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2186 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mr. Dare. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. NiTTLE. Mr. Chairman, I request that there be a specific direction to the witness to answer the question. Mr. Doyle. You are directed to answer the question. Mr. Dark. I refuse to answer on the same grounds, sir. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you assume a position of leadership in the formation of the Greenwich Village Peace Center? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. NiTTLE. I ask for a direction, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Doyle. I direct you to answer. Witness. Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. NiTTLE. By whom were you appointed to the position of chairman of the board? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same groimds. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you, Mr. Darr, participate in the selection of other members of the board of directors? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. NiTTLE. Could you tell us the date when the Greenwich Village Peace Center was formed? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same gi'ounds. Mr. NiTTLE. I hand you a copy of a leaflet marked for identification as Darr Exhibit No. 2, titled "Greenwich Village Peace Center Newsletter" under date of October 1962. I direct your attention to page 2 thereof, where appears an item titled "first ANNIVERSARY LETTER TO THE NEWSLETTER READERS FROM THE CHAIR- MAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS," signed by John W. Darr, Jr., which states in the opening paragraph that "The Greenwich Village Peace Center is now a year old." Was the Greenwich Village Peace Center formed on or about October 1961? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. (Document marked "Darr Exhibit No. 2" and retained in committee files.) Mr. NiTTLE. Did you, Mr. Darr, participate in your activity as chairman of the Greenwich Village Peace Center as an individual under the discipline of the Communist Party? Mr. Darr. I refuse an answer on the same grounds. Excuse me. There is a slight rewording of that statement, namely, that I would volunteer this information, but not answer this question, outside of this hearing room. Mr. NiTTLE. Well, we have had many witnesses who have volunteered statements outside of the hearing room when they are not under oath. I presume you will do it at that time, is that correct? Mr. Darr. No. What I am saying is that I wouldn't answer this question even from my best friend. I don't think he has the right to ask it. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you participate in such activities as the formation of the Greenwich Village Peace Center in response to Communist directives? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. NiTTLE. Are you now a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer for the same ground. Mr. Doyle. I direct you to answer that question. Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer, sir, for the same grounds.
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2187 Mr. NiTTLE. I have before me, Mr. Darr, the report and order of the Subversive Activities Control Board, a case decided February 7, 1956, in proceedings under the Internal Security Act of 1950, in the case of Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General oj the United States v. National Council oj American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. The order states that you have been identified as a member of the Communist Party while serving as a member of the board of directors of that organization, the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc., which was found to be a Communist-front organization and ordered to register as such with the Attorney General. Were you a member of the Communist Party during the course of your service as a member of the board of directors of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc.? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. Doyle. I instruct you to answer that question, Mr. Darr. I refuse to answer, sir, on the same ground. Mr. NiTTLE. No further questions, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Doyle. Any questions, Governor? Mr. Tuck. I have no questions. Mr. Doyle. Mr. Bruce? Mr. Bruce. No questions. Mr. Doyle. No questions. Thank you. Call your next witness, Counsel. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Dagmar Wilson, please. Mr. Doyle. Mrs. Wilson, would you please raise your right hand 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. Wilson. I do. Mr. Doyle. Thank you. Have a chau-. Are you ready? Mr. NiTTLE. Yes, sir. Mr. Doyle. Proceed, Counsel. TESTIMONY OF DAGMAR WILSON, ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL, LAWRENCE SPEISER Mr. NiTTLE. Would 3^ou state your name and address for the record, please. Mrs. Wilson. My name is Dagmar Wilson. I live at 1413 29th Street, NW., Washington, D.C. Mr. NiTTLE. You are represented by counsel? Mrs. Wilson. I am. Mr. NiTTLE. Would counsel kindly identify himself, stating his name and office address. Mr. Speiser. Lawrence Speiser, offices at the American Civil Liberties Union, 1101 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Wilson, at the outset the committee wishes to make clear just why you have been subpenaed to appear and testify in this hearing. I believe you understand that the committee is presently investigating Communist infiltration of peace groups in this country, with particular attention to Women Strike for Peace, an
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