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-—l.;8UCl'lllll Bernard Currie, a 45- year-old Novo-Scotia born

tral figures in the three-ring Communist-Soviet espionage in- vestigation now making scarc- headlines in Washington and New York.

Currie, a native of West Dub- lin, N. S. a. nniilrnlized United States ("when .\.Ill(‘(‘ 1934. swore to the House Cnmmrt-ce on nil-American Activ- ll-lFS, that he had never commit-

led an act clislnyrll to the Unirod l

(‘Fﬁil- omist- today‘ was one of the crn- '

Former Mein.Principal Figure In. U.S. Spy Probe

mcr Under-Secretary of State By ened his pace, leaving Bsines be- nnd now a Washington lawyer. Margaret Aye:- Burnee hind him. sat among the spectators and oc- "Hello!" she responded. "Wlllt lsnciates with White House secrets Com-Denied Currie from the room XXVI-g e lift home?" During the \\':tr Currie was ad- at the conclusion of his testimony. suddenly she noticed the ex- minislrafire assistant to the lat-e Harry D. White, another high T)"; gates “ere down when presslon in Bﬂng’; qygg, President Roosevelt and one of Wiley official in the Roosevelt Cmiy approached the railroad 1t, amped and dismayed ha“

of Representatives i

States nor knnvvlilgly consoricu with CflmmUlllSlS. Ho had been named by thci

former Communist espionage cour- 1PT. Elizabeth T. Bentley, as the man she believed supplied her Washington Government. spy as-

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now operates an export. business 1n New York. came before the committee at his own request, HQ ﬂPDeared today without counsel but Dean Acheson, for-

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advanced untll they'd 00m» with- in fifty feet of Clclly. "Hello!" Avery celled and quick-

Avery with rambling insistence, as

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his closest advisers.

While he made complete and speciﬁc denials of all implications connecting him with a Soviet spy rinz’. Currie said he had no know- lcclge nor suspicion that. Nathan G. Silvcrmaster and William L. lillman, among others. were Com- munists or agents for another government.

Both these men held high posit.-

atlmlnlstrsllon, swore today that he never gave secret. information or aid to an alleged wartime Red spy ring.

White. a New York economic anu financial consultant, formerly was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He also appeared at his own request before the commit-

track and she threw on her brakes, grateful for even that momentary arrest. A train was at the station, the four o'clock frcm town, and a few scatt’ "cl passengers were rlevcnrling to the platform. She was watching them listlessly as she waited at the barrier, think- ing that Albert might he among thcm, conning out to ride with Gertrude hefore the family dinner party, when Avery Caldwell

for they were storing of. her boldly and sppnslngly. and his loose lips were curled in a very mean smile. “Quite n coincidence," he remarked with heavy sucemi, but blurred the words a. little. "Jump in, Avery," said Olcily. "Shut up, Bnlnes!" said Avery sharply. By this time he had slipped into the front seat of the

0. White labelled car.

false" Miss

"unquallficdly Bentley's allegation

l .. . . ,. 4 Baines’; vepid face was framed ‘ix’; f“ m‘: gmwnmel“ “vice that he helped Communist agents dropped from the first car. 501118- by the wlnww a; gtcnyr, eibmm ‘t ~ “a” mimed- m‘ cmmumi‘ by pushing certain Government what tn her surprise, Barnes Sewall Rs an," reddened u am, s“ ed Pm‘! ¥"”“"d-‘- m “ll-WW ‘luesimm employees toward key positions followed him so closely that she o tphe sun" 3e PM hanémm, 31"“ ‘hm’ C°"‘-m“m“" "-‘~‘°°l“‘ where they would have access to gathered. lhrit they mush have “Te window fume n ‘i’ w db inns m‘ their association with Miss Secret ‘mounauoxm hem umcthcr_ Few new“; now mm h" “women m" o“ mink B°""l‘\‘* "There is and can be no bnsis saw anything; or Bnlnes. He'd they c“; B“ “my Wm.‘ anything"

Currie, who left. thi- Gnvern- in fact for any such charge." horn color to pieces very rapidly. h, deemed ;m¢u1¢n¢,1y_ '

mcnt service nftcr the war and White said. she'd heard. He W88 Slleaklni t0

Avery leaned forwud and muck

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Balnesm hend. l-ie pushed it with violence sway from the cu. Beines staggered e little, surmised, grieved, not. angry, Some obscure sorrow had token poslesrlou of him.

Ciclly thmkfully engaged the

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- _~ » __ ‘ gears. The cor rolled over the “y x} croulnl of the nilroed tucks. - its" _ Then she glanced et Avery. Be we:

flushed and lflm with anger.

"Whsttdid he ssy?" she do- . mended indignnetly.

He turned oquerely in the out to look at her, then. "My deer, let - it. drop. It's rally not you that he he: on hi: mind. There‘: only women for Seine: — and th:t's - Gertrude. You don't like m: to say that. It’: true, juat the some. _ The pool‘ old sot - it’: hi: one

redeeming quelity." v The! hsd some by our time to , Avery’: entnnee end were rolling down hi: driveny, which stretch- ed straight. between two rows of .L0mb y populer: to the wide gravel ectengie in front of his door.

Olclly drew up n. the door.

All"? looked about him s! if mrprilld by his mrtoundinll. "800 here, I shouldn't have let. you bring me home. I thought you "tie loin; to drop me of. the comer. Oellentry demands that I new :0 heme with you."

Oiclly lsulhed. "No. I don't. mind. But, pleat, before I go, tell me whet lelnes uld."

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on the door handle. "I can't tell you in s sentence. Suppose you come in and have s little drink with me," he suggested tente- tively.

"1! I do, vrlll you tell me?" His impromptu lnvitatiioﬂ had 5W!‘- prlsed and was tempting ha".

"You win." Avery nodded.

lAll right." she cried gayly. She felt childishly elated by this victory for her obstlnecy and slightly exhllarated by s sense o1 adventure. A moment later, stand- ing 0n his doorstep, she observed that Avery wasn't using his latchkey, but was ringing his own doorbell.

A Japanese manservent canoe to the door. After one glance at Avery snd his feminine com-pen- lon, he dropped his slanting eye- lids. _

Avery dropped his hst and his coat and his portfolio on the banister, a graceful, curved iron one that rose like e flower. "What

would you like best to drink?" he inquired. "A long drink? A cocktail?"

"Something rather mild," Clclly, “with fruit in it."

she left. him to settle that with the servant and countered into the drawing-room. Avery present; ly come up behind her end in n tarnished minor with en eleborate gilt. frame - another antique treasure that was hung over the fireplace - she uw them both reflected, grew ghosts of them- nelves. '

"let's go info my :tudio," Avery suggested.

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perfection of the dr-swing-rocm. and Olclly led the way to it :: i’ she were at home. It lly beyond the dining room in e flrther westem wing so Avery coul- commenxh when he nnted to work there, complete llohtlon. "Bit down." he suggested, and Oicily dropped into the comer or the nearer pofn, curling her feet up childlshly beneath her,

watching the birch lol: ereckle into flame. "Hove s cigarette." with the

gesture ihnt she held come to think of as familiar, he offered his cue to her, gunning his metch within his other bend. Ills finler: curved nroiind it. as lhe bent her heed to it. elm-kh- inl the flickering yellow spurt of fire. She noticed their strength end their lquereneu, which we; not insemltlve, end e slight oteln of nicotine on his foreflngl. 5T0 8e Oﬂntinuedo _ ,»

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