Evening star., 1948-12-10
Spy Inquiry
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give the address ito avoid any So
called mystery" He then said the
package was hidden at his mothers
home in Brooklyn. Earlier, the COM
mittee had said that Mr.. Levine
hid the package in his own Brook
lyn home. but it was brought out
today that at the time the pack
age was given him he was unmar-
ried and living in his mothers
home.
Where Envelope Was Hidden.
There was an old dumb-waiter
shaft from the top of the house to
the cellar" Mr.. Levine said in tell
ing of hiding the package. "On the
had been converted into a linen
closet for each apartment.
Il put it (the envelope) on the top
of the shaft so it reposed on the
top of the linen closet on the second
floor"
He said he gained access to the
hiding. place through a bathroom
window which has an air shaft to
the floor below.
He was asked If he had checked
In the intervening years to be sure
the package remained where it was
hidden.
NO" he replied, IT had forgot
ten about it."
Describing the package, he said
It was q manila envelope with a
gum plaster over the flap and two
prongs which fastened over the top
Of the envelope. 1twas bound with
Q rubber band or cord, he added.
More Than Inch Thick.
The package, he said. was 7 inches
wide, II or IL inches long and an
inch to an inch and half in thick
ness.
Would 1t have been possible for
three cylinders of microfllm and two
rolls Of film to b. in the envelope?"
Mr.. STRIPPING asked him.
1T was possible" Mr.. Levine
agreed. THE envelope was bulky
and curved"
Then the witness went on to de-
scribe in detail how Mr.. Chambers
got in touch with him three weeks
ago and came to his home to get the
package Mr.. Chambers appearance,
he said, was preceded by a telegram
which told him to have my things
ready"
Mr.. Levine said when he received
the telegram, his wife asked him
what it meant,
He said he replied, "I1l be burned
II know"
Package Mentioned.
When Mr.. Chambers arrived at
his home, the witness went on, Mr..
Chambers told him about the Hiss
suit and the fact that he had been
asked through the court whether he
had anything In writing pertaining
to the Hiss matter.
Mr.. Levine said he told Mr.. Cham
bers that books and pamphlets and
Junk" which Mr.. Chambers had left
In the cellar of his mothers home
years ago had probably been thrown
out
During the conversation" the
witness continued, mention was
made of a package he had given
to me 10 years prior"
The witness went on that he took
Mr.. Chambers to Mr.. Levine's
mothers home, believing that the
family was out. A 12-year-old
nephew was in the house, he said,
and as soon as the boy went back
to his hobby shop in the cellar, I'VE
went upstairs. I then went into the
air shaft through the bathroom and
reached up and looked for this
package. I gave it to him with
10 years of dust on it. My hands
were filthy"
While Mr.. Levine was cleaning
up the mess" of dust in the bath
room, he continued, Mr.. Chambers
went into the kitchen and ap-
parently opened the package.
Chambers Is Surprised.
He said at one point he went into
the kitchen and found Mr. Cham
bers standing there looking at a
document He said he heard Mr..
Chambers say:
E1Oly COH, OlOll tluilA IIIlS was
still in existence"
After that, he said, he took Mr..
Chambers to his train.
The witness was asked whether
Mr.. Chambers ever told him any
"of the details of his operation In
the Communist apparatus" MIR.
Levine said he had not.
Mr.. Levine was asked the stock
ouestion-had he ever been a Com
inunist Party member.
Given Clean Bill.
"I am not a Communist and have
never been a Communist, nor has
any member Of my family been
Communist" Mr.. Levine replied
firmly.
Representative Mcdowell, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania, said he
wanted to make it clear that when
Mr.. Chambers was questioned sec
reilly by the committee in New York
last Monday night, he named Mr.
Levine rather reluctantly. as the
person who had put the docu-