(The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer for the same reasons as stated before. Mr. WHEELER. Have you served in the Armed Forces of the United States? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. Yes. Mr. WHEELER. During what period of time? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. From April 1945, until August 1946. Mr. WHEELER. Did you receive an honorable discharge? Mr. CARMICHAEL. Yes. Mr. WHEELER. Have you served in the armed forces of any country other than the United States? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I will decline to answer that for the same reasons as stated before. Mr. WHEELER. Is it a fact that you were a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. The answer is the same as before. Mr. VELDE. Mr. Chairman, I think it would be appropriate at this point to place in the record that the Abraham Lincoln Brigade has been cited by the Attorney General and by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and by various other committees as being subversive. Mr. WHEELER. I hand you a passport application signed by E. Brook Carmichael, and it was subscribed to and sworn to on the 30th day of June 1937. Did you execute this application? (The witness examines document and confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer on the basis of the fifth amendment. Mr. WHEELER. Would you look at the second page and advise the committee whether or not that is your signature? It is about halfway down. (The witness examines the document and confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer for the same reason. Mr. WHEELER. You will notice a photograph on the second page. Is that a photograph you submitted for the application? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer for the same reason. Mr. WHEELER. Mr. Chairman, I would like to introduce this document as Carmichael Exhibit No. 1. Mr. MOULDER. It is so admitted. [Illustration: CARMICHAEL EXHIBIT NO. 1] (The document above referred to, marked “Carmichael Exhibit No. 1,” for identification, is filed herewith and made a part of the record.) [Illustration] Mr. MOULDER. Is that a picture of you on that document? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer on the grounds stated before. Mr. WHEELER. Have you ever been expelled from a union for Communist Party affiliations? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer for the same reasons. Mr. WHEELER. Our records show that you were a member of the regional committee, Northwest Region, 12th District, Communist Party, as late as 1950. Is that correct? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARMICHAEL. I decline to answer under the protection of the fifth amendment. Mr. WHEELER. Also a member of the Sultan Section 51. Is that correct?