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

COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2099
What is your answer to that question?
Mrs. Meyers. I don't know.
Mr. NiTTLE. Who made your appointment to serve as the leader
for the sendoff demonstration?
Mrs. Meyers. Sometimes
thing
I wish I would have to have every-
Mr. NiTTLE. Would you simply answer that question?
Mrs. Meyers. I remember getting a phone call from a friend of
mine who said, "So many people are involved with one aspect or another.
You are not very busy right now. Please see what you can
do and arrange. Would you take over the physical responsibiUties
of the sendoff thing?"
I was very excited about this. I think I would have liked to have
gone, but nobody asked me. So I was very happy to help arrange
the sendoff
Mr. NiTTLE. Was this telephone call received from a member of
the New York group of Women Strike for Peace?
Mrs. Meyers. I am afraid, sir, I don't even remember who orig-
inally asked me to do it. I remember
Mr. NiTTLE. Was it a female voice or a male voice that made this
request?
Mrs. Meyers. It was certainly not a friend; otherwise, I would
remember.
Mr. NiTTLE. Do you know Mrs. Dagmar Wilson?
Mrs. Meyers. Sir, as I said before, I am very much interested in
doing whatever I can to tell the role that I played in Women Strike
for Peace. Beyond this, I do not think it would be fitting for me to
answer in terms of my relationships with other people, because I am
not interested in the people. I am interested in the particular issues
for which I stand when I stand with Women Strike for Peace.
Mr. NiTTLE. We are interested in certain activities within Women
Strike for Peace. In order to determine what these activities are,
which are conducted by people, we must know what people do. I
am not asking you about someone who is not connected with Women
Strike for Peace. We are inquiring into the activities particularly of
this New York group of Women Strike for Peace. Mrs. Dagmar
Wilson, of Washington, D.C., is the ostensible leader of the nationwide
movement. Therefore, I want to ask you whether there was any
contact between your group and Mrs. Dagmar Wilson. You can
answer that very simply.
(Witness conferred with counsel.)
Mrs. Meyers. Could you please clarify? I am confused. On what
meetings do you refer to, and the contact with whom?
Mr. NiTTLE. Do you know Mrs. Dagmar Wilson? That is a very
simple question.
Mrs. Meyers. Again I would say, this is unrelated to my activity
in Women Strike for Peace, because t am not in Women Strike for
Peace because of any individual except my own deep motivations, in
which I am very interested in finding a way to have it heard. I
believe that as an American citizen I have a right to have my will
expressed and that my Government must function to the will of the
people.
Mr. NiTTLE. Mr. Chairman, I respectfully request that the witness
be directed to answer the question.
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