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Le in oe eB EEE ED ~ WH: AD. NY 100-94062 LOUIS F. 3BUDEHZ, Assistant Professor at Fordham University, New York City, and foraer ‘a Banagine editor of the "Daily Worker", an East Coast Communist Newspanor, until Ontnhaes VGOAR wae tntarviawsda at Rie hana Aan SO ee ee ee ee ee ee oe =e CET March 27 and Avril 3 and 4, 1950 by SA b7Ic Concerning OWEN LATTI'NGRE, BUDENZ stated that he had never met T?IMORFE nor did he recall] ever seeing him. He added, however, that he had heard about LATTIMOPE many times during his, BUDENZ'S, many years in the Communist Party. He had heard about LATTIMORE principally through reports. by FREDERICK VaNDE2BILT FIELD to the Political Committee of the Communist Party. 3UDENZ recalled that others bad made reports eacmhigam LATTINORE , but he covld not recall these individuals other than FARR ANVES who made at least ona report about OVEN LATTINOP=. RUDENZ stated tha ‘eRe reports which he heard were given probsbly during the period from 1940 until 1944. At these Political Committee meetings wherein the reports were given, there were present a number of individuals whg were ranking Communist Party members whon BUDENZ.cannot recall. e dogs recall, however, thet at eome of the meetings EARL “BROWDER and JAC ACHEL ware present. He recalls that BROWDER and STACHEL participated ‘in the discussions which came about as a result of FIELD'S reporte on the work of LATIINORS. . The reports of FIFLD to the Political Committee concerned the work of LAT?TINGRE who wes the individual who had been given the assiznnent by the Panty to sell the idea that the Chinese Communist Movement was in reality tnebaerartan Reform Hovement. In his revorts, FIELD referred to LATTINORE din Buch a way that there was no question in BUDRNZ'S mind that LATTIMOPE was a Communist. He doses not recall FIELD seying that LATTINORE was a member of the Communist Party, but he does remember that FIELD and STACHEL and BROWDER all referred to LATTIMNORE as a Comrade or a Communist, and it was apparent to BUDENZ that they all knew that LATTINCRE was a ; Co:muniat. BUDENZ stated that he first heard about publicizing the idea that the Chinese Commonist Movement was in reality the Agrarian Refora Movement in 1957, and he understond that this idea criginally came from -BAPL BEOWDER. He added that it was his recollection that the actual campaign to sell this idea to the public did not go into effect for a number of years efter 1937. BUDINZ recalled thet on at least a few occasions FREDERICK VANDERBILT ITLD in reporting to the Political Committee on the activities of LATTIMORE had stated that he hod some differences with LATTINORE concerning policy. FIELD stated that these differeuces were the same differences that the Party had with BEX)GOLD and ABRAHAIS LAXER. BUDERZ stated that BEN GOLD end 4 +