He was married to Susan Peck and they lived together for more than 25 years in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
He held several positions including deskman for the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
When pressed by Senators Peck refused to answer questions about the affiliations of other people.
Peck a one-time staffer at the defunct Communist leaning New York Compass did not claim the protection of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution when he refused to answer the questions, he simply refused to answer.
Price, and Alden Whitman, for contempt of Congress by a Washington grand jury.