Evening star., 1949-06-30

present story OF the H.ss-Chaca-
bers relationship and the story sfs
told the grand jury last year. lie
also developed the fact that she
voted for Norman Thomas. the
Socialist presidential candidate II
1882, and once attended meeting
Of the League Of Women Shoppers
1t was an exhaustive inquiry. Al
the end Of the afternoon. the
prosecutor hammered away al the
witness recollection that the
Chambers family spent q few days
in the Hiss home on r street IN
1885. while waiting for the van
10 arrive from New York with their
effects. before moving 70 the
Hiss apartment on Twenty-eighth
street NV. Washington.
This incident Of the p street
visit is one Of the few features OF
their entire relationship on which
the Hiss and Chambers families
50 far seem TO be in entire agree
ment. Yet Mr.. Murphy appar-
entity wished to suggest that. since
the Twenty-eighth street apart
ment was furnished. the Chambers
family had no reason to stay with
the Kisses at p street.
At one point he asked II Mr..
and Mrs. Chambers would not
have been comfortable in the
Twenty eighth street apartment
IL they had been supplied with "a
few cups and saucers."
Mr.. Stryker. who had been
smouldering for some time. ex-
ploded. Il object" he -roared. "on
the grounds that the question is
absurd"
Mr.. Murphy looked down. with
an almost startled expression.
Il did not know" he said mildly
that there were such grounds"
Judge Kaufman sustained the
objection anyway.
Testimony About Boyhood.
The defense interrupted cross
examination Of Mrs. Hiss yesterday
to present another defense wit
ness, Edward D. Edstrom, q lawyer
from Valley Stream, Long Island
His testimony marked q renewal OF
the defense's earlier colorful at
tempts to discredit the story OF
Mr.. Chambers. 1t apparently was
intended to lay the groundwork
for DR.. Binger's appearance today
Mr.. Edstrom. over repeated OBJ
jections of the prosecution. told OF
his boyhood association with Mr.
Chambers. known in those days as
Vivian Chambers 1t was the kind
of testimony which can be reported
effectively only In verbatim trans
cript
Here. minus most Of the Gov
ernment's objections. are the high
lights of the official transcript Of
Mr.. Edstrom's story:
Q. Did you 90 to school with
him?
A. I went to South Side High
School with him.
@. Where was that? Rockville
Center?
A. Rockville Center.
@. Did you know him quite well
while he was In school?
A. I did.
Chambers Not in Athletics.
@. Were you with him in
school? Three to five afternoons
a week?
A. I was with him on an aver
age. ! daresay. of three to five
afternoons week.
@. And did you return from
school almost every afternoon
with him?
A. I would say I returned from
three to f1ve afternoons a week
with him or maybe every after
noon.
@. How old were you then,
about, Mr.. Edstrom?
A. When ! first met him I was
about IA years Of age.
@. Now In high school did you
play varsity basket ball. baseball
and football?
A. did. sir.
@. And were you captain Of the
high school baseball team?
A. was, sir.
@. Did Chambers engage in any
athletics?
A. Not in the organized athletics
Of the school. BY that I mean to
say any Of the football. baseball
or basket ball teams.
Q. He did not play on any Of
the teams Of the. SCHOOL,
A. No, he did not.
@. Can you remember his con-