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discrepancy by saying that Mr.
Murphy apparently made separate
listings for meetings or telephone
conversations that might have &C.
CURED on the same day or place.
After Mr.. Hiss repeated his
earlier testimony about allowing
"Mr. and Mrs. Crosby" to stay In
the Twenty-eighth street apart.
ment. Mr.. Murphy observed:
You were a lawyer who hao
been admitted to the bar in 1880
You worked for a year as law
clerk for former Supreme Court
Justice Holmes and also were in
prominent law firms in Boston and
New York before going to the
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration in Washington, weren't
you?
so we here have a situation
where you say you leased your
apartment to man. but did not
discuss the subject of rent until
the time Of occupancy was al
most up?"
THAT is correct" Mr.. Hiss said
Subject Of Rent Pressed.
The prosecution pressed the
witness closely in an effort to de-
termine exactly how often the
subject Of rent was mentioned and
whether Mr.. Hiss ever made a
specific demand for payment by
Mr.. Chambers.
NO" Mr.. Hiss said. II don't
think ! ever made a demand"
Did you request it?" Mr.
Murphy asked. g-- $50
II know it was mentioned sew
eral times and think I asked
him If he was in a position to pay
and he said he wasn't" the wit
ness responded.
Referring to q rug Mr.. Hiss
said Mr.. Chambers gave him In
the spring Of 1885,. Mr.. Murphy
ASked the defendant whether he
regarded that gift as part payment
lon the rent for the few weeks
in the spring of 1885.
II don't recall any statement
by Crosley on that point" Mr..
Hiss replied. But I regarded it
as an implication that it was
given on account OF the rent"
did you ask him specifically
why he was giving you a gift?"
Mr.. Murphy demanded.
I have no recollection Of that
now" Mr.. Hiss said. He implied
it and I inferred it. could think
of no other reason why he gave
it to me-"
Settlement Unsatisfactory"
Mr.. Hiss added that in any
event he did not regard the rug
as a satisfactory settlement" Of
the debt he said George Crosley''
owed him. He testified also that
in addition to the apartment rent,
Mr.. Chambers borrowed a total
Of only about $25 or $50 in small
amounts and repaid about S..
Mr.. Chambers testified earlier in
the trial that he gave an expensive
Oriental rug to Mr.. Hiss as a mark
Of gratitude by the Soviet people
for the work of the American
Communists. Mr.. Hiss has en-
phatically denied assertions that
he ever was a Communist or Com
munist sympathizer.
In connection with the defend
ants testimony about his early
meeting with George Crosley. Mr.,
Murphy asked what names the
two men called each other.
II think I called him Crosby
and I have no doubt I called him
George on OCCASION" Mr.. Hiss
said. II rather think he called me
by my first name"
Wasn't Called lilly"
Did he ever call you Hilly9"
Certainly not" the witness
laughed.
This was q reference to testi-
mony by Mr.. Chambers that Mrs.
Hiss called her husband "Hilly."
It was at this point that Mr..
Murphy asked If Mrs. Hiss would
take the stand at this trial.
Mr.. Hiss shrugged his shoulders
and looked inquiringly toward Mr..
Stryker.
The defense attorney arose and
declared:
II think that MIR. Murphy, on
reflection. would not want to ask
such q question. but anyway will
state now that Mrs. Hiss will
testify"
Questioned on Roadster.
The old Ford roadster that has
figured In the Hiss-Chambers
controversy from the time Of the
House committee hearings last
summer. came up again early in
the cross-examination today. Mr..
Hiss told Mr.. Murphy that he
allowed Crosley to use the car
in the fall Of 1885 and let him
have 1t permanently in the spring
Of 1896 after the Hiss family
bought q new car.
/ do you recall that he came to
you In the fall Of 1885 and asked
II he coq( d have the old car and
you gave him the keys and bads