Evening star., 1950-04-26

last week in support of Senate
McCarthy's charges that Mr. Lat
timore was a Communist.
At that time, Mr.. BudenZ salt
Communist leaders had told min
Mr.. baltimore was a Communist
Mr.. baltimore, a Far Eastern
affairs expert at Johns Hopkin
University, has denied the charg
and also denounced as false ant
malicious Senator McCarthy's ac.
cusations that he is Russian
agent who helped shape American
policy in China along Communis
lines.
Disappearance Was Climax.
Mr.. Huber and Larry Kerley o1
New York, former FBI agent
were Subpoenaed at Senator Nc
Carthy's request for testimony yes
terday. The Wisconsin Republi.
can said they would "corroborate
and supplement" the Budenz tes-
timony.
Mr.. Huber's disappearance
shortly after he arrived in Wash
ington climaxed a day Of rapid
fire developments in the Senate
investigation of the Mccarthy
charges.
These included:
l. The Wisconsin Republican
told the Senate that Louis F
Budenz, former Communist editor
in secret testimony before the Sem
ate committee had identified ais a
Communist a man who holds "a
very, very important" position in
the State Department.
Q. Senator Wherry, Republican,
OF Nebraska disclosd that man
accused by Senator Mccarthy of
having police record as a homo
sexual had resigned "a very sensi-
tive" position in the Central In
telligence Agency.
3. DR.. Bella V. Dodd, a men,
ber Of the Communist Party's Ma
tional Committee when she was
expelled from the party last June
scornfully belittled testimony by
Mr.. Budenz that he had heard
from party officials that Mr.
baltimore was a Communist. She
testified last night that in all her
party activities she had never
heard Mr.. baltimore mentioned
as Communist, fellow traveller
"or even a friend of the party"
4. Senator Tydings, Democrat
of Maryland, chairman of the in
vestigating committee, engaged in
an angry and bitter Senate debate
with Republican critics on the way
the investigation has been con-
Quoted.
baltimore Denies Statement.
Mr.. Huber's disappearance was
revealed when Mr.. Kerley took
the stand last night in the COM
mittee's investigation.
Senator Tydings interrupted his
testimony after Mr.. Kerley sale
the missing witness had told OF
seeing Mr.. baltimore in 1916 at a
party given in the hene of Fred
erick Vanderbilt Field. Senator
Mccarthy has said that Mr.. Field
Is an avoWed Communist and MI
Budenz, in testimony before the
committee, described him as a
Russian agent.
MIR. baltimore later denied this
In statement through his at
torney. Paul Porter, who said the
Far Eastern affairs expert would
testify under oath that he was
not in the Field House in 1916.
Both Mr.. Huber and Mr.. Ker-
ley were subpoenaed at the re-
quest of Senator Mccarthy.
Mr.. Kerley told the committee
that Mr.. Huber disappeared Short
ly after they checked into a down.
town Washington hotel around
noon yesterday. He said they had
come from New York by plane
yesterday morning and obtained
the room through Senator Nc
Carthy's office.
"Attack" on Huber Revealed.
At first Mr.. Kerley expressed
fears of foul play" He said on
the way down that Mr.. Huber had
told him he was set upon by
thugs" in the Bronx last Satur-
day night and received a cut on
the hand.
Senator Tydings recessed the
hearing until the witness could be
found.
Nothing was heard from him
until his wife reported this morn
ing that she had received the
telephone call from New York.
She said Mr.. Huber sounded
nervous" but seemed we'll. Sht
added he telephoned at 7:30 am
and made only the following brie.
remarks:
II had blackout am il
New York I'll be home thi'
evening :. can't talk now."
A few minutes after he hae
called his wife, Mr.. Huber alsc
telephoned Mr.. Kerley at his hote
here.
The former FBI agent said Mr.
Huber had been upset over the
prospects of a hard grilling by
the Tydings subcommittee.
Senator Mccarthy, who flew
with him from New York to Wash.
ington yesterday morning. alst
said Mr.. Huber appeared upset
Calls Associated Press.
After the calls to Mrs. Huber
and Mr.. Kerley. man identifying
himself as Mr.. Huber telephonee
the Associated Press in New Yorl
to say that he had just foune
himself at Broadway and 48tf
street, don't know what In
doing here"
Il just came to myself about ar
hour apo" he said T hlacker