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whether Mrs. baltimore had ad-
dressed the Mooney School.
In regard to Mrs. Lattimore's
lecture at the school, Mr.. Latti-
more asked:
"Is it so important to whom
one speaks as what one says?"
Senator Hickenlooper tn en-
asked if Mr.. baltimore had ever
used a Soviet diplomatic pouch
"for the transmission of any in
formation?"
Denies Receipt of Answer.
Mr.. baltimore replied that he
may have in, 1947 when he was
seeking permission to go into
Outer Mongolia.
He explained there was no COM
munication directly with that
country and that he wrote the
Soviet Ambassador in Washington
asking him to send his request to
the Mongol Ambassador in Mos
COW for transmittal.
II never received an answer" ;"
Mr.. baltimore added.
Senator Hickenlooper asked if
Mr.. baltimore knew Frederick
Vanderbilt Field as a Communist
or Communist sypathizer.
The witness replied that he did
not and said he had regarded Mr..
Field as young man with rath-
er liberal ideas"
"TnduSt0" Connection Recalled.
Mr.. Field was witness before
the committee last week and de-
MED testimony of Louis F. Bu-
denz, former Communist, that he
had ever said Mr.. baltimore was
a Communist.
At that time Mr.. Field refused
to say whether he was a Commu-
mist. Along with Earl Browder,
former Communist leader, he faces
contempt action for refusing to
answer that and many other COM
mittee questions.
Senator Hickenlooper asked
whether Mr.. baltimore knew any,
thing about an organization
named "Industo."
Mr.. baltimore said he did; that
he seemed to recall that he was
a member of the organizations
executive board in 1941.
Mrs. baltimore on Board.
Senator Hickenlooper asked
whether Mrs. baltimore also was
connected with Industo. From
her seat next to Mr.. baltimore,
she volunteered that she is at
present a member of the organi-
zation'S board of directors. Mr..
baltimore described 1ndusto as
an organization of people who
are opposed to communism in
China.
Mr.. baltimore also was asked
if he knew Agnes Smedley, T. A.
Disson, Philip Jaffe and others as
Communists or Communist SYM
pathizers. Mr.. baltimore said he
did not.
Their names have been brought
into the investigation from time
to time. Mr.. Jaffe figured in the
1945 Amerasia case involving
charges of illegal possession OF
Government documents
He and five others, including
two State Department employees,
were arrested after the documents
were found in a raid on the Offices
of the magazine Amerasia. Mr..
Jaffe subsequently was fined
$2,500.
AmeraSia Session Due Today.
The Senate committee hopes to
so into that case at a closed ses-
sion this afternoon with Frank
Bielaski, agent fer the wartime
Office of Strategic Services, as the
witness.
HickenlOOper Wants Background.
Senator Hickenlooper had told
reporters he had long series of
questions he would ask in an eff
fort to get complete picture of
Mr.. Lattimore's association over
the last 20 years. He explained
that a California group has cited
the Mooney School as communis-
tic.
Mr.. baltimore was appearing
before the committee for the third
time. He testified yesterday and
in a 15,000-word statement and
in replies to questions he repeat
edly denounced Senator McCar-
thy and the Senator's chief sup
porting witness. Louis F. Budenz
former Communist editor.
Mr.. Budenz, who renounced
communism in 1945 and returned
to the Catholic Church, has testi-
fed under oath that high Com
munist officials told him Mr.. Lat
timore was a member Of q Com
munist cell" in the Institute of
Pacific Relations.
Pressed by Senator Hickenloopel