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of the Carnegie Endowment. and
Stanley K. Hornbeck. former State
Department political adviser who
later became United States Am
bassador to the Netherlands.
Both appeared as character wit
nesses for MIR. Hiss.
MIR. Hornbeck became some
thing more than a character wit
ness, however. when he TESTIFIED
that Mr.. Hiss, as his assistant In
| the department from 1899 to 1914,
frequently made handwritten d.
gests of diplomatic dispatches for
4 him. These. he said. were often
scribbled on small bits Of scrap
paper. resembling the handwritten
notes which Mr.. Chambers has
produced to back his story.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Thomas r. Murphy, the prose-
lcutor. lost no time In questioning
the witness on this point under
cross-examination.
He established that. In making
the notes for DR.. Hornbeck. Mr..
Hiss was summarizing long cables.
Then he asked pointedly:
did the defendant Hiss ever
summarize two-line cable for
you?"
DR.. Hornbeck said he had no
specific recollection on this point,
| bat indicated 1t was unlikely.
Copies Of Short Dispatches.
Many of the exhibits introduced
by Mr.. Chambers are copies or
paraphrases Of dispatches Of not
more than two or three lines.
4 DR.. Hornbeck, who testified on
direct examination that Mr., Hiss'
reputation for. loyalty, and integ-
rity was good" admitted under
cross-examination that . personal
friend Of his reported In i943 that
he had heard Mr.. Hiss was "a
fellow traveller"
DR.. Hornbeck said the friend
had no proof Of the charge. but
told him he had the report on
good authority"
He said he later asked MIR. Hiss
If there was any truth in this
statement, and Mr.. Hiss told him
there was not. He said he had
not reported the incident to the
FBI or to his superiors in the
State Department.
Although Mr.. Murphy would not
confirm 1t, another witness re-
ported waiting to testify for the
prosecution Is Felix fisherman
named by MIR. Chambers as
one Of two photographers who
microfilmed some Of the docu-
ments for him. This work. &C.
cording to MFR. Chambers. was done
| in the Baltimore apartment Of Z
Communist named Spiegel.
First Unqualified Admission.
DR.. Hornbeck also testified that
Mr.. Hiss, to his knowledge. favored
aid to the Allies during the Pc
riod of the Hitler Stain pact, and
also took the position that Amer
ican aid to China should be an-
piled through the Chiang-Kai-
shek government rather than
through the Chinese Communists.
Mr.. Davis also said Mr.. Hiss
had o good reputation for 10y
atty and truthfulness, but admit
ted he did not know the defend
ant before 1916 and probably
never heard Of him before 1914.
The defenses' admission that
the handwriting on the Govern
ment exhibits Is that Of Mr.. Hiss
was. not new. but this was the
first time 1t had ben made with
out any qualification whatsoever.
It came Just as Mr.. Murphy
began asking Mr.. Feehan about
his analysis Of the handwriting.
Mr.. Stryker jumped TO his feet.
.I thought I'd made that as
explicit as possible IN my opening
statement. . he raid. we do not
question the handwriting n these
documents. They are In the
handwriting Of M. Hiss"
IN his opening statement. the
attorney had said three Of the
notes were certainly written By