ESPIO,AGE \I ashington today, Nathan Gregory Silvermast9o/denied everything. The Russian b'll'n citizen, who dur~ the ar had a high posit.ion on the Board of Economic warfare denoWlced the charbes made against hiJI by Elizabeth Bentley. Sh'having confessed that she did Red spy work during wartime, has accused Silveraaater of having been the he 1. of CnamiiAt umerground group in the government/ am she also believes him to h~v• bNn a anbar of the Soviet Secret Police, the N I V D, the O G P U. Silnraaater todq said the charge was •fu.ntaatic• and he oallacl Elisabeth Bentley •a neurotic liar". ( Ftm. be refused to say whether he ls ar has been a C.-i.t.) a:;:arf the CqreBBional C:-U.tae that he woald not aruuer questiona ba eel on Elisabeth Bentley's testill o ny. 0!- retused on ew1U: cmistitut.ional privilege; n the gr01mds that by - answering he aight inari■:lnate hillsel:f. He did SIil that during wart ima, the lavy tried to get hiJi fired frail his iaport,ant post an th!t Board of lconOllio warfare, on the ground that he was a Comunist. But the Navy failed, because of the intervention of White House adviser uchlin CUrrie, administrative assistant to th 1 te PX esie1ent ESPI0 AGE - 2 Franklin D. Roosevel t . LaucbJiD Currie has been a ccused by Elizabeth Bentley of having cooper a ted with Sovi e t esp i onage in the nder a l u0 v e l"lJD ent ) lh e o n ,.. ss i o 1 Coaittee t od r c. a Civil Service report -- this a t- parently the basil' for the Havy.•1 atteapt, to g et Silv9l'IBSter out, of the Boardof n::onoaic w ari·are. 'lb• Civil Senice report states th a t an investigation imUol\ted that, in the words of the report - •s11verauter waa everythinl :traa a fellow traveller to a p-obable IIUlber of the O GPU -- (the Soviet Secret Police). Yet he was ot,qed while on t~job llldi with the Board of F.oonoaic Warfare. Todq the cOUDSel for the cOlld.~tN on Un-Aaricaa ActiYities stated that he bu aubpoenad a Ciril Service inveetJ&ator who 1a prepared to near that Lauchlin Currie, ad•inistrative usistant to the late PNaident Rooaevelt, lizabeth Bentley, who completed and expanded her previous tes t iJaony. ~ said that, as he ad of a gr o u of Cona1U1ist l)PICIUGE - 3 governaent officials Silveraaster•a lines extended even into the White House, and that Laucblin Currie provided Silverauter with information. She testified that Silveraaster had a laboratory in the baseaent of his hoae in Wasbhwton, a 1 boratory for uJd~ ai~ofilll copies of confidential go, ernaent docla9nts. The actual phot,qtraphic wart was done, ahe stated, 61,UL by lllllaa Ialwig lTJJMD, a i'Ol'IIIII' official in tlll Treasuey "' DIPlft•nt. She said that Silveraaatar•s wife helped in the aiaro-filaing or goveruent documents. To all of which Silvenaster·retorts -- "fantastic•. And - •neurotic liar.• '!hose two epithets have beoo• familiar in this ,gOY8l"Dlllnt espionage sensation -- fantastic, neurotic. otJi~i- L officials accused of bav~ been connected with Red espionage have ; I used the same words of denial. All of which is noted in an editorial in the Bew York World Telegram today. 'lhat nnspaper aakes reference to the fact that it publishes Ill's. Ele1U1or Roosevelt• s col1111111 MY DAY. And~his afternocm Mrs. Roosevelt gives h r o pinion of the Red SQ spy revelations. mPIORAGE - 4 She cnlls thea •outrageous". She iJ¥1~nant]3 rejects the charges against. !&Mtb)in CUrrie. faraarly ad•iot.atrative Ulliatant to PNtaident ROGBeVelt. And ~ ducribe• Eliubeth Bentlay'a testi■o&Qr in the fol.lariag . · al'da -- •the fantaatio story at t ~ ia nideat.]¥ nem-otic laa,. ") lell, tbeN • • - to be a fashion in words. In this age of mJern pbJaobiatrJ, 1 t is the st,Jla to call aO!lllbodJ •neurotic.• The latest - tor ■ e r Secretary ot State Adolf Berle confir■ a the tact that lhittater Cha ■ bera in lineteen Thirty line 1a•e hia an account ot Coaauni1ta in high ao•ern■ent po1ition. teaterday, Chaabera, aSenior editor of liae and Life, told tb• ooaaittee that be tried to wara tbe lbite Hou•• of Bed aotiYiti••• but tbat hia report, ■ aie to the &11i1tant Secretary ot State, produced ao reaulta. toaigbt, Adolf Berl• atatea that •appropriate action••~ tat•-. 