:46:00
Do you swear the testimony
youre about to give...
:46:04
...will be the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
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-I do.
-Be seated.
:46:13
State your full name and residence.
:46:16
Peter Appleton, Hollywood, California.
:46:19
Im informed you have a prepared
statement youd like to read.
:46:24
-Yes, sir.
-Mr. Chairman...
:46:26
...before he reads his statement,
Id like to ask a few questions.
:46:31
Just to clear the air.
:46:34
Americans deserve to know the extent
of the Communist conspiracy...
:46:39
...that threatens our way of life.
:46:42
We were told the witness would
be allowed to read a statement.
:46:46
So he will, but hell answer
a few questions first.
:46:50
Mr. Appleton, you mentioned
your home is Hollywood.
:46:54
But for the last several months you
made your home in the town of Lawson?
:47:00
Yes, thats true.
:47:02
Have you ever met
an Albert Lucas Trimble?
:47:07
No, sir.
:47:09
Thats not possible.
Luke Trimble is dead.
:47:13
That didnt prevent you from
masquerading as Luke while in Lawson.
:47:23
Order!
:47:25
I wasnt masquerading.
:47:27
I was mistaken for Luke.
There was an accident.
:47:31
Im sure anyone who reads the paper
is familiar with your accident.
:47:36
An accident which came hard upon
being named by this Committee.
:47:42
What I find hard to understand is why
you were in such a hurry to leave L.A.
:47:48
One might view that
as a flight from authority.
:47:52
I wasnt fleeing, sir.
:47:54
I simply went for a drive and had
an accident that affected my memory.