Evening star., 1950-04-20

ACCUSER AND ACCUSED AT
S testifies that Owen baltimore
: been an occasional adviser to II
He has a general reputation a
5 one of this country's best informe'
men on Far Eastern affairs.
Commendation Reported.
Mr.. Budenz said Mr.. Lattimor
was commended" by Mr.. Fiel'
, and Browder, former head o
the Communist Party in thi
country. for having been respon
sible for placing a number o
Communist writer's" in the In
stitute of Pacific Relations.
He named as one of the writer
a James S. Allen, whom he iden
titled as a representative of tn
Communist International in tn
Philippines and a foreign edito
of the Daily Worker.
Communist for 10 Years.
! Mr.. Budenz began his testimon
with a statement that he was
member of the Communist Part
for 10 years and as managing edi
tor of the Daily Worker receive
information on important indi
viduals connected with the party
He said the Institute of Pacifi
Relations was not a Communist
front organization but had ce,
of Communists and that Mr.. Fielc
often described as a Communis
leader, was an official of the or
ganization.
In this CELL" Mr.. Budenz sale
was Owen baltimore"
In addition to declaring tina
Mr.. baltimore was given the tasl
of organizing writer's to presen
the Communist view on Chimes
Reds, Mr.. Budenz related some de
tails of a 1943 meeting of tn,
American Communist Party's po
litical bureau.
OrderS Recorded.
At this meeting, he said, It wa
Officially recorded" that Mr.. Lat.
timore had received instructions
through Mr.. Field, that there wa!
to be a change of attitude towarc
Chang Kai-shek.
The line, he added was to at
tack Chang Kai-shek, leader o1
the Chinese Nationalists, while
maintaining the appearance OF
supporting coalition government
in China.
From that time on" he said
I'VE did 60 after Chang Kai-shek
Mr.. baltimore has been accused
by Senator Mccarthy and othe.
Republicans of following the Com
munist line in seeking to get tn,
United States to abandon it's sup
port of Chang and the Chimes,
Nationalist government.
Mr.. Budenz also said that il
1914, when Mr.. baltimore accom-
panied Vice President Wallace t,
China, he was told by a top leade
in the party's political bureau t,
consider anything said or ad
. vanced by Mr.. baltimore "as au
!. thoritative."
Attended Meetings.
Mr.. Budenz said he ATTENDED
meetings of the United State
"Politburo" and was constantly
kept informed by it.
He identified the "Politburo" a
the heart of the Communist move
ment in this country and said
now is known as the "Nationa
Board of the Communist Party"
The "Politburo," he said, re
ceived its instructions from a rep
resentative of the Communist In
: ternationale who in turn got hi
orders from Moscow.
; The Communist Party is sc
; up not on a democratic but con
: spiratorial basis" he said, addin
i that it dealt in espionage as we
as conspiracy.
r He said a liaison Representative
: from the "Politburo" kept
q touch with him almost hourly
Received Red Orders.
AS managing editor of tn
Daily Worker. he explained, h
: received instructions what to d,
a Part of his job, Mr.. Budenz salt
a was virtually to memorize a Ii.
J. of some 1000 names of person
identified with the party.
= This list, he said, was not pu
down in writing for fear it migl
a be disclosed.
Il was required to keep it fres
+ in my mind" Mr.. Budenz said.
y The names. Mr.. Budenz con
$ tinued, included those of person
e who were being "infiltrated" int
!. various organizations. He said h
" was pot advised of the "sma
]. fry" but only of the "large-size
| names" A5
d He mentioned in this connectio
J. that infiltration was directed q
i the wartime Office of Strategi
r Services.
Mr.. Bude4lz said the Institut
> of Pacific Relations was success
fully inf1ltrated," and at one tim
: the Communists largely influence
r and even controlled the organiza
l. ton.
= Set Up in 192Os.
Is The institute is a private organ
n n ization. 1t was set up back in tn
Il 1920S with the declared purpos
" of increasing knowledge about tn
Pacific area and increasing friend
ship among the peoples Of tn
n lands touching that ocean. Man
, prominent Americans have at on
u time or another been associate
y with it. Newton D. Baker, Secre
Sr tary of War in the Wilson &C
ministration. was once head of
q Chairman Tydings asked M
.r Budenz if he could say exact
!: when the Communists took ov'
). control. Mr.. Budenz replied th'
he knew of it in 1886 and fro
= then on.
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