Security-Government Printing Office, Vol. 1
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Published: 2015-08-05
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Security-Government Printing Office, Vol. 1: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-Third Congress, First Session, Pursuant to S. Res; 40 Senator Dirksen. Photographers, television and otherwise, will desist from taking the pictures of Mrs. Rothschild, and, Mrs. Rothschild, will you come forward? You will not be asked to testify at this time. Will you come up and stand approximately here in the corner of these two tables. (Mrs. Rothschild came forward.) Senator Dirksen. You do not have to take a seat. Now will you turn around and confront the witness who is occupying the witness stand? Mrs. Markward, you take a good look at Mrs. Rothschild and then you tell the committee whether this is the same Esther Rothschild that you knew during your activities in the Communist Party in this area. Mrs. Markward. It most definitely is. Senator Dirksen. You could not be mistaken about the identity of Mrs. Rothschild? Mrs. Markward. I could not. Senator Dirksen. That is all for the moment, Mrs. Rothschild. Mr. Ford. May I ask the committee to put into the record the distance that this witness was from this witness at the time she made the identification? Senator Dirksen. Yes, if that is material. The record can show that she was approximately 6 feet away. Now, Mrs. Markward, in your own language. I wonder if you will first of all detail some of your activities and your responsibilities and functions while you were a member of the Communist Party in the District, of Columbia ? Mrs. Markward. When I learned that I was to work in the District of Columbia, I was assigned to the Northeast Club of the Communist Party. I was a member of that club, during the time of the Communist Party prior to the time it was made the Communist Political Association. I became press director of that club in October, after I had joined the party in May. I was elected the president of the club in January or February of 1944. When the Communist Political Association was formed, I was elected to the city committee of the Communist Political Association of Washington, D. C. Senator Dirksen. Pardon me. I wonder if you will pull those microphones just a little closer to you. Probably they are not quite so sensitive. The Chairman. And speak a little more slowly, if you will. Senator Dirksen. Proceed. Mrs. Markward. I was elected to the city committee of the Communist Political Association. I was elected treasurer of the Communist Political Association of Washington, D. C. Shortly after the elections I was made membership director of the Communist Political Association of Washington, D. C. I retained those posts during the time of the Communist Political Association, which lasted nationally until about August of 1945. It was subsequently changed to the Communist Party of the State of Maryland, and it was October of 1945 when the actual change of name was made in Washington, D. C. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.