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Evening star., 1950-03-31
Hearings on Custer
OF Commerce Official
To Resume Next Week
By james Y. Newton

A Senate Commerce Subcom-
mittee will resume hearings next
week on charges that Michael j.
Lee, Commerce Department Of
fetal, should be discharged as a
bad security risk.
Chairman Hunt said that his
group will call additional wit
nesses and probably will give Mr.
Lee the opportunity to reply to
the charges made by Senator Ma
lone, Republican. of Neveda.
Undersecretary of Commerce
c. V. Whitney said that Secre-
tary Sawyer as recently as last
month decided that mo security
restrictions" were needed against
Mr.. Lee, who heads the Far East
ern Division of the departments s
Office Of international Trade. The
Commerce loyalty board had
looked into the case.
The loyalty board, however, has
reopened the Lee case on the basis
of additional information fur
nished by the Civil Service Com
mission. The most recent investi-
CATION is not yet completed.
Among other things, Senator
Malone has said that Mr.. Lee,
born in China of Russian par
entage, was turned down for citi-
zenship three times. One reason
given, the Senator said, was that
Mr.. Lee was not attached to the
principles of the Constitutions" 1t
was said that two of the rejec-
tions were due to the uncontested
divorce action brought against Mr..
Lee by his American wife.
Mr.. Lee finally obtained citi-
zenship papers in 1874. He got
a job with the Board of Economic
Warfare and later transferred to
Commerce.
Matthew Hale, acting Commerce
solicitor, said that when Mr.. Lee
obtained citizenship the Federal
court in Chicago made a final
finding that the man was of good
moral character and was attached
to the principles of the Constitu-
ton.
THAT is more of a certificate
OF good character than most
Americans have" Mr.. Hale added.
Evening star., 1950-03-31
Body Of Man Who Plunged
off BRIDGE Identified

The body of a 69-year-old man
who plunged from the Calvert
Street Bridge yesterday afternoon
has been identified today by q
son as that of David c. Barnes,
colored, of 80 @ street NV.
The son, James M. Barnes Of
the @ street address, said his
father had been i'll and worried
over the condition of his wife.
who also is i'll.
A motorist, Alexander Graves,
"a, $50 Morton place NE, told
police he saw the man near the
railing on the east side Of the
span and that when he looked a
second time the man was gone.
He notified a passing scout car
and the body was found in Rock
Greek by Pvt. A. D. Beye of ths
United States Park Police.
Evening star., 1950-03-31
Excerpts From McCarthy's Speech on baltimore

this man did not see Roth rush in
to grab his briefcase.
He stated, however, that when he
later asked baltimore for an ex-
PLANTATION, baltimore stated that
they had been declassifying secret
documents in favor of some friends;
that baltimore further stated that
this was common Washington
practice; that baltimore further
stated that Roth and Service were
arrested because of feud they had
with some people in Washington.
I have before me the photostat
of another document. A copy of
this photostat is also being forward
ed 10 the FBI. This is a rather
unusual document for a number
of reasons. In order that the sig
nificarce Of this document can be
fully understood, beg the indul-
gence of the Senate while I briefly
recite some history which is known
to most of the Senators-the history
of the official Communist Party line
insofar as Chang Kai-shek was
concerned.
Thus we have the picture of
baltimore using his high Office in
the Owl to shape the Communist
line for China through a Chinese
Communist, whose son now awaits
being seated as a representative of
the Chinese Communists in the
United Nations; and it Is important
to point out that Lattimore's ma
neuver was based upon fraud and
misrepresentation in his intended
deception of his superior. We have
here an excellent example of the
far-f1ung Communist discipline so
much insisted upon by Lenin.
Red Ex-General Would Testify.
I have an affidavit of some inter-
est covering the testimony which
will be given by former general
in the Red Army, who has indicated
his willingness to testify if sub
poened.
His testimony will be to the effect
that, while a general in the Red
Army and while in Moscow, he was
in close contact with a general,
whom he names, who was one of
the top generals in Soviet intelli-
gence.
This conversation was in 1885 or
1886. He was discussing with this
top man in Russian intelligence the
difiiculty Of getting good intelli-
Evening star., 1950-03-31

