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him and a Soviet agent, Col. Boris
Bykov.
On the final day of its ls-month
meeting the grand jury last De-
cember indicted Mr.. Hiss. One
count charged he falsely testified
he never saw Mr.. Chambers after
January l, 1887, until the two con-
fronted each other last summer
at hearings by the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activities. A
second count charged that he
falsely denied he turned over Gov
eminent information to unau-
thorized persons.
Didn't Tell Full Truth.
Attempting to undermine the
credibility and character Of Mr.
Chambers, Mr.. Stryker drew q
frank admission from the witness
that he did not tell the full truth
about Mr.. Hiss to the House COM
mittee. the FBI and the grand
jury before his disclosure of docu-
ments he said he got from Mr.
Hiss.
The defense attorney also
brought out that Mr.. Chambers
In talk with the then Assistant
Secretary of State Adolf Berle in
1899, urged action against Com
munists but did not tell Mr.. Berle
that MIR. Hiss had transmitted
confidential Government data to
help Russia.
THE reason you didn't tell Mr.
Berle Is that it wasn't true" Mr.
Stryker declared.
Certainly not" Mr.. Chambers
contradicted.
"You testified before the grand
jury here in october, 1948," the
attorney went on. Were you
asked If there had been any espio-
nage?"
l. Reads Testimony Excerpts.
eyes" the witness replied. 81
answered had no knowledge OF
that"
Mr.. stryker read excerpts from
testimony of MIR. Chambers at q
Baltimore pretrial deposition hear
ing last November in connection
with a SANDER suit filed by Mr.
Hiss. That suit resulted from as
sertions by Mr.. Chambers at
House committee hearings the
previous August.
In the course of those pretrial
sessions Mr.. Chambers was chal-
lenged by attorneys to produce
documentary evidence involving
Mr.. Hiss. Mr.. Chambers came ur
with a batch of documents. This
| In turn led to revelation Of the
so-called pumpkin papers" on
his Maryland farm. He said he
had obtained them all from Mr.
Hiss in Washington before the
war.
According to the Baltimore
deposition transcript. as read by
Mr.. Stryker. Mr.. Chambers said
he did not tell anything to the
grand jury last October concern.
ing espionage by Mr.. Hiss. He
was quoted as saying he had been
asked specifically by the jury ant
replying. to the panel that he "hac
no direct knowledge"
Admits Committing Perjury.
Mr.. Stryker glared at the wit.
ness and exclaimed: That an
swer was false. wasn't it,"
"Yes," Mr.. Chambers said.
Then you admit you committee
perjury before the grand jury
right in this very building?" tn.
! lawyer pressed.
That is Fight" Mr.. Chamber
admitted.
This climaxed q relentless drivt
by Mr.. Stryker to have Mr.. Cham
bers admit that as q Communis
from 1924 to 1898 he had beer
schooled in lying. disloyalty, de-
lceit, hatred Of religion and dis
regard of the institution Of mar
rage.
/ Most Of his responses to the
soaring questions came In hi
characteristic fat. expressionles'
tone of voice. A few times HI
lfiared up at the defense lawyer
but on several occasions h
laughed aleud. That was his hrs
appreciable laughter of the tria
to date, and in one instance 4
provoked Mr.. STRIKER to an ansr,
ioutburst.
1 Brought Woman Into Home.
Mr.. Chambers admitted tina
! years ago he had lived for abou
a year with q woman not his wife
and brought her into his mother