Evening star., 1954-10-08
Lamb Lawyer Attacks
Woman S Story on
Divorce in Maryland
BY the Associated Press

A witness was described as
bigamist and accused of lying
under oath as lawyers continued
today to dig into her history at
hearing on the background
of Edward Lamb, editor-pub-
Usher.
The accusations were made
by a Lamb lawyer against Mrs.
Marie Natvig, so, Miami Beach,
Fla, who has testified she was
introduced to Mr.. Lamb as
"Comrade Lamb" at Commu-
mist Party meeting in Columbus
-and that she was his guest IN
"a hotel.
Gray-haired Mrs. Natvig under
cross-examination by Russell
Morton Brown, counsel for MIR.
Lamb, told a Communications
Commission hearing she got
her second divorce in Maryland
while a legal resident of Wash
ington.
Mr.. Brown told Examiner
Herbert Sharfman he felt it was
obvious she was telling a path
ological lie." Mr.. Brown pre-
.yiously had asserted he believes
Mrs. Natvig is mon compos men
it's"
He explained any lawyer
knows that Maryland doesn't
give a divorce to people who don't
live there"
Reproved by Examiner.
"I realize that" replied Mr..
-Sharfman. But, after Mr.. Brown
called Mrs. Natvig a bigamist,
and insisted she was lying under
oath, the examiner reproved Mr..
Brown, and said:
You can say that the wit
ness testimony is incredible.
Mrs. Natvig. a self-described
former Communist in Cleveland,
testified she was divorced in a
Maryland suburb of Washington
in 1943. She said she was di-
Voced from a Marvin LeWant to
marry Edwin Natvig and live
on a farm near Madison, Wis.
She said she did not remem-
ber just where the divorce was
obtained in Maryland, nor did
she remember the name of her
attorney in the case, although
she recalled his Office was in
Washington.
Guest at Hotel.
:. Mrs. Natvig had testified ear
s1ier she was a hotel guest of
Mr.. Lamb in the spring of 1886
at a Communist meeting in Co
1umbus. She also has testified
that she was offered a $4,000
.bribe by a stranger who ap-
preached her. in Washington and
asked her to change her testi-
:mony in the Lamb case or not
to testify at all.
:. Mr.. Lamb, Toledo lawyer and
owner of the Erie (PaD Dispatch
and a number of radio and tele-
vision stations, is seeking to re-
new the license of his TV sta
.tion at Erie, WICU. He has Wig
orously denied the allegations
and has offered $4,000 to any
one who could disprove his non
Communist affdavits.
With respect to what she
called a bribe attempt, she said
a very tall, very thin" stranger
with sparse hair" approached
her at the Harrington Hotel
here. He took her, she said, to
the Lotus restaurant for dinner.
Offered Her $4,000.
She said the man identified
himself as Milling Underwood
and that during dinner he Of
fered her up to $4,000 to dress
up my testimony or not to tes-
tify at ALL" She said he sug-
gested she might go to Mexico
for a long. long time"
= She said she was so upset she
could not eat much dinner and
that she excused herself and
telephoned this conversation to
the FBI and the Communications
Commission.
Later, she said, she got rid of
Underwood" by leaving him in
a cab in front of her hotel with
a promise she would return
shortly.
That was on September "a.
she said, adding she has not seen
the stranger since.
: She said she did not know how
he knew about her testimony.
She added she had registered at
the Harrington under the name
MARY Jones" but that the man
sn0ttpd her thr0IIoh "rnv deccrip