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MatU'SOW'S
Set
Broiix To
Iheeriig
Turncoat Red
Seeks Career as
Writer, Actor
New York (U.R) What kind
of a guy is this two-story Harvey
Marshall Matusow whose con
flicting testimony has brought
Red demands for a reversal of
several key government Com
munist convictions?
Unwittingly, perhaps he sums
it up best in his forthcoming
o book, "False .Witness," when he
writes: "The Bronx didn't cheer
on the week I was born."
That was Oct. 3, 1926.
There has been little cheering
since for this enigmatic charac
ter.
Now, he claims, he wants to
undo the wrong he has done
and then sever all political con
nections. He wants to bt: a
writer, an artist, an actor-far
removed from politics.
As a writer, he contends he
Is a good one and denies charges
that his forthcoming book was
"ghosted."
Tcota Own Horn
His art work, to date, con
sists mostly of a painting in oils
of. a pet dog done when he was
12 years old, and a scrapbook
of pictures, of Harvey Matusow,
detailing, quite egotistically, his
prowess as an actor.
There seems to be nothing in
Matusow's boyhood that .might
have contributed to his career
as liar and informer-
He was born of hard working
immigrant parents who came
here from Russia early in life
When he was born, they were
comfortably established in an
apartment in what then was con
sidered one of the better sec
tions of the Bronx. They con-
, tinue to live there today.
Matusow went' to public
schools, and in 4he first nine
grades established himself as a
better-than average student.
"' Church 'records show he was
a weekly . visitor to the neigh
borhood synagogue. At one time,
. he worked simultaneously as a
delivery boy for a grocer,
butcher and druggest near his
home.. " ., '
Flunked Course
Matusow. described his family
as one that was "closely knit,"
his father, mother, brother Dan- ;
iel four years his senior and '
himself. - . V -
. His scholastic achievements
hit a stumbling block after he
entered William Howard Taft
Kigh School in the Bronx in
.1941. He. failed English once,
barely passed it a second time
and had to drop a French course.
. In 1942, with an eye to the
future, he made inquiries about
entrance to Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology and to City
College of New York.
He received his high school
diploma by finishing his senior
year while in the Army. .
: Matusow enlisted in the Army
in 1943 and was called to active
duty in 1944. His most vivid
recollection of Army life was
finding the body of his brother,
Danny, who had been shot down
while on a bomber mission over
Germany. He accompanied the
body to this country for burial.
After his release . from . the
Army in August, 1946, he said
; he considered taking up press
'photography. But he dropped
:the idea, "I didn't have the stick-to-it
iveness."
' Joined Communists
I Matusow's first association
with a leftist group came in
1946 when he joined the Ameri-
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HARVEY MATUSOW
What Kind of a Guy Is He?
can Youth for Democracy short
ly after his release from service.
He claims he was attracted to
the group because he missed the
esprit de corps of the Army. "
He joined the , Communist
party a year later.
In February, 1950, he says,
"fear, need and greed" prompted
him to contact the FBI and offer
himself as an informant.
Late in 1951 he began -his
career as an .informer, joining
thestaff of the Ohio Un-American
Activities Commission. :
His disclosures of Communist
activities in Ohio, he says, were
lies. He testified before the
House Committee on un-American
activities, the : Senate In
ternal Security Committee, at
the trial of , the 13 Communist
party leaders in New York, and
before the subcommittee of in
vestigations headed by Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy.
Of his career as an informer,
he says: "It was the easy way
up, to let the world know that
I was not just another guy."
He apparently hit the jackpot
in 1953 when he married the
wealthy former wife of Mich
igan's Republican " representa
tive, Alvin Bentley.
Then inarital troubles struck.
His wife divorced him, remar
ried him and then divorced him
again. .
Came a day in 1954, ha says,
when he was walking down Fifth
Avenue , in , New York. An in
scription on a synagogue caught
his eye. It read: "Do justly, love
mercy, walk humbly with they
God.": ' -
There follows his amazing re
formation, he says his decision
to write a book recanting his
anti-Communist testimony.
He. expresses a love of Ameri
can folklore and of the songs
that grew out of it. He recently
bought a guitar which he is
learning to play. And, he adds.
"I am a great cat fancier." I
BLUE-EYED ROBBER
Gaffney, S.C. (U.R) Charles
Lanier, 28, finally admitted his
part in a store holdup when the
operator of , the shop, Mrs. Wes
ley Love, said she was positive
of the man's identify "because
he has the prettiest blue eyes
I've ever seen." - '
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Investigators Believe Bentley
Despite Claims Made by Matusow
Washington U.R) Sen., ral court in New York today, quarters in New York;
James O. Eastland (D.-Miss.) said
today Senate investigators still
believe ex-Communist Elizabeth
Bentley, even though confessed
liar Harvey Matusow. says she's
a liar, too. .
". Eastland told newsmen his
Senate Internal Security sub
committee probably would sub
poena Miss Bentley, a key wit
ness in Communist hunts since
1949, because Matusow charged
that she gave false testimony.
The subcommittee put the
Matusow hearing into temporary
eclipse' today. It scheduled only
a closed session to question one
of Matusow's publishers, Albert
E. Kahn and Herb Tank, ( the
man Eastland calls -Matusow's
bodyguard.
Matusow had a date in Fede-
200 Attend Annual
Blue-Gold Banquet
For Phoenix Scouts
Phoenix Two hundred par
ents, relatives and boys attend
ed the annual Blue and Gold
banquet of Pack 15, Troop 15,
and Explorer. Post 15, Phoenix,
Cub and Boy Scouts of America,
February 17, at the Phoenix
Community club.
