Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

lected his Communist Party dues
had a bit of difnculty getting them
from him.
SENATOR FERGUsoN-start at
the beginning, please.
MISS BENTLEY-I was intro
duced to him by Jacob Golos, I be-
lieve, in the early spring of 1912.
MR.. ROGERS-Before you met
him, did you have a conversation
with Mr.. Golos about the meeting?
MISS BENTLEY-Yes. Mr.. Golos
told me that a friend of his, Mr..
Joseph North, one of the editors Of
the New Masses, who was always
on the lookout for information and
agents for Mr.. Golos, was friend
of Bills. and that he had met Bill
on a trip up from Washington,
and had decided that he might be
good material for us. Therefore,
Mr.. North had introduced MIR. Rem
ington to Mr.. Golos.
MR.. ROGERS-And then you
met?
MISS BENTLEY-A few days
later-I don't know whether it was
one or two or three days later-I
met Mr.. Remington and his wife
with Mr.. Golos.
Called Good Material"
MR.. ROGERS-When it was sug-
gested to you that he was good
material" did that mean that he
might secure good material for you?
MISS BENTLEY-Yes. That he
was at least in a good spot or head
ed for a good spot, where he could
find good information.
SENATOR FERGUSON-Where
did he work?
MISS BENTLEY-When I first
met him, I think he was between
jobs. That was my information.
SENATOR FERGUSON - He was
between jobs when you met him?
MISS BENTLEY think he was,
because I wasn't able to see him in
Washington until a month or two
after I had first met him.
MR.. ROGERS-Now. after that
meeting, arrangements were made
that he would turn over information
to you that was helpful to the
Communists?
MISS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
were made that would drop in to
see him when I came to Washing
ton.
When I came to Washington, I
began discussing with him where
he was employed, the type of po-
sition he had, not In too great
detail as far as titles are, con-
cerned. but as far as availability
of material is concerned.
MR.. ROGERS-What did he tell
you?
Couldn't Help at First.
MISS BENTLEY-At first he was
not in a spot which was Of too
much help to us. But later he got
into a part of the War Production
Board where he was dealing with
aircraft production figures.
SENATOR IVES-Mr. Chairman,
may 1 back this thing up just a
minute?
When did you discover, Miss Bent
ley, that Mr.. Remington was a
Communist? Immediately upon
your introduction, or subsequently?
MISS BENTLEY-Mr. Golos told
me that he was Communist be-
fore ever I met him.
SENATOR O'CONOR-Were any
other members of his family men,
bers of the Communist Party, to
your knowledge?
MISS BENTLEY-Yes. His wife.
SENATOR O'CONOR In your
with Mr.. Remington,
on how many occasions did you pro-
cure confidential information from
him, If at all?
MISS BENTLEY-I think that it
probably might have been 10 or Is
Or 20, I can't tell you exactly.
SENATOR O'CONOR-And in
what form did you receive it?
MISS BENTLEY-Most of 1t was
little scraps of paper, on which he
had jotted down figures.
SENATOR O'CONOR-What was
the nature of the information?
MISS BENTLEY-I should say
that it was of several natures. One
was informationn on internal poll
cies within WPB, as to what WPB
was going to allocate to Russia. and
on ranking people, like
William Bait, who were in a posi-
ton to help Russia get more that
she was getting. and information on
aircraft production.
SENATOR O'CONOR-What If
any knowledge did he have as to
what the purpose was Of your get
ting the information?
MISS BENTLEY-We never dis
cussed it.
Thought 1t Was For Browder.
SENATOR O'CONOR-Was there
anv mention at all of the fact that
the data and information that you
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