tor OF Pacific Affairs because he had
published an article by the Trot-
skyite, Harold Isaccs.
1t should be remembered that
Jessup later took charge of this
magazine and did a good job of
publicizing the Communist Party
line insofar as China was con-
cerned.
Whether or not the Secretary Of
State will ever admit that Latti-
more has a desk in the State De-
partment is comparatively unim-
portant. The fact concerning which
there can be no doubt whatsoever
is the dominant influence of Mr..
baltimore over the formulation and
implementation of the policy which
has delivered China to Stain.
Lattimore's views are followed by
the State Department insofar as
the Chinese Communists are con-
cerned. These Chinese Communists
are represented by baltimore and
his friends in the State Depart
ment as democrats" liberal agra
rian reformers."
In passage after passage, Latti-
more slyly slips in big lies and small,
always with the air of a detached
observer and student of interna-
tional affairs. -.
The Senate will recall that I pre-
sented to the committee the case
of one, Haldore Hanson, who has
been named by the State Depart
ment as chief Of the Technical Co.
operation Projects Staff which is
developing plans for the Point
-Four program.
1t will also recall my mentioning
the fact that Owen baltimore is
now in Afghanistan in connection
with making a study and submitting
recommendations in regard to the
application of our Point Four pro-
gram in that area.
So we find Owen baltimore again
the great planner. This time, in
stead of directing Jessup to pioneer
the campaign of villification against
Chang Kai-shek and the deifica-
ton of the Chinese Communists;
this time instead of helping Service
and Roth in their theft of secret
State, Navy and Intelligence docu-
ments, he is helping Haldore Han
son to plan the Point Four program
in that area Of the East which has
not yet fallen under Communist
control.
Evening star., 1950-03-31

gence information from Mongolia
and the Far East generally The
thing that particularly disturbed
Russian intelligence was that they
had difficulty getting Russian
agents into the Far East because of
suspicious by the Japanese and
Chinese at that time.
He told this prospective witness,
however, that they were having
excellent success through the Insti-
tute of Pacific Relations, which the
Soviet Intelligence, through Com
munists in the United States, had
taken over. In connection with this,
ne particularly mentioned Owen
baltimore and another individual
whose name the Senate would rec
ognize but who is not at present
connected with our Government and
who has not been, connected with
the State Department, but who did
spend some time with baltimore in
the Owl.
I am not using his name on the
Senate floor today in view of the
fact that he is not in Government,
but this entire affidavit is being
turned over to the FBI. -"
His testimony will further be that,
in the course of visits to other
European capitals, he had received
approximately the same informa-
ton about the Institute of Pacific
Relations, and also about Latti-
more and the other named as q
Soviet agent in this affidavit. -
I also discussed Owen baltimore
with Freda Utley who was formerly
a member of the British Communist
Party. Her husband was picked up
by the OGPU and has apparently
since died in a Siberian prison
camp
In regard to baltimore, she states
that, at the time she met him in
Moscow in 1886, in her opinion he
was not yet Communist, but that
later when she knew him in Balti-
more in 1910, he had definitely de-
cided to throw in his. lot with the
totalitarian enemies of America
and of freedom, because he has
become convinced that the Commu-
nists were destined to win.
She states further that few
months after she had gotten to
know him in Moscow, she met him
in London where he told her that
he had almost lost his job as edi-
Evening star., 1950-03-31