Master, of ceremonies for the
event was, C. A. Stothers, new
institutional representative from
the Presbyterian church for
Pack 15, who is also scoutmaster
of Troop 8 in Medford, and has
been active in scouting in this
area for many years. Invocation
by Arthur Grigg -preceded the
potluck dinner, during . which
the guests and boys sat at tables
by dens and troops.
Flag Ceremony
; . After dinner a flag ceremony
was conducted by scouts and
Pen 4 cubs. Following his wel
coming talk, Stothers asked Cub
master . Lawson Scott to intro
duce his committee, which con
sisted of - Stothers, institutional
representative; Curtis , Barnes,
chairman; David Lowry, Rollin
Dexter, and. Roy Maudlin. The
new secretary-treasurer, Mrs: B.
L. Freeman, and retiring secre
tary-treasurer, Mrs., James Gard
ner, were also introduced as well
as Mrs-M. C. Yarnell, Mrs. Cur
tis Barnes, Mrs. Arthur Grigg,
Mrs. Vernon Jackson, Mrs. War
ren Kelsoe, Mrs. C. J. -Marrs,
Mrs. Collier. Buffington and Mrs.
Kathleen Hennessey, den moth
ers.'- -'- :-
' Scoutmaster Earl Floyd intro
duced the scout committee; E.
Bailey, institutional representa
tive from the Lions club; Ray
Harrison, chairman; "Arthur
MacKintosh, John Klassen, War
ren Haggard and O. E. Frazier.
First Aid Demonstration v
v Boy, scouts gave a demonstra
tion on first aid, and a skit
"How to Pack a Pack" by Dale
Haggard; which was followed by
the Cub Scout advancement
ceremonies. '.. -.
Wolf badges were given ' to
Jimmy Marrs, Stewart Mar r s
and Richard Sokal, arrows: gold
and two silver, Larry. Richey;
silver, Jimmy , Higginbothem;
silver,; Arthur Grigg. Bear and
gold arrow, John: Glogowski;
bear, and gold arrow,, Ralph
Younger; . gold arrow, ? Ronnie
Davis. Ronnie Davis also re
ceived a lion badge,, next rank.
; Denner stripes went to, Dick
DahL Collier Buffington, David
Dudley and Danny Hanscom.
Assistant denner stripes went to
Fletcher Fish, Roland . Arney,
and Larry Murphy. A one-year
service star . was awarded 1 to
Harry Gay, and a three-year
service star to Jeffrey Knope. A
den mother, pin went to Mrs.
C. J. Marrs, den mother cer
tificates for one year's service
to Mrs. M..C. Yarnell and Mrs.
Curtis Barnes, and a one-year
certificate to secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. James Gardner." A gradua
tion ceremony from the - Cub
Scouts into Troop 15, Boy Scouts,
was conducted by Mr.: Stothers
for Jeffrey Knope.
Honor Den Pennant , '-
Following roll call, the honor
den pennant ! was awarded to
Mrs. Barnes of Den 2, for the
largest attendance" of cubs and
parents.-' ;
In the - Boy Scout ' court of
honor, with " Ray Harrison pre
siding, second class rank went
to Raymond Thompson, and first
c 1 a s s to Donald MacKintosh.
Merit badges were, as follows:
Marvin Frazier, scholarship, and
public speaking: Jimmy Floyd,
firemanship and .public speak
ing; Dale Haggard, forestry, per
sonal healthy masonry and na
ture. '. : .
Lighting of candles' for both
scouting and cubbing with the
reading of . the history of the
scout movement by James Scott,
was followed by a closing- can
dlelight ceremony by, Stothers,
and the singing of taps. - -
WEATHER By United Press
Northern' California: Mostly
fair; little change in tempera
ture. 1..
The subcommittee wants him
back later, thougn it set no aay.
Testimony Not False :.
Eastland said his own faith in
Miss Bentley's testimony about
a -Red spy ring in government in
the 1930s was unshaken by Mat
usow's story that she weepingly
told him she was broke and "had
to keep finding things to testify
about."
Eastland said her testimony"
had been tested and never found
false.
Eastland said he had no plans (
to invite Sen. Joseph R. McCar
thy (R.-Wis.) to answer Matu
sow's charges about him.
Matusow said that McCarthy
sicked him on two Democratic
Senate candidates in the 1952
campaign and sent him out to
tell lies about them based on
information furnished by Don
Surine, a McCarthy aide.
"He was out there doing the
same thing," said Matusow. "He
knew what I was doing and he
knew I was misrepresenting the
facts." '
McCarthy denied to newsmen
that he asked Matusow to cam
paign in Washington state and
Montana.
Won't Answer 'Liar' '. ."
"I wouldn't answer a man
who confesses he is a liar," Mc
Carthy said. "I've got to admit,
though, that he appeared to have
broken with the Communist
party at the time I knew him."
Both Matusow's . Democratic
targets in 1952 were elected.
They are Sens. Henry M. Jack
son (D.-Wash.) and Mike Mans
field (D.-Mont.). . ....
Subcommittee Counsel J. G.
Sourwine gave a hint of one
more topic he plans to question
Matusow about later. He said he
wants to know about conversa
tions the 28-year-old turnabout
witness may have eavesdropped
on while operating a switch
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Near the close of Tuesday's
session, r after Matusow said he
lied , when testifying that he
knew, some persons to be Com
munists, the subcommittee prod
ed him into naming persons he
did know as Reds. . ..
Matusow reeled off 15 names
and said these were all that he
could remember. The subcom
mittee staff said they were not
new all the names of well
known, open officials of the
Communist party, such as Na-
tional Chairman William Z. Fos-
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