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lawyers until Thursday to reply
to the Lamb motion. He set
arguments on the motion for
March l6.
The turnabout testimony of
another Government witness in
the Lamb case-that of Lowell
Watson, an Olathe (KansD
farmers being studied by the
Justice Department for possible
action.
False Testimony Cited.
The indictment also charged
that Mrs. Natvig lied when she
said:
l. That Mr.. Powell, who left
the FEC in January to take a
job with the National Associa-
ton of Radio and Television
Broadcasters, induced her while
he was with the FEC to testify
originally that she had been a
Communist.
2. That she had not told Mr..
Powell and two other FEC Off
cials that she had been a men,
Der of the Communist Party in
Cleveland. from 1884 to 1887 and
that during that time she met
and knew Mr.. Lamb in connec-
ton with her Communist Party
activities.
3. That she had not told Mr..
Powell and two FEC officials
that she had never been a Com
muniSt.
4. That she did not remember
who sponsored three meetings at
the Deschler Hotel in Columbus,
Ohio, and one meeting at the
Sherman House in Chicago. dur
ing 1934-37, and which she said
she attended with Mr.. Lamb.
The count said that she knew
she had told Mr.. Powell that
these meetings were sponsored
by the Communist Party.
S. That she did not in sub
stance tell FBI Agent Edward
j. Powers in Miami on Septem-
ber is and 81 last year that she
had been member of the Com
munist Party in Cleveland from
1934-36 and that during that
time met Mr.. Lamb and knew
him as a Communist Party men,
ber in Ohio.
6. That she did not tell Mr..
Powers un September Is, 1854,
in substance that she had been
a member of the Communist
Party in Cleveland from l934-36.
7. That she told Mr.. Powers
that under no circumstances
would she go to Washington to
testify in the Lamb hearing. The
count said that she knew she
informed Mr.. Powers that she
would do so if she could use an
assumed name or testify anony-
mously.
8. That she had not conferred
on the Lamb case at length with
three FEC officials on September
10. 1854. but only with Mr..
Powell.
Stories Clashed.
On her first appearance before
the FEC last fall Mrs. Natvig said
she had met Mr.. Lamb at a Com
munist Party meeting in Toledo
in 1896. On that occasion, she
testified. he was introduced to
her as "Comrade Lamb, who is
doing such an excellent job for
the party"
She also told of being Mr..
Lambs hotel guest" during a
Communist get-together. and
said she had conducted her first
act of infidelity" with him.
Mr.. Lambs attorney. Russell
Morton Brown called Mrs. Nat
Wig mon compos mentis" during
one of her stormy appearances
at the hearings. She threat
ened to "kill" him with a water
pitcher at one point.
COnfuses Case.
Mrs. Natvig returned to the
stand in February to- throw the
Governments case into consid-
erable confusion by refuting her
previous testimony. Her dis
avowal: "Only an idiot would
have put any credence in what
I said"
Mrs. Natvig charged that her
untrue stories had been told be-
cause of coercion" on the part
of Mr.. Powell.
/ Government attorneys at
tempted to introduce evidence
showing that Mrs. Natvig had
recanted on her recanting testi-
mony. FEC Examiner Sharf-
man ruled these attempts out
of order. saying that he found
Mrs. Natvig "a completely in
credible witness"