after a complete exposition OF his
Unreasonable acts by the House Un-
American Activities Committee, the
President shrugged it off with wise
cracks, apparently honestly feeling
that the only purpose of the COM
mittee in exposing traitors high in
Government was to hamper him
politically.
That attitude, the Senate will re-
call. he retained even after Hiss
indictment, when he referred to this
as a red herring" This, of course,
could mean only one thing to me
namely, that taking the case Of the
same or even more serious nature
| to the President would result in
the same red herring" treatment.
The next question: Why not go to
the Justice Department? While we
have new Attorney General whom
I personally like land respect, I
could not help but remember that,
at the time of the Service case,
we also had an apparently able
Attorney General. You will recall
that in that case the FBI. after
| months of painstaking work by
scores, or perhaps hundreds, of
agents developed what J. Edgar
Hoover, the head of the department,
publicly referred to as "a 100 per
cent air-tight case" of espionage
and treason.
Unusual Sentence.
Strangely, however, after the ar
rest of the six suspects in this case
of treason, there was an unusual
sequence of events resulting in a
most fantastic finale. The curtain
was rung down when a young De-
partment of Justice attorney dis
posed Of Hooyer's six 100 per cent
air-tight" cases of treason with a
statement to the effect that he could
cover all of the facts in this case
in less than five minues and then
proceeded to assure the court that
there was mot the slightest indi-
cation of disloyalty."
Obviously with this treatment by
Tthe Administration of the carefully
investigated and developed case,
which the head of the FBI called a
100 per cent air-tight case" of
treason, I felt that the Department
Iof Justice was not the correct place
to take what I consider an even
more dangerous case.
In connection with the baltimore
case, have here several documents
which might be of some interest. I
also have the name of a witness,
which I am turning over to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This witness has been used by the
Justice Department as a Govern
ment witness in another matter.
The Department has trusted his
|veracity and publicly indicated con-
fidence in his truthfulness.
This man will testify substantially
as follows:
That he has been a member of
the Communist Party for number
|of years: that he was high up in
Communist circles; that his party
work required that he know the
members of the party so that he
might distinguish between Commu-
nists who were subject to party
discipline and the loyal fellow
travellers over whom the party had
no discipline.
He will testify that it was part
of his job to have this information
not. as you understand, on every
Communist in the United States,
but on the important ones who were
relied upon to do the important
work for the party.
He will further testify that Owen
baltimore was known to him to be
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/ member of the Communist Party
a member over whom they had dis
ciplinary powers.
| I have before me another docu-
ment, the original of which is being
given to the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. I quote the pertinent
parts from this affidavit.
"I met and got to know owen
baltimore in the spring of 1896, in
Moscow, when he and E. c. Garter
were very obviously receiving in
structions from the Soviet Govern
ment concerning the line which
the Institute of Pacific Relations
ought to follow. I would be willing
to so testify if subpoened. However
I request that my name be not
publicly used at this time, but you
do have my permission at this time
to quote what I have said and give
copy of this to the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation"
I have another statement which
I had a great deal of difficulty
getting. I had no difficulty obtain
/ ing the information from this man.
but he was extremely reluctant to
sign a statement, fearing that his
job might be endangered if he did
so.
We had to promise him, however
that his name would not be given
to the committee. We had to fur
ther promise him that, in making
known the contents of his affidavit
| it would not be done in such a
fashion that he could be identified
This affidavit ties Owen Lattimore
in so closely with John S. Service
and the Amerasia case that, before
giving the contents of the affidavit,
I feel it necessary to cover the facts
in the case.
In this connection, let me remind
you that the material involved in
this case-the stolen documents
included the following Government
records:
$50 classified documents from the
State Department, including some
top secret and confidential classi-
flcation.
1853 prepared by ONI.
AZ prepared by MID.
So prepared by Owl.
Nine from the files of the War
Department.
You will recall that j. Edgar
Hoover, at the time, said this was
a 100 per cent air-tight case
against Service, Roth and their CO.
defendants"
At Lattimore's Home.
This affidavit is to the effect that
the night before John S. Service,
1t. Andrew Roth and four Code
PENDANTS in the Amerasia case were
arrested, this man was at the home
of Owen baltimore. He states that
he was introduced to John S. Serv-
ice and 1t. Andrew Roth. He states
further that Roth, baltimore and
Service spent a great deal Of time
by themselves, discussing certain
papers or manuscript.
He states that their actions
seemed strange at the time, and
that at that time baltimore stated
that they were going over a manu-
script. He states further that he
went into another room in the
house on a personal matter and
that Roth followed him in and
grabbed his-that is, Roth's-brief-
case, which most likely contained
the documents or manuscript.
Then I have another statement
gotten under almost the same cir
cumstances-again great reluctance
to sign the paper. In it substantially
the same facts are set forth, except
Evening star., 1950-03-31
Senator Contends
He Has Witnesses
And Documents

