Evening star., 1948-08-03
Remnoon About Atom, in Senate Committee Inquiry
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Ferguson declared, "the Manhattan
Project was a deep secret
mo, sir" the witness replied, Il
don't believe so. or 1 wouldn't have
listed it in the application.
Did the press have it?' retorted
the committee head.
Recalls Secrecy.
Il recall very distinctly" Chair
man Ferguson continued, that the
Truman Committee at that time
couldn't get any information as to
the Manhattan Project and yet you
said you we're familiar with many
aspects of it."
The witness said he was familiar
with preference ratings regarding
the project, apparently referring to
priorities for materials the project
required.
He explained Il had to be told
regarding machinery they wanted"
Isn't that just the Information
an enemy would want?" Chairman
Ferguson shot back.
Says Many Knew of Purchases.
The witness said that "a hundred
or more" in the WPB knew of equip
ment purchases for the Manhattan
Project. AS he explained it, this in
cluded motors that might have been
used for other projects as well as
the Manhattan. heat eXchangerS ana
tubing" that goes into reflnerles.
The atom bomb project revelation
brought demand from the witness
that he be given chance to make
an answer before the luncheon re-
cess of the committee. A brief Pc
riod was allowed, but as Chairman
Ferguson ordered a recess until z
o'clock, Mr.. Remington was insist
ing that he had not had sufficient
time to make his statement.
Earlier, he had admitted that he
had been silly enough" to meet in
Washington parks and to talk with
Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, the SELF
confessed former Soviet spy ring
agent, who accused him in earlier
testimony before the committee OF
being one of her sources OF secret
information which she said had been
transmitted to Russia.
Denies Revealing Secrets.
But he had insisted all through
his morning testimony that he had
never given Miss Bentley any secret
information or what was not proper
When a committee member asked
why he had met Miss Bentley In
Washington parks and at the ten
mis- courts along Fourth street, Mr..
Remington said that at one time he
had met Alfred Friendly, Washing
ton Post reporter, in Lafayette Park
instead of at Remington's office. He
has testified he thought Miss Bent
ley was a newspaper reporter at the
time
Senator Ferguson wanted to know
/ if the meeting with Mr.. Friendly
was by appointment and the witness
said his recollection was that 1t
was a mere convenience because
both were in hurry.
He was at the War Production
Board at the time he made the
Navy application. He claimed that
his superiors at the agency told him
that he should help get across to
the public" information the WPB
then was giving the press.
In my judgment at the time" he
said. referring to the fact that he
was then only "a years old and hold
ing minor job, Il think l was for-
giveably erroneous"
Reads Navy Application.
Chairman Ferguson took over the
reading to recite from Remington
job application that "for over two
wears l have handled this kind OF
data with perfect discretion"
When he declared he never gave
Miss Bentley confidential secret in
formation, Chairman Ferguson sud-
denly interrupted him to direct Com
mittee Counsel William Rogers ito
read what it was Remington told the
Navy" about the amount OF his
secret data.
/ The witness had been minimizing
the amount or secrecy of wartime
data available to him. Mr.. Rogers
read statements which showed the
witness had claimed that in his work
with the WPB he had become famil-
lar with such things as plant pro-
duction. production of airplanes as
to their types and production plants,
tcomponents of airplane production,
radar equipment, production OF Navy
craft and equipment, landing craft
production and the Manhattan
Project.
Double Talk Charged.
Members of the committee accused
him of attempting to "disarm' the
Navy by saying in one place In his
application for service as a Russian
translator that he might be con-
sidered too anti-Russian" and in
another place that he might be con-
sidered too pro-Russlan.'
Chairman Ferguson observed that
this was double talk but question
ing followed which indicated that
the committee felt the witness was
trying to indicate to the Navy that
he might be suspected of being pro-
Russian instead of anti-Russian.
Wasn't it an attempt to disarn
the Navy" Mr.. Rogers asked.
That is not a fact" the witness
quickly reioined. There is much
in my history that is anti-Russian.
Mr. Rogers asked him again
whether there was anything which
+ showed any anti-Russian activities
He insisted that the witness flno
any of this in a copy of the Rem
; ingtor statement to the Navy, ane
to read it to the committee.
! Favored Aid to England.
2 The witness then read a section
from the Navy application state
= ment in which he recited that ir
: the summer of 1910 he and his wife
5 like most Americans" felt that
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