We begin each half of this two-part Firing Line by viewing a clip from Mr. de Antonio's film, which was an edited version of the Army-McCarthy hearings: first the passage known as The Cropped Photograph (which had been cropped, Joseph Welch argued, to make it appear that Army Secretary Stevens was talking alone with Roy Cohn's friend David Schine, when in fact other people were present), and then the passage that includes Mr. Welch's coup de grace, "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" Not surprisingly, the participants frequently reach the shouting stage, and they frequently rehash what they or their friends had said 14 years earlier; but for anyone who did not see the hearings at the time, or who has forgotten the details, this show gives us another chance to make up our own minds. RC: "The fact is, Joe Welch, whom I admired very much, at that point was not somebody rising to protect Mr. Fisher. He was a good, professional lawyer coming in for the kill...." JSC: "I couldn't disagree with you more, Roy. He was a good trial lawyer, and this was a serious tactical mistake on Senator McCarthy's part ... [but] there was a deal made between you and Mr. Welch ..."
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