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{ sTanoar roRM NO. 64 x | Office A... a dum °* UNITED siains GOV TO 3 DIHECTOR, FBI DATE: April : f FROM Ae SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD ; ) SUBJECT: SUBCOMMITTEE OF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ALIEGATIONS OF SENATOR JOSEPH MC CARTHY LOYALTY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ur./Sovene, in hig testimony at 3379p stated that he was appointed Editor of the Chicago "Daily Record" in 1937. He described this. as an organ of the Communist Party in the midwest. He stated that this pape "folded up* after the STALIN - HITIER Pact. He stated further that BROWDER warned him at that time that he, BUDENZ, was to be made Editor of the "Daily Worker™ in New York. He said that BROWLER mentioned that "you have no techni cal difficulties." In explaining this, he mentioned that BROWDER informed him that he was the only member whose record was clear and who did not have some ‘jg question concerning his immigration status. U ad b ; In response to a questicn from Senator HICKENLOOPER, Mr. amma the mentioned that he met WILLIAM Z FOSTER just prior to the time FOSTER left for Moscow to become a CP member. In respons¢ to another question as to when he met other big Communist functionaries{-he replied that he had met/BRI DOES in 1936, “FIELD in 1937; that he had met¥STACHEL immediately after he joined the Party in 1935. U “js Senator HICKENLOOPER then asked if during his associations with the CP he had ever observed any of the functionaries telling untruths or Hes. Mr, BUIEMZ said that he had never observed any functionary ever lying to another functionary. Y Senator GREEN then asked Mr. BUDENZ if he had made his information available to the FBI. Mr, BUDENZ stated that he had and then remarked the FBI ig one of the finest agencies in the US Government, I tell them everything, © I am proud to have worked with them, and I give them as mch time as I can. He then remarked that there were certain limitations to his time, that he had a teaching position at Fordham University, and that he had other private work which necessitated him spending considerable amount of his time and that accord- ingly, he had been unable to make available to the FBI the entire information which he had at. his disposal. Senator RICKENLOOPER then asked if Mr. BUTENZ could evaluate the worth TTIMORE to the CP, and Mr, BUIENZ stated that he would leave such an evaluation in the hands of the Senators and remarked - I have told my story ,to you. He was then asked if LATTIXMORE was considered a valuable adjung & to ihe Commnist cause in Asia. Mr. BUIENZ replied that LATTIVYORE wagt 50 hele dere and that STACHEL and BROWDER had so indicated to 2 bated 1 ay aly Mr. BUTENZ was next asked the signi sites of the” ‘ bn which he 119 viously referred to 1g) eas testimony, and he ] that. .