Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...protest against the inaccurate, distorted story that appeared [TIME, Dec. 29] about me ... I was not in Marseille waiting to dispose of any loot. I am not a criminal. I have never been arrested in my life until this happened. As for your reference to the Jolly Roger and pirates, I get seasick when the anchor goes up and I don't know the difference between a peashooter and a cap pistol. I am a legitimate exporter and nylon manufacturer, and the worst offense I have ever been guilty of was traffic violations...
...citizen to cooperate in government. He has no option to say, "I do not approve of this Grand Jury or that Congressional Committee; I dislike its members and its objectives; therefore I will not tell it what I know." He is neither wise nor legally justified in attempting political protest by standing silent when obligated to speak. The citizen is ordinarily required, when summoned, to give testimony to a court, legislative committee or other body vested with subpoena power, and if he refuses to do so he is punishable. Subpoena power has proved necessary to the conduct of government...
However, a witness who testifies without protest to a part of his Communist connection may find that he has lost his privilege of silence, and must tell the rest or stand punishment for contempt. In 1948 another witness before a federal grand jury in Colorado testified that she had been Treasurer of the Communist Party of Denver until eight months previously, and that she had then turned over the membership lists and dues record of the Party to another. But she refused to tell to whom she had given them, saying, "I don't feel that I should subject...
McCarthy foes began to buzz about preventing him from being seated when Congress reconvened, and he dared them to try it. He was sworn in without a sound of protest; his wiser foes were sure that a challenge would have been voted down by the Senate. As he walked back to his seat, Joe seemed relaxed. When he passed Senator Hayden, he clapped the "lackey" on the back and smiled a big smile. Hayden made a face...
...citizen) is neither wise nor legally justified in attempting political protest by standing silent when obligated to speak," the pair hold...