The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-20
|LATTIM 0 R E |'CELL' MEMBER
 SAYS BUDENz
MeCarthy's Target Asso- tiated with Red Agents,
 Says Former Commie

Louis F. Budenz, former Communist, testified today that Owen Latti- more was a member of Com munist cell' in the Institute of Pacific Relations.
 Budenz told Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that ha knows Lattimore, Far Eastern ex- pert, was associated with two men who were Soviet agents"
 Budenz named these men as Fred erick Vanderbilt Field, an official of the institute, and Philip Jaffe. former editor of the magazine Amerasia.
 The witness, testifying under oath in the Senate investigation of charges by Senator Mccarthy, said the Institute of Pacific Relations was not a Communist organization
 He said however. that it contained q Communist cell, which had been able at one time to gain control of the organization.
 Lattimore. a Johns Hopkins Uni- versity professor. has denied that he ever has been Communist or that he helped the Communist cause in any way.
 Sit Close By Lattimore was close by as Budenz testified. With him were Mrs. LaE- timore and his lawyers, Abe Fortas l and Thurmond Arnold.
 They sat directly behind Budenz. Q close they could have reached cut and touched him. l Budenz told the committee that evidence can be obtained to sub- stantiate his testimony. Mccarthy tR-Wis) had said he would be willing to stand or fall' on the Lattimore case in his gen. eral contention that the State De- partment has been infiltrated by Communists and their sympathizers. Lattimore is not a department em- ployee, but has been an occasional adviser to it. He has general repu- tation as one of this country's best informed men on Far Eastern af- l fairs.
 Placed Writers Budenz said that Lattimore was commended" by Field and Earl J Browder, former head of the Com munist party in this country, for having been responsible for placing a number of Communist writers" in the Institute of Pacific Affairs. He named as one of the writers. James s. Allen. whom he identified as a representative of the Com munist Internationale in the Phil- ippines and a foreign editor of the Daily Worker.
 The 58-year Budenz related to the committee details of his association with the Communist party during the period of l935-45. He constantly referred to the party as "conspiratorial."
 As managing editor of the New York Daily Worker, official Com munist newspaper in this country. Budenz said he attended meetings of the US. "Politburo" and was constantly kept informed by it.
 He identified the "politburo" as the heart of the Communist move- ment in this country and said it now is known as the National Board of the Communist Party" 'Conspiratoriar Basis |, The "politburo". he said. received it's instructions from 8 represen- tative of the Communist Interna- tionale who in turn got his orders from Moscow.
 The Communist party is set up not on a Democratic but a conspir- atorial basis" he said, adding that it dealt in espionage as well as con- spiracy.
 He said liaison representative from the "politburo" kept in touch with him almost hourly"
 As managing editor of the Daily Worker. he explained he received instructions what to do.
 Part of his job. Budenz said. was virtually to memorize list of some 1C00 names of persons identified with the party.
 The hearing was held in the big Senate office building caucus room. Long before the hearing started. the place was damned. The room seats 500 Police said TOO were on hand 20 minutes before it opened.
 The spectators lined the walls and filled the -aisles.
 NOT AT TOP While Budenz. former Commun-