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

Ullman when he was available OF
by Mrs. Silvermaster.
In the early days, she said, she
could carry all her information in
a large pocketbook but "as the wal
progressed and as we got people into
the Pentagon, the volume in
creased" and she was using a knit
ting bag or shopping bag to carry
her secrets back to the Soviet
agents in New York.
She said she delivered her in
formation to Jacob Golos, the
Soviet go-between to whom Miss
Bentley testified she was devoted.
Golos now is dead. Browder was
shown what political information
she gathered, she said, but at his
own request did not see military
information. She was positive that
all the information wound up in
Moscow but she could furnish no
information on how it was relayed
from New York.
In addition to the Silvermaster
group, Miss Bentley testified, she
contacted individuals here and Or
ganized another group whose men,
bers came to New York to give
her information.
Names WPB Aide as Leader.
The second group, she said, was
headed by Victor Perlo, then a War
Production Board employe. Miss
Bentley said she didn't know his
title at WPB but he was In a po-
sition that was handling aircraft
production figures, because he had
ready access to those"
Did he supply you with those
figures?" she was asked.
Eyes"
Mr.. Stripping said his investiga-
ton showed Perlo was born in New
York in 1912 of Russian-born par
ents; received BA and MA degrees
from Columbia University; was en-
ployed by MIRA, Federal Home Loan
Bank Board, the Brookings Insti-
tuition, and Commerce Department
before the war.
From November, 1910, until Feb
ruary, 1913, according to Mr.. Strip
ling, Perlo worked for the Advisory
Council on National Defense of the
OPA. He went from there to the
WPB and its successor. In Decem-
Der, 1945, he went to work for the
Office of Monetary Research, the
agency headed by Mr.. White.
Took Over Group.
Miss Bentley said she took over"
Perlo's group in March, 1914. She
described the group as Commu-
mist Party unit set up here in the
early sos. :
Il gather, from what, members of
the group told me, that they had
been in a minor way collecting in
formation for some years but not
in an organized fashion" she said.
Later in the day, she testified that
members of the Perlo group brought
their information to New York and
that she met them at the apartment
of John Abt, who now works for
Henry Wallace, Progressive Party
candidate for President.
In answer to question about con-
tacting Louis Budenz, former man
aging editor of the Daily Worker
who renowned the Communist
Party, she said Mr.. Budenz relayed
information from Louis Adamic, the
author. She said Mr. Adamic had
some unofficial connection with the
OSS" and got information about
Yugoslavia.
Few Spectators at Start.
At the start of the unheralded
hearing, only a few spectators we're
IN the committee room. BY the noon
recess, however, word had spread
across Capitol Hill that amazing
revelations were being unfolded in
the old House Office Building. Every
seat was taken and standees lined
the walls. BY afternoon, there was
a waiting line for seats.
Unrattled even when committee
members asked her why she had
betrayed her country, Miss Bentley
dropped names into her testimony
with all the casualness Of tea party
conversation.
Lists Contacts.
Miss Bentley said she contacted
the following persons individually
Duncan Lee, legal advisor to Gen
Donovan at the OSS. Miss Bentley
said Lee was a Communist whom
she contacted first at his apartment
Later" she went on, The got ner-
vous and wanted to meet me In
Tim