Jury Convicts Judith Coplon in Spy Case
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JUNE 30. 1949 SEVENTY-FOUR PAGES iX Jtt «»*> rw* M w» *i >- »«# » ** *m *m-> JURY CONVICTS JUDITH COPLON IN SPY CASE Finds Her Guilty Judge Won't Let Psychiatrist Lewis Orders Transit Walkout Tell Jury Opinion on Chambers On Both Counts Hiss Attorney Asks 40-Minute Question, 3-Day Week Near;ChingCalls But Professional Answer Is Thwarted By Newbold Noyes, Jr., effort to prove that the former Of Indictment and Robert K. Walsh State Department official com- In Coal Mines llth-Hour Talk mitted last December when Star Staff Carrliporvdanti perjury he told a Federal grand jury that UMW Chief Acts Mediofor Meets With Ex-U. S. Worker NEW YORK. June 30.—Federal he never gave State Department Judge Samuel H. Kaufman ruled to Faces Maximum secrets to Mr. Chambers and never After Operators Both Sides A*erf today that Dr. Carl Binger, the saw him between 1936 and August. New York who studied to 13-Year Sentence psychiatrist 1948. Refuse Agree Midnight Tieup Whittaker Chambers on the wit- Dr. Binger, who practices here, T*an*.' * deadlOCted be to James Y. Newton Capital ness stand, will not allowed is associated with the Cornell By and 5tar Staff Corparent • as* negotiation* attach threaten give the Alger Hiss Jury an opin- Medical took BULLETIN University School, WHITE SULPHUR a au tke of Waafeingtm * streetcar ion as to Mr. Chambers’ "mental SPRINGS. the stand after Mr. Murphy com- and bu* service a: to- W. June midnight Judith Coplon was convicted condition.” his of Va.. 30.—John L. Lewis pleted crdss-examination night a ere before Ovru* * CT.ing. The Jurist made his ruling after ordered a in District Court a£ 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Prifccilla Hiss, wife of the today three-day work director of the Pedate! Media r.m Defense Attorney Paul this afternoon on two counts of permitting 44-year-old defendant. week beginning Tuesday for near- and Conciliation (bow tfu* Stryker to read a 40-minute hypo- Sandwiched between the two an indictment charging espio- ly all of the Nations soft coal afternoon thetical question summing up the Admiral Arthur J. witnesses w^s The hastily ra. ed meeting aenl nage. entire of the chief Govern- war- industry. past Hepburn of Washington, into session at 15 1® am and The returned its verdict ment witness as it has been de- The belligerent union leader, jury time chairman of the General receased an hour-and a half laser during the trial. of the Admiral after having the case from 11:12 veloped Board Navy. Hep- smiling in good humor, told news- for lunch Shortly after septa- Assistant United States Attorney burn testified he had been closely a.m. yesterday to 2:30 p.m. today. men covering the national coal sentalivea of the company and Thomas F. Murphy registered on associated with Mr. Hiss at the It spent the night under guard wage conference here that he had the union met a nh Mt Clung behalf of the Government the Dumbarton Oaks Conference and in a hotel. and Conciliator Jimn Holden, strongest possible protest to Judge the 8an Francisco Charter Con- notified those of his 400.000 miners Miss Coplon waited throughout they adjourned fro ar palate Kaufman's procedure of allowing ference of the United Nations and east of the that they the final hours of the Jury’s de- Mississippi conference* Mr. to pose his long ques- that the reputation of Mr. Hiss liberation in the vicinity of the Stryker are to work only three days a A repreaemaU'e of the Metro- tion, which covered everything was “good.” Under cross-exam- courthouse. week so long as negotiations con- politan Police Department »•* ination he said he had never been from Mr. Chambers’ relationship the *ea»tona and She faces a maximum sentence tinue with the mine Kiting tn mt police with "one-eyed Annie” to his boy- in the Hiss home, never met Mrs. operators. of 13 years and fines of $12,000. plan* aeie to be fot mo sated later hood habit of walking through r Hiss, knew nothing about the Producers west of the Mississippi The of four women and today for arty precaution* necea* Jury the current trial, and had brook with his shoes on. facts in are not affected by the action. eight men which convicted her •are should the strike males igltee. Dr. Carl Binger, earlier in the never heard reports that