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2162 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Is that a correct statement? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. NiTTLE. Our information further reveals that Rose Clinton assumed the position of secretary and membership chairman of the West Side Peace Committee at the time you received your appointment as a cochairman of that organization. Do you know Rose Clinton? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. NiTTLE. Do vou know her to be a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. NiTTLE. Do you know Henry Abrams? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. NiTTLE. Do you know him to be a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. Doyle. I instruct you to answer that question, madam, whether or not you are a member of the Communist Party. Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. Doyle. I am asking you specifically, Are you pleading any part of the U.S. Constitution in that answer? Mrs. Gross. Yes. My answer is the same as before. Mr. Doyle. Did you plead the fifth amendment before? Mrs. Gross. Yes, I did, sir. Mr. Doyle. And you are doing it now? Mrs. Gross. Yes, I am. Mr. Doyle. If you answered that question truthfully, are you fearful that it might subject you to criminal prosecution? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before, sir. Mr. Doyle. All right. Counsel. Mr. NiTTLE. You have participated in the activities of Women Strike for Peace, have you not? Mrs. Gross. My answer is the same as before. Mr. NiTTLE. The staff has no further questions, Mr. Doyle. Mr. Doyle. Any questions, Mr. Bruce? Mr, Bruce. My answer is the s>"me as before. Mr. Doyle. You say your answer is the same as before? Mr. Bruce. Yes; no questions, Mr. Doyle. I have no further questions. Counsel. Call your next witness. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Jean Brancato. Mr. Doyle. Will you raise your right hand and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mrs. Braxcato. I do. Mr. Doyle. Please be seated.
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2163 TESTIMONY OF JEAN BRANCATO, ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL, TELFORD TAYLOR Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state your full name and address for the record, please? Mrs. Brancato. Jean Brancato, 712 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, N.Y. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you represented by counsel? Mrs. Brancato. Yes, I am. Mr. NiTTLE. Would counsel kindly identify himself for the record. Mr. Taylor. Telford Tavlor, 400 Madison Avenue, New York City. Mr. NiTTLE. How do you spell your first name, Mrs. Brancato? Mrs. Brancato. J-e-a-n. I have also spelled it with an "e." Mr. NiTTLE. You have also spelled your first name as J-e-a-n-n-e? Mrs. Brancato. Yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Did vou formerlv reside at 235 East 120th Street, New York City? Mrs. Brancato. Yes, I did. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state the date and place of your birth? Mrs. Brancato. February 6, 1923, Omaha, Nebr. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you Mrs. Erasmus L. Brancato? Mrs. Brancato. Yes. Mr. NiTTLB> You are married? Mrs. Brancato. Yes. Mr. NiTTLE. What was the date of your marriage? Mrs. Brancato. December 20, 1947. Mr. NiTTLE. Was your husband also known by the name of Ed Brancato? Mrs. Brancato. Yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you relate the extent of your education, giving the dates and places of the schools attended? Mrs. Brancato. I graduated from Omaha Technical High School in 1940 and a year at New Haven State Teachers College, 1940 and 1941. Mr. NiTTLE. What is your present occupation? Mrs. Brancato. Housewife, occasional typing, part time. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you been employed as a teacher at any time in the past? Mrs. Brancato. No, never. Mr. NiTTLE. It is the committee's information that you have been Bronx representative on the Central Coordinating Committee of an organization known as Women Strike for Peace, Metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Woidd you tell the committee whether you hold such an office? (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mrs. Brancato. Would you repeat the question, please? Mr. NiTTLE. I indicated that it was the committee's inforniation that you are a Bronx representative on the Central Coordinating Committee of an organization known as Women Strike for Peace, Metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Will you tell the committee whether you now hold such an office and whether you have held such an office? Mrs. Brancato. No.
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