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NY 100-81752 to locate any questionnaire filled out by JOHN LAUTNER while at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, reflecting information as to his Communist Party membership. LAvTNER was then excused by the defense and was not recalled pursuant to the above subpoena. On Decemver 1, 1952, during redirect examination of BRLIZABETH GURLEY SLYEN, with the permission of the Court, WILL HARRISON, former Raltor of the Santa Fe "New Mexican," was called as eae defense witness and testified that HAYVEY ANSHALL MATUSOW, one of the witnesses called by the Government, had been paid twelve dollars by the Santa Fe "New Mexican" for an article which had appeared in the newspaper on November 30, 1952. WATUSOY, on recross-examination, denied payment for this article. iATUSOWY also appeared in Court on December l, 1952, in answer to a defense subpoena, and was there identified by HAtRISON as the person to whom the money was paid, Both were wake pe ee ee ee ee eS ee Ce ee then excused. On September 8, 1952, defendants served a subpoena on the attorney General for the production of all records of payments by the Department of Justice and by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to all informants who had been called by the Government as witnesses in this case. The subpoena was return- able on Septenber 25, 1952. The subpoena was adjourned on that and aubsenuent datea until Novemhan 13, 1aCq9 whan the Governmen a ee ee a rs ee er? a or er Bree) ifaw ed | and Defense Counsel executed a stipulation concerning such pay- ments. On November 18, 1952, while on cross-examination, Defendant FLYNN was esked if she krew HOWARD "STRETCH" JOHNSON. Defendant FLYKN refused to answer and was then directed to do so by Judge DIECCK, Trial was adjourned to November 19, 1952 to give Defense Counsel the opportunity to present additional arguments concerning TEYNN'S refusal to answer + Ba ed and tan) iw WoL ® On November 19, 1952, Defense Counsel offered Defendant PLYNN'S affidavit setting forth the membership of the various Commissions of the Communist Party, USA, and offered to stipulate as to the material contained in the affi- davit. Special Assistant to the United States Attorney DAVID ~ 31 - + av