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Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. What we are here to do is to gather information as we are ordered to do by an act of Congress with respect to the general operation of the Communist conspiracy, wherever it may lead. It's

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a mandate that law has been on the books for probably over 20 years. We receive our appropriations and are ordered every year to maintain this general surveillance of the Communist operations with the view of amending improving correcting laws. Having to do with our Internal Security, The

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Internal Security Act of 1950 foreign agents registration act, the smith act. Uh and so on. This is part and parcel of our general studies of the machinations of the Communist conspiracy. Yeah. We're going back to reading oh get out. Don't get hit. All

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the right haven't immediately In the latter part of 1933 or early 1930 for that winter. I joined the Communist Party and I was a member of it until I broke with the Communist Party In the spring of 1953. Mhm.

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I respectfully objected. The question on the same ground. Any question as to my political beef police association statements deprived me of the right of free speech press assembly and petition the House un american activities Committee serves no real legislative or constitutional purpose. It punishes individuals. No.

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And why? Right? Yeah, you're right, you're right because we have something behind what are you hiding? Let the people that live here. What are you afraid of? Yeah. Better. Uh huh. My uh Yeah. Where? 123 please. Yeah.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Oh the door's open. The door's here comes the goon squad. This is Americanism. What's this? American, isn't it? Mhm. Category. Oh

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yeah. Go I understand that When you tell me to answer a question, I've got to answer it. So I'm I'm now and I'm now declining to answer that question. And I have a number of reasons for

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which uh for which I uh, so declined in the first instance. I declined because I don't recognize the competency of this committee. Yeah. MR Chairman. As to that long speech of yours. Long beach I am uh the opinion that you are beginning to sound a little

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bit like you ought to see a psychiatrist. Maybe you saw him halfway like a nut. Now on the advice of my attorney, I refuse to answer that question for the following reasons. The same reasons that I gave before. It is not. Will you please let me

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answer MR. Chairman. Thank you. It is not. Why is she being put out MR Chairman. You want in here here. You better do it back in the UK. This is this is part of this whole vicious witch hunt this

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morning. There is demonstration in an orderly fashion. It's being conducted in the proper way and we have no problems that been maintained yesterday and if it continues today, I see no trouble. And it will certainly not be brought about by us. Amendment 14 of the constitution