Refuses to answer questions
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Refuses to answer questions

Associated Press · April 19, 1954

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Clyde L. Powell, assistant FHA commissioner, sits silently before the senate banking committee today, refusing to answer questions in an inquiry into multi-million dollar housing scandals. Powell told the committee: "my refusal is based on my constitutional privileges not to be a witness against myself."

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