Evening star., 1948-12-09

| cation would be pushed and that
the espionage angle would certainly
be developed"
MY one purpose was to destroy
the Communist conspiracy" Mr..
Chambers testified.
His other purpose, he went on
was to do no more injury than
necessary to individuals concerned -
He said he wanted to give his
friends" in the party IAN oppor-
tunity to make their own break"
One of those he described pre-
viously as a friend and has since
accused of being a source of his
State Department documents is Mr..
Hiss, former State Department
official. Like Mr.. Chambers, Mr..
Hiss has been appearing before the
grand jury in New York this week.
Levine Questioned.
The committee questioned Mr..
Levine closely on what evidence he
and Mr.. Chambers turned over to
Government officials before the war.
Mr.. Levine, in answer to questions,
said he believed enough informa-
ton was turned over to responsible
officials to have stopped the con-
spiracy" in 1881
Mr.. Levine said Mr.. Chambers
first came to him in April or May
of 1889 with "a manuscript which
contained a great deal around and
about a vast espionage apparatus,
but which lacked the kind of facts
to make it publishable at that
time" Mr.. Levine described Mr..
Chambers as scared as any hunted
animal"
Immediately after the Stain
Hitler pact in August, 1889, Mr..
Levine related, he asked Mr.. Cham
bers to come forward with his evi-
dence. Mr.. Chambers wanted to see
President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Levine then went on to tell
of comforting with the late Marvin
Mcintyre, Mr.. Roosevelt's secretary,
who arranged the Berle meeting.
Although committee members had
agreed not to ask Mr.. Levine to
give any names at the public ses-
sion, Mr.. Rankin asked him what
names Mr.. Chambers gave to Mr..
Berle.
Named Hiss and Brother.
Mr. Levine replied that Alger Hiss
and his brother, Donald, were
among those named by Mr.. Cham
bers in his story of Communist
espionage. Mr.. Mundt said he could
give the rest of the names at an
executive session.
MIR. Berle," the witness said. "left
us with the feeling that he was
going to act in the matter and,
times being what they were, 1t
would have to be handled with the
utmost delicacy and we should not
pry too much or be too impatient
about the action various Govern
ment agencies would take"
He said Mr.. Chambers had told
him he had documentary evidence.
but he did not show it to Mr.. Berle
in Mr.. Levine's presence.
He didn't have the feeling about
Mr.. Berle that he lad about the
President" the witness explained.
Il assumed Mr.. Chambers would lay
certain evidence before the President
and something would happen and
the whole thing would be clinched.'
Went to See Eullitt.
Mr.. Levine said that when no
action was forthcoming from the
Berle meeting, he went TO former
Ambassador William c. Bullitt, who
was also impressed and excited and
said he would go to the President. )"
Then, he said, he told the story
without mentioning Mr.. Chambers
by name-to 10y Henderson. former
head of the State Departments Far
Eastern Division and now Am
bassador to India.
Finally, he told the committee, he
went to Columnist Walter Winchel,
who claimed he had entire to the
White House and knew the Presi-
dent"
When nothing happened after a
year and half, Mr. Levine said, i
decided it was utterly hopeless to
proceed to bash ones head against
a stone wall"
Mr.. Chambers, he said, got in
touch with another person in the
State Department to unload his
espionage story. Mr.. STRIPPING inter-
rupted to say he knew the identity
of this person but didn't want the
name in the record because "he Is
responsible in some degree for
security at the State Department
and his name is not publicly known"
Emphasizing the proportions. OF