Evening star., 1948-09-28


THAN 26 MILES A MINUTE-He
,ked at more than 1000 miles al
e National Advisory Committee !
, Chicago to take his place as the
source of Adams information.
The next day, according to the
committee, Hiskey went to Cleveland
where he met Chaplin, then working
on a project which was even secret
within the Manhattan district itself
He drew from Chaplin promise
that Chaplin would meet with Adams
"and furnish him with information
as to the progress being made in the
development of the atom bomb" the
report continued.
Mrs. Hiskey Got Letter.
| The former Mrs HisKey came into
| the picture through letter which
Chaplin said he wrote to Hiskey but
sent to Mrs. Hiskey for forwarding
Mrs. Hiskey, according to the COM
mittee, wrote her husband she had
ireceived the letter and forwarded
F.! it to Adams.
Asked if he didn't think he had
been indiscreet to meet with a
Soviet agent, Chaplin replied
1T was certainly stupid, and, well,
about all 1 can say is that. Since
1 Gid not actually give out informa-
ton, why, I do not like to admit
before all of you gentlemen that I
was had-it was pretty stupid"
Chaplin testified he had to leave
his Job with a factory working on
secret Air Forces development
after the Air Forces discovered he
was working there. The committee
said he now is employed in a New
ark IN. j. brewery.
Hiskey Baked at Questions.
The committee also released tes-
timony it took from Hiskey in closed
session, but Hiskey refused to say
whether he knew Adams or was a
| Communist Party member, on
grounds of self-incrimination.
| AS for the Scientist x case, the
committee reported that late one
night in March, 1943. the scientist
went to Nelson's home and read
Nelson a complicated formula. The
scientist, according to the commit
tee, explained that the formula had
to be returned to the University OF
California Radiation Laboratories
in the morning.
Several days later, Nelson handed
something to Peter Ivanov, the So
Wet vice consul at San Francisco,
in the middle of park on the
st. Francis Hospital grounds, the
committee reported.
A few Gays after that, the COM
mittee went on, the third secretary
of the Russian Embassy in Wash
ington-identifled by the commit
home and handed him 10 bills of
unknown denominations.
The man alleged to be Scientist
x" told the committee in secret
session that he had never known
Nelson or Nelson's wife.
The committee said the Attorney
General, who has access to all of
the records" should take up the
matter of whether the former in
telligence officers who told the
committee of the story or the scien-
tist who denied it told the truth.
AS for Nelson, the committee rec
commended his immediate prosecu-
1 nv
contempt of Congress.
The committee dWelt at length on
| the five persons described as Arthur
Adams principal New York con-
facts during the 1940s".
They were described as follows:
Mrs. Stone, 43, identified as
IAN intimate associate of Arthur
Adams during the whole of the
period he was engaged in atomic
espionage"
Heiman Testifies.
Heiman, described as having
ben instrumental in getting Karl
BroWder promoted to being head
of the Communist Party and
thereafter, Browder's chief adviser.
Heiman testified before the COM
mittee yesterday.
Novick, 81, president of the
Electronic Corp. of America, which,
the committee said, held war
contracts aggrgating approximately
Sc, 100000 over a three -and- half
year period.
Bernay, AZ, one-time manager
of Child Actor Bobby Breen and
Baritone Jerry Cooper and now a
phonograph record manufacturer.
DR.. Miller, identified as family
doctor for Adams, Heiman, Novick
and Bernay.
The committee said it is investi-
eating the "complicity" of Mrs
Stone and Bernay in the attempted
escape" of Adams from this coun-
try by way of the West Coast. When
the facts can be definitely verified,
the report stated, "the committee
intends to recommend indictment
and prosecution for perjury
The committee accused Novick Of
making false statements to facili-
lOpS fhduhio AiAoo bAAV SAAASSN
States from Canada.
Large Gifts Reported.
The committee said Novick's con-
tributions to Communist-front Or
ganizations were both large and
numerous His company, according
to the report, paid approximately
$4,000 in one year for broadcasts
by Johannes Steele and William S.
Gailmore, described as notorious
pro- Communist commentators" The
committee said it was investigating
! to find out what disalloWances were
made of these expenditures in the
renegotiations of Novick's war con-
tracts.
The committee termed 1t start
ling" that, in the light of his ac-
quaintance with persons under
Federal surveillance and his sup
port of CommuniSt-front organiza-
tions, Novick's company should be
awarded contracts for highly secret
| electronic devices.