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CHAIRMAN: Who were some of these people
you met with as an American citizen?
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I told you, I will not--
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CHAIRMAN: Just answer the question.
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I'll answer all questions
about my own actions...
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...regardless of the consequence,
but not about others.
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This Committee examines the extent,
character and objectives...
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...of subversive conduct in this country.
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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.
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We'll give you that opportunity.
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Start now.
Who were these people at the meetings?
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I won't let you hurt innocent people.
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CHAIRMAN: As sure as I'm sitting here,
I'll charge you with contempt...
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...unless you answer that question.
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You have my answer.
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VELDE: Mr. Chairman, this witness
has been unresponsive...
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...and hostile to this Committee.
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He's breached his Constitutional protections.
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But, Mr. Chairman,
this Committee always wants to be fair.
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So, to be fair, I'd like to give Mr. Merrill...
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...one more chance to address the issues
that warranted his appearance here.
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Do you deny there was a Communist front
meeting at your home last September 21?
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DAVID: I don't know
what you're talking about.
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VELDE: Tell me if the following people
were present:
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VELDE: ''Dorothy Nolan, Joe Lesser,
Nelly Lesser, Claude Rowan, Bert Alan.''
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DAVID: When I returned from France, my
friends threw a surprise party at my house.
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If I tell you who was there,
everyone would be a Communist! I refuse.
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I won't do that.
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I remind this Committee and you...
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...of the sworn testimony from Larry Nolan...
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...that David Merrill--
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Did Larry Nolan testify
that he burned books...
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...because he was afraid to be caught
with those books?
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Some books should be burned!
Libraries are full of Communist filth!
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Alice in Wonderland? Huckleberry Finn?
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How many Communists do you know?