William Remington with Soviet Spy Elizabeth Bentley

William Walter Remington (October 25, 1917 - November 24, 1954) was a U.S. economist and civil servant whom the Venona transcripts confirm was a spy for Soviet Union[1]; he was later convicted on perjury charges. Image File history File links Remington. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... An economist is someone who studies Economics. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The VENONA project was a long-running and highly secret collaboration between United States intelligence agencies and the United Kingdoms MI5 that involved the cryptanalysis of messages sent by several Soviet intelligence agencies. ...

Born in New Jersey, he received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1939 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1940, also having completed most of the requirements for a Ph.D. State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D)Acting Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... For other uses of the name Dartmouth, see Dartmouth Dartmouth College is a private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... MA or ma may stand for: ma, a two-letter English word meaning Mother Ma, transliteration of Chinese family name 馬,马,麻 etc. ... Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...

Remington's parents were poor and demanding and he apparently developed an unconventional and flamboyant personality. He also developed political views which were opposed to capitalism and supportive of social justice. He was however never officially a member of the Communist Party[2]. In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ...

Remington was employed in a number of posts, principally as an economist: An economist is someone who studies Economics. ...

• Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 1936 to May 1937;
• Workers' Education project, Knoxville, April to August 1937;
• Junior Economist with the National Resources Planning Board, Washington D.C, May 1940 to July 15, 1941;
• Associate industrial economist in the Consumers Division of the Office of Emergency Management, from July 1941 to February 1942;
• Assistant to the Director of the War Production Board (WPB), February 1942 to October 1943;
• Assistant to the Director of Orders and Regulations Bureau in the WPB, October 1943 onwards.

During a Hatch Act investigation it was discovered Remington had been active in communist allied groups such as American Peace Mobilization and did research for the American Youth Congress in February of 1941. Remington's wife, Ann née Moos, was the executive secretary of the Washington chapter of the American Peoples Mobilization. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the TVA Act The Tennessee Valley Authority is a New Deal agency created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the Tennessee River Valley. ... City nickname: The Marble City, K-Town, Big Orange Country, Knox Vegas Location Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Government Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Bill Haslam Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 254. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is an agency at the local, state or national level that holds responsibility of comprehensively planning for and responding to all manner of disasters, whether man-made or natural. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... The War Production Board (WPB) was established in 1942 by executive order of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Hatch Act of 1939 is a United States federal law whose main provision is to prohibit federal employees (civil servants) from engaging in partisan political activity. ... Protest at the White House. ... American Youth Congress was an organization composed of youth from all across the country to discuss the problems facing youth as a whole in the 1930s. ...

Elizabeth Bentley told FBI investigators she received through "cut outs" information from Remington for transmission to the Soviet Union, such as: charts setting out aircraft production and other matters concerning the aircraft industry; tests made on aircraft and other data concerninbg high octane gasoline; other information related to the aircraft production field; and a process for the manufacture of synthetic rubber. Bentley claims Remington introduced her to Bernard Redmont. Elizabeth Bentley Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (1905-1963) A graduate of Vassar, Bentley was studying in Italy at the University of Florence when she first became interested in fascism. ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... Octane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)6CH3. ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol (abbreviated from petroleum spirit), in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Synthetic rubber is a type of artificially-made polymer material which acts as an elastomer. ... Bernard Sidney Redmont obtained an M.S. form the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1939 and was awarded the school’s highest honor, Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. ...

Remington sued Bentley for libel for her after reports of her depostition and testimony were widely reported. [3] His own handwritten notes demonstrated his awareness that she was a Communist operative with Soviet ties. Bentley was also unable to be served a subpoena by Remington's attorney which damaged her credibility. On November 13, 1948 headlines regarding this ran in the New York papers - The New York Daily Mirror ran the headline "RED WITNESS MISSING AT 100-G SLANDER SUIT", the New York Times ran the headline "REMINGTON LAWYER SEEKS MISS BENTLEY". Eventually she was served. Remington's lawyer was a high profile liberal anti-Communist Joe Rauh which boosted the apparent credibility of the libel claim as he was so highly regarded. In several instances, Remington's lawyers were able to demonstrate inaccuracies in her claims. Remington won the case and was awarded several thousand dollars. Because of this, for a time many assumed all the claims of Soviet involvement against Remington were untrue. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The New York Daily Mirror was an American morning tabloid newspaper first published in 1924 in New York City by the William Randolph Hearst organization as a contrast to their mainstream broadsheets, the Evening Journal and New York American, later consolidated into the New York Journal American. It was created... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

After World War II Remington obtained a position with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. In 1946, Remington was about to be transferred to a professional position at the White House as an aide to a presidential assistant when FBI suspicion intervened. After that Remington was in the process of applying for a position with the Atomic Energy Commission when the FBI interviewed him in 1947. In 1948 Remington was called to testify before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) regarding export control violations. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Almost a year after World War II ended, Congress established the United States Atomic Energy Commission to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is currently chaired by Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), with Carl Levin (D-MI) as a ranking member. ... The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of manufactured goods, nonagricultural commodities, and services. ...

Some - like historian Gary May[4]- argued that Remington was neither wholly innocent nor entirely guilty of the allegations made about him. He wrote that Remington was "no political innocent duped by the Communists" nor was he a "pro-Soviet automaton."[5]

Remington later was convicted of perjury for denying Communist Party activity including denying knowing Bentley was a communist, imprisoned in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary and was beaten and murdered by two prison inmates[6]. Remington's supporters were critical of the authorities for failing to protect Remington in prison and for the light additional sentences his assailants received. Perjury is lying or making verifiably false statements under oath in a court of law. ... , Comrade V.I.Lenin, July 1920. ...

See also

• International Trade Administration
• Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of manufactured goods, nonagricultural commodities, and services. ... The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is currently chaired by Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), with Carl Levin (D-MI) as a ranking member. ...

Sources

• John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999)
• FBI Silvermaster file pgs. 283-287
• May, G. (1995) Un-American Activities: The Trials of William Remington ISBN 1-57766-327-6
• Review of Book on House Un-American Activities Committee