Word: stevenses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stevens: Yes, they were . . .
Suddenly, from the center of the investigation committee's table, there came a voice that sounded somewhat like the tired moan of a laryngitic lion. Ray Jenkins, the committee's special counsel, abruptly interrupted the Senator from Wisconsin and took over the questioning. In the next ten minutes...
The Intertwined Pattern. Had not Roy Cohn, McCarthy's chief counsel, proclaimed a "declaration of war" against the Army? He had. Had not Cohn said the McCarthy committee "would investigate the Army from now on?" He had. Did Stevens regard that as a threat? He did.
Stevens: I had it in mind.
As Jenkins led Stevens on through the heart of the Army case, McCarthy broke in ("Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman . . . Just a minute! Just a minute! Just a minute!"), frantically trying to shut off Stevens' testimony. Chairman Karl Mundt ruled that Jenkins' questions were proper. The big man from...