Evening star., 1948-08-04
Communists

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Russian language translator of
meteorological texts.
Other developments resulting
from yesterdays marathon of words
poured into the Ferguson Committee
record included:
l. A letter showing that Secretary
of the Treasury Snyder was instru-
mental in November. l945, while he
was director of the Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion, in
getting Mr.. Remington transferred
from London assignment to the
OWMR here. The yourg man then
was a Navy ensign attached to a
Government mission at the British
Capital.
2. Denial by Mr.. Remington that
he had any exact knowledge of the
super-secret Manhattan project
that produced the atomic bomb,
though he had claimed to the Navy
he was familiar with aspects of this
and other wartime projects.
3. Repeated denials that he had
ever had part in the alleged Com
muniSt spy ring activities or had
known he was dealing with Com
munlSts when he gave data to per-
sons later identified as spies. The
information he gave them, he in
sisted. was nothing more than what
had been announced by his supe-
riors or published in the newspapers.
On Stand Six Hours.
The 30-year-old expert. accused
of giving secret" wartime informa-
ton to spies, went through a Cruel
ling 6-hour examination yesterday
by Ferguson Committee members.
He told the Senators he believed
the story of the self admitted for
mer Communist spy courier, Miss
Elizabeth T. Bentley, was true-eX-
cept that he was not guilty of any
part in 1t.
While ne agreed he had given her
information numerous times and
labeled some of this important"
and admitted having met with her
Communist chief, the late Jacob
Golas, in New York, he contended
through thousands of words that
he still was innocent.
He admitted making contribu-
tons to Miss Bentley, amounting to
about $50, but insisted these were
not Communist Party dues, but
rather we're donations to an anti
Fascist refugee fund.
He agreed also that she had at
times brought him copies of the
Communist Daily Worker but said
ne had paid her for them, as he
might buy a paper elsewhere. and
had not at the time taken this as
an evidence of her Communism.
Hates Communism, He Says.
He renewed his claims ne was not
Communist and declared his
hatred" for Communism had
grown in the past three years when
ne came to realize the Soviet was
not going to play BALI with the
West.
He said he had not known that
Miss Bentley and GolaS had beel4
communists or spies. said he had
thought she was a newspaper re-
porter" or a research worker for
writer's" and had thought GolaS
was writing book or magazine
articleS.%egHe insisted he had given
Them only that which had been an
nounced or published.
He left the investigating Senators
amazed that with his brilliant rec
ord as a scholar-he holds a Phi
Beta Kappa key-he had not be-
come really Skeptical of the spy
agents who contacted him. They
stressed that Miss Bentley, who he
admitted was more inquisitive than
a reporter" had insisted on meeting
him at places away from his office,
and that he had met Golas through
an introduction in New, York from
a man he knew to be Communist.
Mr.. Remington admitted that be-
cause of his youthful exuberance
and political self-aSsurance, he had
done things at "a he never would do
now" But fe said it all was done
in the thought he was performing
patriotic acts'-to help spread the
story that the Government really
was engaged in all-out effort to
produce and win the war.
Parties Foes Questions.
Conducting his defense like vet
eran lawyer, he parried sharp ques-
tions from the committee, at times
disputed definitions and in his.
Windup insisted that at his next
appearance the committee produce
secret" documents he allegedly had
given Miss Bentley.
When Chairman Ferguson and
other committeeman retorted that
he must know" that information
or documents he gave Miss Bentley
were gone and could not be recap
tured. he still insisted on his point.
Committeeman asked: DO you
expect US to get them back from the
RuSsianS?" But he calmly went on
to argue that Miss Bentley. at the
suggestion of the FBI. had stayed
on with the Communist Party work
long after her reform and that
documents could have been saved.
In addition, he contended that
from q question asked him when he
appeared before the New York
grand jury last year, he was led
to believe" such documents exist.
Sees ReputatjOn ReSmirched