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White H ouse Aide Accused As Commie. [Continged| from first page] ' | | | | { | t i—— 1 |— /Close associate of one of the con- -Victed Canadian Communists. . During the early 40s," he con-. tinues, “parts of the Communist spy ring in Toronto were using his! : home as a rendevvous and some al} ‘them were living there. Nash was. vattencing Communist meeetings ‘and had officially joined the! ‘Commutis party. The reports also | ‘show tagi he had been in Close | fontaci with the Cotuaupist un-! ‘derground in Washington.” ! MeCurciny said he “assumed” ‘Mr, ‘Truman had never seen the. BIF yeporis. He sugzested that’ the President call upon Dawson’ for the file and after reading it get rid cf Nash. . From Nash in the White House came a denunciation of the Charges as “a contemptible lie.” He deuled ever having been a! Communis! party menber and blamed his sister’s antiMeCarihny activilies for the senator's blast. | The senate subcommittee’s' Questioning of Rosinger, 36, now a free-lan-s writer, was featured by his sparring with acting chairman ! Ferguson (2) of Michigan. At the end, Ferguson suid bending legis- Jation, compelling witnesses to} testify before colgressional com- Mittees by granting them immun-. ity from fnture prosecution, must! be approved quickly if the Investie gating processes are to continue Rosinser was confronted by sub. fommuilice counsel Robert Mors, with earlier testimony of Willia Cannit: Karl Wittfogel and Louis Budenz wnat Rosinger had been a Communist party member ang was known to them as such. He asked if he was now or ever had been a Conumnuuist. “Trespect{ully decline to answer, elying on my privileze under the 'ifth amendment lo the, Constr As it tis Sprorr are answered, sm I Adinits Knowing Some Rosiuger Was asked eturermm: \ha- .elationships with persons iden- ltified as Communists before thr ‘guocanimittee and with other per- ‘sons not thus identified. He piead- ed possible self-incrimination in re. fusing to answer questions about. @ number of persons, but freely | conceded his acquaintance with, others. Anong those about whom he re-: fused to testify were Alger Hiss, ! State department official serving a. five-yeas sentence for perjury to. cone 1 @spiuta: Frederick ¥ Poon, finanela! sponsor of oor Muni. Movyemenis: Andrew bis. . a Navy Neutenant invelved in une Ameérasia espionage case of 1945: 7 Julian Wadleigi.. a State depart ment officer who confessed eapi, ohuge during the Hiss trial, and. many others of :eSser note. . : The witness said he knew Ambas- sador Jessup on.y sUehtly. He at first denied kno. ing John S. Serv: ice, diplomat recently fired alsey Ieralty board hearing, but 2 of dmtied havine met him once o Wite. i