Evening star., 1948-08-10

ader Koral, New York City edu-
,scribed earlier as a secret wit
,re the House Committee on Un-
ed to answer questions of Chief
standing, at yesterdays session.
Then one of you has been lyin
today"
That's right, that's right tn
attorney said.
And you're not?" Mr.. Heber
queried.
Il am not lying" Mr.. Lee de
clareo.
Didn't Tell OSS About Her.
Under questioning of Representa-
tive Mundt, Republican, of Soutl
Dakota, Mr.. Lee said he Lever tol,
OSS authorities about Miss Bent
ley, although he was disturbed per
sonally by her extreme left-wins
views. He said he considered he
personal problem.
IF what you say is true" Mr.
Mundt told Mr.. Lee, II am bitterl,
disappointed about the way the OSs
operated under Gen. Donovan"
Mr.. Mundt made his comment
soon after Mr.. Lee returned to tht
stand and denied Miss Bentley:
testimony lin every respect to which
it was contrary to mine"
You are prepared under oath tt
say that all these charges directed
against you are not true?" Mr.. He.
bert asked Mr.. Lee.
Il am prepared to say that" re.
piled Mr.. Lee.
Sees Personal Spite
He theorized that personal spite
might have motivated Miss Bent.
ley's revelations.
In his description of his meeting
with Golas. at the 1923 Restaurant
on Fifteenth street, Mr.. Lee de-
scribed Golas as "a very colorless
character who was obviously very
ILL.," When the copmittee asked
him on his return to the stand what
he bad discussed with Golas, he said
he didn't remember, but acknowl-
edged under questioning that they
might have touched on" discussion
Of a second front, since that was
being discussed everywhere in the
fall of 1943.
Mr.. Thomas, in his questioning OF
Mr.. Lee, brought out that Mr.. Lee
was counsel for Russian War Relief
and the American Committee fol
Chinese Relief while he was practic-
ing law in Gen. Donovan's New
York firm in 1910 and 1941.
Asked About Red Contacts.
Asked by Representative Hebert
If he came into contact with an,
Communists while he was retained
by Russian War Relief, Mr.. Let
replied:
Il don't know Most of the peo.
pie I met were Wall Street banker.
and lawyers
The committee repeatedly ques.
toned Mr.. Lee about his meeting!
with Miss Bently and Golas. Mr.
Lee said that sometime after he me-
Golas in Washington-he didn't re-
member just how long-he callec
Miss Bentley while he was in New
York and joined Miss Bentley ane
Golas in a restaurant
In view of Miss Bentley's testi
mony that Golas died within ;
month after the Washington meet.
ing with Mr.. Lee, the committe,
kept prodding him for exact dates
Finally it was decided that the com.
mittee would ask the Wal Depart
ment for the voucher covering a triE
to New York at about this time. Mr.
Lee said he was sure that at tn,
time of the New York meeting h,
was in that city on official business
Says She Succeeded Miss Price.
Miss Bentley testified that sh,
succeeded Miss Price in receivin,
information from Mr.. Lee. But MI
Lee said he had never furnished
information to Miss Price and dit
not know whether she was a mem
tber of the Communist Party, al
though her views were liberal.
Mr.. Mundt asked the witness i
he did not think that the relation
ship he described as having hat
with Miss Bentley was not a yer,
unusual one.
Very unusual" agreed the wit.
ness. Il hope I never have another
friendship like it,"
DOering Telegram Cited.
Mr., Lee completed his appeance
by asking to put into the recorc
a telegram from o. C. Doering, who
is associated with Gen. Donovan,
law firm here and was executive
officer of the OSS.
L want to say now" Mr.. Doerine
telegraphed, that know hi:
Lees work during the WIZ and
completely belive in his loyalty tc
IOSS and the country. I have alb.
solute faith in his innocence of the
charges made against him by
Elizabeth Bentley" -
Mr.. Doering Is now on vacation ir
Wisconsin. He notified the commit.
tee that he would be glad to testify
in Mr.. Lees behalf.
The committee planned to open
its afternoon hearings with Robert
T. Miller as the first witness.
Mr.. Miller was former head OF
research in the Once of the Co.
ordinator Of Inter-American Affairs
and later assistant chief of the
State Departments Research ano
Publications Division in charge o1
publications. Miss Bentley has pre-
viously testified that Mr.. Miller was
a dues-paying Communist and one
Of her Government informants.
He, as we'll as Mr.. Lee, has been
listed by Miss Bentley as an in
formant.
AS committee members prepared
for today's session, Chairman