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laughter as he answered. "No, I
did not"
The defense read from the
transcript of part of Mr.. Cham
bers' pretrial examination in Bal
timore, bringing out that there
had been a "One-Eyed Annie" in
the New Orleans dive" as we'll
as "a woman who died of con-
sumption" and "the wife of a
peanut vender who was drinking
herself to death"
Mr.. Chambers again denied,
however, that he personally was
living with Annie.
Blandly Admits Views.
Mr.. Stryker led Mr.. Chambers
through a series of statements
that the Communist Party be-
lieved in lying, approved OF trea-
son. is opposed to religion, and
wants to overthrow the Govern
ment of the United States. In
each case, the witness blandly ad-
mitted that he had SUBSCRIBED. to
the party views.
80 that for some 20 years you
were an enemy of your country
and a traitor" Mr.. Stryker said.
THAT is right" the witness
replied.
"What?" roared Mr.. Stryker.
II said, that is right" Mr..
Chambers repeated coolly.
Cross-examination of Chambers
exploded with forensic fury late
yesterday.
The Governments star witness
had spent most of the day telling
how Mr.. Hiss worked as a Com
munist in prewar Washington and
even received an Oriental rug lin
gratitude" for bis efforts.
Says He Borrowed $400.
He asserted that Mr.. Hiss, at
the request of q Soviet spy agent
Col. Boris Bykov, gave him State
Department documents for photo
graphing and transmission to the
Soviets. He borrowed $400 from
Mr.. Hiss to buy an automobile in
1887, he said. He drove with Mr.
and Mrs. Hiss in their car to
Peterborough. N. H.. in August
1887, he testified. Before congress
sional committee hearings last
summer. he testified he last saw
Mr.. Hiss in December, 1888, when
Mr.. Hiss refused to quit the Com
munist Party with him, he said.
With this testimony brought out
by Assistant United States Attor-
ney Thomas F. Murphy, the Gov
ernment sought to pile up proof
that Mr.. Hiss lied to the Federal
grand jury here last October. At
that time Mr.. Hiss denied he saw
Mr.. Chambers after January /,
1887, and ever turned over con-
fidential documents to him.
When the towering, mustached
Mr.. Murphy suddenly sat down,
Defense Attorney Stryker took
over. For more than a half hour
the hitherto hushed courtroom
sizzled. The gray-haired lawyer
tore into the character of the
witness, as well as former Com
munist connections and other
chapters in the Chambers story
as far back as 1924.
Remains Unruffled.
Mr.. Chambers remained un-
ruf1led as he blandly admitted:
That, as a former Communist.
he once was IAN underhanded
enemy Of the Government and
working for a foreign government
for the overthrow Of this Govern
ment by force;
That he cheated and defraud-
ed" the United States Govern
ment when he got q WPA7 job
in october. 1887, on the strength
of q 'false" oath to defend the
Constitution and on the basis Of
untrue statements in his applica-
tion form.
That he left-he denied he was
"kicked out"-Columbia University
in 1924 after writing the blasphe-
NOUS play and that he was able to
return to the university by lying.
That books belonging to the
university library were found In
his home.
do you mean to say" Mr.,
6tryker summed up. that all this
was because you had = deadened
.eonscience?"
mo-" Mr.. Chambers retorted.