Mr. Specter. “Did any member of your immediate family or any close friend ever attend a meeting of the Communist Party?”
Mr. Ruby. No.
Mr. Herndon. I just had it slightly different. “Did any close friend or any member of your immediate family ever attend a meeting of the Communist Party?” Is that all right?
Mr. Specter. That phraseology is satisfactory.
Mr. Herndon. Now, there’s one other question here and this one is a little bit long, and we might want to discuss this question so Mr. Ruby will understand it perfectly. “Do you know if any close friend or any member of your immediate family has ever attended a meeting of any group that advocates the violent overthrow of the Government?”
Mr. Ruby. Yes; I know that they didn’t.
Mr. Specter. Let’s rephrase the question, leaving out the “Do you know”——
Mr. Herndon. So that it will now be, “Did any—et cetera.”
Mr. Specter. Yes.
Mr. Herndon. All right, the question will read: “Did any close friend or any member of your immediate family ever attend a meeting of any group that advocates the violent overthrow of the Government?”