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breaking into the secretary's
answer.
jenkins Apologies.
"Mr. Jenkins" MIR. Stevens
said. "it is terribly hard for me
to answer these questions, sir.
because I don't get a chance to
answer one question before you
start on another"
Mr.. jenkins looked up sur
priSed. lowered his voice. and
said:
II do beg your pardon, and I
will try not to repeat the Of
fense."
Mr.. jenkins hammering cross
examination was directed prin-
cipally at whether Mr.. Stevens
had knowledge of a telephone
call to Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Law
ton, the Fort Monmouth COM
mander, asking him to withdraw
recommendations for suspension
of some Fort Monmouth en-
ployes as bad security risks.
The telephone call. according
to Mr.. Jenkins questions, was
made by John G. Adams, Army
counselor and Mr.. Stevens liai-
son representative with the Nc
Carthy committee.
Mr.. Jenkins went over and
over the matter with Mr.. Ste
vens repeatedly insisting he
could not recall whether Mr..
Adams had informed him of
making the telephone call to
Gen. Lawton.
Quotes Gen. Lawt0n.
The special counsel said he
had received a statement this
morning from Gen. Lawton that
was dictated to the Generals
aide, Capt. Joseph E. Corr. The
substance of the memorandum
was that some time early last
November, Mr.. Adams made such
a call asking that the recon-
mended suspension be withdrawn
and that Gen. Lawton replied:
Il will not. Let the Secre-
tary take the responsibility"
Mr.. Stevens said he regarded
the matter as of great impor-
tance in shedding light on the
truth or falSity" of Senator Nc
Carthy'S charge that the Army
sought to head off the subcom-
mittee's investigation at Fort
Monmouth.
Mr.. Jenkins also pressed Mr..
Stevens on whether he had re-
ceived information from Mr..
Adams about Gen. Lawton's tes-
timony at closed session of
the Mccarthy subcommittee in
New York last November IA.
He asked if he recalled hearing
that Gen. Lawton had testified
that he had ordered no Suspen-
sion on his own initiative during
the 81 months he had been in
command there.
No, I don't recall that" Mr..
Stevens replied.
Stevens Admits Confusion.
"a He also said he did not recall
hearing that in the New York
session Gen. Lawton pointed to
Mr.. Adams. who was present, and
said: There is one reason
AS Mr. Jenkins pressed for
"yes or no answers" to his uues-
tlons in the interest of expediting
the dragging investigation, Mr..
Stevens mentioned that he had
been on the stand for six days
and had found it confusing in
trying to answer the hundreds of
questions fired at him.
Mr.. Jenkins framed many of
his queries around Mr.. Stevens
previous testimony that he had
considered relieving Gen. Law
ton as the Fort Monmouth COM
mander, but not because, as
Senator Mccarthy suggested in
questioning yesterday, of state
ments praising Senator Nc
Carthy and the subcommittee
investigation.
Mr.. Jenkins said his question
about the telephone call to Gen.
LaWton was "Suspectible to a
yes or no answer and I insist
upon it,"
~ do not recall having made
such request" Mr.. Stevens an
Swered.
Then Mr.. Stevens won the
subcommittee's consent to relate
the reasons why he considered
relieving Gen. Lawton.
Feared Hasty Suspensions.
He said he did not want to be
q party to suspension ION meager
or almost nonexistent informa-
tion," and added:
With that background, I say
might have talked with Mr..
Adams but I do not recall it now.
The fact. Mr.. Jenkins, my
memory is not entirely clear on
that one point, after all the
hundreds of questions I've an
swered here this week, is not
unusual"
The Secretary said that last
October 81 he discussed the mat
ter with Maj. Gen. George I.
Back. the Army's chief signal
officer.
II said to Gen. Back wanted
to be sure that in carrying out
his duties at Fort Monmouth
Gen. Lawton exercised careful
and good judgment, that he did
not move so rapidly on suspen-
sions without sufficient infor-
nation"
Il told Gen. Back I was ap-
prehensive that Gen. Lawton was
moving IN that direction :"
Mr.. jenkins asked if the Sec
retary considered Gen. Lawton
q man of integrity.
Completely" Mr.. Stevens re-
piled.
After the Secretary's state