Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
by PHIL THOMAS
star star Writer

Shacklette told him he had
been ordered by Oren Harris,
chairman of the subcommittee,
to investigate counter espio-
mage" being carried on by in
vestigators hired by Mr.. Gold
fine. He said this is why Mr..
Shacklette came to the hotel.
The Goldfine investigators,
according to Mr.. Anderson. had
been hired Ito try to dig up
dirt on the subcommittee.
Mr. Anderson said he "be-
lieved one of Mr.. Goldfine's at
torneys" told him of the dossier,
adding 1t had been turned over
to Roger Robb, Mr.. Goldfine's
chief attorney during last July's
committee hearings.
During questioning by Ed
ward Bennett Williams, Mr..
Anderson repeatedly said he
didn't recall" which of Mr..
Goldfine'S attorneys said this.
II don't want to name any,
one and do an injustice through
an incorrect recollection" Mr..
Anderson said.
Mr.. Williams. red-faced and
angry. retorted You have done
an injustice 10 all the lawyers
in this case already"
Finally Mr.. Anderson, men
tioning the names of several
'Goldf1ne lawyers he might have
talked to in June and July,
added he might have heard of
the dosSier from lone of the
public relations men" on the
Goldflne staff.
Denied as Imagination
did this really happen. or is
this Pigment of your imagi-
nation?" Mr.. Williams asked.
1T is not a Pigment of my
imagination" Mr.. Anderson
said.
In other testimony Mr.. An
derSon admitted he and Mr..
Shacklette had tried to bug"
Mr.. Goldfine's suite on another
floor of the hotel, starting on
June 90. the day the industrial
list arrived for forthcoming
testimony before the committee
on his relations with former
Presidential Assistant Sherman
Adams. Mr.. Adams resigned
after the hearings.
Under questioning by Mr..
Williams, Mr.. Anderson said of
a tape recorder he brought with
him on June 20: 1.-The blamed
thing wouldn't work"
He added he and Mr.. Shack
lette. who operated the tape re-
corder, had been unable to hear
distinctly any conversation from
the Goldflne suite until MIR.
and Mrs. Goldfine got into an
angry argument"
Secret Testimony Revealed
Assistant United States At
torney William Hitz, declaring
his duty to the court and to
Mr.. Goldfine," then revealed
secret testimony given last
October by Mr.. Anderson to a
District grand jury investigat-
ing the complaint of the theft
of papers from Mr.. Goldf1ne's
secretary, Miss Mildred Paper
man.
Mr.. Hitz, receiving the
judges permission to read
the october testimony, brought
out that Mr.. Anderson had
told the grand jury no rec
ordings of conversations were
made because there were no
interesting conversations"
Mr.. Anderson replied yes
terday that in his grand jury
testimony-he must have con
fused" the June % bugging of
the Goldfne room with the
subsequent electronic evesdrop-
ping incident of July 6. I'm
not sure what was in my mind
at the time" he said.
Mr.. Anderson said he and
Mr.. Shacklette went into thu
room next to the Goldfine
suite after William j. Walters,
a former cashier at the Shera-
ton-Carlton called me at my
Office two or three days before
the Goldfines" checked into
the hotel on June 90.
"(Mr. Walters) asked if I
would be interested in occupy
ing the ROOM" the newsman
said.
Under Assumed Names
He said he and Mr.. Shack
lette registered at the hotel on