The tolloWing excerpts are
iron, the 25,000-tUord speech OF
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
OF Wisconsin, dealing pdrticu-
ldrly aDith witnesses and docu-
mentary evidence he says 1UilI
support his charges against DR..
OWen J. baltimore and others:
The more deeply delve into this
subject, the more I am convinced
that two distinct, but at the same
time interlocking, areas of opera
tions are almost completely con-
trolled and dominated by indiVid-
uals who are more loyal to the
ideals and designs of communism
than to those of the free, God fear
! ing half of the world. refer to
p. the Far Eastern Division of the
. State Department and to the Voice
Of America.
Let me make it clear that in
referring to those two divisions, I
do not include all of the employees.
. I realize full well that of the
thousands of employees in the State
Department all but small per-
centage are honest and loyal Ameri-
p, cans. But that small percentage
can and has been doing almost
j untold damage. -"
Two weeks ago I presented to the
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
so,,oo doo,,y,, ont q fio,, ~, q hGr Ouoo
baltimore. I referred to Mr.. Latti-
more at that time as bad security
risk. I should have also referred to
=, him by the additional and more ap-
propriate designation of bad policy
risk.
I subsequently. in executive, Ses-
sion, told the subcommittee that
thought this man was one of the
top Communist agents in this coun-
try. Today, I intend to give the
Senate some Recommendation to show
! that he is Soviet agent and also
that he either is, or at least has
been, a member of the Communist
Party.
"Architect" of Policy.
I realize that this is an extremely
shocking statement.
The State Department publicly
labels this man as its outstanding
authority in the Far East. He is
!, also, and I believe rightly so, de-
scribed as the architect" of our Far
Eastern policy. Therefore, charge
that this man is an agent of Russia
and member of the Communist
Party is one that can be made
| only after the most deep and pains
,takingly thorough study.
If lightly made, without adequate
proof, it would be irresponsible to
a most alarming degree. On the
other hand, any one in the impor-
tant and responsible position of a
Senator who had such information
and failed to make it known to the
public would be guilty of worse
than treason.
Let us take the case of Owen Lat
timore. When his activities first
were brought to my attention, the
first reaction was why not take this
to the President or the Department
of Justice. However, I then recalled
two rather famous cases.
Cd The Hiss case, in which, even
Evening star., 1950-03-31
80 Million Labor in Jupun

The labor force Of Japan cur
rently totals about SO million per-
sons, or nearly one-half the ma
tons population Of some 81
millions.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-05-25

ter, Evelyn, spent an evening
last week with Mrs. Ina Bates.
Mrs. Betty Kerns and SON, d
Woodsfield, visited Mr. and Mrs
Oscar Bunting over the weck|
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Stephens
were in Cambridge and Barnes
vile Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Reed anf
children, Linda and Timmy
Mrs. E. l.. Stephens and Mrs
Vernon Havener were in CoIum.
bus Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Barnharl
and daughter, of Canal Win
chester, visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Reed and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob McKinney
and family, of Canton, visited Il
the home of his father, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Mckinney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Weisenj
visited relatives in Canton owe
the weekend.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-05-25

place and Mr.. and Mrs. Geoffrey
Augenstein of Coal Run.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Phillis
and Ronnie had Sunday dinner
with his brother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dana Phillis of Centerville.
Mr.. and Mrs, Wayne Mincks
of Dexter City spent Friday eve
ming with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irville Mincks.
Mrs. Joy of Marietta visited
several days with her sister,
Mrs. Anna Hutcheson, Mrs.
Media Griggs and daughter,
Betty Ann, of Dexter City spent
Sunday afternoon at the Jordan
home. Mrs. Florence Fleeman
was also Sunday afternoon
caller at the Jordan home.
Those who attended the gradu-
alton exercises at the Dexter City
high school, Thursday evening,
were Mrs. Walter Stewart and
son, Carl, Miss Mrytle Mincks,
Miss Aline Jordan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Irville Mincks and family, Dean
Walter and Dale. Their son, Dean
was one of the graduates,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-05-25
Kennonsburq

