Evening star., 1950-04-20

[EARING-LOuis F. Budenz QefD
was a member of a communist
Mr.. Field as a Communist and said
he was lone of the sources of in
filtration and to my knowledge
reported to the politburo."
He went on to say that Mr.
Jaffe was then secretly connected
with Mr.. Field in a publication,
China Today"
"Jaffe and Field are Soviet
espionage agents" Mr.. Budenz
declared.
Tells of 1885 Meeting.
Mr.. Budenz said it was agreed
at 1886 meeting of Communist
Party leaders, including Mr..
BroWder, that Mr.. baltimore would
be given general direction in Or
ganizing Communist writer's who
would put across the idea that
the Communists in China were
agrarian reformerS.
Mr.. Budenz said that in 1914
at the time Mr.. baltimore went to
China with Mr.. Wallace, he (Bu-
denZ) was advised by Jack Sta
chez to consider Owen baltimore
as a Communist"
Mr.. Budenz added that Mr.
Wallace's trip to China was fol
lowed closely" by Communist
Party leaders. He did not amplify
the statement.
Mr.. Budenz said that when the
Amerasia case broke in 1945 there
was CONSERVATION" in Commu-
mist ranks.
This was a case in which six
persons were arrested on charges
of conspiracy to get illegal pos
session of Government documents.
Only three of the six were indict-
ed and charges against one of the
three were dropped.
Mr.. Jaffee pleaded guilty and
was fined $4,000. The Justice De-
partment said at the time that no
question of disloyalty was in
volved. The implication was that
the documents were wanted only
for magazine articles.
Mr.. BudenZ said the Commu-
nists. perturbed over the arrests,
decided at one time to represent
Mr.. Jaffee as "a Nazi-Japanese
agent" but that idea was thrown
out the window the next day"
Mr.. Budenz said further that
Stachel told him that Mr.. Latti-
more had been in touch with
Stachel and that baltimore had
been of service in the Amerasia
case"
Mr.. Budenz produced an arti-
Gle by the Rev. James F. Kearney,
published in the Columbia" of
September, 1949. He said it sup
ported his claim that Mr.. Latti-
more's course helped the Commu-
nists take China.
Called at McCarthy's Request.
Mr., Budenz was called at the re-
quest of Senator Mccarthy. In a
March 80 statement Senator Nc
Carthy said the witness would
swear that Mr.. baltimore is or was
a member of the Communist Party
over whom it's leaders had discip-
linary powers.
Mr.. baltimore already has testi-
fled under oath that he was never
a Communist. He also described
as "a contemplate lie" Senator
McCarthy's charge that he was
Russia's top spy in this country.
After Senator Mccarthy had
requested the Senate investiga-
tors to subpoena Mr.. Budenz, Mr.
baltimore said that to the best oi
his recollection he had never met
and had never been associated di.
rectly or indirectly with the for.
mer Communist. In his testi.
mony before the Senate group hi
!. also said that any one swearing ht
was a Communist was guilty o1
perjury or worse.
2 Other Witnesses Named.
Senator Mccarthy has given tht
: investigating committee the name!
; of two other witnesses to subpoena
; He described them as a former
undercover operator for the Fed.
eral Bureau of Investigation ane
a former FBI agent who WORKED
on counter-espionage matters.
It was reported yesterday tina
the former undercover agent il
John j. Huber of Mount Vernon
N. Y. He was witness last fal
before a Senate Judiciary subcom
mittee which was seeking to learl
whether subversive aliens had en-
tered this country under the dis
placed persons program.
In his testimony then Mr.. Hube,
said he joined the Communis
Party in 1887 at the request o
the FBI. He said he remained II
the party until 1947 when h,
ceased his work of his own volition
The name of the former FB
agent has not been disclosed.
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