PUBLIC LAW 601, 79TH CONGRESS

The legislation under which the House Committee on Un-American Activities operates is Public Law 601, 79th Congress [1946], chapter 753, 2d session, which provides:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * *

PART 2-RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

17. Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine Members.

RULE XI

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES

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(q) (1) Committee on Un-American Activities.

(A) Un-American activities.

(2) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized to make from time to time investigations of (i) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (ii) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (iii) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation.

The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.

For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, and to take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by any such chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such chairman or member.

RULES ADOPTED BY THE 83D CONGRESS

House Resolution 5, January 3, 1953

RULE X

STANDING COMMITTEES

1. There shall be elected by the House, at the commencement of each Congress, the following standing committees:

(q) Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine members.

RULE XI

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES

17. Committee on Un-American Activities.

(a) Un-American Activities.

(b) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized to make from time to time, investigations of (1) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (2) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by or Constitution, and (3) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation.

The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.

For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and doucuments, and to take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by such chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such chairman or member.

INVESTIGATION OF COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE

STATE OF MICHIGAN-Part 7

(Lansing)

MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1953

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES,

Lansing, Mich.

The subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities met, pusuant to call, at 10: 45 a. m., in room 712, Olds Tower Building, Lansing, Mich., Hon. Kit Clardy (acting chairman) presiding. Committee member present: Representative Kit Clardy.

Staff members present: Donald T. Appell, investigator; and Dolores Anderson, reporter.

Mr. CLARDY. Mrs. Gregurek, will you stand and be sworn, please? In the testimony you are about to give, do you solmenly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mrs. GREGUREK. I do.

Mr. CLARDY. Will counsel please state his name and address for the record, please?

Mr. LEITSON. Morton Leitson, attorney, 804 Detroit Street, Flint, Mich.

Mr. CLARDY. I had better inquire as to whether or not you have ever appeared before this committee, or a subcommittee. If not, I will give a brief explanation. The witness has a right to counsel. If at any time she wishes to confer with her counsel, she may do so. If some particularly important question should arise and you want to leave the room in order to confer in private, you have a right to do so, but counsel is not permitted to take any part in the hearing, other than to confer with his client. If you have an inquiry as to the propriety of the committee sitting with only 1 member, I have been appointed as a subcommittee of 1 by the chairman and am sitting as his subcommittee. Since you are not the first witness we have heard this morning, that statement has been duly placed in the record at the opening of our hearings.

The chairman may appoint a subcommittee for the purposes of holding hearings, rather than sit as a full committee, and in this case it has been done.

Are you ready, Mr. Appell?

Mr. APPELL. Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. CLARDY. Proceed with the questions, please.

Mr. APPELL. Mrs. Gregurek, will you give us your full name, please?

1 Released by the committee.

TESTIMONY OF GOLDIE ZORA GREGUREK, ACCOMPANIED BY HER COUNSEL, MORTON LEITSON

Mrs. GREGUREK. Goldie Zora Gregurek.

Mr. APPELL. Where do you reside?

Mrs. GREGUREK. 401 Beaver Street.

Mr. APPELL. In what town?

Mrs. GREGUREK. Lansing, Mich.

Mr. APPELL. When and where were you born?

Mrs. GREGUREK. In Chicago, Ill., on September 18, 1916.

Mr. APPELL. Would you outline your occupational background from 1935 on, please?

Mrs. GREGUREK. I have been a housewife. I have worked in stores, done restaurant work, and clerking. That is about all.

Mr. APPELL. Where are you presently employed?

Mrs. GREGUREK. At the American State Bank.

Mr. CLARDY. Here in Lansing?

Mrs. GREGUREK. That's right.

Mr. APPELL. Mrs. Gregurek, I will show you a photograph and while this photograph is rather recent, I ask you if you recognize the individual appearing in this photograph as an individual that you at any time knew?

(At this point, Mrs. Gregurek conferred with Mr. Leitson.)

Mrs. GREGUREK. I refuse to answer this question under the fifth amendment.

Mr. CLARDY. May I make this statement, and you may listen to this, Counsel: From now on if she wishes to raise the same grounds, she need only say "I refuse to answer on the same grounds." It will be thoroughly understood when she does this that she is each time raising the fifth amendment. I may or may not agree as to whether she has the right to raise it or not in good faith, but she may do so if she wishes.

Mr. APPELL. Mrs. Gregurek, the individual who is in the photograph I showed you is Dr. Byron Thorwell Darling. During the period of 1938 through 1941, Dr. Darling was an instructor at the Michigan State College. Did you know Dr. Byron Thorwell Darling? Mrs. GREGUREK. I refuse to answer on the same grounds.

Mr. APPELL. Would you, Mrs. Gregurek, deny knowing an individual if you, in fact, did not know him?

Mrs. GREGUREK. I refuse to answer on the same grounds.

Mr. CLARDY. Did you ever hear at any time of an individual by the name of Dr. Darling?

Mrs. GREGUREK. I refuse to answer-on the same grounds.

Mr. CLARDY. Yes, be sure and say that. The committee does not wish to take advantage of anyone, but after having told a witness what to do, he must do it from then on, without further direction from the Chair.

Mr. APPELL. Mrs. Gregurek, did you in 1939 reside at 401 Beaver Street, in the city of Lansing, Mich.?

Mrs. GREGUREK. I did.

Mr. CLARDY. When did you move to that location-approximately when?

Mrs. GREGUREK. On March 9, 1938.

Mr. CLARDY. And you still reside there?