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SINGER v. UNITED STATES

No. 13299.

244 F.2d 349 (1957)

Marcus SINGER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1957.

Judgment Vacated June 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel H. Pollitt, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Sidney S. Sachs, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., and Lewis Jacobs, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Lewis Carroll, William Hitz and John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

In May, 1953, the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities was investigating, through a subcommittee, the activities of Communists in the field of education. Marcus Singer, called as a witness, testified freely that some years before, when he was on the teaching staff of Harvard University, he had been a member of a Communist Party group and had frequently attended its meetings. But he repeatedly refused to answer when asked...

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