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2112 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mr. NiTTLE. I want to state for the record, Mr. Chairman, and to the witness, that I am not now, nor is the committee now, inquiring into her past membership. The question is posed with a view to determining whether or not there is a present membership in view of your admission of past membership. Mrs. Hoffman. I answered that question. Mr. NiTTLE. If there was not a sincere break or termination of membership in the Communist Party and if the resignation was purely technical, there would be a continuing membership. The question is addressed to you with respect to your present membership. I ask: Did you ever submit a resignation from the Communist Party to a Communist Party functionary? Mrs. Hoffman. I would like to repeat what I said to you before, that I am not now a member of the Communist Party. As for the rest of the question, I stand on my previous answer. Mr. NiTTLE. You do not invoke the privileges of the self-incrimination clause of the fifth amendment? Mrs. Hoffman. I do not. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you at any time advise any functionary of the Communist Party of your desire to withdraw from, and break from membership in, the Communist Party? (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mrs. Hoffman. I stand on my previous answer. Mr. NiTTLE. To whom did you submit your resignation, if one was submitted? Mrs. Hoffman. I stand on my previous answer. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you at any time publicly announced your withdrawal from the Communist Party? Mrs. Hoffman. I have nothing to add to my previous answer. Mr. NiTTLE. Have 3^ou at any time since the date of your alleged withdrawal from the Communist Party conferred with any person known by you to have been a member of the Communist Party or a functionary, prior to the time of your withdrawal, regarding Communist Party objectives? Mrs. Hoffman. I don't quite follow what you mean by prior to my withdrawal. Did I consult with them? Mr. NiTTLE. Yes. Mrs. Hoffman. At what period of time? Mr. NiTTLE. Let me put it this way: During the course of your membership in the Communist Party, you, of course, made the acquaintance of other members of the Communist Party; is that not correct, without stating their names? Mrs. Hoffman. I stand on my previous answer. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you at any time since you state you have withdrawn from the Communist Party conferred with any of those persons you then knew, regarding Communist Party objectives? Mrs. Hoffman. Does the question mean within the past 5 years have I Mr. NiTTLE. Since your withdrawal, or since the time you state you liave withdrawn. Mrs. Hoffman. Have I spoken to any members of the Communist Party. Mr. NiTTLE. An}'^ person you knew to be a member of the Communist Party?
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2113 Mrs. Hoffman. Regarding Communist Party objectives? Mr. jNittle. Yes. Mrs. Hoffman. No. I have not. I have simply discussed with many hundreds of people peace objectives. Mr. NiTTLE. Was your alleged withdrawal from the Communist Party a purely technical one? Mrs. Hoffman. I stand on my previous answer. Mr. Kittle. Did you have any understanding with any Communist Party functionary at the time you stated you withdrew from the party that you would continue to support the party and its policies and objectives? Mrs. Hoffman. I stand on my previous answer, though I think I have answered that question in another way. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you become an anti-Communist after you left the party? (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mr. NiTTLE. Let me caution the witness. I call to your attention, Mr. Chairman, that the witness said to her attorney, "How do I answer that question?" Our rules specifically provide that the answers of the witness to questions are to be the witness' answers and not her attorney's. His function is to advise as to constitutional rights. Mrs. Hoffman. I need advice as to time. Mr. NiTTLE. But not as to the language that shall be the response to the question. (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mr. NiTTLE. I ask that counsel for Mrs. Hoffman be advised against that practice. (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mrs. Hoffman. I would like to have a few things clarified, which is why I asked my attorney. I thought he understood more than I did, but he is confused, also. Perhaps if you restated your question so that I knew you would be discussing my points of view during the past 5 years, and then perhaps if you could clarify what you mean by an anti-Communist, because very many people have very different ideas about what either a Communist or an anti-Communist is, then perhaps I might be able to answer that. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Hoffman, it seems that the question is perfectly clear, and we will entertain whatever response you wish to give to it. You may qualify your response in whatever way you see fit. I ask you again: Have you become an anti-Communist since your alleged date of withdrawal from the party, more than 5 years ago? Mrs. Hoffman. Then I am to understand you are discussing— ^you are asking me about my thinking during the past 5 years as regards communism? Do I understand that correctly? Mr. NiTTLE. I am asking whether you have become an anti- Communist since j^our withdrawal from the party. Mrs. Hoffman. And I tell you again, I cannot answer that question unless you more clearly define it. Mr. NiTTLE. Is that your answer? Mrs. Hoffman. That is may answer. I don't understand your question. Mr. NiTTLE. I have no further questions, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Doyle. Have you any questions. Governor?
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