Evening star., 1950-03-13

Sketches Of Owen baltimore and Others
Named in Inquiry. Poge A-4
wartime adviser to Chang Kai-
shek, whose record las a pro-
Communist Senator Mccarthy
said, goes back many years" He
added that Mr. baltimore recent
ly completed State Department =
mission to India and that he un-
derstands che is now consultant
in the department"
2. Mrs. Esther Caukin Brunauer,
whom he described as a $9,706-a-
year assistant director Of policy
liaison on the departments
UNESCO relations staff. He said
she has engaged in Communist
front activities sufficient to seri-
ously question her security status"
3. Haldore Hanson. chief of the
Technical Cooperation Projects
staff, who has, the Senator said.
'pro-Communist proclivities" 60
ing back to 1888. - ...
Officials Confident of Loyalty.
The State Department said it is
satisfied that DR.. Brunauer is
loyal to the United States and
does not constitute security risk"
The department made the same
comment on Mr.. Hanson. It said
both had been thoroughly investi-
gated and cleared.
The State Department was pre-.
pairing a statement regarding Mr..
baltimore. 49,,
Senator Mccarthy began his
testimony about Mrs. Brunauer by
saying:
II think this is one case. Mr..
Chairman, on which you shoulH
take immediate action"
He said the committee should
investigate at once whether Mrs.
Brunauer's husband. Stephen
Brunauer, is an admitted Com
munist. He described Mr.. Bru-
nauer as Hungarian by birth
and added:
He is a scientist who has had
the rank Of commander in the
United States Navy and his
scientific work has involved some
Of the top-most defense secrets
which the armed forces of this
country possess"
To Provide More Data.
Chairman Tydings of the five
man investigating subcommittee
asked if Senator Mccarthy classed
the case among those he thought
the committee should give top
priority
The Wisconsin Senator said he
considered it lone TO the most i'm
portant cases."
He said he would furnish the
committee memorandum con-
corning Mrs. Brunauer's husband
later in the day. He explained
there were matters involved which
he did not think should be gone
into in an open session.
After Senator Tydings said he
would leave it to Senator Nc
Carthy as to which matters should
be brought out in open and which
in closed session, the Wisconsin
Senator outlined the Brunauer
case.
In the course of his discussion
he said the committee should seek
to learn at once whether or not
Mr.. Brunauer has been constantly
investigated over a 10-year period.
and whether he is close friend
and collaboration of Noel Field,
whom Senator Mccarthy de-
scribed as "a known Communist
who recently and mysteriously
disappeared behind the Iron Cur
tain. He said investigation. should
be made whether Mr.. Brunauer
"has admitted to associates that
he was a member of the Commu-
mist Party"
Signed Call With Farley.
Senator Mccarthy said Mrs.
Brunauer was for many years
executive secretary of the Ameri-
can Association of University
Women and was instrumental in
committing this organization to
the support of various enterprises,
particularly in the so-called con-
surner field
In listing some Of her activities,
Senator Mccarthy said that Mrs.
Brunauer was "a signer of the
CALI Of the American Youth Con-
gress' annual meeting in 1888.
Senator Tydings Immediately
interjected that James Farley.
Postmaster General in the late
President Roosevelt's cabinet, and
former Senator Capper, Repub-
lican. OF Kansas, also were signers
Of the call.
In beginning his discussion Of
Mr.. baltimore, Senator Mccarthy
said the State Department fire.
(see COMMUNISTS. Page A-43