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included any copies of the micro
film material.
Mr.. Mundt declared the evidence
lis so shocking that 1 do not feel
justified in delaying action a day
longer than required in reopening
hearings"
Mr.. Mundt said the microfllm
in the committees possession con-
tanned copies of documents Of tre-
mendous Importance, which were
removed from the offices of the
State Depal nent and turned over
to Chambers for the purpose OF
transmittal to Russian Communist
agents"
His statement was made before
Mr.. Stripping revealed Navy docu-
ments also were reproduced In the
microflms.
Mr.. Hiss, now head of the Car
negie Endowment for international
Peace, issued a statement in New
York, saying:
During the course of examination
by my counsel of Mr.. Chambers in
the libel action which have brought
against him in Baltimore, Mr..
Chambers produced certain docu-
ments which I consider Of such i'm
portance that I directed my attor-
neys to place them at once before
the Department of Justice.
This has been done, and I have
offered my full cooperation to the
Department of Justice and to the
grand jury in the further investlga-
ton of this matter"
Inquiry May Be Reopened.
Attorney General Clark said yes
| terday he would recommend re-
opening of the Hiss-Chambers dis
pute if special grand jury in New
York asked him to do so. The grand
Jury was organized in New York
in June of 1947 to investigate Com
munist activity and alleged espion-
age in this country. Its only action
has been the indictment OF a dozen
top members of the Communist
Party on a charge of conspiring
to overthrow the Government.
The microfilm copies of documents
which Mr.. Mundt said provide def
mite proof" of a vast espionage ring
came to light after the House COM
mittee served a subpoena on Mr..
Chambers. Mr.. STRIPPING said Mr..
Chambers had not volunteered that
he had the microfilms.
But after the subpoena was served,
Mr.. Stripping said, Mr.. Chambers
took two committee agents to his
farm near Westminster, Md, and
showed them hollowed-out pump
kin. Mr.. Chambers lifted the top
off the pumpkin and fished out the
microflms, Mr. Stripping said.
Mr.. STRIPPING said he beheved the
pumpkin was a temporary hiding
place and that the microfilm had
not been there very long.
More Documents Obtained.
Mr.. Stripping said the subpoena
was served on Mr.. Chambers Thurs
day He added that more docu-
ments were obtained from Mr.
Chambers yesterday, but would not
discuss their significance. Nor would
he say where the committee got the
tip that Mr.. Chambers had the
microfilms.
None of the documents copied on
the films dated beyond 1898, Mr..
STRIPPING said. He told reporters the
documents apparently were slipped
out of the State Department, copied
on the film, and then returned.
BY making enlarged reproductions
from the films, he said, the COM
mittee has built up a stack of docu-
ments or feet high. He said
they include such items as:
A diagram of a technical instru-
ment. with operating instructions.
A 1888 telegram to the Secretary
of State from "Bullitt" in Paris,
concerning a conversation with a
former Chinese official in Moscow
about the chances of Russia siding
in with China TO fight Japan.
Wire Labeled Strictly Confidential.
= William c. Bullitt was Ambassa-