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*Donald Ritchie, associate historian in the Senate Historical Office, "In 1958 the Subversive Activities Control Board confirmed Markward’s assertion that Moss’ name had appeared on the Communist party rolls in the mid-1940s."<ref>Ritchie, 2003, p. XV</ref> The SACB report states:

*Donald Ritchie, associate historian in the Senate Historical Office, "In 1958 the Subversive Activities Control Board confirmed Markward’s assertion that Moss’ name had appeared on the Communist party rolls in the mid-1940s."<ref>Ritchie, 2003, p. XV</ref> The SACB report states:

<blockquote><blockquote>"The situation that has resulted on the Annie Lee Moss question is that copies of the Communist party's own records, the authenticity of which the party has at no time disputed, were produced to it (Exhibits 499 to 511 inclusive), and show that one Annie Lee Moss, 72 R Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., was a party member in the mid-1940's. Yet, on several occasions before the Court of Appeals and  the Board the party charged that witness Markward had committed perjury before the Defense Department in the Moss Security Hearing in testifying to what the party's own records showed to be fact.</blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote>"The situation that has resulted on the Annie Lee Moss question is that copies of the Communist party's own records, the authenticity of which the party has at no time disputed, were produced to it (Exhibits 499 to 511 inclusive), and show that one Annie Lee Moss, 72 R Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., was a party member in the mid-1940's. Yet, on several occasions before the Court of Appeals and  the Board the party charged that witness Markward had committed perjury before the Defense Department in the Moss Security Hearing in testifying to what the party's own records showed to be fact.</blockquote>

<blockquote><blockquote>"We conclude that upon production of the documents demanded by respondent, the Communist party's charge that Markward gave perjurious testimony was not sustained. Consequently, Mrs. Markward's testimony is in no way impaired by the Annie Lee Moss matter."<ref>Subversive Activities Control Board, Docket No. 51-101, William P. Rogers, Attorney General of the U.S. v. The Communist Party of the U.S., recommended decision on second remand, September 19, 1958, p. 5</ref></blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote>"We conclude that upon production of the documents demanded by respondent, the Communist party's charge that Markward gave perjure testimony was not sustained. Consequently, Mrs. Markward's testimony is in no way impaired by the Annie Lee Moss matter."<ref>Subversive Activities Control Board, Docket No. 51-101, William P. Rogers, Attorney General of the U.S. v. The Communist Party of the U.S., recommended decision on second remand, September 19, 1958, p. 5</ref></blockquote>

*In the landmark [[United States Supreme Court]] decision of ''Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board'', 367 U.S. 1, 86 (1961)<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0367_0001_ZO.html Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board, 367 U.S. 1, 86 (1961)]</ref>, Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] (who had been a mentor of and character witness for [[Alger Hiss]]) , writing for the majority, noted in response to allegations by the Communist Party that Markward had committed perjury, “On December 18, 1956, the [Subversive Activities Control] Board issued its 240-page Modified Report. It found that Mrs. Markward was a credible witness....”  

*In the landmark [[United States Supreme Court]] decision of ''Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board'', 367 U.S. 1, 86 (1961)<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0367_0001_ZO.html Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board, 367 U.S. 1, 86 (1961)]</ref>, Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] (who had been a mentor of and character witness for [[Alger Hiss]]) , writing for the majority, noted in response to allegations by the Communist Party that Markward had committed perjury, “On December 18, 1956, the [Subversive Activities Control] Board issued its 240-page Modified Report. It found that Mrs. Markward was a credible witness....”