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Red Embassy Aide Named as Bentley Poyo4
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Miss Bentley testified that tn
payoff occurred approximately &c
: teber II, ls45, at the corner O
: Fourth avenue and Tenth stree
New York
,, She had gone to the FBI late ii
|. August OF ls45. she said. There
!. after, the witness testified, sh
worked with the FBI for more thai
a year and q half.
Mundt Points to Attacks.
When Miss Bentley completed he
description of the payoff incident
Representative Mundt, Republican
Of South Dakota pointed out tina
some Of the witnesses before tn
committee have attacked Mis-
Bentley's credibility and said tn
committee now has something
tangible-the s2,00O-to back up he
testimony.
Chairman Thomas then announced
that the committee has "absolut
confirmat ton that Miss Bentley tool
the $4,000 and turned 1t over Il
the FBI,"
Referring to the personal allega'
tiens" made against her by some ol
the witnesses, Miss Bentley told thu
committee:
These allegations are false with.
out any shadow of doubt"
Siander Campaign Charged.
She declared that any repentan
Communist who tries to expose th'
movement is subjected to cam
paign of slander" to diseredit wha
he has to say.
Il feel my story should stand OF
its merits and that the facts shollc
speak for themselves" the avowec
ex-spy declared.
She said she had been told by sew
eral FBI agents that they hae
checked her story and had never
found any major discrepancies.
Witnesses denying her charges o.
receiving war secrets from then
have called her variously 'liar,
frustrated woman and "a nut'
sanee" who drank.
Chambers Attacked.
Mr.. Collins, who preceded Miss
Bentley at today's open hearing
attacked the credibility of another
witness-Whittake Chambers, self
confessed former Communist agent
who is now q senior editor of Time
Magazine.
Mr.. Chambers had described Mr.
~1I1;or frao nf on I'm.
derground Communist organization
which operated here before the wal
primarily to put Communists into
top Government positions.
Mr.. Collins said he never knew a
man named Chambers.
When he was asked If he knew
a man who went under the name ot
Carl" in 1895, he refused to an
swer on the ground that he might
incriminate himself
Known to Party as Carl.
Chief Committee Investigator
Robert E. STRIPPING then told the
committee that Mr. Chambers re-
vealed to q subcommittee last Sat.
urday in secret session that he was
known in party circles under the
name of Carl.
Representative Hebert, Democrat
of Louisiana, pointed out that the
witness showed no hesitancy about
saying he did not know a mar
. named Chambers but knew enough
about the Communist apparatus
to refuse to say whether he knew
Carl.
Mr.. Hebert emphasized that thu
name of Carl in connection witt
Whitaker Chambers was secret
until today. ..- ~
Refuses to Identify Picture.
When Mr.. Stripping showed tht
witness a picture of Mr.. Chambers
Mr.. Collins said:
Il can't recognize this man."
He refused to say whether an,
Of the following men ever visitet
his apartment in st. Matthew
Court, described by Mr.. Chamber
as a meeting place for the Com
munist underground:
John Abt. Alger Hiss, Lee Press
man, Donald Hiss, J. Peters, Victo
Perlo, Charles Kramer and Carl"
Mr.. Chambers has told the com
mittee that Peters headed the en-.
tire underground In the United
States and that the other men wer'
leaders of the movement here.
Denies Violating Any Law.
In his prepared statement, Mr.
Collins declared:
LAS far as I know, I have never
violated any law of the United
States. On the contrary, have en-.
deavored to the best of my ability
conscientiously and actively, to serv'
my country both in peace and war.
Mr.. Collins told the committee HI
was born in Philadelphia in 1905
graduated from Harvard University
and worked for the Government Il
years.
He was employed by the NRA
the Soil Conservation Service anc
the Wage and Hour Division of tht
Labor Department before going Il
Capitol Hill.
Lists Committee Jobs.
He said he worked on House
Labor Committee investigation O.
the migration of destitute citizens
served on the staff of the Senate
Small Business Committee in 194l
and later on the staff of Senate
Military Affairs Subcommittee
headed by Senator Kilgore, Demo
, crat, of West Virginia.
He said he volunteered for mill
tary service served overseas for tw'
&. years. received a commentator TO
his service in the Battle of tn
; Bulge and was discharged as I
ma jor.
After the war, Mr.. Collins said
he worked for the State Department
for about six months on the prob
lens of displaced persons and i
now doing free-lance writing, espe
cially on a handbook on worlt
elections"
. Refuses Answers.
After reading his statement, Mr.
! Collins refused to tell the commit
tee whether he belonged to any or
ganizations. When he refused to sa,
whether or not he was a member o
the American Legion, Mr.. Thoma!
wanted to know.