Evening star., 1948-09-28


STEVE NELSON,
Accused OF getting secret
formula from Scientist X"
cape by leaving the apartment OF
Victoria Stone, one of these wit
nesses. He appeared in Chicago
with Eric Bernay, the other Of these
two witnesses.
Thwarted by FBI.
Adams, from Chicago, proceeded
to Portland, Greg, where he at.
tempted to board a Soviet vessel. HI
was thwarted by the FBI in this
attempt, but, because of govern.
mental policy in existence at thai
time, the full details of which are
unknown to this committee because
it has not had access to the records
Adams was not arrested. He pro-
ceeded Immediately back to New
York where he subsequently disap-
peared and has not been seen OF
heard of since. According to the
committees best information, he is
now i'll the Soviet Union.
| Clarence Francis Hiskey is pres
emily employed as professor OF
analytical chemistry at the Poly.
technic Institute in Brooklyn, N. Y
He was born on July 5, 1912. in
Milwaukee. Wis. He graduated from
La Crosse Central High School in
La Crosse. Wis, in 1929 From 1929
to 1888, ne attended the La Crosse
State Teachers College. He attended
the University of Wisconsin, Mad
ison, Wis, receiving BIS. degree
in 1885, an MS. degree in 1886, and
a PhD. degree in 1889.
During the time he attended the
University of Wisconsin, he met
Marcia Sand. his first wife. An
official military intelligence report
dated June S, 1945, makes the fol-
lowing evaluation of Hiskey: His
key was active in Communist move
ments while attending graduate
school at the university. AL
legedly Marcia, subjects wife, was
d Communist. 1t was reported
Hiskey had stated that the present
form of government is no good, the
Russian Government is model and
that Russia can do no wrong; if the
lend lease bill is passed this country
will have a dictator Also re-
marked that the United States Gov
ernment should look to Russia for
leadership. Hiskey repeatedly urged
radical-minded young men to take
|ROTC training to provide for
possible penetration Of the Com
munist Party in the armed forces
of the United States In various
lectures he discussed communism.
80 Investigations conducted in
1912 revealed Hiskey read the Com
munist publications Daily Worker
and In Fact, and he had definite
communistic leanings. Hiskey
and his wife lived for approximately
two years with - whose
brother was later president of the
Young Communist League (cited as
subversive by the Attorney GeneraD
at the University of Wisconsin.
1t was reported that subject and his
wife associated with other alleged
Communists or Communist sympa-
thizers. Hiskey was said to be an
active member of the Communist
Party"
Refused to Answer.
The committee makes no findings
as to the correctness of such evalua-
tion by military intelligence. When
Clarence Hiskey and his former
wife, Marcia Sand. testified before
this Committee on September 8,
1948, however, both he and Marcia
Sand refused to answer any ques-
tons concerning their Communist
affiliations and connections while at
tending the University of Wisconsin,
on the basis that they might in
criminate TIL MS selves. However,
Marcia Sand testified, under oath,
that she was not presently a men,
Der of the Communist Party, but,
when asked if she had ever been a
member of the Communist Party,
she refused to answer this question
"on the grounds that it may degrade
or incrir1inate me-"
While attending the University
of Wisconsin. Clarence Hiskey ap-
piled for a reserve commission from
the United States Army. On June
18. 1888, he was issued a reserve
commission as a second lieutenant
in the Chemical Warfare Service.
From September 1899 to 1941,
Clarence Hiskey was employed as
an instructor in chemistry at the
University of Tennessee at Knox
vile. For five months in 1941, he
was an associate chemist with the
Tennessee Valley Authority ALUMNI
mum notrate plant at Sheffield,
Ala.
According to the testimony of
Hinskey, he then went to Columbia
University, New York, where he was
engaged as an instructor from
September, 194l, until approximately
September. 1912 In the fall of 1912.
upon the recommendation of Harold
Urey, Hiskey was requested to do
research work in connection with
atomic energy in a laboratory at
Columbia University, known as the
SAM Laboratory The SAM Lab
oratory worked primarily on the
gaseous diffusion process of sep
arating out uranium 235 This pro-
cess was later known as the K-25
process. The plant which resulted
from the research at Columbia Uni
versity later became known as the
K-25 plant at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The major research on this phase
of the work was done at Columbia
University. According to Army
records, Hinskey, while engaged on
this project. was in charge of team
OF scientists. This project also
worked on the development of heavy
water.
Code Letters Used.
The code letters SAM for the
laboratory were taken as the first
letters of the words Substitute Al
10y Material" and were purposely
chosen tn miSlead outsiders as tn