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Senator McCarthy spoke to Mr. Adams at 10:30 a.m. at the entrance to the U.S. Courthouse in New York . . . He stated that he had learned of the extent of his staff's interference with the Army in reference to Schine and that he wished to advise Adams thereafter to see that nothing was done on the committee's behalf with reference to Schine.
After the hearings, Senator McCarthy, Mr. Cohn, Mr. Francis Carr and Mr. Adams were present together. Mr. Adams, in order to have Senator McCarthy state his views in front of Messrs. Carr and Cohn, suggested discussing the Private Schine situation.
The discussion became heated, and Mr. Cohn restated all the arguments which he had used before and referred to a so-called commitment that Private Schine be assigned to the New York City area immediately on finishing basic training.
Mr. Cohn was vituperative in his language. During this discussion, Senator McCarthy remained silent.
The party rode uptown in Mr. Cohn's car, and Mr. Cohn continued his statement. Twice during the ride uptown and as Mr. Adams was getting out of the car, Senator McCarthy asked Mr. Adams to ask Secretary Stevens if the Secretary could find a way to assign Private Schine to New York.
Senator McCarthy again suggested the possibility that the Secretary should put Private Schine on duty at headquarters, First Army, with an assignment to examine the textbooks at West Point and to report to the Secretary as to whether they contained anything of a subversive nature . . .
JANUARY 9, 1954
Mr. Adams was at Amherst, Mass. filling a speaking engagement at Amherst College. In the middle of the afternoon, Mr. Adams received a long-distance call from Mr. Francis Carr, who said he had been trying to reach him since the previous evening. Mr. Carr stated that Mr. Cohn had been trying to reach Mr. Adams from New York and that the purpose of Mr. Cohn's call was to have Mr. Adams intervene with the commanding general at Fort Dix because Private Schine was scheduled for KP duty on the following day, a Sunday. Mr. Adams told Mr. Carr that it was absolutely impossible for him to do anything from Amherst . . .
Private Schine was allowed to go on pass (weekend leave) until Sunday afternoon, when he was required to return to Fort Dix.
JANUARY 11
On or about this date, Mr. Cohn called Mr. Adams and asked extensive questions with reference to Camp Gordon, Ga. and the exact number of days Private Schine would be required to serve there.
Mr. Cohn also desired to know if it were necessary for Private Schine to live on the post, if Private Schine could have his car on the post, and the name of the person at Camp Gordon that could serve as the contact between Mr. Cohn and Camp Gordon for the purpose of relieving Private Schine of duty when necessary . . .
JANUARY 13
Mr. Adams went to the Capitol and called on Mr. Cohn and Mr. Carr in Mr. Cohn's office in the Senate Investigations Subcommittee. General discussion was had concerning the Private Schine situation and the progress of the McCarthy committee investigation at Fort Monmouth. Knowing that 90% of all inductees get overseas duty and that there were nine chances out of ten that Private Schine would be facing overseas duty when he concluded his tour at Camp Gordon, Mr. Adams informed Mr. Cohn of this situation.