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Jay David Whittaker Chambers — Part 1
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Third Com Convict ;
Faces Charge. I
re (Continuéa: from page-Onef .
SOx. ‘They wilt: inotor td. theii New:
York home, ‘probably acconipanied;
by Hiss” lawyer, .¢
‘ ‘Wilkinson. id Fi
follow normal “Foutiri
‘bEeakfast. at. the” pris i
"chiéciced , out by. Several. der
ments, Including the commissary’
and ‘the. library. Then. he wi
1 He ‘ig: éxpected” t [
released: between, 8 30° and, aa ain
EST,
| “Hiss Was‘ * indicted’ --o| twe
charges, . that ‘he lied. to Ja’ ‘federal
grand’ jury . when he denied: that’
jhe passed” goverriment secrets to
Whittaker Chambers, Who says he
was a. courier for a préwar spy!
ring; and: that ‘he -lied again int
testifying he did not see ‘Charnbét
‘after Jans: i, 193%:
The ‘first trial in ‘4949. “resulted
ina hung jury. At a second trial
ending Jan, 31, 1950, he was con:
victéd on: *both counts, -He suitrend:,
ered. .on March. 22, 105 te to begin
Serving his term. ;
The prison: grapevine As , puizifig:
about the release of Hiss, Chariés
Prewitt,” Richmond, “Va... . dis-
charged from the. prison Wednes;
day after serving 27 ‘months’ ‘for
taking a: stolen automobile acrdss
|State lines,- said. .Hiss was. “one 0
‘the most respected fellows. in “thi
Prison. a. 4 :
AS far. ag t Keng, he ‘got ‘sion!
with - the - - boys,’ Prewitt? , fold: a,
’ve seen.’
’ Lahe,: as, Hiss’, _dawyer, predicts
/ hat the one-time: secretary Beherz
at of the founding Conference of
the- United Nations; will tty to.
rvindicate ‘himself and- tg exposel
the: frameup against him.’
. evn keep. ‘trying... to, prove: his
recently. “Stilt im rena eXs,
‘Becting. bre
arid thei: SonTony., :
Until March: 28; 1956 Hiss: must.
gteport at Teast : ‘once a, Hionth to.
probation officer.. Hé- will have: t
{tell where he's, living; wheré hé’
working, how much he's. earning,
: hom. ‘he's - ‘seeing.
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