The Lamont Case: History of a Congressional Investigation

ABRAHAM UNGER affirm alleged appear Attorney authority bills of attainder CHAIRMAN charge citation for contempt cited Committee on Government Communist Party competent tribunal conduct Congress Congressional Constitution Corliss Lamont counsel counts Daily Worker decline to answer defendant District Court Executive Department executive session facts Fifth Amendment Government Operations Grand Jury grounds hearing indictment Joe McCarthy jurisdiction Justice Lamont confers Lamont for contempt LANGER legislative LEHMAN Louis Budenz matter ment mittee Monday MORSE munist North Dakota o'clock objection offense opinion Permanent Subcommittee pertinent plead PRESIDING OFFICER private affairs Public Law 601 purge question under inquiry questions asked record referred refused to answer Resolution 40 Roy Cohn Rumely Section 192 Senate Resolution Senator from North Senator from Wisconsin Senator McCarthy September September 28 statement statute stenographic Subcommittee on Investigations subpoena Supp Supreme Court sworn telegram testimony tion United United States Senate witness WITTENBERG York