KENNONSBURG - A regular
meeting of grange on Thursday
evening, May IS, with w. D.
Lashley, master, conducting, the
business session. The third and
fourth degrees will be conferred
at this meeting. During the lee
ture hour a springtime program
and party will be enjoyed.
Everyone is requested to wear
everyday apparel and bring a
flower, plant, bulbs or seeds for
an exchange. The home eco
nomics chairman, Mrs. Frank
WyScarver, announces a potluck
lunch will be served at the close
of the meeting.
On Washington Tour
Miss Betty Lou Lamb, a junior
at Batesville high school, enjoyed
a trip to Washington, D. c., last
weekend, on a tour for Juniors
and seniors of the capital city.
Personals
Mrs. Irwin Greenwalt, and son,
Gerald, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bearl
Handing and children of Cumber-
land spent Mothers Day with
their mother, Mrs. Mary Ann
Harding.
Miss Wilma Wilson, Don Nc
Millen of Coshocton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Myron Wilson of Akron
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. III. B. Wilson,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Lashley
visited Mr.. and Mrs. /. M. Dam
ford in Buffalo Wednesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orion Baker and
children, and Mrs. E. c. Baker
and children of Canton spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. U. j.
Massie and Henry Hague. SUM-
day visitors were Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Lawrence, son, Billy, and
Misses Ruth and Martha Markee
of Bridgewater.
MIR. and Mrs. Malcolm Parks
and daughter, Merle, of Caldwell
spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Parks. .'
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Flood, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Sell and chill
dren, Robert Bates and children,
Canton, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Lashley, Jr., and son, Danny, of
Batesville, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Meighen and daughters of Sales
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. William Rich
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Lashley and sons spent
Mothers Day with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. R. Lashley and son, Donald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Bailey,
Cambridge, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Oliver Wells. Sunday evening.
Mrs. Dean Phillips of Barnes
vile spent a day last week with
her sister, Mrs. William Lashley
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-05-25
Dunqannon

DUNGANNON - Miss Stella
Hardin of Danford's Ridge spent
the weekend at the Jordan home
and also called on Mrs. K. G.
KernS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hayes OF
Dexter City visited her father,
w. G. Fleeman, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irville Mincks
and sons, Dean Walter and Dale,
and Miss Aline Jordan, attended
the baccalaureate services that
were held for the senior class of
the Dexter City high school Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Morris and
sons, David Neil and Ralph, of
Bristol were recent guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Blackburn.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Linger of Cumberland on May 6,
a son nametl Godfrey Dean,
weighing seven pounds and seven
ounces. Grandparents are Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Linger of this
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-05-25

Mrs. Dick Clark, daughter, Car
ol, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Batten, of Dexter City, Sunday.
Mrs. Jessie Rossiter and Della
Craven spent the weekend with
friends on Crum Ridge.
Jessie Rossiter preached Sun
day at Crown City and visited
friends over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Batten
visited their son, Mr.. and Mrs
Carol Batten, of Somerset, one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Patterson
moved Tuesday to Uwchland,
Pa, where Mr.. Patterson is en-
ployed. They had as guests last
weekend and Sunday Mrs. A. N
Legg of Waynesburg, Pa, and
MIR. and Mrs. Ted Norris, Zanes-
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Atkinson
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Johnson, of Cambridge,
Sunday.
Flora Oliver had as dinner
guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Poulton and children.
Taylor Hague and Mrs. c. A.
Atkinson were in Caldwell Fri
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pryor
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
K. Pryor one day last week. Ber-
nice King, who had spent a few
weeks at the Pryor home in Ak
ron, accompanied them to her
home in SwaZey.
Bessie McElfresh and daugh.