Mr. Velde. Did you know what the Communist Party was at that time?
Mr. Westman. I decline to answer that question for the same reasons that I have given.
Mr. Velde. Where, and in what court did you receive your citizenship?
Mr. Westman. It was at the Federal courthouse here, but I am not sure at the present time which court it was.
Mr. Velde. At the time that you received your citizenship in the court, United States district court, were you engaged in any Communist Party activities?
Mr. Westman. I decline to answer that question for the same reasons that I have given before.
Mr. Moulder. Have you, to your own best knowledge and information, ever committed any act, a subversive act or one of un-American conduct against the United States of America?
(The witness confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Westman. Well, sir, under the fifth amendment, I must decline to answer that question, and I also know that this committee knows that I have not been engaged in such activities. I am sure that this committee knows that.
Mr. Velde. As a member of the committee, I certainly do not know that you have not been engaged in subversive activities.