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Seymour Peck

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
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Biography

Seymour Peck, an editor on the New York Times Sunday magazine, was one of six indicted for contempt of Congress in December 1956 for defying the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee's inquisition into the press; he had admitted past Communist membership but refused to name associates.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Indicted for contempt of Congress Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for defying the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Convicted: Indicted December 1956