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Spy Inquiry.
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to do so would violate her fright of
privacy" under the First Amend
ment, and the Fifth Amendment
protection from possible self
determination.
She refused to say whether she
knew William z. Foster, head of the
Communist Party in the United
States: Nathan Witt. Victor Perlo
Charles Cramer, Henry Collins,
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster and
Harold Ware. All of them, except
Mr.. Foster, were named by Mr.
Chambers or Miss Elizabeth T.
Bentley last summer as having be-
longed to Communist underground
groups here before the war.
Mrs. Bachrach said she did not
know Miss Bentley. former Com
munist agent, who has said she
obtained information from various
Government officials before the war
At the same time, Mrs. Bachrach
refused to say whether she knew
Louis Budenz, former Communist
who once was managing editor of
the Daily Worker, but broke with
the party.
Stormy Beginning.
The open hearing got off to a
stormy beginning when Mrs. Bach
rach and Mr.. Block asked to make
formal statements. Acting Chairman
Mundt told the witness the state
ment would not be received "at this
time" He informed the attorney he
would not be allowed to talk unless
he agreed to be sworn in as a wit
ness. Mr.. Block then said he wished
only to represent my client"
AS soon as Mrs. Bachrach testi.
fed that she was born in Chicago
in 1898 and that her parents also
were born in Illinois, Mr.. Rankin
broke in to announce that severa
previous witnesses and outside
groups had accused him Of having
been illegally elected to Congress.
because of voting procedures ir
Mississippi and, therefore, ineligible
to sit on the committee. He de.
clared that the Supreme Court ha.
decided, in effect, that he was
legally elected.
"A lot of Communists continue t<
assert was not" Mr.. Rankin added
I'D like to associate myself with
that view," Mrs Bachrach retorted
Robert E. Stripping, chief com
mittee investigator, then began t,
ask Mrs. Bachrach whether sh,
knew Mr.. ad Mrs. Hiss, Donald His
and a long list of other persons
While refusing to answer in mos
instances, the witness said she die
not know Mayor O'Dwyer of New
York, Gov. Dewey and former Rep
resentative John M. Coffey O
Washington State. She refused t,
sa whether she knew former Rep
resentative DeLacy of Washington
Changes Line of Testimony.
The questioning turned to tn,
copying of the confidential Stat.
Department documents and Mrs
Bachrach refused to say whethe
she had ever seen a typewriter il
the Hiss home. At that point, how
ever, she changed her line of testi
mony by denying that she eve
copied any documents at the His
home or anywhere else.
Coming out of the COMMITTEE
room, Mr.. Block bitterly criticize,
the committee for what he said wa
"disgraceful" treatment of lawyer
representing witnesses.
This committee is going to la
another pumpkin just like a ba
egg," Mr.. Block explained. "In m
opinion, for what it is worth, tha
pumpkin business was a fake"
Mrs. Bachrach said she had nc
, appeared before the New York gran
jury and has not been subpoenaet
n She described herself as a "minno,
: in this fishing expedition.
j. Mrs. Bachrach said in her state
, ment that it appears from some {
= the allegedly stolen documents ths
I some Government officials WEI
trying to negotiate an alliance wit
!; Hitler and were parties to 9TH
J. Munich sellout."
Possible Security Threat.
/ IF that is true" she said, "the
American national security ws
q seriously threatened in 1898. Thos
responsible for this betrayal of o,
Q national interest, and those WI
= kept this vital information fro
= the American people should be e,
= posed, and any still remaining
= public Office removed"
Near the end of Mrs. Bachrach
, testimony, Mr.. Rankin said
!, wanted the record to show that tt
e constitutional right of protectie
4 against self-incrimination exten,
7; only when "an infamous crime"
l. involved. He said wartime trease
, would be such a crime, and adde,
: Some of the documents were tai
3 en- after Pearl Harbor,. so wartin
" treason has been committed"