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"I am not on trial here, Mr. Chairman. This committee is on trial here before the American people. Let us get that straight."

— John Howard Lawson

January 1, 1970

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To Committee Chairman, J. Parnell Thomas), testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) of the US House of Representatives (October 27, 1947).

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To Committee Chairman, J. Parnell Thomas), testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) of the US House of Representatives (October 27, 1947).