Evening star., 1953-10-15
Mccarthy Asks
To Quiz Atom
GreengIass
Also Believes Refugee
Scientist Can Aid
Monmouth Probe
By Cecil Holland
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Stor Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. Is
Senator Mccarthy said today his
Senate investigations subcom-
mittee has very strong indica-
tions" that atomic spy David
GreenglaSs can supply evidence
of a suspected espionage ring
which operated at the Armys
Fort Monmouth IN. j. radar
laboratories.
UThe Wisconsin Republican.
holding closed hearing here on
the Fort Monmouth situation,
said it is absolutely necessary"
for the subcommittee staff to
interview GreenglasS. A member
OF the spy ring that was headed
by Julius Rosenberg, executed
atomic spy, Greenglass is now
serving a 15-year prison sentence
in the Federal Penitentiary at
Lewisburg, Pa.
Senator Mccarthy said he was
asking the Justice Department to
arrange for the interview. Con-
trary to previous indications, he
added that he expected no diff
Guilty in the matter.
Wants German to Testify.
At the same time Senator
Mccarthy said he was inclined
to think that an East German
refugee scientist, now in the
Western zone, will be "a very
necessary witness" of the inveSti-
cations.
The Investigations, it was
learned, has been based largely
on an Air Force technical intel
igence report of interviews and
statements with the refugee
scientist who fed from East Ber-
lin in June, 1852. Senator Nc
Carthy said the refugee dis
closed that microfilm of secret
documents from Fort Monmouth
had been used in the Com
munist Paran Laboratories in
East Berlin where he had been
employed.
Senator Mccarthy questioned
thee unidentified witnesses in
a closed hearing this morning
and told reporters that:
l. One of the witnesses, a for
mer woman civilian employe at
Fort Monmouth, refused to say
whether she was planted in the
Signal Corps by Rosenberg and
whether she had supplied him
with secret documents.
2. The same witness also re-
fused to say whether she was
member of the Rosenberg spy
ring and whether, to her know
ledge, members of the ring are
still active at Fort Monmouth.
3. Another witness was a sis
ter of the other women witness
who refused to say. according
to Senator Mccarthy, whether
she was a Communist. The
Senator added that she denied
having engaged in espionage
while she,i too, worked at Fort
Monmouth, but refused to say
whether she knew that her
sister was a member of a spy
ring.
3. Another witness, still work.
ing at Fort Monmouth, Senator
Mccarthy said, testified he had
attended Communist meetings
in the late 1930s but was never
a Communist himself. The Wis
consin Republican said this
witness had security clearance
that gave him access to secret
documents.
Any Data Available, Report Says.
The intelligence report en- the
German refugee scientist quoted
him as saying: THE Russians
said they could get anything Cney
wanted from Fort Monmouth"
Senator Mccarthy said he
wanted a report from the Army
on why Maj. Gen. Kirke Lawton,
now commanding at Fort Mon
mouth. was never informed of
the air intelligence report.
He said Gen. Lawton. who
served in the Pentagon for six
years before taking over his
present assignment 20 months
ago. told the subcommittee at a
hearing last night that he had
not seen it and had heard moth
ing about it until yesterday
morning.
General to Testify Again.
Senator Mccarthy said Gen.
LaWton was asked to check on
the report and return tomorrow
for further testimony. The Wis
consin Senator said Maj. Gen.
George 1. Back. chief of the Sig
nal Corps, also would testify at
that time.
The intelligence report, it was
understood, consisted largely of
the refugees technical discussion
of radar and electronicS work
(See MCCARTHY, Page A-50
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