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| the jury and require Mr.. StryKer
TO make an offer of proof con-
cerning the relevancy Of any tes-
I timony that the psychiatrist
might offer. Judge Kaufman re-
| fused TO do this.
Although Mr.. Murphy said he
was ready to concede the pro-
fessional qualifications of DR..
Binger. Mr.. Stryker insisted on
bringing out in detail the career
of DR.. Binger.
The Hiss defense may be con-
cldded before nightfall.
Mrs. Hiss was submitted to a
gruelling probe by Mr.. Murphy
yesterdays probe which pro-
duced what seemed to many the
first tangible breach In the Hiss
defense.
Mr.. Hiss, former president Of
the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Is indicted
on two counts alleging perjury
He told a Federal grand jury last
December that he never gave
Mr.. Chambers secret State De-
partment material, and said he
did not see his accuser between
1896 and 1948.
The Government contends these
statements were false, in that he
did give secret papers to Mr..
Chambers and did see him in or
about February and March. 1888.
Most Of the documents produced
by Mr.. Chambers as evidence
against Mr.. Hiss are dated in those
months.
As the defense draws to a close
in this fifth week Of the trial.
Judge Kaufman. meanwhile. is
withholding decision on a sug-
gestion yesterday by Mr.. Stryker
that a former Solicitor General
of the United States, presently a
trustee Of the Carnegie Endow-
ment, be cited for contempt OF
court.
Contempt Action to Wait.
He is William Marshall Bullitt,
Louisville tKy) attorney. He in
CURED Mr.. Stryker's wrath when
he was quoted in an early edition
of yesterdays New York World
Telegram as having said that,
when the Hiss Chambers contro-
versy broke last August, John Fos-
ter Dulles asked Mr.. Hiss to re-
sign as president Of the Carnegie
Endowment, and Mr.. Hiss de-
clined to do so.
Mr.. Dulles. Republican Party
foreign policy adviser. also is a
trustee of the endowment. Mr..
Hiss has, denied under oath that
any suggestion that he resign
from the $20,0oo-a-year job ever
was made by Mr.. Dulles, who is
reported under subpoena to testify
for the Government as a rebuttal
witness.
Judge Kaufman told Mr.. Stryker
that the question of Furnishing any
one for contempt must await the
end of the trial. He warned, how
ever. that If we are going to get
into trials by publicity, the func-
tions Of the courts will end"
The discussion Of Mr.. Bullitt's
statement was held in the absence
of the jury at the conclusion Of
yesterdays court session. Judge
kaufman said It also had come
to his attention that various
'columnists, some Of whom have
been in court and some of whom
have not been here" had been
writing on their views Of the epic
case.
Consideration Favored.
1T is unfortunate that that kind
of thing can take place with re-
spect to an important case Of this
kind" the jurist declared. but it
is taking place. What the court
can do about it I do not know. But
after the conclusion Of this trial
that subject should be considered,
either by the court or through
some other method"
Mr.. Bullitt. who served as So
licitor general in 1912 and 1918 and
ran unsuccessfully for the Senate
as q Republican in 1914. was pres
ent in the courtroom during the