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ouently utlllZeS the services OF a
large group of individuals as con-
sultants. One of ''its most regu-
lar performers in this field" the
Senator added is Mr.. baltimore.
Senator Mccarthy charged that
Mr.. baltimore has had an Import
ant part in shaping United States
policy in the Far East and that
he has collaborated with and has
close Affiliations with numerous
Communist organizations
In a lengthy statement about
Mr.. baltimore that he read before
the committee recessed the hear
ing until tomorrow, Senator Me-
Carthy cited numerous erganiza-
items with which he said Mr..
baltimore had been connected.
Among these were the Institute of
Pacific Relations. of which Sena-
tor MCCARTHY said Mr.. Lattimore
at one time was a trustee. =.
Charges Link to Field.
He also said Mr.. baltimore, now
director of the Walter Hines Page
School of International Relations
at. Johns Hopkins University. was
associated with" Frederick VAN
derbilt Field as the principal
speaker at a rally of the American
Peoples Mobilization urging the
United States to enter the war
after Hitler had invaded the
Soviet Union. The Senator de-
scribed Mr.. Field as a millionaire
Communist whose name he had
brought into his testimony earlier
in discussing the Hanson case.
Here again." he said. I'VE have
the old familiar pattern of a
member of an important policy
making group of the State
Department collaborating with
known Communists under the
sponsorship of organizations off,
cially declared subversive."
The Senator also charged that
Mr.. baltimore and his wife were
sponsors of the Maryland Asso-
citation for Democratic Rights
which he said was an affiliate of
the National Emergency Confer
ence for Democratic Rights. He
added that the organization had
been cited as a Communist front
group by two House committees.
On Wallace Tour of China.
In discussing Mr.. Lattimore's
activities, Senator Mccarthy said
that he accompanied former Vice
President Wallace on a diplomatic
tour of Siberia and Free China
in 1914. He added that John
Carter Vincent, former head of
the State Departments Far East
ern Bureau and now serving in a
diplomatic post in Europe, also
was on the same tour.
Senator Mccarthy stressed in
this connection the influence that
Mr.. baltimore has had in shaping
American policy in the Far East
and blamed him in part for the
present situation in China.
'Since he is one of the chief
advisers to our Far Eastern State
Department Bureau" Senator Nc
Carthy said, rs it any wonder
that disaster has been piled on
disaster in Asia for Americans
while communism engages in
frenzied applause?
Sees Security Risk.
"I submit that the background
of Mr.. baltimore, his close col
laboration and affiliations with
numerous Communist organiza-
tions. his friendship and close co.
operation with pro-Communist in
dividuals leaves absolutely nc
doubt that he is an extremely bad
security risk"
His wide knowledge of Far East
ern affairs and ''his affinity for
the Soviet cause in that area,
Senator Mccarthy concluded
might well have already done
this Nation incalculable and ire.
parable harm"
In Baltimore, Mrs. Lattimor'
said her husband '"has alwayi
been anti Communist and ha
never been connected with thu
State Department or been on it!
payroll"
MIR. baltimore himself is il
Afghanistan. Mrs. baltimore ha
worked closely with him on hi
various projects and at the In
ternational Relations School. Sh'
described his present mission as |