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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Grace Lorch, who sympathized with a Negro girl amid a mob at Little Rock's Central High School, was cited for contempt by the State Internal Security Subcommittee for disrupting their communist activities probe. She protested during testimony before Sen. William E. Jenner.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The white woman who braved an angry mob outside Little Rock's Central High School to offer sympathy to a weeping Negro school girl, has been cited for contempt by the State Internal Security Subcommittee here.
The subcommittee Tuesday charged Mrs. Grace Lorch, wife of a white professor at a Negro college in Little Rock, with trying to "disrupt" their investigation of alleged Communist activities in Tennessee, Kentucky and nearby areas.
Mrs. Lorch, appearing before the group with a prepared statement, began each answer with "I am here under protest."
Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind.) became disturbed at the woman's approach and shouted: "You're a troublemaker, aren't you? We don't care what you did in Little Rock. We are concerned with the threat of communism in this nation. We want to know if you were a member of the Communist party in Boston .."
"I am here under protest," the woman began her answer again.
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Memphis, Tenn.
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Tuesday
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cited for contempt
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The State Internal Security Subcommittee charged Mrs. Grace Lorch with trying to disrupt their investigation of alleged Communist activities in Tennessee, Kentucky and nearby areas. She appeared with a prepared statement, beginning each answer with 'I am here under protest.' Sen. Jenner shouted at her about communism and her possible Communist party membership in Boston.