Evening star., 1948-12-07

as "a rather consistent flow of in
formation.
The official indicated, according
to the Associated Press, that any in
diCtments returned in the case might
charge perjury.
Need for haste by the special
grand jury which has spent almost a
year and half investigating eSpio-
mage reports arises because it goes
out of existence legally December
Is. However, Federal Judge John c.
Knox of the New York FEDERAL
Court Yesterday authorized caH for
a panel of 100 new jurors on Decem-
Der 16.
/ The present grand jury returned
conspiracy indictments last summer
against II top leaders in the Amer
lean Communist Party.
Quick Trip to New York.
When it became apparent that Mr..
Chambers would not be able to
testify today, Representatives Nixon,
Republican, of California. and Nc
Dowell. Republican. of Pennsylvania.
made quick trip to New York last
night to question the avoWed former
Communist courier.
There were indications today that
the reason for this trip was to hlld
cut how Mr. Chambers got the rolls
of microfilmed documents which mad
been hidden on his farm.
AS a result of pretrial dispositions
taken two weeks ago IN Mr.. Hiss
$4,000 slander suit against Mr..
Chambers. the committee 6alC II
had Mr.. Chambers story on how
he got possession Of IS documents
turned over during the taking OF
the deposition.
Since the micrpfllms came to light
after the deposition, however. the
committee has had nothing on the
record on how Mr.. Chambers got the
microflms and what he did with
them,
Mr.. Nixon said present State De-
partment officials also VIII be asked
to pass Oh the documents. Mr.
Welles was in the State Department
at the time the documents were
removed. according to Mr.. Cham
bers story.
Partial disclosure Of Mr.. Cham
bers' testimony in the deposition
pointing the finger at Mr.. Hiss,
brought from Mr.. Hiss this state
ment last night:
L deny without qualification the
accusations made in that testimony
Inasmuch as this matter is now be-
fore the grand jury, l do not feel
it appropriate to comment further
at this time"
Predicts Recall of Hiss.
Mr.. Nixon predicted that Mr.. Hiss
may be recalled because OF Mr.,
Chambers revelations.
The grand jury can't kiss that
off" Mr.. Nixon commented.
In this connection, MI. Nixon dis
closed he has asked the grand jury
for permission to appear before it
to submit the committees lnforma-
ton on the characteristics con-
troversy. His office said today he
has not yet received reply to his
request.
The legislator, If granted permis-
sion to testify, would ask the grand
jury to urge the appointment of a
special Assistant Attorney General
to handle the case. 1t is understood
the suggestion has not been dis
cussed with the Justice Department.
The idea. Mr. NiXon's office said
today, it "to get the case out of
politics by having it handled by a
special prosecutor
Mr.. Nixon read pertinent por-
tions" of Mr. Chambers deposition
testimony to reporters late yester-
day. He prefaced it by saying that
the testimony had been taken under
oath and under very strict cross
examination" The testimony read
by Mr.. Nixon follows:
sometime in 1887 about the mid
die of the year, J. Peters introduced
me to Russian who identified him.
self under the pseudonym Peter.
/ The Russian Peter was one
Col. Bykov. Col. Bykov was