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(The above-referred-to documents were marked "LaPlace Exhibit 3" and received in evidence.)

By Mr. O'CONNOR:

Q. Mr. LaPlace, there is only one additional question I would like to ask you: During the course of the investigation information was received by the committee that for a period of 7 days on the west coast you became lost. Do you have any comment concerning that? A. I remember reading that story and all I can say, sir, is that that was sheer nonsense. I can account for all of my days with the committee. I am sure that the people for whom I worked could attest to the fact that I was working during that time. I reported to Mr. Stone daily. I am under oath and this is all I can say, sir.

Q. When you went back to Los Angeles, did you report to Mr. Stone daily, after you were there?

A. Almost daily, sir.

Q. You did perform the services that the chairman instructed you to in Los Angeles?

A. I did, and I made a personal report to Mr. Stone upon my return, sir.

Mr. O'CONNOR. I have no further questions, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. WAGGONER. One question which follows the last question of Mr. O'Connor. The 7-day period to which he has referred as your having been lost, would you for the record give us those days?

The WITNESS. I don't know what days.

Mr. WAGGONER. Would they be the 18th through the 25th?

The WITNESS. Well, I wasn't lost, so I can't respond to that, sir. Mr. O'CONNOR. I have no information on it other than it was indicated to us during the interview of certain of the witnesses, or certain of the members of the committee, that he was unavailable to write the report after they had returned to Washington because he was lost on the west coast.

Mr. LaPlace indicates he was on special assignment by the chairman during that period and that is the only information we have.

The WITNESS. The report was written, Mr. O'Connor, prior to my return but I submitted a personal report for this particular phase of the investigation. I can give you a list of names and telephone numbers and addresses of people to whom I talked and interviewed during that 7-day period if this will be of any help to you.

Mr. O'CONNOR. If the committee desires it, we can put it in the record.

Mr. WAGGONNER. I see no reason for it.

Mr. NEDZI. I see no reason for it.

Mr. O'CONNOR. I see no reason for it.

Thank you, Mr. LaPlace.

Mr. HAYS. Off the record. (Discussion off the record.). (Witness excused.)

Mr. O'CONNOR. Gentlemen, our next witness is Emma T. Swann.

MRS. EMMA T. SWANN, having been duly sworn, was examined and testified as follows:

By Mr. O'CONNOR:

Q. Will

Swann?

you state your

full name and address for the record, Mrs.

A. My name is Emma T. Swann, 4241 Nash Street NE.
Q. You are accompanied by counsel?

A. Yes.

Mr. ELLIS. For the record, Mr. Chairman, my name is Roy M. Ellis. I am an attorney, member of the bar of the District of Columbia and I represent Mrs. Swann. My office is 508 Fifth Street NW. Mr. HAYS. Mr. Ellis, we are pleased to have you here representing your client. The rules of the House restrict your activities as counsel for the witness to giving legal advice to her. This does not contemplate your addressing the committee on her behalf and most committees do not permit it. However, I will go beyond the rules and hear you only if you state legal objections on behalf of your client. Mr. ELLIS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. HAYS. These objections must be proceeded with briefly and in an orderly fashion. We will not permit you to argue your objections after you have stated them.

Now, I ask you if you have consulted with your client and advised her of her rights, particularly her constitutional rights to claim the privilege of self-incrimination under the fifth amendment.

Mr. ELLIS. I have, Mr. Chairman, but may I ask a question for the purposes of information: If such an objectionable question should arise, may I be permitted to confer before the witness answers? Mr. HAYS. You may.

Mr. ELLIS. Thank you.

Mr. HAYS. Mrs. Swann, your appearance before this committee will be in executive session unless you request it be in public session. If your appearance is in executive session the public and press will not be admitted to the hearing room and pursuant to paragraph 26, House of Representatives rule x1, your testimony may not be released or used in a public session without the consent of this committee. Nor will you be permitted to purchase a copy of the transcript of your testimony unless authorized by this committee. If your appearance is in public session, the public and news reporters will be admitted, but television and news photographers will be excluded.

I now ask you whether you choose to appear before this committee in executive or public session?

The WITNESS. Executive.

Mr. HAYS. Let me state this, Mrs. Swann. It may take counsel by surprise. We have had a couple of witnesses in here this afternoon who were brought in because an audit seemed to indicate that they had done certain things. They proved to our satisfaction that they hadn't. We asked one of them and I intend to ask the others if they cared if we announced to the press that they were brought in here because the audit apparently showed they did certain things and we found they didn't and we wanted the public to know there was no wrongdoing on their part.

In other words, what I am trying to get across is that this committee is not out to indict anybody, to hurt anybody, or to harm anybody. There are certain discrepancies here which you will be asked about which, if you can explain, we would be delighted. We would rather have you explain them than to leave them unexplained. By Mr. O'CONNOR:

Q. When were you first employed by the Committee on Education and Labor?

A. April 1965.

Q. Are you still employed by the committee?

A. Yes, I am.

Q. What is your position with the committee?

A. I am a receptionist.

Q. Are you a receptionist in the committee offices or in Congressman Powell's office?

A. Congressman Powell's office.

Q. How long have you acted as receptionist in Congressman Powell's office?

A. Since I was first employed.

Q. All your tenure of office has been up in the Congressman's personal office?

A. Yes.

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