:58:00
- Do you know if they were secret,
top secret, confidential? - No, sir.
:58:04
- You wouldn't know the degree
of classification? - No, sir.
:58:08
I see.
:58:10
I'm afraid I'm going
to have to excuse myself, I've got...
:58:14
...a rather important appointment
to work on right now...
:58:18
...and I wonder if, Senator Mundt,
you would takeover as Chairman?
:58:27
- Chairman. Uh...
- Cohn.
:58:29
I have no further questions
of this witness at this time.
:58:32
We have the testimony of Mrs. Markward,
the undercover agent for the FBI...
:58:36
...stating that Annie Lee Moss
was a member, a dues-paying member...
:58:39
...of the Communist Party...
:58:41
...the Northeast Club
of the Communist Party.
:58:44
We have corroboration
of that testimony by another...
:58:48
...witness who was called
before the Committee...
:58:50
...and gave a sworn statement
to the effect...
:58:52
...that she also knew Mrs. Moss
as a member...
:58:55
...of the Northeast Club
of the Communist Party.
:58:57
She's already lost her job. She's been
suspended because of this action.
:59:01
I'm not defending her. If she's
a Communist, I want her exposed.
:59:05
But to make these statements
as we've got corroborating evidence...
:59:09
...that she is a Communist,
under these circumstances...
:59:12
...I think she's entitled to have it
produced here in her presence...
:59:16
...and let the public know about it
and let her know about it.
:59:22
I don't like to try people
by hearsay evidence.
:59:27
I'd like to get the witnesses here
and try them...
:59:31
...by testimony, under oath.
:59:33
The Chair will rule
that the comment of Mr. Cohn...
:59:37
...be stricken from the record.
:59:38
I didnt ask that, Mr. Chairman!
:59:41
...whether we should try to produce
a witness in public...
:59:43
...because the FBI may have
her undercover and we don't want to...
:59:47
You can't strike these statements
made by counsel here as to evidence...
:59:51
...that we're having and withholding.
You cannot strike that from the press...
:59:55
...nor from the public mind
once it's planted there. That's the...