Speech #820250083

We will recall him. "(Whereupon. at 11:05 a. In.. the witness. Saul Grossman. was temporarily excused.)" Because of the refusal of the said Saul Grossman to produce the said records. correspondence. and memoranda pertaining to the organization of the American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. the affiliation with other organizations. membership records. and all moneys expended and/or received by the Detroit Chapter of the American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born. mentioned in the foregoing subpena. the Committee on UnAmerican Activities has been deprived of the opportunity to inspect the same and the evidence contained therein which your committee considered relevant to the subject matter. which. under Public Law 601. section 121. subsection (q) (2) of the Seventyninth Congress. and under House Resolution No. 7 of the Eightysecond Congress. the said committee was instructed to investigate. and because of the refusal of Saul Grossman to answer the foregoing questions. the said Committee on UnAmerican Activities was deprived of answers to pertinent questions propounded to the said Saul Grossman relative to the subject matter. which. under Public Law 601. section 121. subsection (q) (2) of the Seventyninth Congress. and under House Resolution No. 7 of the EightySecond Congress. the said committee was instructed to investigate. and the refusal of the witness to answer questions. namely: "Why havent you produced them [records and documents] in accordance with the demands of the subpena? "Are you the executive secretary of the Michigan Committee for Protection of Foreign Born? "Are you acquainted with an organization known as the Michigan Committee for Protection of Foreign Born? "Do you know whether the Michigan Committee for Protection of Foreign Born is a part of the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born?" which questions were pertinent to the subject under inquiry. is a violation of the subpena under which the witness had previously appeared. The willful and deliberate refusal of Saul Grossman to produce the said records and documents as called for In the subpena. and his refusal to answer the aforesaid questions. deprived your committee of necessary and pertinent testimony and places the said witness in contempt of the House of Representatives of the United States. After the said witness.