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Show II'H Report to Peo; B A man is Indebted to t tor many things, but f0;. much as the provocation f he can set forth his recc country. G. C. a Sun ( quoted a witness in the i1di gation as saying he had itory of the spy ring to thell in 1941. Mr. G. s. j1$ wandered on to say ftj, a( Winchell reported the it0. commander-in-chief, a t(r nan would have told the 1 These are the facts: t; Don Levine was talking ) 1941 he did not know, nor Ee expected to know, tfc Seen a reserve naval Intel!,: Beer since May 3, 1934 sever been discharged k.: never resigned. I was or: the inactive list May J, 1 t got my verbal orders tir, Still less could Mr. Levi;. 3 pected to know my order '4 iid, and I followed theirM Mr. Levine nor G. S. were IT. ion to know my orders, $m relieve me of their oblij the matter. Levine did not meotow name of Hiss or Chami'ty me. His principal Inter'011 an investigation into tit'' of General Krivitsky. Hei10 mention the clinching et01 of an active spy ring, thtc ' Tilm, for the good reuou didn't know about it. ry 0 At that time, Stalin! is had more than a pact . 1941 the French were dowir was burning and the Brit Dunkirk, were fighting t , knee. Russia, now it can. . was acting as an outpost'.. Intelligence. So much so tl 1 Sumner Welles warned, tin? tmbassy that Hitler woulij Russia in June, the Russia' lador went straight to : embassy and reported We rersation to the Nazi smt Hius, any Russian spy rin(0(j 1941 wai also a Nazi spy r I duly reported Levine" tnents to the President, whe t knew something was aia American intelligence seny let on it. As late as two jly lor example, a dossier ontt landed to Secretary Byrne , a big difference be twee ' diligence service and iie torce, which slipshod repor(ir luently overlook. Spies rtj, rested; they are followed to, in enemy network. The intt,r lervices call this: "Goinj0 ladder." It means locating 6US quarters of the spy ring rlh agents. It frequently reer breaking the enemy's codt,n, enemy has the slightest no:cr igent is flashed that his "1 broken" and the enemy ijei new lines of attack. rn i For a newsman to give t g in enemy of his country s lake of a story may makiev reporter in the eyes of G. Sge this reporter he loses theic American. Frank Knox waijk, paperman on a consultac when he was secretary of ttne Surely Mr. G. S. doesn'ir that Secretary Knox shotp ; published the battle ordenre U. S. navy, which was cere great news story especii.ng the enemy. The Chicago ah was hailed before a fcderi) jury on a charge of discl-a 1 the Japs by a published tat we had broken their code. Re Now that Chambers hasilai to tell a fuller story, a larJi ber of men who draw payult papermen have become o I morning quarterbacks on'er should have handled ttad Their first approach is tain; facts right, which they alwaerj nificently ignore, the preiir I suppose, of small and urf he culations. The truth is thanne had the evidence, though rrest the story, until a few weiile Then Chambers, in defense self, revealed the microfiWen that time. I didn't know if (Me didn't know of it, and nei an the Gov't. h' ris The inside story is thapug hadn't sued Chambers, v doubtful -if Chamber! ici have revealed them, goading examination W lawyer, Chambers blew. sneering question of "I " 81 you have?" Chambers 'acl answered that he had sow' evidence and then y the microfilm bombshell01 supplied the evidence q made the headlines. ,' teo: It's one thing to know tfW another to prove it, and f , to call a man a Comrnun' on the air and in print, tltf er has objected to that V stating that the blindfold y is being twisted into a 3' a; free press and going so call it a court license tot column. |