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plants of security violations to
the Justice Department.
Mr.. Cole challenged the Sena-
tors Interpretation of the new
order. He said there are varying
degrees of violations and that
there was no intention of apply
ing a 30-day suspension penalty
to anyone who would reveal top
secret information.
Is Employees Transferred.
4. The questioning of Mr..
Blattenberger also brought out
that Is Government Printing
Office workers have been trans
ferred to the GPO branch of
the Library of Congress because
they were suspected of Commu-
mist activity. The public printer
said that at the library they
would not have access to any
secret material. No names were
placed in the record, but were
in a letter which the public
printer turned over to Senator
Mccarthy.
5. AS the hearing recessed at
noon, Senator Mccarthy an
nounced the trail would lead
him to New York for a closed
hearing Monday on the printing
office and another agency. He
indicated there would be no
further hearings here before
Wednesday.
Reopening the hearings this
morning after a Today recess,
Senator Mccarthy called Mr..
Landmark and put this question:
DO you operate a book in
the Government Printing Of
f1ce?", explaining he meant
handbook for betting on horses.
Under the Fifth Amendment
I decline to answer on the
ground that it might tend to
incriminate me-" Mr.. Landmark
replied.
S25,O0O Income Charged.
He made the same answer
when Senator Mccarthy asked,
us it fact that you made over
$25, 900 operating a book?"
Earlier the witness testified
that his printing Office salary
had been about 5000 or $1,000
last year. Mr.. Landmark stood
on the Fifth Amendment to al
most every question, including
one as to whether any of his CO.
workers at the printing Office
act as runners.
The witness did admit he has
a 35-acre farm, which is mort
gagged, and that his son owns
race horses. He said there are
five mares and a colt on the farm
which his son would give away
to anybody who would take them
and feed them properly" He
added that his son has five horses
in racing.
Before calling Mr.. Landmark,
Senator Mccarthy put Mr.. Cole
on the stand and asked if he
would be surprised "if book
maker with runners is operating
in your Department."
Mr.. Cole replied that he would
be surprised. The Senator then
produced Mr.. Landmark.
At the outset today Senator
Mccarthy again complimented
printing office officials to CO.
operating with his committee.
Asks for Rehearing.
The Rothschild request for
new hearing at the printing
Office was made in reply to a
letter in which E. C. Mellor, a
printing Office officials for CO.
the charges aired in the Senate
hearings, told Mr.. Rothschild
his suspension would continue
indefinitely and pointed out he
could request a further hearing.
Mr.. Ford said Mr.. RothSchild
twice denied the charges against
him in 1948 before the Printing
Office Loyalty Board cleared
him. The third denial was in
closed session of the Senate
Investigations Subcommittee on
August 10, and the fourth denial
in Mr.. Ford'S letter today.
On the stand today, Mr.. Blat-
tenberger. who was appointed by
President Eisenhower, and Mr..
Cole, who has been a printing
Office official for many years, dis
agreed in their conclusions as to
how the Rothschild case has
been handled in the GPO.
Under sharp questioning by