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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.''
1:32:26
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?
1:32:50
Some books should be burned!
Libraries are full of Communist filth!
1:32:54
Alice in Wonderland? Huckleberry Finn?
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How many Communists do you know?
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How many have you worked with?
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What is your association with them?
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What are their names? A simple question.
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CHAIRMAN: Will the Congressman yield?
VELDE: Yes.
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Is Ruth Merrill...
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...a member of the Communist Party?
1:33:15
DAVID: My wife?
CHAIRMAN: You mean your ex-wife?
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Here she is at the ''Ban the Bomb'' bash
that you all threw.
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Clearly mocking our government.
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Should a person like this be allowed
to teach impressionable children?
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Children have the right to discuss
government in school.
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She must be barred from influencing
young minds.
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And I will see to it
that legislation is adopted...
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...requiring teachers to take a loyalty oath.
1:33:44
To prevent people like her from teaching!
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DAVID: She doesn't want them killed
by atomic bombs!
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She's disloyal!
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By teaching respect for the Constitution?
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Is Ruth Merrill now or has she ever been
a Communist? Yes or no?
1:33:58
No. Never. Absolutely, categorically, no.