Mr. Hiss their, deliberations at 11:12 Two days ago the mine operators Negotiation* netaeen the com- began in the was a Communist of fellow trav- trial, sat for several days and union a.m. yesterday, arter listening to rejected a Lewis that the pany repne*entatleea courtroom and watched Mr. eler. proposal Cham- broke up after a froute** b®* testimony for nine and a half When Dr. Binger was called to industry agree to the three-day bers testify about his early life The Man in the Moon No » ■ Says minute meeting last night uh weeks. the stand. Mr. Murphy vigorously work week as a means of stabi- and his alleged relationship wich tu rout** The brunette the union charting tiny 28-year-old Mr. Hiss. Mr. Chambers is the urged Judge Kaufman to excuse lizing" their business and taking a meeting to defendant, first Department of lee and membership Government’s witness in an (Continued on Page A-4, Col. 2.) care of surplus production. The key H. R. Robinson Named be' held at Turner a Arena at the Justice employe ever charged with operators turned down the propo- PGA Clinic of Leading Golfers eon tract eaplrea tonight being a spy, was pale-faced and sition fearing prosecution under Baste Issue of the dupute elvish her chin was cupped in her hands Federal antitrust laws. Witness' Illness More Catholic Riots Star To involves about « JO® employe* « when the jury returned and the Key Departure From roller. Inaugurates Open Today Planning Group; a union demand for a Sft-cetu court clerk asked Foreman An- But today, Mr. Lewis took mat- Chick Harbert to Preside at Ceremonies hourly increase plus benefit* but drew Norford if it had a verdict. ters into his own hands and or- Halts House Probe Communists Wurster Is Chairman the puma Mumbling block in “We have," Mr. Norford replied. Against dered the short work week into ef- After Stars Complete Practice Rounds negotiation* u interpretation of "What say you on the first fect. He said that because of iFurther details, stories and Skip Alexander and Dutch Har- New Member Hos Been the arbitration clauae count?” in Slovakia the Monday holiday the mines Of Communists Here pictures in, sports section/. rison. carefully spaced through- Arbitration Uh* I Hap nice "Guilty,” Mr. Norford replied. Reported next week would be worked Tues- Active in Slum Work, out the day. Streetcar and bu» opera tart “What say ydWyOn the second Sources Declare day, Wednesday and Thursday. The PGA clinic, a 90-minute WQQW President Declares Prague The most popular prediction of no* receive »i 4» an bout Vha count?” Thereafter, until a new contract is golf show by the greatest stars Community Housing Red Authorities Had a winning score was 270. which UStrraM requested company offl* "Guilty.” Radie Station Has No agreed to by the -operators, the of the game, will inaugurate the NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK and would be 18 under per over the dais tir. would reel 14 000 000 To Use Martial Law miners will work only on Mon- $15,000 Washington Btar Open at Planning Commiv.ion Meeting Trace of Red Influence 8892-yard par 72 layout The annually James J. Cullinane and days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 5 o'clock today at Prince Georges Today, to Dlacuae Establishing • By players started their par bust- Unton official* call for arbilra- W. H. Jr. The House Committee on Un- ly th« Auxiotcd Pm» Mr. Lewis left the stately con- Golf and Country Club. "Parque America' Here. Shippen, ing in earnest yesterday as Sam Uon of live current dtapvte and Judith PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, June ference room where he was meet- Tomorrow starts at 9 Page A-l*. A verdict in the Coplon American Activities decided to-! play Snead played 27 holes in wrran OMiUtnd tbtir preaent conn act 30.—Roman Catholic and diplo- inf with the operators at the o’clock with a field 111 entered spy case was expected momentari- day to suspend its hearings on of under par. Pate Cooper started six President Truman today ap- call* for aueh artMlrattoo under swank Oireenbrier Hotel here and in the four-day chase for the top matic sources reported today that under for five holes and posted a a three-member board ly in District Court this afternoon Communist activity in the Dis- the to pointed Hllyard R. Robinson 40- strolled into pressroom money of $2.«00.