The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-27
Sen. kt(arihy To Fall FIai On His Face
Owen Laftimore, Termed Russia $ Key to Spy. Calls
 Charges 'Moonshine'
By MARVIN L. ARRowsMITH

By MARVIN l.. ARROWSMITH
 WASHINGTON, March 27-IR-- owen Lattimore derided today as pure moonshine" Senator McCar- thy's charges that he is Russia's top spy in the State Department and the United States.
 Lattimore. an expert on Far Eastern Affairs. cabled the Asso- ciated Press from Afghanistan where he is on a United Nations mission.
 He said he would be home in few days and promised to answer the charges in detail then.
 Mccarthy. Wisconsin Republican, had described Lattimore privately to newsmen as "the man-connected with the State Department-who I consider the top Russian espionage agent in this country" This infor- nation was made public last night in a radio broadcast.
 Mccarthy declined to comment or Lattimore's reply. He told reporter he might have something to say ''on the general situation" later. Lattimore replying to request for comment from the Associated Press last Friday. said in his cable. twill Fall Flat"
 "McCarthy's off record rantings pure moonshine Delighted his whole case rests on me as this means he will fall flat on face stop exactly what he has said on record unknown here so cannot reply in detail but will be home in few days and will contact you then"
 In other developments stemmine from McCarthy's charges: 1. Mrs. Esther Caukin Brunauer, S9. 9.706-a-year State Department of ficial, went before Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee and denied that she or her husband, Dr. Step- hen Brunauer, is Communists. She said that on the contrary both are strongly ti-Communist. Mo Carthy had named both Brunauers in detailing to the committee his charges of Communists in the gov ernment. Dr. Brunauer. former Navy commander, is now engaged in research on explosives for the Navy. g. Haldore Hanson, also a State Department official, complained in letter to Senator Tydings (D-Md) i. Chairman of the Senate investigat- ing group, that "whisperings of sus- picion and hate" have been raised against him since McCarthy's false accusation" that he is pro-Com- munist. Hanson said Mccarthy had fired his charges 'irresponsibly and protected by Senatorial immunity" twill Deal With Charges
 Mrs. Lattimore, residing in Balti- more. flatly denied McCarthy's earlier public charge--made on March 13-that her husband is pro- Communist. And Dr. Detlev w. Bronx. President of Johns Hopkins University, said then:
 T am sure that Professor Latti- more will be quick to deal with these charges on his return to this country"
 Lattimore, 49, is director of the Walter Hines Page School of Inter- national Relations at Johns Hop kins.
 Last night columnist Drew Peat son. on his weekly radio broadcast, named Lattimore as the man Mo- Carthy accuses of being the Soviet Unions chief spy in the United States. Pearson added:
 T happen to know Owen Latti- more personally-and I only wish this country had more patriots like him"
 McCarthy's charge of Communists and fellow travellers in the State Department are being investigated by a Senate Foreign Relations sub committee. He has said he is willing to let all of his charges against the State Department stand or fall on the outcome of the Lattimore case.
 The committee has been trying to obtain FBI and other government loyalty files on persons accused by Mccarthy. in an effort to judge the accusations.