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...places-at least those of them who were not out in the back room trying to cook up a deal to let Joe off. But later Watkins' Utah colleague, Republican Senator Wallace Bennett, a former president of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced that he would propose additional contempt action against McCarthy for abusing the Watkins committee...
Cornell University has relieved zoology tutor Marcus Singer, former Harvard instructor, of his teaching duties awaiting final disposition of his indictment on a charge of contempt of Congress. He will continue to receive his salary...
Singer will be arraigned in Washington D.C. on the contempt charge. Trial is scheduled to begin late in January or early February. Furry himself has been charged for contempt by the Senate for his testimony before the McCarthy Senate committee, but a grand jury indictment has not yet been returned...
...Furry cases are somewhat parallel, since both men admitted former Communist Party membership, but refused to name their associates. Singer relied on the Fifth Amendment for his defense, however, while Furry dropped the protection of the Amendment altogether in his testimony before the McCarthy committee. The maximum penalty for contempt of Congress is one year in prison, or a $1000 fine, or both
...federal grand jury in Washington yesterday indicted for contempt of Congress eight persons, including three former students at the University, for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee in hearings held...