Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31

agents asked her to go to Russia
for special training. Miss Bentley
laughed uneasily when asked If she
feared for her personal safety.
Why She. Renowned Communists.
She hadn't been inside a church
for Is years, but now she joined.
she said. A combination of things
caused her to renounce the Com
munistS:
ut was the effect of Mr.. Golos
wearing off, the effect of the Rus
slams brutally showing their hand
to me as to what they were and
suddenly coming in contact with
high functionaries of the Commun-
list Party, like Browder, and dis
covering that they were just cheap
little men pulled by strings from
Moscow, and I abandoned that way
of life and went back to being a
good American"
Miss Bentley testified that it was
Golos who introduced her to Mr..
Remington. A month later, she
said, she began getting information
from the youthful official, arranging
to meet him in various parts Of the
Capital under the name of Helen
Earlier, she had related that she
had been born of Republican par
ents at New Milford, Conn, had
been interested in socialism at Vas
sar, had taught in girls school at
Middleburg, Va, and had started
as a Communist in New York's unit
|" which she said was at Columbia
University.
Miss Bentley said the Com
munists' contact at the White
House. who acted through inter-
mediaries, had once notified them
that the Americans were about to
break" or solve the Russian CODE.
The Russians were very excited
and asked which code?" she said
Neither she nor the contact man
she continued, could answer the
question.
Came Under Suspicion.
After her friend Golos died, she
continued, she was put on ice" In
1914 because her leaders thought
she was under suspicion. She said
she had never been threatened oy
Russian agents, but once was
warned that a Communist never
quits" She said she first began tc
have fears when she received sug-
gestions of pay and gifts and that
she make a trip to Russia for tram
ing.
One of the queer things that
popped up at the hearing was hel
testimony that a former secretary
to Columnist Walter Lipnmal1r
helped her to copy his files, while
he was out of town. for information
about British relations to
| the Russians.
Chairman Ferguson brought out
there was here no suggestion that
Mr.. Lippmann was connected IN
any way with the Communists
"Oh. no." said the witness. They
caught UP with his information, and
later kept current, while he was
away, she said.
Mr.. Lippmann, who is on vaca =
ton, in Maine, told questioners he
knew nothing of the reported incl
dent
Mr.. Lippmann's secretary was
identified by Miss Bentley as Mary
Watkins Price.
Charges Called Fantastic"
Miss Price of Greensboro, N. c., Is
chairman of the Progressive Party in
that State. She described Miss
Bentley's charges as fantastic"
1T is an obvious effort to smear
the great new Progressive Party,
she declared.
Miss Price, 80, was employed b!
Mr.. Lippman from 1899 to l943. Sht
is a graduate of the University O
North Carolina. She is a formel
executive secretary for North Caro-
lima of the Southern Conference TO
Human Welfare.
! Secretary of Commerce Sawye
revealed in a statement yesterda
that after learning of the issues re
volving around Mr.. Remington n
had placed him on indefinite leav
until the matter was cleared up.
i Mr.. Sawyer, who became Com
merce head in May, said he had no
learned until shortly thereafter tina
Mr.. Remington was under FBI in
!, yestigation. He said he then exam
/ ined the Commerce files and 1oun
. nothing indicating the slightes
ground for any suspicion as to nj
, loyalty
/ Learns Of Investigation.
After repeated inquiries be sal
he learned June Is the investigatlQ
|, report had been delivered TO Tn
i. civil Service Commission. He aske'
for a chance to review this, late
saw it and learned the CSC planne'
hearing on it. He said he tnel
placed Mr.. Remington In the leav
status but emphasized this did no
mean any decision as to his gull
or innocence.
He added: 1.-The Loyalty Board o
the department is making contin
uing investigations. II ] md
Communist or a Communist sympa
TIMER in the department. shall
, discharge him or her Immediately.
. The first witness yesterday befor
the Ferguson Investigating Sub
committee was Mr.. Blaisde]l. H
said he had approved recon-
J mendation early this year from an
other Commerce Department oh1cia
! that Mr.. Remington be sppointe'
, to the key export post.
Mr.. Blaisdell said he had hear
. vaguely of some question about MI
Remington.s organization associa
lions but that he never had bee
Informed of investigation by tn
FBI or a grand jury.
He said he had known Mr.. Rem
ington for a long time as trust
worthy person. and still did. IL
| said he would assume his full shar
of responsibility for recommending
the appointment. but insisted tina
. it was not his responsibility for tn
routine loyalty checks made b.
others.
I. Birds are well insulated In thei
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