Evening star., 1951-08-24

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Republican, of Michigan, said
Lauchlin Currie, wartime White
House administrative assistant,
and Sumner WelleS, former I'M
dersecretary of State, must be
called as witnesses in the inquiry
by the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee.
The names of the two former
officials figured prominently in
the hearing and Senator Ferguson
told reporters "the people are en-
titled to the sworn testimony
of BOTH"
Louis F. Budenz, one-time Com
munist, completed two days of
public testimony at yesterdays
hearing during which he named AZ
persons connected in one way or
another with the institute as Com
muniStS. He said he knew they
were Communists from his per-
sonal knowledge and association
with them or from official re-
ports" from top Communist Off
cialS with whom he worked closely
while he was a member of the
party and managing editor of the
Communist Daily Worker.
Robert Morris, the suDcommit-
tee counsel, told reporters that not
all of those named by Mr.. Budenz
were on a list of 81 persons pre-
pared by the subcommittee for
investigation.
It was announced that Mr..
Budenz would continue under a
subpoena and probably would be
called again at another public
hearing to be announced later.
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada. is seeking to determine
whether Communists worked
through the institute to influence
American foreign policy. The in
Stitute is private research or
ganization established about Is
years ago for objective study of
Far Eastern problems.
Mr.. Budenz characterized the
institute as "a captive organiza-
ton" under Communist control.
In New York, William L. Hol-
land, secretary general of the in
Stitute, said the testimony was
"demonstrably erroneous and abb
Surd."
In listing a number of people
as Communists Mr.. Budenz named
John Carter Vincent, State De-
partment foreign officer, as al
Communist He said he knew
this from official" reports he re-
ceived while he was a member of
the party. Mr.. Vincent, now in
Tangiers, has repeatedly denied
such past accusations. He said he
never heard the name of John |
Service, another State Department |
career officer, mentioned in party |
circles as a Communist. But he
swore that Communists regarded |
him as "a man to be relied on"
Snow Issues Challenge.
Others he named included Len
De Caux, former CIO publicity |
director; Philip Jaffe, former ed
itor of the now -defunct magazine,
Ameraisa: Edgar Snow, CORE
spondent and author of Red Star
Over China; Vilhjamur Stefans-
son, noted Arctic explorer: Anna
Louise Strong. writer; Mary Van
Kleeck, retired officer of the
Russell Sage Foundation, and
Ella Winter, writer.
Documents were introduced
showing all those named by Mr..
Budenz had been connected or
associated with the institute.
At his home in Pierpont, N. Y,
Mr.. Snow said of the Budenz tes-
timony:
He's a liar and dealer in fan
tastic stories. He made a similar
statement about me before the
TydingS Committee a year ago. II
challenge him to make the state
ment outside senatorial immu-
nifty"
Miss Van Kleeck, at Woodstock,
N. Y, said: "The charge is COM
pletely false and should be a !
revelation of the untrustworthi-
ness of Budenz' testimony.
There was no immediate COM