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made such proposal on January
%.
Hits "'BlackmaiI" Charge.
8. The Secretary also angrily
retorted to the Senator's charge
that Army representatives tried
to "blackmail" his group into
dropping probes of Communist
infiltration of the Army. He de-
clared he never received any
such claim until efforts to get
Pvt. Schine preferential treat
ment were exposed in the Army
report in reply to senatorial re-
quests.
4. Senator Mccarthy said he
talked with Subcommittee Coun-
sci Roy Cohn and that he also
was willing to testify under
oath about the Schine case. He
added they would have Cor.
rotation from an independent
source" that the Army tried to
get his group to drop its Red
investigation.
S. Referring to suggestion that
Mr.. Cohn be fired for his part
in the dispute with John G.
Adams. Army chief legal coun-
sci, the Senator said he would
not press on his own for an in
vestigation of the official Army
Recommendation Of charges that
Mr.. Cohn sought special rights
for Pvt. Schine.
Says He Believes COhn.
II have made up my mind
that Adams is not telling the
truth and that Cohn is" he said.
Therefore, it would be unfair
for me to sit in the chair Gas
chairman) while Adams is ap-
pearlng."
There was some dispute among
Senators as to just who should
conduct the investigation.
Impartial Agency Asked.
Senator Potter, who addressed
. Republican gathering in New
Haven. said he believes the sub
committee is ''well-qualif1ed to
conduct its own search for the
facts"
In response to a question, he
also said he did not advocate
the suspension of Mr.. Cohn,
until and unless" the army
charges were proved true.
The tragedy of it all is" said
Senator Potter. that irreSpec-
tive of who lies, someone is ly-
ing; and irrespective of the
tragedy to the (Republican)
party. the tragedy is the damage
that is done to the Army which
is something which cannot be
swept under the rug"
Senator Mundt, Republican, of
South Dakota, who ranks next to
Senator Mccarthy on the In
vestigations Subcommittee said
1t is not the group to investigate
the row.
He declared an inquiry should
be made about the shocking
charges being exchanged among
parties involved" but that of
various ways of doing this lit
would be least desirable to have
it handled by a committee whose
staff and chairman are in
volved."
Some other committee, one
with a large and we'll trained
staff, should do the job, he said,
and it should have the power to
insist on Sworn testimony in
duced in compliance with the
laws of perjury"
Dirksen DiSagrees.
But Senator Dirksen. Repub-
lican, Of Illinois, another COM
mittee member, differed with
Senator Mundt.
II think members of, our sub
committee can make their own
investigation and apply the
remedy" he told The Star.
He said he made formal re-
quest for a meeting of the sub
committee-composed of four
Republicans and three Demo-
crats-"as soon as possible" He
said he would like to have the
meeting tomorrow but that If
Senator Mccarthy had not re-
turned he thought that it should
be held no later than Tuesday.
Senator Mccarthy noted in his
Manitowoc interview that some
Senators were demanding the
Armed Services Committee do
the investigating.
"They can investigate us If
they want to-" he said. I'VE
have nothing to say about what
other committees do. But no
other committee is going to tell
us whom to hire and fire.
1--WE have good competent
Democrats as well as Republi-
cans on our committee and they
can decide whom to hire and
fire"
Later he told reporters: II
wouldn't approve Of another
committee investigating our
staff"
Discount FBI Role.
A Democratic member of the
subcommittee, Senator Jackson
of Washington, agreed that "the
subcommittee has the RESPONSE
bility to pass upon its own staff"
Republican Leader Knowland
Of California. said he wanted
the Mccarthy group to "get to
the bottom" of the controversy.