Samuel Weissman

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Samuel Weissman was a long time New York Times employee. He worked as the supervisor of indexers at the Times. He was one of 26 New York Times employees implicated by Winston Burdett in his testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee during its investigation into Communism in the media. Weissman testified in Jan. 1956 after being subpoenaed in November of the preceding year. In his testimony he denied present Communist Party membership but invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about past affiliations with the party.

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Time Magazine article