Communist activities in the peace movement (Women Strike for ...

COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2083
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tumad against tha paopla but aust be used to Implement their desire arid indeed
thalr facility for living at paaoa with any other people on aarth.
Mr. NiTTLE. Now, I call your attention to the first paragraph of
Exhibit 2, which states that in order for Women Strike for Peace to
achieve its end, "a group of approximately 40 women representing
areas in N.Y., and Conn., and N.J. met and formulated the following
proposal." That is Exhibit 2.
To your knowledge, did 40 women actually meet and formulate the
proposal contained in this document?
(Witness conferred with counsel.)
Mrs. PosNER. I am sorry. I didn't hear the question. I was busy
hunting for a match.
Would you please repeat the question, sir?
Mr. NiTTLE. I pointed out to you, Mrs. Posner, that Exhibit 2
bears upon it the statement that a group of approximately 40 women
representing areas in New York and Connecticut and New Jersey met
and formulated the proposal. I asked you whether, to your knowledge,
40 women actually did meet and formulate the proposal contained
in that document.
(Witness conferred with coimsel.)
Mrs. Posner. On constitutional grounds, the fifth amendment, I
must decline to answer that question.
Mr. NiTTLE. Do you know whether or not Exhibit 2, the proposed
plan, was drafted prior to the organization meeting referred to in it
by any person or persons who were not members of Women Strike
for Peace?
Mrs. Posner. I must decline to answer the question on the same
grounds.
Mr. NiTTLE. It is the committee's information that the proposed
plan. Exhibit 2, was drafted with the assistance of Leo Huberman;
that he did so in consultation with a member, a female member of
Women Strike for Peace, Dorothy Monet Rosenwald, at her home,
135 Central Park West, New York City.
Can you confirm or refute this information?
(Witness conferred with counsel.)
Mrs. Posner. On the same grounds, sir, I must decline to answer,
invoking the fifth amendment.
Mr. NiTTLE. Mr. Chairman, perhaps I ought to state for the record
that Leo Huberman appeared before the committee last month and
in response to questions stated that he was "a Marxist and a socialist."
Do you know of any persons other than Leo Huberman and Dorothy
Rosenwald who participated in drawing up this plan?