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...Army-McCarthy hearings. Witnesses will be heard, and, the committee decided last week, Joe will have the right to cross-examine them. This week Joe demanded that one of his accusers, Senator Ralph Flanders, return from a vacation in Europe and be put under oath as a "complaining witness." Actually, Flanders is no more a "witness" than any other American who can read or look at television. Flanders is a man who says that certain actions are improper. There is little doubt about the actions; the argument is about their propriety...
...names of notorious outlaw dacoits who roam the hills in the name of Kali, robbing the rich, comforting the poor, and in general spreading terror and rough justice. No dacoit in modern times ever became so feared or respected as Man Singh in the years that followed his great oath of vengeance. Villages over an area of 8,000 square miles learned to tremble at news that his gang was near. Few moneylenders dared call in the police when Man Singh sent them the chopped-off finger of a kidnaped relative demanding ransom for the rest...
...Rudy Lambert: "In 1943 Dr. Oppenheimer indicated to Colonel Lansdale [another military intelligence officer] that he did not know Rudy Lambert, a Communist Party functionary. In fact. Dr. Oppenheimer asked Colonel Lansdale what Lambert looked like. Now, however, Dr. Oppenheimer under oath has admitted that he knew and had seen Lambert at least half a dozen times prior to 1943; he supplied a detailed description of Lambert . . . and [said] that he knew at the time that Lambert was an official in the Communist Party...
...work of military intelligence, the FBI, and the AEC-all, at one time or another, have felt the effect of his falsehoods, evasions and misrepresentations. Dr. Oppenheimer's persistent and willful disregard for the obligations of security is evidenced by his obstruction of inquiries by security officials . . . Under oath he now admits that his refusal to name the individual [Chevalier] impeded the Government's investigation of espionage...
Counsel Ray Jenkins: Do you recall that Mr. Stevens . . . swore under his oath . . . that you asked him to assign Dave Schine to the New York area...