Word: contempts
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...alleged contempt occurred when Furry and Kamin dropped their Fifth Amendment shields on questions about themselves, but refused to talk about others in their appearance before the McCarthy Committee in January...
...Never before," veteran aides commented, "had the House committee been stopped so short in an inquiry." Velde's committee immediately voted unanimously to recommend him for contempt and later secured the citation from Congress. The citation is at present at the Attorney General's office, waiting for a decision on presenting it to a Grand Jury...
...those threatened with contempt by committees have been cited...
Professors throughout the country realized last month that government investigating committees meant threats of contempt citations seriously. On May 11, the House voted unanimously to cite for contempt nine witnesses who refused to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee...
Also cited for contempt was Lawrence Baker Arguimbau, former M.I.T. professor. Arguimbau admitted membership in the Communist party itself, thus waiving privileges of the Fifty Amendment, but also refused to name associates or answer questions that might lead to identification of them. After giving his testimony to the Velde Committee, Arguimbau resigned his associate professorship at the Institute...