Evening star., 1953-11-10
None of Group Implicated
By Miss Bentley Was Fired

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| of the burden of the Financial
Committee of the (UNRRA)
council. He was a good work.
ing companion, maintaining an
extraordinary evenness of temper
and good humor under what were
sometimes very trying circum-
stances. I am sure that he is
able to approach problems in
Well-organized and analytical
manner and that you will find
him a f1rSt-rate economist"
Refused TO Answer.
/ Later, testifying before a Sen
ate Internal Security subcommit-
tee, CHASER refused 113 times to
answer questions on the grounds
of possible Self-incrimination.
Among them, he refused to deny
that he held a Russian passport
at the time.
Mr.. Lurie told The Star yes
terday that CHASER resigned his
position with the welfare fund
last September, at his own re-
quest. He said he thought
Glasser was now unemployed.
His service with the organiza- =
ton, Mr. Lurie said, was lex
cellent.'
Two of the biggest names
mentioned in the FBI report are
those of Silvermaster and Ull-
mann. Silvermaster was identi-
fed by Miss Bentley as the head
man in the most important espi-
onage group in Washington. Will
liam Ullman was said to have
been responsible for photograph
ing classified documents at the
Pentagon and passing them on
to the ring. Today:
Nathan Gregory SiIvermaster
is a Harvey Cedars IN. j. con-
tractor in partnership with Ull-
mann. In testimony before a
Senate investigating committee
he pleaded constitutional privi-
lege 178 times at one sitting
believed to be a record. Before
his service with the Federal Gov
ernment, he had been with the
State Department of Labor in
San Francisco. On August Is,
1885, he went to work as a senior
economist specializing in labor
matters with the ReSettlement
Administration at $4,000 a year.
His employment extended with
out a break until November 80,
1946, when he resigned as a $10,-
600 economist with the War As
sets Administration. He resigned,
according to the Civil Service,
rather than accept a demotion.
William L. Ullmann today
lives with his business partner
in their comfortable Harvey
Cedars home. Both men are
considered respected members of
the community.
In August of 1948, Ullman told
Senate investigators that he came
to work for the Government first
in the spring of 1885 with the
National Recovery Administra-
ton. He stayed with the NRA
until it was killed by Supreme
Court decision. In June or July
of 1885 he went with the Reset
tlement Administration, until
February. 1899. He than trans
ferred to the Treasury and stayed
there until Il resigned from the
Federal Government in 1947-in
March-With the exception of the
period that I was on military
leave and was in the Army"
The leave from the Treasury
extended from October, 1912, until
September, 1945. He was drafted
and served as an enlisted man in
the Anti-Aircraft until January,
1943, when he went to Air Force
Officer Candidate School, receiv-
ing his commission in April, 1943.
Assigned to Wright Field, Day.
ton, Ohio. with the Materiel
Command and thence to Wash
ington. He was stationed first at
the Air Force Materiel and Serv-
ice Division He left the service
with the rank of major.
Lauchlin Currie, former admin
iStrative assistant to the Presi-
dent. named by Miss Bentley as
a member of the Silvermaster
ring, is now working for a f1nan-
cial expert of the Colombian gov
ernment in Bogota. Before that,
he lived in Scarsdale, N. Y, and
ran an export-import business.
In testimony before the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee in August. 1948, Mr.. Currie
said he was a Canadian by birth,
naturalized as a United States
citizen in 1884. He was offered
job in the Treasury Depart
ment the same year, where he
worked under Mariner Eccles.
When Mr.. Eccles went over to
the Federal Reserve Board later
that year, Currie said he fol-
lowed as assistant director of
research. He transferred to the
White House in 1899. according
to Currie's statement:
Il was appointed by President
Roosevelt as administrative as
sistant to the President, with
special duties in the field of eco
nomics. retained that position
until 1945, during which time I
was twice sent to China to con-
fer with (Generalissimo) Chang
Kai-shek. During part of this
period in 1884, I concurrently
held the office of deputy admin
istrator of the Foreign Economic
Administration. In early 1945.
on behalf of the Secretary of
State (Stettinius) I headed a
wartime trade and financial mis-
sion to Switzerland" Mr.. Currie
resigned from the Government
the same year.
In 1948. Mr.. Currie denied un-
der oath that he was Com