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After q lifetime of work, devoted
to the interests of his country
no man likes to be called dis
loyal"
Mr.. baltimore was asked If the
word "madman" referred to Sem
ator Mccarthy, and he quickly
retorted:
3 Mccarthy is the man who has
been talking about me-"
He held the news conference
In the st. Moritz hotel q few
hours after he arrived from
Europe by plane. On his arrival
early today he assailed Senator
Mccarthy as "a base and miser-
able creature"
Denies Ever Being Communist.
Then before the battery of re-
porters and photographers in an
afternoon news conference he Wig
orously denounced the charges
and said:
II am not and never have been
q member of the Communist Party
or q Communist sympathizer, or
affiliated or associated with the
Communist Party. I have never
advocated or supported the cause
of communism either within the
United States, in China, in the
Far East, or anywhere in the
world"
Mr.. baltimore, director of the
Walter Hines Page School OF In
ternational Relations at Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore,
was grim and unsmiling as he
seated himself at a small table
holding microphones for radio and
sound news reels.
A slender. scholarly appearing
man, bronzed from his travels IN
the interior of Asia. he read his
statement as Mrs. baltimore sat
by his side.
He said he was "honored" by
Senator McCarthy's reference to
him as the architect" Of this
country's Far Eastern policy and
the State Departments "outstand-
ing authority"
But the truth was, he added, he
has had only the connections with
the State Department that the de-
partment already has announced.
These were three: serving on the
Edwin Pauley reparations Mission
to Japan in 1945; as a participant
in a two-day panel discussion on
China problems at the State De-
partment in 1949, and as a lee
turer last June on japanese prob
lens before a State Department
group.
Believes Officials Are Loyal.
Among those participating in
the panel discussion, Mr.. Latti-
more said, were Gen. George c.
Marshall, Harold Stassen. and
John D. Rockefeller III.
Il make these statements about
my virtual lack of connection with
the State Department to put the
record straight" Mr.. baltimore
said, and added acidly:
II would not want anybody to
get the idea that I am disavowing
connections with the State De-
partment because I think working
with the department constitutes
guilt by association. On the con-
trary, am sure the officials
of that department are loyal and
devoted to their Nations interest"
He emphasized that he believes
Senator McCarthy's vicious at
tacks" on State Department per-
sonnel are seriously damaging
this Nations position before the
world"
He pointed out he had returned
from the interior of Afghanistan
and described that country as lone
of the key areas to the political
problems of Asia"
Raps Hit and Run Politicians.
1T is my personal and deep
conviction that political or eco
nomic collapse in any nation in
this area would expose the whole
area to Communist inundation and
control" Mr.. baltimore said.
If anyone thinks that Ameri-
cans can represent democratic in
terests in such countries as At
ghanistan, while hit-and-run poll
ticians like Joe Mccarthy snipe
from the Washington sidelines,
he is sadly mistaken"
Mr.. baltimore declared that the
Mccarthy attacks on the State
Department ARE accomplishing
results for Russia which exceed
their widest hopes"
Although Chairman Tydings OF
the investigating group has
offered Mr.. baltimore more time
to prepare his statement. he said
he hopes to be ready to testify
on Tuesday.
Any decision on legal action
against Senator Mccarthy and
possibly against others probably
will be deferred until after Mr.
baltimore goes before the sub
committee and has more time for
conferences with his lawyers.
It has been generally accepted
that information given Senate
committee is privileged matter
that is, immune from suits for
slander and libel.
But in this case Senator Nc
Carthy is reported to have given
Mr.. Lattimore's name to news
papermen on an off-the-record
basis and a suit, if one is under
taken, probably would be based
largely on that action.
Wife Consulted Law Firm.
Mrs. baltimore had consulted
the law firm before her husbands
return.
She first consulted them when
Senator Mccarthy in the course
of presenting to the subcommit-
tee his charges against the State
nena rtrnert said that Mr. T,afti-