Bernard Silber v. United States

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

This case is a companion to Grumman v. United States, 110 U.S.App.D.C. --, 294 F.2d 708. Appellant, like Grumman, was called to testify before a subcommittee of the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities during a series of hearings on communist infiltration into the communications industry.

Appellant was called on August 2, 1957. At the commencement of proceedings on that day, and in the presence of appellant, the subcommittee chairman, Mr. Clyde Doyle, made the following statement:

“This morning’s hearings are a continuation of previous hearings started on July 17,…