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DR. ESTHER CAUKIN BRUNAUER Allegation by Senator McCarthy "Case No. 47. This individual was employed in March 19), as Division Assistant in the Division of Internal Security. The House Un-American Activities Committee advised on August 18, 1917, that an admitted former Communist Party member was formerly associated with this individual in Communist activities in Washington, D. C. This individual's husband admitted having been a member of the Communist Party. The husband now has s highly confidential position with the Navy Department. The file indicates that this individual has been associated with a group of known Communists. "Keep in mind, Mr. President, that she was given a job in the Division of Internal Security." ta report dated July 16, 1947, states that in 1941 a Senate investigating committee had found that both this individual and her husband were members of the Communist Party. A report dated September 15, 1947, by a Government investigative agency, advised that a reliable informant reported this individual as a Communist, and that she has been recently contacting a member of the Soviet espionage ring. This individual is still in a highly paid job in the State Department." Possible Identification A review of the Bureau's files indicates this individual is apparently identical with Dr. Esther Caukin Brunauer. The Bureau's records | reflect that a loyalty investigation was conducted on this individual in 1918. According to information developed during the course of this investigation, Dr. Brunayan. was never known to be a member of the Communist Pua