Speech #820250123

JACKSON? "The witness may be excused. "The committee will recess. subject to call. "(Whereupon. at 11:55 a. m.. Tuesday. April 29. 1952. the hearing was recessed. subject to the call of the Chair.)" Because of the refusal of the said Saul Grossman. to produce all records. correspondence. and memoranda pertaining to the organization of the Michigan Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. the affilL:.tion with other organizations. membership records. and all moneys expended and/or received by the Michigan Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born. mentioned in the "forthwith" subpena. described in the first paragraph of this report. the Committee on UnAmerican Activities has been deprived of the opportunity to inspect the same and of the evidence contained therein. which your committee considers 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 relevant to the subject matter. which. under Public Law 601. section 121. subsection (q) (2) of the Seventyninth Congress. and 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 do you not have them [the records called for in the subpenaJ? "You have been subpenaed in your official capacity to produce those records. You are the executive secretary of the Michigan Committee for Protection of Foreign Born. are you not? "I asked you whether or not you refuse to produce the records called for in the subpena. Because I am demanding the production of them. "Mr. Chairman. I request that he be directed to produce the records. "Yes. the acting chairman directs that the witness produce the records of the Michigan Committee for Protection of Foreign Born described In the subpena duces tecum. "Where are the records of this committee? "Am I right in assuming that there are records? "Well. how about the question asked you by counsel? Do you decline to produce the records? "That is not what I asked you. and the question calls for a simple answer. Yes or No." which questions were pertinent to the subject under inquiry. is a violation of the subpena under which the witness had previously appeared.