Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
MS's and tight LS's of Senator JOSEPH MCCARTHY (R-Wis) and his chief counsel ROY COHN entering the Senate Subcommittee hearings room, taking their seats at the infamous oval table. MS's of the chairman calling the session into order: THIS PERMANENT SUBCOMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE... HAS NOW CONVENED IN OPENING SESSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING CHARGES HERE BEFORE MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY ROBERT T. STEVENS AND HIS COUNSEL JOHN G. EVANS, AND FORMALIZED IN A DOCUMENT DATED APRIL 13, 1954, AND FILED WITH THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, AND IN WHICH A GENERAL CHARGE IS MADE THAT SENATOR JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS... SOUGHT BY IMPROPER MEANS TO OBTAIN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR ONE PVT. G. DAVID SCHINE... THESE CHARGES, AS WELL AS THEIR IMPLICATIONS ARE SUCH A GRAVE AND SERIOUS NATURE AS TO HAVE CAUSED A GREAT CONCERN ON THE PART OF THEI SUBCOMMITTEE, AS WELL AS ON THE PART OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT IS THEREFORE THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION TO MAKE A FULL AND IMPARTIAL EFFORT TO REVEAL THAT WHICH IS TRUE AND TO EXPOSE THAT WHICH IS FALSE WITH RESPECT TO SAID CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES... WE ENTER OUR DUTIES WITH NO PRE-JUDGEMENTS AS TO THE VARITIES OF THIS CONTROVERSY...
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
MS of McCarthy, Cohn at his right hand side, attempting to make a statement, being overruled: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO CONTEST BETWEEN SEN. MCCARTHY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. ALL SENATOR MCCARTHY IS TRYING TO DO IS EXPOSE THE COMMUNISTS THAT HAVE INFILITRATED THE DEPT OF THE ARMY.
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
MS's of Army Major General Ebert (sp) being sworn in, giving testimony: AT THAT TIME SEN MCCARTHY INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A DIRECT RESERVE COMMISSION FOR HIS CONSULTATION, MR. G. DAVID SCHINE... THE SEN. POINTED OUT THAT MR. SCHINE WAS FULLY QUALIFIED FOR A COMMISSION... MR COHN CAME INTO THE ROOM. HE FURTHER EMPHASIZED THE QUALIFICATIONS OF MR SCHINE FOR A COMMISSION.
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
MS of McCarthy and Cohn discussing the issues of hearsay and unsworn testimony with the subcommittee.
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
Tight LS's of the Senate side of the table, Senator Jenkins (Potter?) agreeing w/ the Jr Sen from Wisconsin.
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
MS's of ROBERT T. STEVENS being sworn in, giving opening statement (Army counsel JOSEPH WELSH stands at his left): DAVID SCHINE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT. EFFORTS WERE MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE... TO SECURE A COMMISSION FOR HIM. MR SCHINE WAS NOT QUALIFIED, AND HE WAS NOT COMMISSIONED... THE CHRONOLOGY OF MARCH 10TH EXPOSES WHAT YOU MAY FIND TO BE SUBSTANTIAL AND UNDUE EFFORTS ON THE PART OF SENATOIR MCCARTHY AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO HAVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT GIVEN TO G. DAVID SCHINE... THEY DEALT WITH THA MATTER BY MAKING CHARGES AGAINST DEPT OF ARMY PERSONNEL AND BY ATTEMPTING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO SITUATIONS TOTALLY IRRELAVANT TO THE SCHINE MATTER...
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
MS of McCarthy's rebuttal to Stevens' opening statement: ALL WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING IS SOME COMMUNISTS IN THE ARMY, A VERY SMALL PERECENTAGE... WHEN THE SECRETARY SAYS THAT IN EFFECT I AM SPEAKING FOR THE ARMY HE IS PUTTING THE 99 AND 9/10 PERCENT OF HONORABLE AND LOYAL MEN IN THE ARMY IN THE POSIITON OF TRYING TO OPPOSE THE EXPOSURE OF COMMUNISTS IN THE ARMY... I RESENT VERY VERY MUCH HIS ATTEMPT TO CONNECT THE GREAT AMERICAN ARMY WITH THIS ATTEMPT TO SABOTAGE THE EFFORTS OF THIS COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS INTO INVESTIGATING COMMUNISM.
Excerpts from the Army-McCarthy Hearings
Continuation of Stevens' opening statement: I NOW TURN TO THE CHARGE MADE BY SEN MCCARTHY. ONE, WHICH I URGED THE SEN TO GO AFTER THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE. TWO, THAT I AM GUILTY OF BLACKMAIL. I WOULD LIKE, FIRST, TO RECALL BRIEFLY AT THIS POINT CERTAIN EVENTS ARISING OUT OF THE GENERAL ZWICKER INCIDENT... IT IS A SINGULAR THING TO ME TAHT THIS SERIOUS CHARGE THAT I TRIED TO PERSUADE THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE WAS KEPT FOR SO LONG... (then discusses the blackmail charge)... THE FACT REMAINS THAT THIS MOST SERIOUS CHARGE IS STILL ON THE RECORD. I THEREFORE STATE THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE... THE SCHINE CASE IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE WRONGFULY SEEKING OF PRIVILEGE, OF THE PERVERSION OF POWER. IT HAS BEEN A DISTRACTION THAT HAS KEPT MANY MEN FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF TASKS FAR MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE WELFARE OF THIS COUNTRY THAN THE CONVENIENCE OF A SINGLE ARMY PRIVATE. IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE UNITED STATES ARMY DOES NOT CODDLE COMMUNISTS.