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2132 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOTKMENT Will the witness please stand and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mrs. Freed. I do. TESTIMONY OF IRIS FREED, ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL, TELFORD TAYLOR Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state your full name and residence for the record, please? Mrs. Freed. Iris Freed, 15 Douglas Lane, Larchmont, N.Y. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you represented by counsel? Mrs. Freed. Yes, I am. Mr. Telford Taylor is representing me. Mr. NiTTLE. Would counsel kindly identify himself for the record? Mr. Taylor. Telford Taylor, 400 Madison Avenue, New York City. Mr. NiTTLE. Is Larchmont situated in the county of Westchester, State of New York? Mrs. Freed. Yes, it is. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you formerly reside at 659 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.? Mrs. Freed. Yes, I did. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state the period of your residence there? Mrs. Freed. Pardon me. (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mrs. Freed. That is so long ago, let me think a moment, please. Mr. NiTTLE. Was it in the 1940's? Mrs. Freed. Yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state the date and place of your birth? Mrs. Freed. It was New York City and—it was Brooklyn, N.Y., I am sorry—^January 20, 1920. Mr. NiTTLE. You are Mrs, Selwyn Freed, are you not? Mrs. Freed. Yes, I am. Mr. NiTTLE. That is S-e-1-w-y-n? Mrs. Freed. Yes, I am. Mr. NiTTLE. Was your maiden name Iris Schwartz? Mrs. Freed. Yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state the extent of your formal education? Mrs. Freed. High school. Girls' Commercial High School. Mr. NiTTLE. What is your present occupation? Mrs. Freed. I am a housewife and a mother of two children. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you a member of an organization known as Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Freed. Women Strike for Peace is not an organization. It is a movement. Mr. NiTTLE. Does it have members? Mrs. Freed. No, it does not. Mr. NiTTLE. Now, Mrs. Freed, that is interesting. If a group has no organization and has no members, how in the world does it function? Mrs. Freed. Well, it is quite remarkable. Sometimes I wonder, myself. Mr. NiTTLE. Yes, it has appeared to me quite remarkable, too. But as a matter of fact, Women Strike for Peace is organized; isn't it?
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2133 Mrs. Freed. I am sorry. I don't understand your question. What do you mean'i* It is not an organization. Mr. NiTTLE. Well, let me put it this way. You do have in the New York group of that organization a boay known as the Central Coordinating Committee, do you not? Mrs. Freed. We just— ^it is— well, there are some people in New York, yes, and it is called the Coordinating Committee, except the Coordinating Committee consists of many people. It is not just in New York. Mr. NiTTLE. How many people does it consist of? Mrs. Freeq. Oh, it is so fluid it is hard to say. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Freed, as a matter of fact, the Central Coordinating Committee does not consist of many people, does it? Mrs. Freed. To my knowledge it does, yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Now, I hand you a copy of Posner Exhibit No. 1, the structural plan for Women Strike for Peace for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mr. NiTTLE. I presume you are famUiar with that structural plan, are you not? Mrs. Freed. Somewhat. Mr. NiTTLE. Well now, you are actually a member of the Central Coordinating Committee of Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Freed. No, I am not. I am not. Mr. NiTTLE. Were you not appointed as a Westchester delegate to the Central Coordinating Committee of Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Freed. You know, it is very funny. You make us sound really so organized, and we are not. I went from Westchester a number of times—not aU of the times—mostly through default because nobody else could go or was available, but it was never anything, you know, specific. Mr. NiTTLE. You do not wish to be specific on the subject. Is that right? Mrs. Freed. No, I can't be. It isn't that I don't want to be. There is nothing specific to say about it. I haven't always been there. (At this point Mr. Tuck left the hearing room.) Mr. NiTTLE. The structural plan does establish a representation and fixes the number of persons who serve on the Central Coordinating Committee. I direct your attention to page 1 of that exhibit, where it is stated The Central Coordinating Committee, then, is composed of two representatives from each County or State (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Westchester, Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey) Mrs. Freed. Yes. Mr. NiTTLE (continuing). plus one representative from each Work Committee * * * plus the N.Y. Office Coordinator. The representation of the New York group on the Central Coordinating Committee consists, then, of 12 representatives. Two representatives, each, from Connecticut and from New Jersey are also allowed. That is a body of 16 representatives, excluding, of course, the membership of the representative from each work committee and the office coordinator. Is that correct? :
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