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Leéiisbing, P Pa, Novi 21-(AP) from: the chagges ‘that, “we @ —Alger Hiss,.. looking grim ang bought. against. merby. oes ea rather . Haggard but appearing ‘Chambers. ” confidéht; walkéd to freedom to- ,day,,” asserting, that he was “com- Is pletely innocent” of charges that |; he helped. Communist’ spies, , : ’ A: stretch <of ‘three and a half |, - ‘years’. behind’-the- bars of Lewis- burg federal prison ended-with: an'| Hiss” alsa, OVEF: Se avowal. by the 50-year-old’ former State Départment-do uments: State. .Départment official that hée|.* “Today, a hewsmian, meant:to. “vindicate my hamnie” of Shore. statemeht~ the stigma of a conviction for per-|: jury when-he denied before a fed-‘f ae 5 eral grand jury that he ever gavel “The saddest ‘single: fact. ‘about state secrets to Red spies. the Hiss case is that nobody. can, ; Hiss was sentenced to five years change thé: ¥ fact's as. they. are’ Mout won.parole, as provided under known. ‘Neithér'Alger 2H the law, because of good behavior. | however: much we’ nigh isto. He'll haye to report monthly to aldo so, can ‘change: these ‘facts; - | federal officer for the next year “They- are. there. foréver. “4 That’ ‘and*a half, ° is the: ‘inherent jeagedy, bE this: Wher the., emergéd. from the |case.” ‘prison: he- was peppered by waiting Hiss,.6f : course, doesn’t! agree— newsf én with . questions—about|as he reiterated. “He: -Was- innocent, his past and future. Hiss: carefully | of any ‘wrongdoing. ; ‘ framed-his: answer. , Met by. His Wits, § ccused:of Being: a Red: ‘A€ the prison, his-wife: , sont-anidh *T am: very’ -glad to use this|two lawyer friends—Chestér: ‘a hance,” he' said, “the first.I have |and ‘Robert - Benjamin de ad :in- nearly , four: years, ‘to re- Mnside and walked? asseft imy coniplete innocence TE: - a-— ¥ = pee y~ LPS 'E EVENING BULLETIN: care” CARLOS ILADELPHIA, PA, | Vapaetait sty GE: 7 COLUMN: > Fumes ao ITON: : ee a. a, 103590