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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1957
Page
16
A bipartisan housing bill nears Senate action after a House vote 172 to 142 approving lower FHA down payments and expanded mortgage credit. The measure adds 250 million for slum clearance and urban renewal plus similar for veteran elderly and military housing.
Three days of House Un American Activities hearings ended in Baltimore with six Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Plant workers suspended as a prelude to dismissal. A department sitdown strike occurred rather than work with a witness who invoked the Fifth Amendment during the probe of Communist influence in heavy industry.
Twenty four persons testified while twenty one refused to answer questions citing self incrimination. Benjamin Fine, one suspended steelworker, argued the committee aimed to place people on unemployment, as Rep Willis questioned what had been accomplished by the Baltimore hearings.
Undercover agents provide evidence that the Communist Party is pursuing hoaxes while presenting itself as a peaceful political force. A school hearing saw Herbert Nichol, a former United Electrical Workers organizer, refuse to deny Moyer’s alleged Communist ties and defend his loyalty with a brief Army record. The audience applauded Nichol’s stance as he declined to answer.
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