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WFO 161-2419 i ELN; cab S a4 1 It is to be noted that ABE FORTAS represented OWEN J. LATTIMORE at hearings Before the Sub-Committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1950, which held hearings comcerning the charges of disloyalty against the government by employees of the Department of State and other agencies which were made by Senator JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY of Wisconsin. The May 18, 1950, edition of the "Washington Star" newspaper contained an article entitled "FORTAS Assails Charges Against LATTIMORE As Imperiling Freedoms". The article was as follows: “Charges by Senator MC CARTHY, Republican, of Wisconsin against OWEN J. LATTIMORE are a "vicious, brazen attack" on freedom of writing, research and scholarship, Mr. LATTIMORE's attorney, ABE FORTAS, declared today. Mr. FORTAS, former Undersecretary of the Interior, told a luncheon meeting of the American Veterans' Committee at 1751 New Hampshire avenue, N. W., that Senator MC CARTHY's accusations of Communist influence in the State Department and his assertion that Mr. LATTIMORE was a Communist, have a dangerous effect on private citizens as well as public officials. Because of fear of such attacks, many people might be inclined to "pull their punches" in stating their views on international issues, Mr. FORTAS gaid. That trend already is evident in the State Department's problem of forming a Far Eastern policy, he said. "Such attacks are corrosive," he continued. "They prevent the State Department from forming any kind of policy for China and the Far East. How can you do it unless you are willing to adopt the all-out policy of the China lobby and JOE MC CARTHY group?" Mr. FORTAS, a law partnex of THURMAN ARNOLD and PAUL PORTER, said he was completely convinced that Mr. LATTI- MORE never was a Communist. He declared, however, that he was particularly concerned because Senator MC CARTHY's attack on Mr. LATTIMORE "boiled down to an attack on a private citizen and on articles or books he had written or articles published in a reputable magazine under his editorship." "J don't want to build up Jumping JOE MC CARTHY by Saying he knew what he was doing. But wha alarms me is the 29