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feet. His voice was deadly quie
but he appeared very angry. HI
said that since the Judge had jus
accused his witness of lying OF
the stand he proposed TO read thu
entire record Of Mr.. Chamber
testimony before the grand jur!
last December so that the Jur,
could decide for itself whether HI
was lying.
/ Reading of that testimony woulc
have taken several days. and Judge
Kaufman said he would not al.
low 1t.
Your honor" the Government
attorney then said. May I ash
you at this time TO instruct the
jury that it is their recollection
and not yours that Is con.
trolling in this case
Judge Kaufman so instructed
the jury. and Mr.. Murphy then
asked for a four-hour recess SC
that he might study the grand
jury records to see If he could not
prove that Mr.. Chambers had tes-
tify he had five sources Of In
| formation.
Judge Denies Request.
Judge Kaufman denied this re-
quest, sharply informing the pro-
secutor that II at any time he
discovered that the courts state
ments had been mistaken he
would be entitled to bring that
out.
It was at this point that Mr..
Murphy called for and received
from the witness the names Of his
five sources.
Mr.. Hiss. a former State De-
partment official who until re-
Gently was president of the Car
negie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace, is under indictment
on two counts alleging perjury
before the grand jury last De-
cember Is. Specifically. he is &C
cused of denying falsely that he
gave secret information TO Mr..
Chambers. or that he saw his &C
cuser after January /. 1887.
When Mr.. Chambers finally was
excused from the stand, where he
had been testifying since last
Wednesday as the Governments
star witness, the prosecution
brought In two witnesses to sup
port the Governments case on
the second count of the indict-
ment.
Mr.. Chambers had testified
earlier that in 1887, Mr.. Hiss not
only continued to see him but also
lent him $500 for the purchase of
a new car.
Bank Official Testifies.
Today. Lynn O. DeLashmutt. a
vice president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank. brought in records to
show that on November 10. 1887,
Mr.. HISS wife. Priscilla, drew
$500 from the HISS joint account
at Riggs.
He was followed on the. witness
stand by Lloyd Stoker. vice presi-
dent Of the Schmitt Motor Co. in
Rafrdalistown, Md who produced
Notwithstanding that his company
sold aFord sedan to Mr.. Cham
ber's wife. Ester, on November
%, 1897. The purchase price. he
said,s was $500. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chambers receiving a 1925 allow
ance on an old car they traded in.
and paying the balance In cash.
= Two strips of fnicrofilm, con-
tanning miniature pictures Of Sc
cret documents which Mr.. Cham
bers says he got from Mr.. Hiss.
were identified for the jury by Of
ficials of the two Photographic
companies which made the film.
Henry C. Ireland of the Kodak
Parts Co. Of Rochester, N. Y, said
one of the films was made by his
concern in 1887, according to code
numbers appearing on 1t.
The other film. according to
George Hunter of the Du Pont Co.,
was made either in December.
1896, or June. 1914. He could not
be certain, he said. because Du
Point changed his code system in
1874. duplicating some Of the
earlier numbers.
The prosecution has placed in
evidence two rolls Of microfilm
and copies of Al documents which,
1t contends, were made for Mr..
Chambers on typewriter belong
ing to Mr.. Hiss-a woodstock
machine with plea type.
Other Material to Be Offered.
The jury of 10 men and 2 wom-
en- has heard Mr.. Chambers testi-
fly that Mr.. Hiss, as a member OF
an underground Communist ZAP
paratus" in Washington. gave him
this material in 1887 and. 1888
for transmission to Russian
agents.
Mr.. Murphy told reporters at the
close of yesterdays session that
the Government will introduce
in evidence other material-per-
sonal correspondence. for in
stanra-kuowr tn have been