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SILBER v. UNITED STATES

No. 15779.

296 F.2d 588 (1961)

Bernard SILBER, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1961.

Petition for Rehearing Denied August 1, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Victor Rabinowitz, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Mr. David Rein, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, and Miss Doris Spangenburg, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before Mr. Justice REED, retired, BAZELON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

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 Un-American 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...

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