Matilda Landsman
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Matilda Landsman was a New York Times employee in the 1950s. She was subpoenaed by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in November 1955 during their investigation into Communists in the media. She was one of 34 news media employs to be subpoenaed by the Senate after the testimony of journalist Winston Burdett, a one-time spy for the Soviet Union, in June of 1955. Landsman worked as a Linotype operator at the time of her testimony in January 1956. In the past she had worked as a stenographer in the news and Sunday departments, and as a secretary to the editor, Joseph Barnes of the defunct New York Star.
In her testimony she invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about her affiliation with the Communist Party.
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Time Magazine article: Jan. 16, 1956
