Tom C. Clark

“ Its relationship to the Matusow recantation is confirmed by the Committee's next question, asking whether petitioner had attended a Communist meeting in 1947 'at the home of Angus Cameron,' publisher of Matusow's autobiography.
When the question is viewed in context, it seems so me that pertinency is clearly established. Petitioner is a seasoned lawyer with trial experience. Both questions and answers may go afield in the examination of a witness-a truism to every trial practitioner but that fact cannot license a witness' refusal to answer questions which are relevant. ”