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...Nathaniel Weyl, the first functional Red cell in Federal government came into being in 1933. Others followed. The secret work of cell-members was sometimes pure spying, sometimes subtle influence of policy by advancing careerists. Accused of being early cell members were Alger Hiss, Harold Ware, Victor Perlo, John Abt, Charles Kramer, Nathan Witt, Lee Pressman, Henry Wadleigh '33, and Harry Dexter White. The last two, according to testimony, were not organizational Communists but were willing to play ball with the "apparatus." Other once-prominent government officials later accused of espionage activities were Harold Glasser, Nathan Silvermaster, V. Frank...
...testified before Senator William Jenner in Boston. Though he insisted that he had not at any time committed espionage, he refused to say whether he had ever been a member of Elizabeth Bentley's spy ring or whether he had ever known Alger Hiss, William Remington or John Abt. Professor Halperin did say: "At no time and in no way whatsoever have I tried to influence the political, philosophical or social thinking of my students...
...Chambers and other witnesses as the boss of the Washington Communist apparatus. Weyl, a deliberate, conservative witness, was positive that he had seen Hiss at "more than two" cell meetings while Hiss was an assistant counsel to AAA. Others in the cell, said Weyl, included Lee Pressman, John J. Abt, Victor Perlo, Nathan Witt, Charles Kramer and Henry H. Collins...
This week, hauled before the congressional committee, he reluctantly consented to name three men who had been fellow Communists in the '30s-John Abt, Nathan Witt and Charles Kramer, three other former New Deal job holders in Wallace's AAA. This, however, was as far as he wanted to go. He apparently hoped it was far enough to get back to a new law practice among loyal Americans, with an honorable scar to bare to the clients...
Secretary of the Army. This $18,000 job avbl abt June 30 (when incumbent Gordon Gray leaves to become president of the University of North Carolina). Many advantages including salute rights (19 guns), personal flag and desirable lot in Arlington Cemetery. Military experience optional. Fine future for moderately ambitious...