Word: counselling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Flanders likened McCarthy to Dennis the Menace, explaining that McCarthy displays the "colossal innocence" of children "who blunder . . . into the most appalling situations as they ramble through the world of adults." Flanders wanted the Mundt committee to examine "the real heart of the mystery": the personal relationships between McCarthy, Counsel Cohn and Private Schine. Conn "seems to have an almost passionate anxiety" to retain Schine, observed Senator Flanders. As to Schine, he continued: "At times [McCarthy] seems anxious to rid himself of the whole mess, and then again, at least in the presence of his assistant [Cohn], he strongly supports...
...former Secretary of the Army, and a substantial pillar of liberal education in his own right, President Gordon Gray, 45, of the University of North Carolina (see box). Through the eight weeks they read transcripts, studied FBI reports, questioned witnesses, listened to examinations and cross-examinations by counsel. Then, one day last month, they were ready to answer the question: Is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who directed the creation of the world's first atom bomb a decade ago, now to be denied access to classified information because he is a risk to the security...
Pardon Me? McCarthy Committee Counsel Roy Cohn, on the witness stand, referred to a paper written by a former Communist that, he said, led to McCarthy's investigation of the Army. "Point of order," interjected McClellan, who had never seen the paper. "I want to know if it is a committee document." Astonished, Cohn blurted: "Pardon me?" and glanced toward McCarthy. "I am asking you, not Senator McCarthy," growled McClellan. Vaguely, Cohn answered: "The document was submitted to the staff, sir, and I submitted it to the chairman...
When Roy Cohn took the witness stand, Committee Counsel Ray Jenkins asked: "You are not a defendant lawyer, I take it. You are a prosecutor, is that right?" The question enabled Cohn to set the tone of his testimony. "I have been, up until this proceeding, sir," he said. Thereafter, he worked hard to keep his famous temper in check, to play the part of injured innocence. "We did not make charges," he insisted. "We told what the facts were as we saw them...
...questioning by Jenkins, Stevens affirmed that Army Counsel John Adams received suggestions, but not orders, from Justice Department and White House officials when he conferred with them. If McCarthy's charges against the Army are true, Senator John McClellan asked Stevens, "Are you the one who is responsible?" Said Bob Stevens...