Produced by Richard Hulse, Bryan Ness, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) INVESTIGATION OF COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE SEATTLE, WASH., AREA--Part 1 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MARCH 17 AND 18, 1955 Printed for the use of the Committee on Un-American Activities (Index in part 3 of these hearings) [Illustration] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 62222 WASHINGTON: 1955 COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FRANCIS E. WALTER, Pennsylvania, _Chairman_ MORGAN M. MOULDER, Missouri HAROLD H. VELDE, Illinois CLYDE DOYLE, California BERNARD W. KEARNEY, New York JAMES B. FRAZIER, JR., Tennessee DONALD L. JACKSON, California EDWIN E. WILLIS, Louisiana GORDON H. SCHERER, Ohio THOMAS W. BEALE, Sr., _Chief Clerk_ CONTENTS March 17, 1955: Testimony of-- Page Eugene Victor Dennett 249 Afternoon session: Eugene Victor Dennett (resumed) 274 Oiva R. Halonen 302 Eugene Frank Robel 309 Harold Johnston 313 John (Jack) Lawrie, Jr. 317 Edward Brook Carmichael, Jr. 322 Edwin A. Carlson 327 Edmund D. Kroener 330 March 18, 1955: Testimony of-- Eugene Victor Dennett (resumed) 335 Harold Johnston (resumed) 363 Edwin A. Carlson (resumed) 365 Margaret Elizabeth Gustafson 374 (Testimony of Robert Krahl, Robert Miller, Eugene V. Dennett, Lawrence Earl George, and Harriett Pierce, also heard on March 18, 1955, is printed in pt. 2 of this series.) PUBLIC LAW 601, 79TH CONGRESS The legislation under which the House Committee on Un-American Activities operates is Public Law 601, 79th Congress [1946], chapter 753, 2d session, which provides: _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled_, * * * PART 2--RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RULE X SEC. 121. STANDING COMMITTEES * * * * * 17. Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine members. RULE XI POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES * * * * *