Evening star., 1948-09-28

nv n ~ " AAAM ~,
Described as central figure in
spy ring.
resulted from this work at Colum-
bia University, was later constructed
at Oak Ridge, Tenn, and details
of the process, and its rate of
production, are at the date of this
report, top secret.
Hiskey, in his testimony, stated
that he was chemist and was
engaged in chemical research on
the SAM project. In September of
1943 or thereabouts, the laboratory
in which Hiskey was engaged was
moved to the University of Chicago.
In Chicago, Hiskey joined the
Metallurgical Laboratory, where he
remained until April %, 1914, when
he was ordered to active duty in
the United States Army for linn
tied military service.
AS previously mentioned. Clar-
ence Hiskey was called to active duty
in the United States Army on April
%, 1914 1t should be noted that
during World War II, scientists
and particularly scientists engaged
within the Manhattan Engineering
District-Were deferred pursuant to
instructions given Selective Service
| Boards. The United States Army
was cognizant of such instructions in
connection with ordering Reserve
officers to active duty. The reasons
he was called to active duty were
given to the committee by a high
ranking official formerly connected
with the Manhattan Engineering
District.
Portions of Testimony.
The pertinent portions of his tes-
timony are as follows:
Colonel x. Hiskey was, I think,
a SO 900 year man. You can verify
that at the University OF Chicago,
the money being paid by the Gov
eminent on a project He was very
definitely, in our opinion, a strong
suspect, and, then finally we were
convinced that he was a subversive
agent.
THE Chairman. You were con-
vinced-what?
"Col. X. We were convinced that
he was a subversive agent. Now,
the question was what to do with
Hiskey. We had trouble with scien-
lists when we tried to move one.
Some one, I think it was Col. Lans-
dale, found in Hiskeys record that
he had second lieutenancy in COL
lege in the ROTC. Provident;ally he
had not given up his second lieuten-
ancy, and we called the adjutant
general, and we had him call Hiskey
to active duty amidst a great furore
that we were doing it deliberately,
and SO on, and we transferred
Hiskey, think to the Canol Project,
I, think in Canada, where, in tie
Quarterrnaster Corps, he counted
underwear until that went out of
business. He was then transferred
to all outfit in the South Pacific.
He was promoted under ordinary
steps from lieutenant to captain
with no interference from us, and
he finally came out of the Army as
a captain"
Notes on Bomb Found.
Official records of the Army re-
fleet that Clarence Hiskey was
property survey officer at White
Horse, Yukon Territory, from May
8, 1914, to August 26, 1914. While
at this station, a search of Clarence
Hiskey's effects by security officers
disclosed that he had in his effects a
personal notebook which contained
notes that he had made while work
ing on the atomic bomb project at
Chicago, ILL.,. relative to the develop
ment of several components of the
bomb.
A C1C Counter Intelligence
Corps agent assigned to the Chicagoi
office of the Manhattan Engineering
District was dispatched to White
Horse where he obtained the afore-
mentioned notebook and returned 1t
to authorities at the Manhattan
District.
When Hiskey appeared before the
subcommittee, he was given every
to clear his record and
deny the testimony before the COM
mittee that he had given informa-
ton to Arthur Adams. Instead, he
refused to answer these questions
on the ground that his answer might
incriminate and degrade him.
The day after that on which
Hiskey was called to active duty in
the Army, Arthur Adams arrived
in Chicago from New York, and
Immediately met with Clarence
Hiskey. From what transpired
thereafter, as will presently be de-
scribed, the inference is irresistible
that at this meeting Adams told
Hiskey that Hiskey would have to
develop contact within the Metal
lurgical Laboratories to take His
keys place; for, on the following
day, Hiskey proceeded to Cleveland.
There he went to the hotel of
john Hitchcock Chaplin, a Chemi-
cal Engineer employed in the Metal
lurgical Laboratories, who was in
Cleveland engaged in project
which, according to Chaplin, was
even secret within the Manhattan
Engineering District Project itself.
At that meeting between Chaplin
and Hiskey, Chaplin, upon the urg-
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