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* Pe ote Par x Cah Pd _ (Bezla - Sireet) WY 100-£1752 (TR. 9/20/49) The Gourt said that MCOCKIY was probably richt but it eoul? not pee that any great hears Would com: from permitting preoft that these books @re in the Public Library in Kew York, It protably bas little probative force, but in a case in which ao mach is made ef secrecy end secret methods and things ef thet kind 41% would allow 4¢ fer whet it ia worth | snd overruled the objection. It would exclude, however, sny evidence ap to how meny tims the books went out and how many people got then, BEALS asked permission to ask a cusstion. (TK. 14,671) GLATSTEIN paid that the usual euston wee for him to as but he would permit 44 47 the Coaurt wonld. The Court said thet the Best ing - would be to answer the questions put to hig by counsel, BEALS said tet he” _ Gesires to change his previous answer to "No", the point beinr thet he did not bring this bock with his, sithough it is a book from the Sew York rublic Library. It was produced by aubpoena. We seid he asw thie porticular book for the first time 10 mimtes before. Be could readily identify 4% as a book of the New York | Public Library. » om (TH. 14,672) BEALS agreed thet the volum before him was the "Communist . Manifesto" by MRA and EMS end thet tt is s scopy of & book sade sveilabls by the putlie Library. GLALSTLIN asked if McOOULE would stipulate that the text of ths “Communist Manifesto" conteined in the volume before the witness ae the same os Goverurent Exhibit 40. . we. - (TR. 16,673) WeOCHEY said that he ‘eouda not etipalate because & comparison | ‘showed that they are obviously different translations. The Court examined the books and said there was @ considereble difference in the terminolory mch as one might find mode by different tranglators. Certain phrases may have different maanings, bot since MeSCEUY would not atipulete it was not worth leboring the ea (TR. 14,674) Mr. GLADSTEIN seid thet hie point was to establish the . i ; _, ddamt ity between what the Publie Library efroulates and the docurrnts wliied . . by different translators should be an obetecle, but 1f MoQOHTY persisted it 8 | "would place him in 8 position where he would be required to aubpoene various ~*~ - *ranslatore and editions circuleted vy the iibrery, which he did not desire te” ‘ Goo _— The Court said thet before ULADSTEIN did all that it would + probebly exclude the whole businese as i{e importance 4s slight, The Court felt that it would permit in evidence the fact that these books, so often referred to in the trie} 14 “en by the prosecution, Se di? not think thet an insignificent chance of werds 3°