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2166 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mr. NiTTLE. As I recollect the question, Mr. Chairman, it was my intention to inquire whether she is now a member of the Communist Party. If you desire I shall re-pose that question to her. Mr. Doyle. I think that is as I understood the question. Have you asked her yet whether or not at the time she signed this petition she was a member of the Communist Party? If she signed it, I assume she read it. Mr. NiTTLE. My recollection, Mr. Chairman, is that that question was not posed, but to clarify the point may I ask those two questions of the witness? Mr. Doyle. I wish you would and make it clear. Mr. NiTTLE. Were vou in the year 1954 a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. Brancato. I invoke my constitutional privileges under the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you now a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. Brancato. I stand on my previous answer. Mr. NiTTLE. The staff has no further questions, Mr. Doyle. Mr. Doyle. Any questions, Mr. Bruce? Mr. Bruce. Do 3^ou know the meaning of the term "united front"? Mrs. Brancato. I stand on my previous answer. Mr. Bruce. No further questions. Mr. Doyle. I have no further questions. Thank you. I would like to have the record show that at all times since the beginning of this hearing, in executive session this afternoon, there has been either a full subcommittee present, three of us, or two of the three present. I mention that because at this time Mr. Tuck is not present, but Mr. Bruce and Mr. Doyle are. Thank you, Counsel. Call your next witness. (At this point Mr. Bruce left the hearing room.) Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Miriam Chesman. Mr. Doyle. Will you please rise and be sworn? Mr. Taylor. Are you lacking a quorum now? Mr. Doyle. That is right. We will wait until the other member returns, please. I neglected to notice he was out. (At this point Mr. Bruce returned to the hearing room.) Mr. Doyle. Let the committee come to order. Let the record show that Messrs. Bruce and Doyle, two of the three officially appointed members of the subcommittee, are present. Therefore, a quorum is present. Therefore, we will proceed and ask the witness to be sworn. Do you solemnly swear you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mrs. Chesman. I do. Mr. Doyle. Will you please be seated by your counsel. TESTIMONY OF MIRIAM CHESMAN, ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL, TELFORD TAYLOR Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state your full name and address for the record, please? Mrs. Chesman. My name is Miriam Chesman. The address is 985 Waring Avenue, the Bronx, N.Y. Mr. Nittle. Are you represented by counsel?
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2167 Mrs. Chesman. I am. Mr. NiTTLE. Would counsel kindly identify himself for the record? Mr. Taylor. Telford Taylor, 400 Madison Avenue, New York City. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Chesman, have you ever resided at 1117 White Plains Road, Bronx, N.Y., and if so for what period? Mrs. Chesman. Frankly it would be hard for me to remember the number. It was some place on White Plains Road. Mr. NiTTLE. What was the period of your residence on White Plains Road? Mrs. Chesman. I know it was a period during which my husband was in the Army so it would be some place in the early forties or the middle forties or something like that. Mr. NiTTLE. You are Mrs. Leon Chesman, are you not? Mrs. Chesman. I am. Mr. Nittle. Would you state the date and place of your birth? Mrs. Chesman. I was born in New York City on April 2, 1915. Mr. Nittle. Would you relate the extent of your formal education? Mrs. Chesman. I am a graduate of Hunter College, year of '35. Mr. Nittle. What is your present occupation? Mrs. Chesman. I am a housewife, mother of two children. Mr. Nittle. It is the committee's information, Mrs. Chesman, that you are a Bronx delegate to the Central Coordinating Committee of the organization, Women Strike for Peace, Metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Are you a Bronx representative? Mrs. Chesman. I am not, and I want to clarify that. You know, ; you must be very bored by now with the question of structure and— Mr. Nittle. Mrs. Chesman, I think you will have an opportunity to develop subjects of interest upon pertinent inquiries as we go along. Mrs. Chesman. Then I simply want to say I am not because Mr. Nittle. Have you ever been a Bronx delegate to the Central Coordinating Committee of that organization? Mrs. Chesman. I have never been an official delegate because there are no such things. Mr. Nittle. Were you a delegate, whether official or otherwise, to the Central Coordinating Committee? Mrs. Chesman. I have attended them sporadically when there was nobody else that could go. Mr. Nittle. When did you first attend a meeting of the Central Coordinating Committee? Mrs. Chesman. I am sorry, but I don't remember. Mr. Nittle. Did you participate in the organization of the Central Coordinating Committee of that group? Mrs. Chesman. No, I don't think so. Mr. Nittle. Will you tell us when you first attended meetings of the Central Coordinating Committee? Mrs. Chesmax. You know, this date business is very difficult. I don't want to be difficult, but I really do not remember when I first attended that meeting because, as I say, it is not a clearly" defined area at aU. Mr. Nittle. I hand you a copy of a document previously marked for identification as Posner Exhibit No. 1, which is titled "Structure for Women Strike for Peace, Metropolitan N.Y. New Jersev and Conn." —
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