Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

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ant to President Roosevelt,
named as a source OF trtorma-
ton for the Russians.
executive officer of the ONCE O.
Economic Warfare. When he at
tempted to resign early in 1945
President Roosevelt persuaded hin
to stay on briefly.
He finally resigned in June, l945
and is now in business for himself
in New York.
In his statement denying he hae
ever associated with a Communist
Mr.. Currie said he had never me-
Miss Bentley nor knew Of her exist
ence.
If any Government employe con.
veyed information to Communist
quarters and gave my name as q
source it was most certainly done
without my knowledge" Mr.. Currie
said.
Denies Charge About Code.
$50 far as a specific allegation is
concerned, my work never brought
me in contact with military codes
I was never told anything about
them so I obviously could not ano
did not pass on information about
them to anybody. I am at a loss tt
understand why my name was
brought into this unless, as frequent
ly happens, somebody wanted to en-
nance the Importance or anthem
ITCHY of alleged information by at
tributing it to sources close to the
President"
Defense of Mr.. Currie came from
an unexpected source when Mr.
Rankin questioned Miss Bentley
closely on how she knew Mr.. Currie
was source of information. She
had testified she never met Mr.
Currie.
In the case of the Russian code
she said. George Silverman told
Silvermaster of receiving the news
from Currie. She had listed Silver
man earlier as a civilian employe
of the Air Corps holding an i'm
portant post in the Pentagon and
source of much of her secret mill
tary information.
Third Hand, Rankin Says.
Mr.. Rankin declared that Com
munists lie and that her informa-
ton on Mr.. Currie was third hand.
Its going pretty far afield when
you take that kind of information
and charge it all up to Currie," Mr..
Rankin exclaimed. you're smear
ing Currie by remote control"
tits quite true that Communists
lie to the outside world" Miss Bent
ley retorted But they don't lie
inside the party to people they re-
gard as their superiors."
Mr.. Rankin earlier had lost a
committee battle to ask Miss Bent
ley questions at this time about
William w. Remington, Commerce
Department official whom Miss
Bentley had implicated during her
Senate committee testimony. Mr.
Thomas said his committee would
pass over Mr.. Remington until the
Senate finished with his case.
Mr. Thomas repeatedly remarked
that he did not want any inference
drawn that he was skipping dis
cussion of the Remington case at
this time because he is member
of my Congressional district"
Testifies without Notes.
Talking without notes through
out the day, Miss Bentley described
making contact with SilvermaSter
whose name was provided, she said
by Earl Browder, then head of the
Communist Party.
Silvermaster, she said, was de-
scribed as "a man working for the
United States Government who was
interested in helping in getting in
formation to Russia and who coulo
organize group of other Govern.
ment employees to help in this work.
That was back in July, 1941
Thereafter, she said, she went tt
Silvermaster's frame home at 551s
Thirtieth street NV. every two
weeks to pick up what Silvermastel
had gathered from members Of his
group.
Miss Bentley described Silver
master as a Communist Party mem.
Der and agent of the NKVD.
Appeared in May.
Mr.. Stripping reported Silver
master testified before an Un-
American Activities subcommittee
in May and refused to say whether
or not he was a Communist OF,
grounds it might incriminate him
Silvermaster, according to the
investigator, came to washington
in 1885 with the Resettlement Ad.
ministration and later worked fol
the Farm Security Administration
and the ONCE of Surplus Property
Mr.. STRIPPING said Silvermaster lef'
the War Assets Administration las
year because his salary was GU
from $4,000 to 5000.
Miss Bentley told Of the photo
graphing of documents In tn,
basement of the Silvermaster home
That work. she said. was done b!