Refuses to talk about Soviet atomic spy ring

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · February 23, 1954

Washington, d.c...... On the brink of tears, Mrs. Victoria Stone, a new york jeweler, is shown as she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee today. she refused to tell the committee if she knows anything about the operations of a soviet atomic espionage ring, basing her refusal on the grounds 'it might incriminate and degrade her'. she also refused to answer questions concerning her relations with arthur alexandrovich adams, identified by the committee as the head of "the most treacherous spy ring" that ever operated in the united states. she refused to say whether she has heard directly or indirectly from adams since he fled the country in 1945.