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...Leon J. Kamin '49 will go on trial for contempt of Congress in Boston Federal Court this morning...
...long series of legal maneuvers and decisions will thus reach a climax in the same building where Kamin refused, in January 1954, to tell Senator Joseph R. McCarthy about his former Communist associates...
...trial before Judge Bailey Aldrich '28 and a jury may result in a guilty verdict on any of six counts in Kamin's indictment. If convicted, Kamin faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail and $1,000 fine for each count...
This week's events do not signify the end of the legal road for Kamin, however. If he is convicted, his lawyers will certainly appeal. Several similar cases, such as that of teacher Corliss Lamont '24 and author Harvey O'Connor, also await decision and may affect Kamin...
Conflict between the U.S. government attorneys and defense lawyers will probably not center about the facts of Kamin's refusal. More likely, the two sides will argue whether the committee McCarthy then headed had the power to inquire about Kamin's associates...