Communist Infiltration and Activities in Newark, N.J.: Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session. September 3, 4, and 5, 1958U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - 148 σελίδες |
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affirm or deny ALFONE answer the question ARENS believe BERNSTEIN BOUDIN CANTOR Civil Liberties Committee Committee on Un-American Communist conspiracy Communist Party Communist propaganda completed your formal Congress Congressman Constitution criminal proceeding Daily Worker decline to answer DELANY directed to answer DIXON Emergency Civil Liberties Evelyn Skoloff fifth amendment FISHMAN formal education Gerhart Eisler give going to refuse GOLDBERG Harvey O'Connor hearings House Committee Howard Fast invoke JAMES KARAKOS kindly identify Kindly tell Labor Youth League legislation Louis Malinow material members present Miss HECK mittee files Newark area NORMAN oath ordered and directed organization principal employment privilege reasons refuse to answer Representatives Willis respectfully decline respectfully suggest Scott Campbell subcommittee subpena suggest the witness Supreme Court TAYLOR tell this committee testimony tion Un-American Activities Union United United States Constitution United States Navy Willis and Scherer witness be ordered witness conferred
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Σελίδα 2755 - The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized to make from time to time Investigations of (I) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (ii) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (ill) all other questions in relation...
Σελίδα 2892 - No inquiry is an end in itself; it must be related to and in furtherance of a legitimate task of the Congress. Investigations conducted solely for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to "punish" those investigated are indefensible.
Σελίδα 2755 - ... to take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by any such chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such chairman or member.
Σελίδα 2777 - Do you honestly apprehend that if you told this committee while you are under oath whether or not you are now a member of the Communist Party, you would be supplying information which might be used against you in a criminal proceeding?
Σελίδα 2892 - But, broad as is this power of inquiry, it is not unlimited. There is no general authority to expose the private affairs of individuals without justification in terms of the functions of the Congress.
Σελίδα 2759 - To obtain additional information, adding to the Committee's overall knowledge on the subject so that Congress may be kept informed and thus prepared to enact remedial legislation in the National Defense, and for internal security, when and if the exigencies of the situation require it. 2.
Σελίδα 2756 - The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings,...
Σελίδα 2756 - To assist the Congress in appraising the administration of the laws and in developing such amendments or related legislation as it may deem necessary, each standing committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted...
Σελίδα 2809 - Please look at that signature and tell this committee while you are under oath whether or not you are he.
Σελίδα 2892 - Clearly, an investigation is subject to the command that the Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech or press or assembly. While it is true that there is no statute to be reviewed, and that an investigation is not a law, nevertheless an investigation is part of lawmaking. It is justified solely as an adjunct to the legislative process. The First Amendment may be invoked against infringement of the protected freedoms by...