Hiss Or Chambers !
Will Be Tried
For Perjury
WASHINGTON, </P) — Alger
Hiss and his accuser, Whittaker'
Chambers, confronted each other
in the Congressional spy hearings
today and were told that “certain
ly” one will be “tried for perjury.”
The statement came from
Chairman J. Parnell Thomas <R.
N. J.) of the House un-American
activities committee.
Slowly, solemnly, Thomas said:
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‘‘As a result of these hearings
certainly one of these witnesses
will be tried for perjury.”
Perjury is lying when under
oath to tell the truth and convic
tion would carry a possible jail
sentence.
Hiss, former state department
official, and Chambers, now a
senior editor of Time magazine,
have told the committee widely
varying stories.
What Thomas, statement im
plied was this: The committee in
tends to make a decision which
one is lying and seek action
against him in the courts.
The 43-year-old Hiss was sworn
in as the first witness immediate
ly after Thomas’ statement. Hiss
then publicly admitted for the
first time he once had known
Chambers, but said it was under
the name of George Crosley.
At previous hearings, Chambers
has accused Hiss of being a mem
ber of a Red underground in
Washington in pre-war days. Hiss
has denied it.
His salso once testified publicly
that he never knew Chambers.
But since then, Hiss has told the
committee in a closed door session
that he did know Chambers under
the name of Crosley.
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Miss L. H. Appleby, Juneau, and
W. A. Carson.
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; have become extinct during the
last two centuries.
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Bedell Smith Very
Optimistic After
Talk With Stalin
(By Eddy Gilmore)
MOSCOW, UP) — A qualified
source said the Western envoys
and Russia have reached a gener
al area of agreement during talks
climaxed early yesterday by a
four hours and 40 minutes Krem
lin interview with prime minister
Stalin.
The informant said technicali
ties lie ahead for adjustment but
they are not trifles and will re
quire considerable negotiation.
U. S. ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith emerged from the Kremlin
in a buoyant mood at 1:40 a.m.
and declared "We’re going to
have more meetings.”
He added later:
“We’re always optimistic. We
expect the best and prepare for
the worst.”
The envoys have been trying
since late July to find bases for
lifting the land blockade Russia
imposed on Berlin and for four
power talks on Germany and per
haps other problems in Europe.
The informant said the seven
Kremlin conferences, two of
which included Stalin, has a "fair
chance of resulting in a solid
agreement. He said prospects are
far better today than they were at
this time' Monday before Smith,
French ambassador Yves Chataig
neau and Briitsh envoy Frank
Roberts saw Stalin.
"Some progress” has been
made, the source said.
He declared there is no cause
for pessimism.
The source said the Western
powers and the Soviets now have
reduced their terms to the “low
est denominator.” Had no prog
ress been made Monday night and
early yesterday, he added, the
current series of conversations
would have ended.
It had been stated on good au
thority before the meeting Mon
day night that the session would
be the last.
• Whitehall sources in London
said Stalin introduced certain
“new ideas” which offer hope for
on East-West settlement in Ber
lin. The introduction of these un
explained new thoughts dispelled
fears that the diplomatic exchang
es would break down, the inform
ants said. They added that pro
longation of the Moscow negotia
tions averted a potentially explo
sive international situation, at
least temporarily).
It was stressed that despite the
length of the talks, the delicacy of
the subject and the frankness ex
hibited by both Stalin and the
western diplomats there has been
no loss of temper.
The conversations have been
correct and polite.
Indications here were that the
four powers may issue a public
statment shortly on the talks.
SEATTLE CREDIT MAN
VISITS ALASKA
Burke Gerraghty, credit man
ager for the McKesson-Robbins
Drug Co., of Seattle, is in Nome
for an orientation trip. He stated
that he was thoroughly enjoying
Alaska, particularly its hospital
ity.
MISS BETSY YACOFF.
PASSES ON AT BETHEL
Miss Betsy Yacoff, formerly of
White Mountain, passed away at
the Bethel hospital after a lin
gering illness.