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Senator. This legend is very interesting as we read this propaganda. The first sentence:

Mr. (reading):

That is in the big type, is it not?

Mr. . Yes. that is the big type.

Mr. . No further questions.

The. Do my distinguished colleagues have any further questions?

Thank you very much, Mr. Clendenen. I think your next witness is Dr. Harris Peck, is it not, Counsel?

Mr. . Yes.

The. Will Dr. Peck come forward, please?

Doctor, will you be sworn, please?

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you will give to this sub-committee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, will be the truth, the whale truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Dr. . I do.

The. Doctor, did you have a prepared statement?

Dr. . No. I do not.

The. Will you proceed to give your testimony in your own manner?

Mr. . I think it might be easier for the Doctor if we had questions.

The. Proceed, then.

Mr. . Will you state for the record your full name, address, present occupation, and title?

Dr. . I am Dr. Harris Peck, and I am the director of the Bureau of Mental Health Services for the New York City Court of Domestic Relations.

Mr. . At the children's court?

Dr. . That is, the court of domestic relations is comprised of the courts, the family court and the children's court.

Mr. . Could you give us a little bit of your background? You are a psychiatrist, are you?

Dr. . Yes, I have been associated with the court for almost 8 years, first, as senior psychiatrist in charge of the treatment services, and for the past several years I was director of the menial health services.

Prior to that I was director of a child-guidance clinic al the General Hospital in the city, and was a research and teaching fellow at the Bellevue Hospital, New York University Medical Center.