1:30:02
...the Federation of Atomic Scientists
at the Institute of Technology...
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...April 1 7, 1 946.
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I ask that they be marked
''Merrill Exhibits no. 1-15. ''
1:30:12
CHAIRMAN: You may do so.
The witness will examine these also.
1:30:16
TAVENNER: Did you attend this rally
and is this you in the picture?
1:30:19
Yes.
1:30:21
Was the topic of this rally...
1:30:23
...to eliminate the atomic bomb
as a strategic weapon?
1:30:26
To eliminate the atomic bomb, period.
1:30:29
TAVENNER: You represented
the Hollywood Peace Forum?
1:30:32
Yes.
1:30:34
I read from a statement
by the chief of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover...
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...wherein he states:
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''The Hollywood Peace Forum cries
for peace...
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''...but has only one purpose:
To disrupt public opinion...
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''...about the atomic bomb long enough
to let the Soviet Union...
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''...prepare for war
by completing their bomb.''
1:30:52
You were there as a member
of the Communist front group?
1:30:55
I was there as an American, with the right
to meet anybody, anyplace, anytime.
1:31:01
CHAIRMAN: Who were some of these people
you met with as an American citizen?
1:31:06
I told you, I will not--
1:31:07
CHAIRMAN: Just answer the question.
1:31:09
I'll answer all questions
about my own actions...
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...regardless of the consequence,
but not about others.
1:31:16
This Committee examines the extent,
character and objectives...
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...of subversive conduct in this country.
1:31:23
If I had seen any subversive conduct...
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CHAIRMAN: That's enough.
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...it would have been my duty
to report it to the authorities.
1:31:31
We'll give you that opportunity.
1:31:33
Start now.
Who were these people at the meetings?
1:31:37
I won't let you hurt innocent people.
1:31:40
CHAIRMAN: As sure as I'm sitting here,
I'll charge you with contempt...
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...unless you answer that question.
1:31:47
You have my answer.
1:31:48
VELDE: Mr. Chairman, this witness
has been unresponsive...
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...and hostile to this Committee.
1:31:55
He's breached his Constitutional protections.
1:31:58
But, Mr. Chairman,
this Committee always wants to be fair.