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UNITED STATES v. KNOWLES

No. 1211-56.

147 F.Supp. 19 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America. Plaintiff, v. Mary KNOWLES, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

January 2, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Goodrich, Washington, D. C., and Henry W. Sawyer, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for the motion.

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty. and William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., opposed.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The defendant, Mary Knowles, is under indictment on a charge of contempt of Congress. The specific accusation is that she unlawfully refused to answer certain pertinent questions when testifying as a witness before a Subcommittee created by the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, to investigate the administration of the Internal Security Act, 50 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. and other internal security laws. The questions...

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