Evening star., 1950-03-27

that she had signed call for the
annual meeting of the American
Youth Congress held in 1889, as
Senator Mccarthy had told the
committee. She pointed out that
the creed adopted at that meet
ing contained a pledge to seek
progress only within the frame
work of the American system of
government"
She added that she was one of
ITO signers that included five
United States Senators, six Rep
resentatives and two cabinet men,
bers-Postmaster General Farley
and Secretary of Interior Ickes.
"My recollection of this call is
that it represented an attempt of
the liberals to capture the leader
ship of the American youth organ
izations." Mrs. Brunauer said. 1.-THE
fact that the American Youth
Congress has been cited by the
Attorney General as a subversive
organiza ton is an indication that
We failed, but if we are to be crit
icized it is perhaps because we
were not active and aggressive
enough to succeed"
Mrs. Brunauer said Senator Nc
Carthy had stated that she was
active in launching the American
Union for Concerted Peace Eff
forts.
That is true, and I am proud
of the fact" she added.
| She said Senator McCarthy's
charge that the organization had
been cited as a Communist front
group was LESS than half a truth"
1 Explains Dies Citation.
She explained that the Dies
Committee in 1914 had cited the
organization as having the same
aim as the American Congress for
Peace and Democracy. She said
the union "did advocate collective
security" and so did "the loyal
members of the League of Ma
tions."
She said that Senator Nc
Carthy's statement that the leader
of the American Union for Con-
certed Peace Effort was the editor
OF the Communist Daily Worker
was entirely false"
The head of the organization,
she said, was DR.. Clark M. Eichel-
berger, at that time president of
the American Association for the
League of Nations and now pres
ident of the American Association
for the United Nations.
Mrs. Brunauer CAV. the COM
mittee a detailed statement of her
background and education. She
said she was a native of Califor-
mia, and that her ancestors for
several generations back were
part and parcel of the growth
of America"
She was graduated from STAN
ford University in 1927 and said
that her principal interest since
that time has been in interna-
tional relations. Her only job
before she Joined the State De-
partment in 1914 was with the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women.
Defends Husband Vigorously.
Before she left the stand she
gave spirited defense of her hus-
band. She said he same to this
country at the age of 18 as an i'm
migrant without friends, without
money, and without a command of
the language.
HE was eager for American
companionship. but this was
largely denied him." she contin-
ued. "His need for friends and
companions was filled, in his first
years here, by group of young
people of similar national origin
who spoke the same language, and
these people unfortunately were
largely communists.
She said they brought him into
the Hungarian section of the
Young Workers League, but that
he dropped out of it in 1927 after
he began to understand it's opera
tions as Communist movement
and see more clearly it's conflict
with American institutions.
He - has not been a men,
Der of any Communist group since
that time," she added. His asso-
lciation with individuals in the
Communist movement diminished
rapidly after he came to Wash
ington in 1928. BY 1882 he had
been denounced by the Commu-
nists as a deserter from their
cause"
She described her husband as
"a loyal American" who has de-
voted himself to this country's
national defense and has made
positive contributions" that have
been widely recognized.
MY husband is an outspoken
opponent of communism" Mrs.
Brunauer said. "He has done
, whatever lay within his power to
, thwart the Communists"
Mr.. Brunauer, who was present,
has asked for a hearing to deny
the Mccarthy charges. So far, no
date has been set.
Senator Mccarthy, "boycotting''
the committee because he has not
been given permission to cross-ex-
anime witnesses, was not present
1 A Belgian packet-boat has re-
ported spotting a floating mine
/ in the English Channel.