Evening star., 1947-05-19
Marzani Counsel Tries
To Show u. 5. Witness
Submitted False Data

Defense counsel in the case of
Carl A. Marzani today recalled a
prosecution witness to the stand,
attempting to show he had know
ingly made false statements to the
Government in applying for pass
port.
Marzani, former State Depart
ment employe, is being tried in
District Court on charges that he
concealed membership in the Com
munist Party from Government
loyalty" examiners.
The witness, George Hewitt, Al,
colored, Of New York, for 18 years
a member of the Communist Party.
last week identified Marzani as the
Tony Whales" to whom he was
introduced in 1910 as party "edu-
cational director"
Marzani's counsel, Charles E. Ford
showed Mr.. Hewitt photostats of
State Department passport records
brought into court this morning
by Charles Siegel. chief of the re-
search and records section of the
passport division. The records
were admitted into evidence by
Justice Richmond B. Keech follow
ing 90-minute conference between
prosecution and defense attorneys.
Testifies on Passports.
Mr.. Ford drew from Mr.. Hewitt
the admission he had applied for
his passport as william Jackson
and that most of the details on
the applications had been filled in
by someone else
He had testified earlier he was
going to Russia at the time to
study at the Communist school for
world revolution.
"You knew the matter set forth
in the applications was not true?"
Mr.. Ford asked.
II did" said Mr.. Hewitt.
He gave the same answer when
asked if he knew this information
was for the Government of the
United States.
| Mr.. Ford drew the witness atten-
tion to the signature "William Jack
son" beneath an oath of allegiance
on an application.
did you mean that?" he asked
Mr.. Hewitt said he did.
Are you sure?"
Positive" Mr.. Hewitt said.
Vague on Some Details.
The witness said he was vague"
as to where the various applications
had been made out and the identity
of the men who helped him fill In
answers to the questions.
One application was drawn up in
the presence of witness known as
George Legree," MI. Hewitt said.
He added the mans real name was
Welsh, but denied he knew this at
the time.
Another application. he explained,
was made out with lawyer of the
Communist Party" Mr.. Hewitt said,
adding he did not think it was the
lawyer who had filled in the details,
other than those in Mr.. Hewitt's
handwriting on the application. He
said he did not know who had filled
them in.
Playwright Carson Kanin and a
former Brigadier General attached
to the office of the Undersecretary
of War are expected to be among
those testifying in behalf of Mar
zani later today.
Mr.. Ford, who promised the jury
last week he would prove Marzani
never was a Communist, identified
the former brigadier general as Ed
ward S. Greenbaum, who, he said,
knew Marzani we'll
Worked In OSS.
He added that Mr.. Kanin. prom
inent in New York and Hollywood.
was in service with his client. Mar
zani worked during the war in a
confidential post in the Office OF
Strategic Services.
Mr.. Ford said he hopes to show
Marzani was "a million per cent
loyal" The prosecution has con-
tended that while holding important
government positions, Marzani at
tended Communist party meetings
as TONY Whales"
Others expected to testify for the
defense as the trial goes into its
second week are:
Meyer Goldberg. former Republi-
can assemblyman of New York and
former chairman of the East Side
Committee to Defend America and
Crush Hitler, of which Marzani was
executive secretary; John j. Lamula
of New York, another former as
Isemblyman;; former instructor of
New York University's economics
department, of which MarZani once
was a member, and several witnesses