ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS, THE {EXCERPTS} (TV)
Summary
These excerpts, compiled daily, were taken from hearings conducted by the Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee to examine the conflict between Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) and the U.S. Army. (McCarthy relinquished his position as subcommittee chairman for the duration of the hearings.) In highlights from this day's hearings, Francis Carr, staff director for the subcommittee, is sworn in. Thomas R. Prewitt, assistant to chief counsel Ray Jenkins, questions Carr about a train trip that he took with John G. Adams, counselor for the Army. Carr gives his version of the "map incident" that occurred on Dec. 9, 1953, in which Adams drew a map of the U.S., divided it into nine sections, and allegedly offered to tell Roy Cohn the location of an Army base where suspected homosexuals were stationed, in exchange for information about the subcommittee's investigation of the Army. Carr describes how Adams referred to Pvt. G. David Schine as "the hostage," and his attempt to use Schine as a bargaining chip. Prewitt quotes from Adams's testimony, and Carr denies that Cohn ever said, "We will wreck the Army." Sen. Stuart Symington, (D-Mo.) questions Carr about his staff members' security clearances and access to files. McCarthy asks for a point of personal privilege and objects to Symington's implication that there might be subversives on his staff. Symington's charge that McCarthy's files are an extreme security risk angers McCarthy, and a recess is called. Symington leaves and McCarthy continues to voice objections. No commercials. (These excerpts were compiled by CBS for its affiliates.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: June 14, 1954
- RUNNING TIME: 0:43:00
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T90:0007
- GENRE: News; Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Communism - 1954; Fort Monmouth, NJ; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; U S Army; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; U S Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Francis Carr
- Roy Cohn
- Joseph R. McCarthy
- Thomas R. Prewitt
- G. David Schine
- Stuart Symington