Word: stevenses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Roy to Bob. The earliest of the published monitored conversations occurred on Sept. 23, when Roy Cohn called Army Secretary Stevens about having Major General Richard C. Partridge, chief of Army intelligence, appear before McCarthy's committee. Excerpts:
Stevens: You won't be gaining much from our standpoint to make the G-2 look awful silly . . . [But] I think you had better . . . handle it as you think best, but let's don't have too much of a spectacle.
Bob to Dave. On Oct. 21 Draftee Schine was awaiting induction into the Army, when Stevens telephoned to report on his earnest discussion of Schine's case with the Secretary of Defense, Charles E. Wilson:
Stevens: I have reviewed this whole situation with Mr. Wilson, and it adds up to this: neither he nor I can see an appropriate way to avoid the basic training . . . That is the wise thing to do, Dave, and that having done that, then I think there is an excellent...
Stevens: We are . . .