(The witness confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Carmichael. The answer is the same as before.
Mr. Velde. Mr. Chairman, I think it would be appropriate at this point to place in the record that the Abraham Lincoln Brigade has been cited by the Attorney General and by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and by various other committees as being subversive.
Mr. Wheeler. I hand you a passport application signed by E. Brook Carmichael, and it was subscribed to and sworn to on the 30th day of June 1937. Did you execute this application?
(The witness examines document and confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Carmichael. I decline to answer on the basis of the fifth amendment.
Mr. Wheeler. Would you look at the second page and advise the committee whether or not that is your signature? It is about halfway down.
(The witness examines the document and confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Carmichael. I decline to answer for the same reason.
Mr. Wheeler. You will notice a photograph on the second page. Is that a photograph you submitted for the application?