Word: stevenses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Army Secretary Stevens-whose testimony had been briefly interrupted by Smith's-returned to the witness table. As he read his prepared statement, he nervously licked his lips and forced his smile; his was the bemusement of a gentleman caught in a wharf brawl. Yet he was the man...
Said Stevens: "First, it is my responsibility to speak for the Army . . ." There was in his voice an immense pride. McCarthy tried to shatter it, snarling: "When the Secretary says that in effect 'I speak for the Department of the Army,' he is putting the 99.9% of good...
The Perversion of Power. During his term as Army Secretary, he said, there was "no record that matches this persistent, tireless effort to obtain special consideration and privileges for this man [Schine]." Some of the charges made by Stevens in support of his statement:
¶CJ Roy Cohn, excluded from a secret radar laboratory at Fort Monmouth by an on-the-spot decision of Stevens, was "extremely angry" and was heard to say: "This means war . . . Don't they think I am cleared for classified information? I have access to FBI files when...
The document included: 1) denials of the Army's charges that "improper means" were used to get favors for Private Schine; 2) a charge of "misconduct and possible law violation" by Assistant Defense Secretary Hensel; 3) 20 charges that Army Counselor Adams had tried to obstruct McCarthy's...