and fred fisher said, "mr. welch, when i was in the law school, and for a period of months after, i belonged to the lawyers' guild," as you have suggested, senator. he went on to say, "i am secretary of the young republican's league in newton with the son of massachusetts governor, and i have the respect and admiration of my community, and i'm sure i have the respect and admiration of the twenty-five lawyers or so in hale & dorr." and i said, "fred, i just don't think i'm going to ask you to work on the case. if i do, one of these days that will come out, and go over national television, and it will just hurt like the dickens." and so, senator, i asked him to go back to boston. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel as to do an injury to that lad. it is, i regret to say, equally true that i fear he shall always bear a scar needlessly inflicted by you. if it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty, i would do so. i like to think i'm a gentle man, but your forgiveness will have to come from someone other than me.
mccarthy: mr. chairman, may i say that mr. welch talks about this being cruel and reckless. he was just baiting. he has been baiting mr. cohn here for hours, requesting that mr. cohn before sundown get out of any department of the government anyone who is serving the communist cause. now, i just give this man's record and i want to say, mr. welch, that it had been labeled long before he became a member, as early as 1944 --
welch: senator, may we not drop this? we know he belonged to the lawyers' guild.
mccarthy: let me finish....
welch: and mr. cohn nods his head at me. i did you, i think, no personal injury, mr. cohn?
cohn: no, sir.
welch: i meant to do you no personal injury.
cohn: no, sir.
welch: and if i did