have been used to
obtain preferential treatment for
Private Schine. All applications
and discussions concerning his
tour of duty with the Army have
been open and proper"
In his testimony and in the
I formal ccuntercharges signed by
him, Senator Mccarthy attempts
I! to establish Schineis value and
| justify the efforts to get prefer
iential treatment for him.
Some evidence reveals however
that Senator Mccarthy did not
highly regard Mr.. Schine's con-
tribution to the subcommittee.
In q monitored telephone call
on November Z, he told Secretary
Stevens that Schine was "a good
boy, but there is nothing indis-
penSable about him." He further
stated to Secretary Stevens. IF
he (Schine) could get of week
ends-Roy. it Is one Of the few
things I have seen him COM
pletely unreasonable about--he
thinks Dave should be q general
and work from the penthouse of
the Waldorf"
He further said: II think for
Roy's sake if you can let him
{Schine) come back for week
ends or something so his girls
won't get too lonesome, maybe
II they shave his hair off he
won't want to come back"
| In this same telephone call,
I Senator Mccarthy requested OF
' Secretary Stevens:
For Gods sake don't tell
Anything of this because he
would 60 right back and tell
Troy"
Those comments are incon-
sistent with the claim that Pvt.
Schine was needed for subcom-
mittee work. Instead, they
strongly indicate that the re-
quests for special privileges for
I Pvt. Schine were without justifi-
cation on the basis of any needs
kof this subcommittee. In this
Telephone conversation Senator
Moo arthy was not motiyated by
q desire to secure the services of
Mr.. Schine for the subcommittee,
but rather to serve the unreason-
able demands of and to placate
Mr.. Cohn.
Senator McCarthy's statement
of Mr.. COINS unreasonableness
where Mr.. Schine was involved
is borne out by other testimony.
On January g.. 1854, Mr.. Cohn
J telephoned 1t. Blount of Fort Dix
and complained concerning the
J routine assignment of Pvt.
Schine to K. P. duty the follow
! ing day. In this conversation ne
threatened Colonel Ringler, the
regimental commander, and 1t
Miller, the company commander
! for their alleged actions and at
titudes toward Pvt. Schine.
'Name Check"
Mr.. Cohn admitted that there
after he had name check" run
on Col. Ringler. He said he did
this because Col. Ringler was re-
ported as having referred to the
subcommittee Investigations as
witch hunts" There was no jus
tifiable basis for this name
check" On the contrary, it was
apparently due to Mr.. COINS
RESENTMENT of the routine as
signment of Pvt. Schine to K. P,
q normal chore for young men
in the Army. In addition to Mr..
Cohn's Incorporate attitude in
matters directly related to Mr..
Schine, he demonstrated such
characteristics on other occa-
sions. An outstanding example
is the incident at Fort Monmouth
where he was excluded from en-
tering a secret laboratory. at
(which time he used threatening
Language in terms of This is it.
this is war with the Army :.
I'VE will investigate the heck out
of you."
There Is much more in the
record that could be cited but
the foregoing provides ample
basis for the following findings:
Cd Pvt. Schine's services to
! the investigations Subcommittee
following his induction into the
Army were not essential. Such
work as he may have performed
after entering the service. If any.
is insignificant and unimpresSive.
Such needs for his services to
the subcommittee, If any, did not
warrant the request for, or the
granting to him of, any special
privileges or preferential treat
ment.
ca Mr.. Cohn, without justifi-
cation, knowingly and persist
emily sought and secured special
privileges and preferential treat
ment for Pvt. Schine. To secure
such favors, he knowingly mis-
represented the need of Pvt.
Schine's services to the Investi-
J cations Subcommittee. In doing
so he misused and abused the
powers Of his Office and brought
disrepute to the subcommittee.
CD Senator Mccarthy knew
that Pvt. Schine's services were
not needed by the Investigations
Subcommittee sufficiently to war;
rant requests for, and the grant
ing Of. special privileges and the
preferred treatment accorded to
Pvt. Schine. He knew Of the in
terest. actions. and conduct OF
] Mr.. Cohn with respect to re-
questing and securing special
privileges and preferred treat
ment for Pvt. Schine. Neverthe-
less he permitted same to occur
and continue without exercising
any restraint upon Mr.. Cohn. He