Evening star., 1952-07-03
Lattimore and Davies
Deny Perjury Charge;
Legal Action Waited
By Cecil Hollond

awaited today on q Senate COM
mittee's recommendation tha At
perjury proceedings be started
against Owen baltimore and dip
lomat John p. Davies. jr.
The recommendation was by the
Senate Internal Security Subcom-
mittee yesterday in a formal re-
port charging that Mr.. baltimore,
Johns Hopkins University pro-
fessoE and Far Eastern specialist,
has been a conscious articulate
instrument of the Soviet conspir-
acy."
The report charged that Mr..
baltimore testified falsely" in at
least five matters while appearing
before the subcommittee in IL
stormy days of examination.
Mr.. Davies. now on an assign
ment in Western Germany. was
accused of giving false testimony
In denying he had recommended
that the Central Intelligence
Agency utilize the services of Com
muniSts and Communist SYM
pathizers.
Both Deny Charges.
Both baltimore and Mr.. Davies
entered quick and emphatic de-
mails Of the charges that were
made in the subcommittee's report
on an 18-month investigation Of
the Institute of Public Relations.
Mr.. baltimore, in a statement.
described the subcommittee's
charges that he was an articulate
instrument of the Soviet con-
spiracy as untrue" and Sup
ported by no credible evidence"
He added that the committees
suggestion that he had committed
perjury was "as fantastic and in
sane as the recent report that !
was. trying to leave the country
without q passport"
II have been living for more
than two years in the full glare Of
public investigations that have
gone into every aspect Of my life
and opinions, Mr.. baltimore con-
tinued. Il am quite prepared to
assist any inquiry that may be
considered necessary by any re-
sponsible authority.
Matter Of Great Regret.
"It is a matter of great regret
to me that the transcript of my
testimony before the committee,
which bears on it's face. I believe,
the refutation Of these charges,
has not been made available to
the press by the committee. !
am convinced that when this long
record is read and studied, no
reasonable man can place Gre
dence in any Of the charges
against me-"
In Bonn, Germany. where he is
deputy director of political affairs
for the United States high COM
missioner, Mr.. Davies said:
Il certainly deny allegations of
perjury"
Mr.. Davies, the Associated Press
reported, said he had testified
orally before the subcommittee
headed by Senator McCarran,
Democrat, Of Nevada, but he de-
clined to discuss what he told the
investigators.
This was about a year ago
In July or August, I think" Mr..
Davies added. 1.-THE State De-
partment has all the facts on the
matter. Any comment should
come from the State Department.
Cleared by Loyalty Board.
Mr.. Davies went to Germany
last fall shortly after being in
vestigated and cleared by the
State Departments Loyalty Secur-
ity Board.
There was no immediate COM
ment from Justice officials on the
McCarran recommendations that
the question Of perjury be sub
mitted to a grand jury.
In New York, William L. Hol-
land, secretary general of the in
Stitute. labeled as a fantastic
conclusion" the subcommittee
charge that the net effect of the
organization on public opinion
has been pro-Soviet. He said he
has opposite evaluations from 70
eminent scholars and leaders in
many countries" and added:
"On the basis of available press
reports it seems clear that
the subcommittee's object has not
primarily been to conduct a thor
ough and impartial study Of all
relevant facts about the IPR, but
rather to support a preconceived
theory stated by Senator McCar-
ran in an interview last Novem-
ber."
Mr.. Holland described the sub
committees charge that IAN in
ner core of Communists" directed
the institute as mot only absurd,
but unjust to the many alert and
patriotic businessmen and scholars
who have served on the IPR Ex-
ecutive Committee and actively
supervised and directed it's &C
tivitieS."
Cites Organizations Record.
II do not claim, of course. that
1PR officers have been infallible,
but the IPR, like any other Or
ganiZation, should be judged on
the basis of its whole record and
not on the one-sided evidence
which has emerged as an in
evitable result Of the biased
methods of investigation used by
the subcommittee"
The 226-page printed report was
presented to the Senate in an
hour-long speech by Senator Nc
Carran, in which he reviewed the
subcommittee conclusions re-
pardinr MFR. baltimore and others