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2118 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mrs. Neidexberg. Well, I decline to answer on my privilege under the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Neidenberg, the Hewlett-Woodmere Library is situated in Cedarhurst, Lo'ng Island; is it not? Mrs. Neidenberg. No, it is not. Mr. NiTTLE. Where is it situated? Mrs. Neidenberg. In Woodmere. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you participated in any of the activities of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy during the year 1961? Mrs. Neidenberg. I decline to answer this question for the same reason. rt: it: H: H: H: it: it: Mr. Doyle. Why is that question pertinent? Mr. NiTTLE. To the activities of Mrs. Neidenberg in the so-called peace movement. Mr. Doyle. I will instruct you to answer, Mrs. Neidenberg. Mrs. Neidenberg. I decline to answer that under the privilege of the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. During the period of your service as co-treasurer of the New York group of Women Strike for Peace, have you solicited or received funds from persons known by you to be members of the Communist Party? Mrs. Neidenberg. I decline to answer this and invoke my privilege of the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you communicated to any person known to you to be a member of the Comnmnist Party any information relative to the financial status of Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Neidenberg. I must decline to answer this for the same reason. Mr. NiTTLE. Di)^ you engage in activities in Women Strike for Peace on behalf of the Communist Party? Mrs. Neidenberg. I must decline to answer that though I can't see the relevancy of this question, but I will decline to answer and invoke my privilege under the fifth amendment. Mr. NiTTLE. The staff has no further questions, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Doyle. Governor Tuck? Mr. Tuck. I have no questions. Mr. Doyle. I have no questions. Thank you, witness. Mrs. Neidenberg. Thank you. Mr. Doyle. Will the next witness, Mrs. Sylvia Conten te, please rise 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. Contente. I do. Mr. Doyle. Thank you. Please be seated. TESTIMONY OF SYLVIA CONTENTE, ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL, TELFORD TAYLOR Mr. NiTTLE. Would you state your name and residence for the record, please? Mrs. Contente. My name is Sylvia Contente. I live at 1306 Fteley Avenue. I wiU spell it for you. That's F-t-e-1-e-y, in the Bronx.
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2119 Mr. NiTTLE. Are you represented by counsel? Mrs. CoNTENTE. I think I am very ably represented by counsel. Mr. NiTTLE. Would counsel kindly state his name and office address for the record? Mr. Taylor. Telford Taylor, 400 Madison Avenue, New York City. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you, Mrs. Contente, formerly reside at 2965 East 196th Street, New York City? Mrs. CoNTENTE. May I speak to my counsel? Mr. NiTTLE. Yes. (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mrs. Contente. Yes, I did. Mr. NiTTLE. And did you also reside at one time at 1063 Ward Avenue, Bronx, N.Y.? Mrs. Contente. Yes, I did. Mr. Nittle. Are you Mrs. Ira Contente? Mrs. Contente. That's right, I am. Mr. Nittle. Would you state the date and place of your birth? Mrs. Contente. May 3, 1919, New York City. Mr. Nittle. Would you relate the extent of your formal education? Mrs. Contente. I am a high school graduate. I graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. Mr. Nittle. What is your present occupation? Mrs. Contente. Do you want to know how I spend my time? I have a job in an office. This is the way I supplement our income, but beside that I devote a great deal of time in all my commimity activities. I am president of a parents association. I am a board member of a settlement house and various and sundry organizations in my community. Mr. Nittle. What is the nature of your employment? Mrs. Contente. I just work in an office. I do bookkeeping. Mr. Nittle. I believe you are also a member, or were, of the Bronx chapter of the American Association for the United Nations? (Witness conferred with counsel.) Mrs. Contente. Yes, that's true. Mr, Nittle. You were relating some of your activities, and I just wanted to determine whether my information relating to them is correct. Mrs. Contente. All this is public record, sir, Mr. Nittle. I made no imputation that it wasn't. Mrs. Contente. All right. I'm sorry. Mr. Nittle. I don't recollect whether you mentioned membership on the board of the Bronx River Neighborhood Center. Mrs. Contente. That's the settlement house I was referring to. Mr. Nittle. I see. Are you also the chairman of two public school parent associations? Mrs. Contente. Not simultaneously. I was at one time at one school and I am at the present time president of a parent association, yes. I don't think I could do that. Mr. Nittle. What school is that, if I may ask? Mrs. Contente. It's Junior High School 123, Bronx. Mr. Nittle. I believe you are also engaged and occupied as a member of a New York group of Women Strike for Peace, are you not? (Witness conferred with counsel.)
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