Mr. Speaker. during the course of the investigation of Communist Party activities in the defense area of Detroit. and the nature. extent. character. and objects thereof. a person by the name of Saul Grossman was called as a witness before the committee in Washington. This witness was required under various subpenas. to produce certain records of the Michigan Committee for Protection of the Foreign Eorn. and certain records of the Detroit Chapter of the American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. The first subpena duces tecum required the production of certain of these documents ddring the course of the hearing in Detroit. but a doctors certificate was presenited showing the illness of the witness. and his subpena was continued to a later date at Washington. On the date of the arrival of the witness in Washington. a new subpena duces tecum was issued requiring the production of the same documents in Washington. The witness. when heard by the committee in Washington. disclaimed any knowledge of the existence of the organization. the documents of which he was required to produce. and refused to answer questions relating to the alleged organization. The witness was temporarily excused from the witness stand and was then served with a subpena duces tecum requiring him to produce certain records of the Michigan Committee for Protection of Foreign Born. The witness testified that he did not have with him the records called for in the subpena and refused to answer all questions relating to the existence of th3 records or where the records were l cated. I have no requests for time.
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