Evening star., 1949-06-25
Hiss Will Face Hot
Cross-Examination
In Court Monday
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and manner became far grimmer
than in his preliminary recital of
his IA years OF Government serv-
ice.
Strains Forward i'm Chair.
Sometimes he seemed to strain
forward In the witness chair as If
eager to take full advantage OF
this first opportunity to recount
his story in court. The only signs
of nervousness were an occasional
crossing of his lanky legs and q
fieeting gesture of his right hand
as he leveled his deep set eyes
squarely at the jury in answering
questions put by Mr.. Stryker.
No one in the crowded court
room kept eyes focused on him
more closely or constantly than
did his wife, Mrs. Priscilla Hiss.
Daily since the trial began March
81 the couple has been inseparable
sitting within the courtroom ran
or standing In the corridor during
recesses.
Mr.. Hiss is accused of having
committed perjury before q Fed
eral grand jury here last Decem-
Der. Most of his testimony yester-
day was a declaration that he told
the truth, then and always. In
maintaining he never gave Gov
ernment confidential information
to Mr.. Chambers for spy purposes
or any other purposes. and that
he never saw Mr.. Chambers from
January /, 1887, until last August.
Mr.. Chambers says he saw Mr..
Hiss as late as April. 1888.
Only One Revision.
The only revision in the Hiss
story was that his impression
has changed" since he informed
the grand jury he had an impress
sion that an old Woodstock type
writer was in his Georgetown
home as late as 1898. He testified
yesterday that the recent discov-
cry of the typewriter by his attor-
neys has put a new light on the
matter and shows the machine
was disposed of before that lime.
That typewriter is the one said
by the Government to have been
used for making many Of the
State Department document
copies or digests Mr.. Chambers
asserted he got from Mr.. Hiss.
The defense introduced into
evidence yesterday originals or
carbons of two letters repeatedly
typed by MI. or Mrs. Hiss on that
machine. Mr.. Stryker disclosed
those samples were offered to the
Government but were returned
unused as prosecution exhibits.
This defense move strengthened
earlier indications that Hiss at
ytorneys will try to show that the
typewriter could not have been
used by Mr.. and Mrs. Hiss to type
documents of 1888 produced by
Mr.. Chambers last fall.
Denies Auto Loan.
The point-by- point contradic-
ton of the Chambers story CORES
ponded with the basic story told
by Mr.. Hiss on several occasions
since he first appeared before the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities last August.
Mr.. Hiss. denying that he lent
Mr.. Chambers $400 to buy an
automobile in November, 1887.
said Mrs. Hiss withdrew $400 from
a joint savings account at that
time to buy furnishings for the
Volta Place house where they
moved in December of that year.
Time after time. in such terms
as certainly not" or "of course
not" or there's not a word of
truth in it," he denied testimony
by Mr.. or Mrs. Chambers.
AS for his acquaintance with
Mr.. Chambers. he repeated that
a man representing himself as q
free-lance writer dropped in to
see him in December. 1854. Or
January, 1885. and introduced
himself as George Crosley. The
visitor wanted some material for
articles in connection with NUM-
tions industry investigation work
by Senate Committee on which
Mr.. Hiss was counsel.
Paid No Rent.
He saw "Crosley" off and on
thereafter until about May or
June, 1895. he declared. He be-
friended "Mr. and Mrs. Crosley'
by letting them stay for a day or
two at the Hiss home on p street
in 1885 and for several weeks In
May and June that year during
the expiring term of lease on a
Twenty-eighth street apartment,
he testified.
Crosby" he contended, paid
no rent and never reimbursed him
for occasional small loans. Finally.
, Mr.. Hiss decided to break of the
. acquaintance, he said, and never
saw "Crosley" again until a face
to-face meeting arranged by the
House committee in q confronta-
tion session at the Commodore
Hotel here last August.
Tells About Rug.
The only thing he ever got from
"Crosley," Mr.. Hiss testified. was
O rug In 1896.
He told me that some wealthy
patron had given 1t to him and
that he was making a gift of 1t
to me-" Mr.. Hiss smiled.
Mr.. Chambers has testified that
in 1897 he gave an Oriental rug
to Mr.. Hiss as "a present from
the Soviet people in gratitude for
the work Of American Commu-
niSts."
Among things Mr.. Hiss said he
gave "Crosley" was an old Ford
roadster with q trade-in value Of
$25.
Mr. Hiss slammed from the etc NJ