Evening star., 1953-04-24
Uh.American Probe
May Alter Method in
Questioning Ex-Reds
Nv the A,soeinfad Rrass

An overhauling Of the meth
DDS used by the House Un-Amer-
lean Activities Committee in
drawing out testimony from for
mer Communists appeared pos
sible today.
Representative Doyle, Demo-
crat. Of California, told newsmen
he and other members Of the
group are seeking means Of en-
couraging more men and women
who have renounced the Reds to
come in and testify.
He said serious consideration"
will be given a suggestion made
yesterday by a witness that the
committee guard against publ-
cizing the names Of ex-RedS pro-
vided by witnesses in a closed
session.
While the committee heard
from one cooperative witness
yesterday, 1t ran into another
who was ordered from the hear
ing room after an exchange with
Representative Clardy, Republi-
can. of Michigan. And the SEN
ate Internal Security Subcom-
mittee, in a similar fiareup, re-
ceSSed during a shouting furry
between q witness and Chairman
Jenner.
At the House hearing, Mrs.
Theodore Goldstein Of Brook
line. Mass, an attractive brunei,
refused to answer whether she
is or has been a Communist.
She sought to read a statement
and Mr.. Clardy, who was pre-
siding, declined permission.
Spectator Heard.
AS Mrs. Goldstein started to
leave the room, a spectator
wearing a badge of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
the OAR is currently meeting
here-Said something about "a
dirty traitor.
Mrs. Goldstein whirled and
said: "Mr. Chairman, I wish to
make a statement"
Mr.. Clardy banged his gavel
and ordered her to leave.
IF you don't leave" he said,
"I'll have you escorted from the
room"
Il don't have to be escorted"
Mrs. Goldstein said. She left.
Mrs. GoldStein identified her.
self as a secretary in a Boston
law Office.
Frank Tavenner. counsel to
the committee. read to her what
he said was testimony by Herbert
Philbrick. an FBI underground
agent. that a pretty career girl"
named Teddy" was member
Of a professional cell of Commu-
nists and was a pipeline" to the
Progressive Citizens of America.
Mr.. Tavenner asked Mrs.
Goldstein whether she was
Teddy" Mrs. Goldstein refused
to answer.
New Yorker Refuses to Reply.
Senator Jenner's exchange was
with Myron L. Hoch, an instruc-
tor at the City College of New
York and Rutgers University.
Hoch refused to answer when
asked if he had been a Commu-
mist before January /, 1912. He
said he has not been a Commu-
mist since that time.
Hoch sought to make q volup-
tary statement, and Senator
Jenner replied that the commit
tee didn't care to hear it. The
two shouted at one another for
minute, and then Senator Jen-
ner banged down his gavel and
recessed the hearing.
Hoch had said earlier he had
q good record for hard and
efficient work as a teacher and
as a Government employe in
various wartime agencies.
Both the Senate and House
groups are currently searching
for subversive influences in the
field of education.
The suggestion which Mr..
Doyle said the House committee
is considering was made by Nor
man LevinSon. a Massachusetts
Institute of Technology mathe-
matics professor who said he
"drifted away" in 1945 from a
Communist organization he
Joined in 1887. He advocated
psychiatric examination "for
any one who remains in the
Communist Party today"
He was the third NIT teacher
this week to testify as to past
Red connections and denounce
communism as a conspiracy.
Lawyer Sees Difficulties.
The lawyer who represented
all three, Stuart c. Rand of
Boston, told the committee they
would have come in long before