THE
COMMITTEE SUPPRESSES EVIDENCE
DIES
Like Dieckhoff and Boldt, Harry Woulters,
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alias
Hugo Woul-
the third of the three subpoenaed men, is a naturalized
citizen of German extraction. He went to work in the Navy
ters,
Yard within one day of Dieckhoff. Before
the same four American destroyers
on
that,
both had worked
the Staten Island
at
Shipbuilding Company.
The house where Woulters
lives has a great many Jews in it,
from the names on the letterboxes, and since Hugo
judging
sounded too German, he listed his first name as "Harry."
"You and Dieckhoff worked on the same destroyers on Staten
Island and you say you never met him there?" I asked.
work in the Navy
until the second day after I
no.
"About
Not
one
went
to
Yard."
many people work on a
"How
"Oh,
him
never met
I
"No,
that
destroyer
a
thousand?"
many."
hundred?"
that," he said uncertainly.
you worked with Dieckhoff for
warships and never met him?"
he insisted.
"About
"And
six
months on the same
"Yes,"
if
you never met him both of you applied
Brooklyn Navy Yard at about the same time?"
don t know. It s funny. Sounds
shrugged his shoulders.
come
"How
that
for jobs at the
He
funny,
"I
anyway."
"When
you worked on the cruiser Honolulu you handled
blueprints?"
"Yes,
of course, but they were never left in
my
possession
he added quickly. I couldn t help but think that
Dieckhoff, too, had been very quick in protesting that the blue
prints had never been left in his possession overnight. They seemed
worried about that even though I had not said anything about it.
overnight,"
"Were
they ever
left
in your possession
overnight?"