Evening star., 1951-01-14
A Vicious, Unworronted Smear Is Scrubbed Clean
Poinstoking Work by
Senators Discredited
Those Accusing Her

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Rosenberg that he might not have.
Russell-He called you?
Kirkpatrick-He phoned me.
The witness recalled that as IAN
afterthought" he had told Mr..
Matthews he believed Mrs. Rosen-
berg's name had come up in a dis
cussion once with a man connect
ed with the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade. He said he had Mr.. Har-
ris in mind but could not recall
giving the name to Mr.. Matthews.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick also testified
that his files contained informa-
ton concerning one Anna Rosen-
berg who was a member of the
John Reed Club. But he added it
was felt this individual was not
Anna M. Rosenberg.
One Of the principal witnesses in
the proceedings was Mr.. Freedman
himself. He testified the night of
December IL, after Mr.. Matthews
had appeared, and again the next
day. His testimony fills 68 pages
of the record.
The committee. however, found
that he could supply no facts to
support the original statement he
had given to start the inquiry. At
the close of the first appearance
Senator Saltonstall. Republican,
of Massachusetts, remarked:
II have sat here for three hours
trying to find something that you
would tell us of your own knowl-
edge or that you could direct us
to that we could find out some
thing against Anna M. Rosenberg,
and I have not heard one thing"
No Supporting Facts
Senator Cain was even more
specific in examining the wit
ness:
Cain-In summary, Mr.. Freed
man, I want to be certain I un-
derstood you correctly, you do
not know that a single solitary
word of your statement to this
committee is true, except as you
have assumed it is true coming
from DR.. Matthews, on the one
hand, and Mr.. De Sola on the
other? You have no knowledge
of the
Freedman-No.
Cain (continuing)-of the valid
ity of any of these charges
against Anna M. Rosenberg?
Freedman-No.
Cain-You have not q single
fact to support your statement?
! Freedman-I have not.
Many other facets of Mr.. Freed
mans activities were touched
upon during his long testimony.
1t was brought out, for one thing,
that he had bought and had
distributed $4,000 copies of the
magazine Common Sense, con-
| tanning an article unfavorable
to Mrs. Rosenberg.
He also vehemently denied sug-
gestions that he was Semitic
and that he had attempted to
supply arms to the Arabs.
He also denied he had paid any
money to Mr.. De Sola. However,
in a statement filed later with
the committee he said that at one
of his discussions with Mr.. De
Sola there had been some talk of
backing a microfilm business in
which Mr.. De Sola was inter-
ested.
Much of the testimony was
taken up with a visit paid to Mr..
Freedman on the night of De-
cember 5-the day he gave his
original statement to the commit
tee-by Donald Surine, investi-
gator for Senator Mccarthy, and
Mr.. Nellor of Fulton Lewis staff.
Mr.. Freedman told the commit
tee that on his return from New
York he had received a call from
Mr.. Smith saying the men were
on the way there to see him
Mr.. Freedman testified he saw
the men around midnight only
for few minutes and gave them
a card Of introduction to Mr.. De
Sola.
j There was considerable discus
sion as to whether Mr.. Surine and
Mr.. Nellor had represented them
selves as investigators for the
committee. Both Mr.. Freedman
and Mr.. De Sola, in their testi-
mony, said that somehow they
had gotten this impression.
Mr.. Nellor was called as a wit
ness and disputed this. He said
there was no mistake about how
they presented themselves-no
mistake that he was representing
Fulton Lewis and Mr.. Surine was
there since, it was said, Senator
Mccarthy was interested.
Disguised With Case
He also pointed out that Mr..
Freedman and Mr.. De Sola, when
they came to Washington Decem-
ber s for Mr.. De Sola's appear
ance before the committee, went
first to Senator McCarthy's Of
flee.
Mr.. Nellor also disputed Mr..
Freedman on another point. Mr..
Freedman had testified that Mr..
Nellor and Mr.. Surine had spent
no more than Is or 20 minutes in
his apartment that night in New
York. Mr.. Nellor, in his testi-
mony, said they spent "about an
hour" there. and added:
1--WE got good hours lecture
on ti-Semitism."
Mr.. Freedman had one final
word about the matter. In a
statement filed with the commit
tee toward the close of the hear
ings he said he had forgotten to
mention that Mr.. Nellor and Mr.