Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-09

present expert testimony" 70 III
effect that the secret document
ano Mr.. Hiss known correspond
ence we're typed on the sam
machine.
And that" said the prosecutor
lis the Governments case"
Maryland L. Employe Testifies.
The first witness producing
document supposedly known L
have been typed on the Wood
stock machine appeared late yes
terday. She was Mrs. Florenc1
T. Stafford. an employe OF tn
University Of Maryland who keep
records for that institutions Bal
timore school. She brought with
her a letter received from tn,
defendants wife, Mrs. Priscilla
Fansler Hiss. in May. 1897. ane
the letter was accepted in evi.
dence.
When the prosecution has fin.
ished presenting its case. prob
ably early next week. Mr.. Hiss
will take the stand to testify ir
his own defense, 1t was learned
last night.
I Mrs. Hiss. an attractive. gray.
haired woman who has sat beside
the defendant through court ses-
sions so far. also is expected tc
testify.
Mrs. Chambers is expected to
appear briefly as a prosecution
witness-possibly today.
At the close of his redirect ex-
animation Of Mr.. Chambers yes
terday. Mr.. Murphy asked If he
harbored any grudge toward the
man whom he accuses, with whom
he has been locked for 10 months
in a terrible combat Of reputa-
ton.
Il have an entirely neutral feel
ing toward Mr.. Hiss" the witness
answered quietly.
When the defense attorney
Lloyd Paul Stryker. got his last
chance to question Mr.. Chambers,
he came back to this matter of
the accuser's feelings and inten-
tions.
Wanted TO Spare Inquiry.
The lawyer recalled that al
though Mr.. Chambers denounced
Mr.. Hiss as a Communist last Au-
gust. he did not accuse him of
espionage until November.
Attempting to paraphrase an
earlier statement of Mr.. Cham
bers', explaining this delay, Mr..
Stryker asked If 1t would be fair
to say that the ex-editor withheld
his alleged knowledge Of the
espionage activity because he con-
sidered himself a friend Of Mr..
Hiss and did not want to hurt him.
NO" Mr.. Chambers answered
slowly, Il would say I was led by
a strong belief that I should not
do any more injury than was
necessary to any member of that
group"
Mr.. Chambers had named eight
Government employees as under
ground Communists, and he had
disclosed yesterday morning that
he received secret information
from five Government sources. He
said he thought he had "a Chris
tian duty, to protect them. Mr..
Chambers became a Quaker In
1912.
Earlier Denials Recalled.
Mr.. Stryker recalled that Mr..
Chambers had several times de-
MED under oath, between August
and September, that he knew any,
thing about espionage activity Of
the apparatus"
Ibid you feel you had Chris
tan duty to comply with the oath
you had recorded in heaven to tell
the TRUTH" the lawyer asked.
Il felt" said Mr.. Chambers,
that one duty outweighed the
other"
You felt you had a right to
determine which outweighed the
other and which parts of your
story to express or suppress?"
That Is about 1t"
Mr.. Stryker recalled that be-
tween August and November. Mr..
Hiss had sued Mr.. Chambers for
$75. 900 in libel damages. He at
tempted to suggest this might
have influenced Mr.. Chambers