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...Kamin was the final defense witness, and after his testimony was completed yesterday the defense rested its case. Judge Bailey Aldrich '28 must still pass on several defense motions. He will probably do so when the trial resumes Monday. The Judge has not yet listened to the tape recordings admitted to evidence yesterday. He is expected to hear the tapes, which are the property of the Corporation, Monday...
Judge Aldrich upheld government objections to any testimony about the general conditions at the Jan. 1954 public hearing and struck it from the record. The defense had asked Kamin and another witness about the crowd in the hearing room, and the presence of bright television lights. Aldrich held the testimony failed to prove that the conditions affected Kamin's "function as a normal witness...
...cross-examination the government asked about his prepared statement explaining his reason for refusing to discuss his former Communist associates. Prosecuting attorney John M. Harrington, Jr. '43, attempted to show that the statement indicated Kamin knew the purpose of the inquiry...
...Kamin Confused...
...Kamin answered that he had worded the statement carefully, but that prior to the hearing he had only a "strong surmise" as to McCarthy's reason for summoning him. He said he had presumed "the Senator's primary interest was in my relation to Harvard University...