Evening star., 1950-01-13
Hiss Prosecutor Attacks Mental Expert
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ally speaking, as absolutely nor.
NAL behavior.
Mr.. Hiss, 45-year-old former
State Department official, is &C.
cused OF falsely denying to Fed
eral grand jury that he gave secret
Government papers to Mr.. Cham
bers before the war for trans.
mission to Russian agents. Mr.
Chambers is an admitted former
Communist agent.
EnlargeS on Theme.
Yesterday, DR.. Murray spoke OF
the insensitive nature of the typi-
cal psychopath. which he said
often takes the form of disposi-
tion to swear, undermine. degrade
or destroy a valued person, insti-
tuition or ideal"
Today, enlarging on this theme
he said a unifying characteristic
Of all psychopaths is this trait OF
"cruel self1shness."
He said psychopaths generally
harbor bitter resentment against
anybody who tries to help them.
They are particularly con-
temptuous of psychiatrists," he OBJ
served, which may or may not
be an example of the fact that
they often are possessed of supe-
rior intelligence"
Mr.. Murphy questioned DR.. Muir
ray about his statement yesterday
that he once made an analysis for
the government of Adolph Hitler,
based on the Fuehrer's writings
and speeches. in addition to the
statements Of persons who had
known him.
did you know that maybe
Hitler himself did not write ali
those speeches you studied?" Mr..
Murphy asked. Maybe you were
analyzing Goebbels.
Got New Image"
DR.. Murray said his close an
alysis Of the speeches had revealed
places where "an entirely new
kind Of image" would suddenly
appear in the text.
II believe Hiss helped him in
some Of the writing" DR.. Murray
volunteered.
The courtroom rocked with
laughter as Mr.. Murphy said:
II don't think you used the right
word. You said Hiss"
DR.. Murray looked nonplused,
but finally said:
well, I meant Hess"
Rudolph Hess, deputy to Hitler,
fed to England during the war
and later was sentenced to life
Imprisonment at Nuremberg after
his sanity became an issue at the
war criminals trial.
Mentions Chambers Writings.
DR.. Murray, in analysing Mr..
Chambers, paid close attention to
his writings. especially an article
on the devil, which appeared in
Life Magazine in 1948. He said
the spontaneous work" of writer
reveals much of the subjects inner
mind.
Mr.. Murphy pointed out that
MIR. Chambers. from 1889 to last
year, was writing for the Time,
Inc, on assignment and for a
salary. He questioned whether the
devil piece could be called spon-
taneous, assuming 1t had been
written at the direction Of Henry
Luce.
In this case, DR.. Murray agreed,
the work would be mot entirely
spontaneous"
Asks of Specific Traits.
Prosecutor Murphy, employing
the same tactics as those he used
against DR.. Binger, began asking
DR.. Murray about specific traits of
Mr.. Chambers which the psychol-
ogist had cited in diagnosing the
case. He asked, for example,
whether DR.. Murray drew any sig
nificant conclusions from the fact
that Chambers studied German
and French on his own initiative
as youth.
"Yes, sir" DR.. Murray said.
'Healy has shown there is a high
correlation between people with
linguistic ability and psychopathic
personality"
DR.. Murray added this does not
mean that all linguists are psyche
paths. any more than a high tenn
perature means that a person nee
essarily has appendicitis. He said
these are "conf1rmatory" symp-
toms.
The psychologist repeatedly en-
phasized that no one symptom of
Mr.. Chambers in itself indicated
he was psychopath, but that
this conclusion could be drawn
from all his characteristics put
together.
Value Was 60"
Mr.. Murphy, on the other hand,
said it was his contention that
the value of each of Mr.. Cham
bers' symptoms" was 20" and
that common sense inference
could >be drawn froHa this. r..
am going to try to prove" "
be said. that 1000 times 0Ns o."
AS the cross-examination (pro-