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General Ryan telephoned Mr. Adams from Fort Dix and stated that the matter of handling Private Schine was becoming increasingly difficult, since the soldier was leaving the post nearly every night. General Ryan stated that Private Schine had been returning regularly to the post very late at night . . .
DECEMBER 8—10
The committee began open hearings [on Fort Monmouth] in Washington ...
Just before the hearing opened in the morning [Dec. 9], Mr. Cohn spoke to Mr. Adams concerning the Army's prospective assignment of Private Schine, and Mr. Adams explained, as he had many times before, that Private Schine was going to be handled the same as any other private soldier. Mr. Cohn broke off this conversation in the middle, turning his back on Mr. Adams . . .
At the conclusion of the morning hearing, Mr. Adams followed Senator McCarthy to his office and conferred with him concerning the inquiries of Mr. Cohn about Mr. Schine. As a result of Mr. Adams' request, Senator McCarthy told Mr. Adams that he would write the Secretary of the Army a letter in which he would state that the committee had no further interest in Private Schine and that he hoped that Private Schine would be treated the same as other soldiers . . . This letter, under date of 22 December, 1953, was written by Senator McCarthy and received by the Secretary of the Army.
Mr. Adams returned to the Pentagon, and in the middle of the afternoon, received a telephone call from Mr. Cohn. Mr. Cohn stated to Mr. Adams that he would teach Mr. Adams what it meant to go over his head.
The Washington hearings for that week concluded at noon on Thursday. At Senator McCarthy's request, Secretary Stevens and Mr. Adams lunched with Senator McCarthy and Mr. Francis Carr at the Carroll Arms. According to Mr. Carr, Mr. Cohn was too upset to attend the lunch because of the Private Schine situation and the Army's unwillingness to settle on Private Schine's future assignment, and had departed for New York immediately after the conclusion of the morning hearing.
At this luncheon there were extensive discussions led by Senator McCarthy as to the possibilities of an immediate New York assignment for Private Schine. The Secretary stated that Private Schine must complete his basic 16 weeks' training before his future assignment could even be discussed . . .
DECEMBER 11
On this day Private Schine was informed that thereafter, training would be expanded to include Saturday morning duty . . . During the afternoon, Mr. Adams had extensive long-distance conversations with Mr. Cohn from New York, all of them initiated by Mr. Cohn, and one of which lasted nearly an hour. During these conversations, Mr. Cohn, using extremely vituperative language, told Mr. Adams that the Army had again "double-crossed" Mr. Cohn, Private Schine and Senator McCarthy.
The first double-cross, according to Mr. Cohn, was when the Army had not given a commission to Schine after promising one to him; the second double-cross, according to Mr. Cohn, was that the Army had not assigned Private Schine immediately to New York; and another was that the Army canceled Private Schine's availability during week nights. The requirement that Private Schine perform duties on Saturday mornings was a new double-cross . . .
DECEMBER 17