Evening star., 1950-04-26

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JOHN J. HUBER,
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conversing with Kerley I blacked
out" he told Mr. Angel. How I
got back to New York I do not
know. I do not remember a thing
until I found myself wringing wet
walking on Seventh avenue at
Thirty-fourth street.
Il believe the blackout is an ac-
cumulation of the tension and
pressure of the questioning I have
been under hour after hour on the
witness stand"
Regarded as Key Witness.
Mr.. Huber has testified in vari-
Gus Communist trials and last fall
was a witness before a Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee investi-
eating the displaced persons
program.
He has been regarded as one
of Senator McCarthy's key wit
ness in the baltimore case that
the Wisconsin Republican has de-
scribed as stand or fall" test
of his charges of communism in
the State Department.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Huber
failed to appear at the time set
for pretrial hearing in the case
of Dancer Paul Draper and Har-
monica Player Larry Adler. who
are suing a Greenwich, Conn,
housewife for 100000 damages
each after she alleged they had
pro-Communist sympathies.
Three hours later Mr.. Huber
did appear. The attorney for the
housewife. Mrs. Hester McCul-
Tough, said Mr.. Huber had been
under treatment but did not am
plify the remark.
Senator McCarthy's statement
that Mr.. Budenz had identified as
Communist a man now holding
high position in the State De-
partment came during q heated
debate touched off by Senator
Jenner, Republican, of Indiana.
Mccarthy Joins in Attack.
Late in the afternoon Senator
Jenner took the floor to assail
Senator Tydings for the way the
investigation of the Mccarthy
charges has been conducted.
Senator Mccarthy. irate for be-
ing excluded while Mr.. Budenz,
was being questioned in the
strictest secrecy by the commit
tee. quickly joined in the attack.
He said Mr.. Budenz had testi-
fed in the secret hearing during
the day that the high State De-
partrnent official was "a very val
liable member of the Communist
Party" '-
He did not reveal how he had
learned what testimony he said
Mr.. Budenz had given the COM
mittee. The hearing was held with
unusual secrecy, with only the five
members of the investigating COM
mittee and its chief counsel, Ed
ward P. Morgan. attending.
Fails to Deny Charge.
In addition to Senator Mccarthy,
Mr.. baltimore and his attorney,
Mr.. Porter, and even Robert Nor
ris, Republican assistant counsel
of the committee. we're barred
from the hearing.
Senator Tydings was at the
hearing when the Republicans
launched their attack on him. He
hurried to the floor to answer
them, but at no time denied Sen
ator McCarthy's statement about
the State Department official.
In the bitter exchange Senator
Mccarthy said he had given the
investigating committee the name
of man with a police record of
homosexual who was holding
$4,000 to $4,000 a year job in
the Central Intelligence Agency.
and nothing had been done
about it.
In his reply Senator Tydings
said he had assembled a file on
the case and in due time it would
be brought out. But he retorted
bitterly that the committee was
set up to investigate disloyalty in
the State Department and that
Senator Mccarthy thus far has
not given the committee the
names of 81 card-carrying Com
munistS he has charged were en-
ployed in the department.
Senator Mccarthy then brought
up the case of the security risks
he said was employed in the CIA
and Senator Tydings snapped:
Il realize the great desire to
shift from Communists to homo
SeXualS." -
Senator Jenner, who held the
floor, retorted:: II don't know
which is worse. do you?"
Names Are Not Revealed.
Later Senator Wherry told the
Senate the man accused had re.
signed from the Central Intelli-
gence Agency. He said he was
informed of that by Rear Admiral
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter. head Of
the CIA. and quoted Admiral Hill
lenkoetter as saying the man had
agreed to resign and that the
resignation will be accepted with
a day or two" ; E
Neither the Official in the State
Department nor the man en-
ployed by the CIA, were named
in the discussions on or of the
Senate floor.
DR.. Dodd testified before an
overflow audience at a lengthy
night session of the committee.
In her capacity as a party Of
fetal she said she knew what
was going on and never hear Mr..
Lattimore'S name mentioned as
being connected in any way with