Evening star., 1952-12-24
Atom Scientist Replies
Ito Budenz testimony;
Calls Ex-Red a Liar

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DR.. Linus Pauling. atomic scien-
tist, today called Louis Budenz a
professional liar.
And several other scholars said
Mr.. Budenz told falsehoods. was
dreaming up stories or had his
facts mixed.
All Of this was in reply to Mr..
|Budenz' testimony yesterday be-
fore a special House committee.
The committee has been investi-
|gating whether there has been
Communist influence on tax-ex-
|empt charitable foundations.
Mr.. Budenz. q reformed member
LOT the Communist Party. said the
party made a deliberate attempt
Ito influence foundations to help
the Red cause. Among 80 Com
lmunists who received grants or
helped make pro-Red grants, Mr..
IBudenz said, was DR.. Pauling. who
now heads the chemistry end
chemical engineering division at
the California Institute of Tech
|nology.
Sworn Statement Cited.
"This statement is q lie," DR..
Pauling said in Pasadena, Calf.
II have never been a member Of
the Communist Party, and I have
sworn to this fact. -.
HE is a LARA professional
liar. 1t is disgraceful that a COM
mittee of the United States Con-
gress should permit and even aid
such a scurvy, unconscionable
person to cause trouble for re-
spectacle people.
IF BudenZ is not prosecuted
for perjury, we must conclude that
our courts and Congressional COM
mittees are not interested in
learning and disclosing the truth" :"
DR.. Pauling is a member of the
board which selects persons to re-
ceive fellowships from the Gug-
genheim Foundation. He has
sworn that he never has been a
Communist.
Principal in Passport Case.
The State Department early last
year temporarily refused to give
DR.. Pauling a passport to attend
"a scientific meeting in Europe.
Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon. picked up the case at
tacking Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley,
head of the State Departments
Passport Division, for "tryanically"
denying passports to some Ameri-
cans.
Senator Morse's complaints over
the case led to the State Depart
ment setting up a special board
to hear appeals from Mrs. Ship
ley's adverse decisions on pass
port applications. DR.. Pauling
finally got a limited passport, but
too late to attend the meeting.
In his testimony yesterday, Mr..
Budenz licked off the names of
the 80 alleged Communists who,
he said, had been active in the
foundation field. Many, he said,
were not registered members of
the party, but were concealed
Communists" that could be more
valuable than even regular
members.
Most Names Familiar.
Most of the names were IA
miliar to congressional Red
hunters, but committee officials
said Mr.. Budenz for the first
time named as a Communist
Thomas I. Emerson. now a
professor at the Yale Law School.
In New Haven. Mr.. Emerson
said Mr.. Budenz was dreaming
up things" He added: II have
never been a member Of the
party"
Committee officials said Mr..
Emerson this year received a Gug-
genheim grant.
Another alleged Communist
named by Mr.. Bundez was DR..
Walter Gellhorn of Columbia Uni
Iversity, who replied that, "his
statement is absolutely and un-
qualifiedly false"
II am not and never have been
Ia Communist of any description
whatsoever" DR.. Gellhorn said.
Mr.. Budenz also was challenged
on his testimony that Mary Van
Kleek, whom he named as a Com
munist, had been an official of the
Russell Sage Foundation. DIR.
Donald Young, general director of
the foundation, said in New York
that she worked for the founda-
tion from 1911 until 1948 as q re-
search worker-not as policy
making official.