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2158 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mr. Bruce. I have no questions. Mr. Doyle. I have no questions. Thank you, Miss Moos. The pubHc hearings will stand in recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. (Whereupon, at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 12, 1962, the pubhc hearings were recessed until 10 a.m., Thursday, December 13, 1962.) AFTERNOON SESSION, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1962 EXECUTIVE SESSION ^ The subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities met in executive session at 2:15 p.m., in Room 219, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C., Hon. Clyde Doyle (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Subcommittee members present: Representatives Clyde Doyle, of California; William M. Tuck, of Virginia; and Donald C. Bruce, of Indiana. Staff members present: Francis J. McNamara, director; Alfred M. Nittle, counsel; and Raymond T. Collins, investigator. Mr. Doyle. Mrs. Gross, will you please raise your right hand? Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mrs. Gross. I do. Mr. Doyle. Be seated by your counsel there, please. TESTIMONY OF CEIL GROSS, ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL, TELFORD TAYLOR Mr. Nittle. Would you state your full name and residence for the record, please? Mrs. Gross. My name is Mrs. Ceil—that is C-e-i-1—Gross, G-r-o-s-s. I live at 145 West 96th Street, New York 25, N.Y., Apartment lOA. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you represented by coimsel? Mrs. Gross. Yes. Mr. Nittle. Would coimsel kindly identify himself for the record? Mr. Taylor. Telford Taylor, 400 Madison Avenue, New York City. Mr. Nittle. Would you spell your first name, Mrs. Gross? Mrs. Gross. C-e-i-1. Mr. Nittle. Have you also been known as Celia Gross? Mrs. Gross. No; that is, it is frequently misspelled. That is why I spelled it, but that is not my name. My name is Ceil, C-e-i-1. Mr. Nittle. But your name on occasion has been spelled Celia Gross by others? Mrs. Gross. My name has been misspelled many times, both the first and the last name. Officially my name is C-e-i-1, and since my name has been C-e-i-1, that is how I have always spelled it. Mr. Nittle. Did you in the year 1945 reside at 545 Powell Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.? Mrs. Gross. I never lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1 Released by the committee and ordered to be printed.
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2159 Mr. Bruce. Counsel, may 1 interrupt here? I would like to pursue your statement here that since your name has been C-e-i-1, that is how you spelled it. Was there another name? Mrs. Gross. 1 don't think it is pertinent to the hearing. If you gentlemen want to hear I will tell you. My mother named me Cecile, C-e-c-i-1-e. I never saw my birth certificate until I was about 20. I discovered on my birth certificate I am listed as Ceil, C-e-i-1. I do not know how the difference occurred. I have no idea. Mr. Bruce. Thank you for the clarification. Mrs. Gross. When I discovered this I then took this as my name because that is how it is spelled legally. It is not what my mother wanted me to be named. Mr. Bruce. Thank you. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you relate the extent of your formal education? Mrs. Gross. I am a high school graduate. Mr. NiTTLE. What is your present occupation? Mrs. Gross. I am a production assistant. Mr, NiTTLE. What is the nature of your employment and by whom are you employed? Mrs. Gross. I am employed in the printing industry. Mr. NiTTLE. Who is your employer? Mrs. Gross. I do not think that is pertinent to the hearing here. I question your right to ask me that question. Mr. NiTTLE. It is for the purpose of identification. Mrs. Gross. You have identified me fully and completely. Mr. NiTTLE. What is the basis for your refusal to respond to that inquiry? Mrs. Gross. I stated my basis. Mr. NiTTLE. Is your employer the Advance Publishing Co.? Mrs. Gross. I question your right to ask me that question. I do not believe it is pertinent to the hearing here, and I stand on my rights under the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. In the interrogation of a prior witness in public session, Miss Rose Clinton, we had occasion to relate the origin of an organization titled "Conference of Greater New York Peace Groups," and a supporting group titled "West Side Peace Committee." I hand you a copy of a large advertisement marked for identification as Gross Exhibit No. 1, which appeared in the New York Times, August 29, 1961, at page Cl8, titled "West German Rearmament—with nuclear weapons—is the Main Issue in Berlin." This is designated on that advertisement as a public stateinent by the Conference of Greater New York Peace Groups. You will note that your name appears thereon as secretary of that organization. You are, are you not, the Ceil Gross whose name appears thereon as the secretary of the Conference of Greater New York Peace Groups? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as previous. Mr. NiTTLE. What is that answer? Mrs. Gross. That I do not believe you have a right to ask me that question. I do not think the question is pertinent to the hearing, and I stand on my rights under the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. Which amendment? Mrs. Gross. The fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. When you invoke the fifth amendment as a basis for your refusal to respond to that question, are you referring to the selfincrimination clause of that amendment?
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