1'• 4oeaalt\ \ eaplain wbat th• appropriate actloa waa.- I• wll tell that to the ooaaittee when he teatifl••• In the world criai1, t e aecreo1 continue• - all care bein1 taken aaalaat tae poaaiD1li\7 tbat publicit7 ■ i&bt iDJare tbe delicate aeaotia~ioaa tbat are 1oin1 on. ~•• weatera po••~• are oarerullJ ooordiaa\1 . . tbeir •i••• on what to 1a7 · to So•tet luaaia lat~• aezt diplo ■ atic ■o•• - followin1 tbe talk the A■ Daaaadora had •itb Stalin OD Moa4a7 ai1ht. ID London, the •ord today OODflr■• •bat •• it bad fro■ Moaco• 7eaterda7 - that the next ■o•• •111 be another wiait . bJ tbe western aaDaaaaGora to the ~re ■ lin, another face-to-face •••ti•&* •itn ~ta!in anG MolotoY. lbat will tbey aa7? lell, •• Gon•t eYeD tno• wbat waa •aid at that firat · aeeting. The wbole tbin& ooncerna the liftin1 of the Berlin blockade, ••1•• we want -- and a four-power conference on wer■an7, •btea tb• So•i•t• want. But what offera ••re aade an4 waa~ - I alternati••• were preaeated -- all taat i• b144ea - bebta4 tbat ••11 ot aecrec7. •• now ha•• a diploaatio white ourtaia to aatob tbe ~••i•t lron ~urtaia AD u111 •tor7 co ■•• fro■ tbe border of C1eoboalo•atla, •b•r• the worle bebiaa tDe Iron curtaia •••t• tb• A■er1caa one. It atat•• tbat tbe Med ~•cret ualaa Police of Caecboaloyakia ar•~•••*•\ tae di•&•i•e of A■eriaan G.I.•• to trap refua•••• fu1iti••• wbo tr1 to 1•t 011t of the Co■■1aniat dictatorahip ot C1eoboalo•akia. A• tbe refuae•• aear tu A■erioaa z.ae, th•J ••e •bat tb•J bell••• to be A■erioan aolGiera, aaa tbe7 tbiak tb•J are aafe - baiilaa ta• fal•• u.1.••• Tae a\or7 la tlit •••lier• of tbe led ••ore\ J■ltu■■••n•■x police •••r a uaitora of oll•• dra~, •blob leok• ■aob like tb• a■erioaa ualfor■• T~eJ apeu •Ulla~, aaG tbe7 taae their radloa to 1wia1 •••io pro1r.aaa broadcaat ~, tbe U.S. &r■7 radio atatioa la are fooled, and talk freely to tbe fate w.1.•• - wbo a7■patbize aad 1•t their atori••• TA• refuae•• are a•~•d to &1•• a writtea account or •bJ th•J want to lea•• tbe Coa■uniat Re1i••• •hicb they do - enthuaiaaticall7. thereupon they are - arre1ted, ana tbe writtea atate ■eat• are bela a1ai ■a\ ~ tbea •• coareaaiona~- ••• \bey ,1aappear lato \be•••• ,, A. untao••• be~i•d \be Iroa Cur\ala. SUBSTIIQTE_QQ!QR~S~ The House Banking Co ■aittee Yoted its approvnl tonight of an anti-inflation bill -- a ■ easure that correapooda to the prediction• that•• have been hearing. The two aain feature ■ are a restriction of inltall ■ ent buying and a curb on bank credits. The bill ignore• Preaident Tru ■an•• request tor power to ration, fix price• and reatrlct wages. A Joint co ■■ ittee repreeentiog . both branches ot Con1re1s ••• drew up a hou1in1 bill today. This ■ ates no pro•ision tor public hou1in1, but brin&• in a surprise feature -- halt a billioa dollars tor a alu ■ clearance progra■ • In addition to this, it otters a Yariet7 ot credit aids and other incentives to pri•ate builders, designed to ati ■ulate private construction ot housing. In the Senate the filibuster ended thia afternoon.The southerners stopped orating, but only after they had succeeded in talking the anti- inflation bill to death. The Republicans withdrew . illlSTITUTE-.QQIQBEas - 2 rilhta, the aeaaure tor racial;t•* ua 1 but proaiaed \o do ao ■ethin& about the whole filibuster question wtiea th• next ••••ion of 1%,,r will eaaot • ob•••• A Conar••• ooae1 around. TheJ aai4 of Senate rule• to put u ••4 to fllibaaterin1 •• a ••1 of taltiDI a bill to 4eath. 111SS00 PLANE A H - ~ ( 1 Prenoh weather ship in the South ~ Atlantic - . . r e ~ a faint radio sigruu.,_ just.__ picked up --:_~this-afternoon. · eaewn..a~igat,.