:24:01
...as a broadcaster
and as a loyal American.
:24:05
I require no lectures from the
junior senator from Wisconsin...
:24:08
...as to the dangers or terrors
of Communism.
:24:12
Having searched
my conscience and my files...
:24:15
...I cannot contend that
I have always been right or wise...
:24:18
...but I have attempted to pursue the truth
with some diligence and to report it...
:24:22
...even though, as in this case,
I had been warned in advance...
:24:25
...that I would be subjected to
the attentions of Senator McCan'thy.
:24:30
We shall hope to deal with matters of more
vital interest to the country next week.
:24:35
Good night, and good luck.
:24:44
"In the last analysis the senator was
perched on the television high-dive...
:24:48
...and all prepared
to make a resounding splash.
:24:50
He jumped beautifully, but he neglected to
check first where he was going to land.
:24:54
It must have been a shock
to find that Mr. Murrow...
:24:57
...had drained the water
out of the pool."
:25:00
- Is that the Times? Gould?
- Yeah, it's Jack Gould at the Times.
:25:03
He's a hell of a writer.
:25:04
You should hire him away from the Times.
:25:06
If we can afford him.
:25:08
Senate's investigating McCan'thy.
:25:11
What?
:25:13
The Army's charging that McCan'thy
and Cohn exercised undue pressure...
:25:16
...to get preferential treatment
for Schine.
:25:18
I saw Crichton down at the Sun.
:25:20
- He's unimpeachable.
- Second source?
:25:21
No, but it's coming out on the wire
in two hours.
:25:24
Who's heading up the investigation?
:25:25
- It's not gonna be McCan'thy.
- Are you...? Really?
:25:28
- What happened? What's going on?
- Call the Post for a second source.
:25:33
The Senate's investigating McCan'thy.
:25:36
There is an added bit of comedy
to this story.
:25:38
The committee can't convene
for several days...
:25:40
...because Senator McCan'thy
has a case of laryngitis.
:25:43
And he must recover in
the desert air of Arizona.
:25:49
Oh, how mysterious.
:25:50
But Stevens is going after him...
:25:52
...and it looks like Joe Welch.
- Yeah.
:25:54
- They'll allow each side to call witnesses...
- Great, I'm on that.
:25:57
- And be privy to testimony.
:25:59
Hey, Fred, we still have a meeting
when I get back.