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...mild, affable woman is responsible for $6,000,000 of the government's money. And this same woman saves veterans enrolled in the University thousands and thousands of dollars in G. I. benefits, according to John U. Monro '34, counsellor for veterans. Margaret A. Witt, assistant to the counsellor for veterans, is the one person responsible for this giant saving for both student and federal government...
...Miss Witt's job is to act as a liaison between the veterans enrolled in the different sections of the University and the Veterans' Administration in Boston. Most of this involves the usual paper work. But, through Miss Witt, Harvard's set-up for processing veterans' troubles has become unique among colleges...
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...
Notes made by Berle after the interview, however, somewhat contradicted Berle's memory: Berle's notes, made public at the Hiss trial, indicated that Chambers had charged that at least three former Government attorneys-Lee Pressman, Nathan Witt and John Abt-were members of an "underground group." Among other items in Berle's notes was the line: "Plans for two super-battleships secured in 1937-who gave-." Also from Berle's notes: "Donald Hiss [brother of Alger], member of C.P. with Pressman and Witt . . ." and-"Alger Hiss, Ass't. to Sayre-C.P.-1937. Member...
...cable, and other chair fixtures, said Fordney, were out of proportion to their actual size. To illustrate his points, Fordney dressed an aide in death-house garb, seated him in the chair and had his picture taken. Nevertheless, the Herald-American's Executive Editor George A. De Witt insisted that his photo was genuine, but he refused to explain how it was made. Said he: "Why explain it? There may be more executions...