Evening star., 1954-10-12
Witness Is Unable
To Continue After
Lamb Probe Uproar
By III. Associated PRESS

By The Asseeiossd Press
Mrs. Marie Natvig, who
threatened to kill an attorney
representing Edward Lamb, the
. publisher -broadcaster. If the
lawyer tries to find her children.
was reported physically unable"
to resume testimony today.
Attorney Thomas Fitzpatrick
of the Federal Communications
Commission told Examiner Her.
bert Sharfman Mrs. Natvig was
upset after the wild incident
that broke out during the hear
ing yesterday.
The commission examiner
then recessed the inquiry into
Mr.. Lambs background until
tomorrow, when the 50-year-old
Miami Beach tFla.) witness is
scheduled to resume.
Threatened Attorney.
During the shouting melee yes
terday afternoon, Mrs. Natvig
grabbed a heavy metal water
pitcher and screamed at a Lamb
attorney, Russell Morton Brown,
IF you contact my children. I'll
kill you."
/ Mrs. Natvig's outburst came
iafter Mr.. Brown inquired as to
ithe whereabouts of her son by a
previous marriage. Peter Harris.
" Mr.. Brown told Mr.. Sharfman
today that all he wanted to do
was to locate Peters father,
Samuel Harris, who is believed
to be living in California.
"All the information I have |
about Peter Harris is all very |
complimentary" said Mr.. Brown.
He is very able scientist"
Red Allegations.
The 18-day-old hearing was |
ordered to weigh allegations that |
Mr.. Lamb. a Toledo, Ohio, resi- |
dent who publishes the Erie |
Pa) Dispatch and owns sew
eral radio and television sta
tions, once knowingly associated
with Communists. /
Mr.. Lamb. who is seeking to
renew the license of his Erie !
television station, WICU, has re-
peatedly denied the allegations.
He contends commission investi-
gators tried to induce people to
testify falsely against him.
Mrs. Natvig's outburst at Mr..
Brown was the second dramatic .
incident in yesterdays hectic
session. /
The first came when Mr..
Lambs attorneys produced Mill
ing Underwood, a railroad en-
gineer from Alexandria, Va, who
disputed Mrs. Natvig's testimony
that he offered her $4,000 to
change her testimony or not
appear at the hearings.
Affidavit Denies Story.
She identified Mr.. Underwood
face to face as the man who
made the alleged offer but he, in
an affidavit and later testimony,
denied it. s. /
He said he just picked up Mrs.
Natvig-"when I give her the
wink"-in a Washington bar
called the Pink Elephant and
took her to dinner. He had never
heard of Edward Lamb at the
time. he testified, and never
mentioned the Lamb case to Mrs.
Natyig.
She called his afidavit false
In the main.'
Her version of the September
"a incident with Mr.. Underwood,
q married man of 81. is that he
represented himself as being
connected with MIR. Lamb. She
said he offered her up to $4,000
to either go to Mexico or dress
ups her testimony.
Mr.. Underwood said he re-
ferred to $4,000 in the Septem-
ber "a conversation with Mrs.
Natvig but characterized it as
small talk and "foolishnesS."
Perjury Inquiry Sought.
The Lamb side Mas moved to
forward Mrs. Natvig's testimony
about the alleged bribe attempt
to the attorney general for
perjury prosecution" but Ex-
aminer Sharfman said he first
wants to hear Mr.. Underwood
under full cross-examination be-
fore ruling on the motion.