Evening star., 1953-12-18
Questions Indicate
Wire Tapping Aided
McCarthy's Inquiry
By Cecil HOIIond
Stor Stoff Correspondent

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Stor Stuff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Sena-
tor McCarthy's Fort Monmouth
investigation was in Christmas
recess today on a note strongly
suggesting the Wisconsin Re-
publican has received from some
source the benefit of wire-tap-
ing information in his inquiry
into suspected radar espionage.
Senator Mccarthy himself re-
fused to confirm whether some
of the questioning in public
hearings here this week was
based on information which, it
appeared, could have come only
from wire tapping.
Nor would the head of the
Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee comment on whether the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
or the Army, had supplied such
information. Both the FBI and
the Army are reported to have
been conducting paralleling in
veStigationS at Fort Monmouth
and other places under inquiry
by Senator Mccarthy.
Unusual Information Seen.
But in comments as well as in
questioning witnesses, Senator
Mccarthy lent a measure of sub
sanitation to the indications
that his subcommittee had re-
ceived unusual information from
unrevealed sources.
One instance was in connec-
ton with testimony involving
Harry Hyman, former employe
of the Federal Telecommunica-
tionS Laboratory in the New
Jersey area, whom Senator Nc
Carthy has described as ''a Com
munist underground agent"
The Wisconsin Republican
said Mr.. Hyman had made sew
eral hundred telephone calls
representing long dist nee
charges totaling about 81 900 to
Fort Monmouth and other in
stallations in the New Jersey
area during the past year.
"Hyman wasn't calling just
about the weather." Senator Nc
Carthy told reporters graphically.
Refuses to Elaborate.
He refused to elaborate on his
comment other than to say that
if Congress approves Attorney
General Brownell's suggestion to
legalize wire tapping in espionage
cases a long step will be taken
in breaking up spying operations
in the country.
Another indication that Sena-
tor Mccarthy has been availing
himself of unusual sources of in
formation was afforded in the
appearance before the subcom-
mittee here Thursday of Mrs.
Ruth Levine, 35, who resigned
Monday as a Federal Telecom-
munications employe after being
Subpoenaed to testify before the
Senate subcommittee.
Mrs. Levine, who had clear
ance for "top-Secret" work, was
asked pointedly if she had re-
ceived telephone calls from Mr..
Lyman. She refused to answer
the questions. She also refused
on grounds of possible Self-in-
elimination to say whether she
was a Communist or had en-
gagged in a conspiracy to COM
NIT espionage.
FBI Aid Denied.
There have been published re-
ports that Senator Mccarthy was
receiving information from the
FBI in connection with the Fort !
Monmouth investigation, partic-
ularly in the case of Aaron H
Coleman, a suspended scientist.
Subcommittee sources have de-
MED this as far as the Coleman
case is concerned. But, in con-
trast, there has been a marked
reticence to comment on whether
the subcommittee has been re-
ceiving wire-tapping information
from the FBI or other sources.
At present, such information
may not be used in Federal court
trials.
Senator Mccarthy recessed
the hearings without announc-
ing when they would be resumed.