 Of the first five journalists called from Burdett's testimony at a 1955 hearing before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, only one admitted affiliation with the Communist Party, Charles Grutzner of the "New York Times".Other journalists that Burdett named included David A. Gordon, of the "New York Daily News", who took the Fifth Amendment 29 times, Melvin L. Barnet, a "New York Times" copyreader since 1953.Barnet lost his job because of his failure to answer questions at the hearing.