-4n .. • ~ s"~la . _ , ~ a renewal of hope for the huge French fl.Jing boat ~ ~ disappeared in the South i 1wehlee Atlantic on Sunia, with fifty-two,.. . . . aboard. Last night that same weather ship · received a sillilar feeble si&nal. In both cases, the messages ware so faint, the7 could not be understood.. But the radio men aboard the vessel were able to do a job of bracketing, and this places the point trOll which the two signals appear to have eaanated -- somewhere oft the Cape Verde Isl.ams. Ba,.. near the coast of lest ' Atrio&c;era-.. If the miss . ing aircraft should happen to be in that area, it must have got, far ott its course. It's a mere faint hope, but it was enough to send eight no rican heavy bombers down toward the Cape Verde Islands, searching the sea - joining in the hunt for the largest plane ever to be lost, with so many passengers. ULYIPICS TODAY•a Olympic results► Bill Porter of lforthw e stern University won the _ . hundred-and-ten-meter high hUl'dles, and Jlllrt.in Biles of the University of C&li t ornia - acraped into the final.8 of the Javelin throwiQg -- even · thoq:11 he couldn't u.te the re q uired distance of two-huDlred-and-nina feet. Neither could an, of the oth r COIDPGtitars,so om- man led in. 1f' Today, the sixth day of the gaaas, is the hal.fwa, line of the O]nPiad at lubleJ, witJi tJie U S tea · holdi ,w seven of tbt fOlll't,een chapiouhipa alreadJ diaput.ed. 'lhot,~ .D8 _ , _ upset. todlll, ... · - · · ■bot­ pm,tus were bopela••ll out,olusecl b7 their European rivals. I BL lot OM of a our girls reached the · finals. The heavier Fl-encb, 8wecliah and Jritiah woaan showi.Qg aore IIU8ole 1 speed, aa4 zip -- to or whatever a woaan aust have , put,-t-,he,-,ehot.. In••• lora toela7 tae Uiatriot Attorney•• office . lo~ted lite a parade ot Cate Society) a• leaelia1 li&Jata of ni1bt club ariatooraoy appeareel 1 to be q•e•tloaed •-o•t a •••ptao•• par\7 •• Park A•e••e witoa 1• •••peoted of ba•l•1 beea a ••iaelle •••• of oreot•• 1a■bll•I• a 1alaz7 of 1atierei for a flia1 at tbe rollta1 iioe ••• tie aplaaia •••lette wbeel - a aillloaalre 1aailia1 part7. to Ma o~arltJ affair, tbe prooeeda to 1• to a aeaioal proJeot for aeaila1 ••r1loal ••ppllea to tile ••fferlq lurope. But t~e report la tbat tile Park A•e••• featiwal or 410• an4 roulette••• ri11ed ap by proreaaioaal aa■ blera, wbo uaed tbe do4&• of •uropean relief•• a ••1 of lurina Cafe ~ociet7 oelebritiea...,.. to aaable for aweet cbarit1•• aake. tbe profesaioaala are aaid to Jaa•• takea tbe aileled aucter• for plenty. ■ ell a■ ong tbe night club elite who appeared at the uiatrict attorneta office to4aJ, ••• at Rlflll iAMILIIQ -2 ~l•p•i• Maxie tioaenbloo ■, for■ er prize!i&bter, one t1■• li1at beaYyweigbt cba ■ pion. ~lapaie Maxie 1• now a pla7bo7 in tbe circle• of cocktail ariatooracJ. M• •a• aaked if be kn•• about •illia■ Buckner, wbo l• r•por\ea to ba•• been tae boat at the party. tiuokaer at oae t1u aerwed a priaoa tera for a ■ illioa dollar traa4 la Pbilippl•• railroad boada. Slapaie Maxie'• reapoaae ••• a aiaor claaaio. le aa14: •uo 7ou tbiat I would take ■J out of ■otb ball• to wlait a baaca · of ora■ bua!• lell, itJdl it•• all part of aa e•••i•I la tafe Sooiet7 - aa4 t~• n4 ator7 la taat tbe ele1aat aalooa aet ••••••taken tor a ride i7 profeaaioaal 1aa,1era. 11gRD Df Dim Riding arowid our colDltry in a train for several generations has been regarded as an ide 1 way to acquire a ( c011p11rtaent. liberal education -- especially in a PulJaan smoking • pi.. ;A Today I picked up a little of that liberal edmation - in a NewYork Central dining oar. At a nearby table (the whole car could hear hill) sat a ladJ 8Jkl gentlaan. J'!!_ apparent]¥ ~ · . ~ ~ ~ ~ ' _ , , J had COIJl...eraa oii;laip when I came in he was~:~ WI~ ~t-r,~~~-4..~wt4_ ""fo ~ -~-t.e ~ •I don't ~ ike Callf'arnia. It bas a bad cliaate. • '!hat at.artJacl f, • beoause I'd always thought clliliate·was one ot Calilomia 1 a chief attractions. 'ftle!l he went on: ' •1 118.de plenty ot aoney out, there -- about one hundred d o llars a da,. But that Calltarnia clillatel I don•t lia it. It makes• lasy.• Whereupon tba good loot~ ladJ at IV table -- whoa I didn't know, tlll'Iled to me and said: •Row th-•s soll&Ul:lqi i~ ~ - tr,-/ ... , ..,, I'd like to try -- one hundred a ~ and being lazy!';.~· } - t