Mr. HATTEN. I can hand the letter over and make it a part of the record if the chairman wishes. I merely wanted to state that it concludes that he is advised not to attend, or to withhold from the duties set forth in the subpena. Of course, I appreciate that the committee may want to have him examined by an independent physician, and I am sure that whatever the committee’s desires are in that regard will be agreeable with Mr. O’Connell, or in the event that the committee should desire to examine him in Great Falls, Mont., at some later continued hearing. One of the problems is the distance that he would have to travel under his condition. He would either have to come by plane, or, in the absence of that, travel over the mountain passes, which would seriously affect his health. Mr. VELDE. I do not want to violate any of your rights as to attorney-client relationship, but have you talked to Mr. O’Connell personally? Mr. HATTEN. No, I did not. Mr. VELDE. You mentioned that he had previously requested Mr. Walter, the chairman of the full committee---- Mr. HATTEN. I understand that he has communicated with Representative Walter, yes. Mr. VELDE. Do you know the date of that? Mr. HATTEN. I do not. Mr. VELDE. Mr. Chairman, I think it should be made a matter of record that Mr. O’Connell was duly subpenaed on--what was the date? Mr. MOULDER. The eighth of March. Mr. VELDE. The 8th day of March and up until this moment we have not received any type of communication from Mr. O’Connell. While, of course, we always have been very lenient as far as the witnesses who have medical ailments are concerned, however, it has always been the custom--and I think probably Mr. O’Connell knows about this, too--for a medical affidavit to be filed promptly. In this case it certainly hasn’t been prompt. Mr. HATTEN. That depends upon the period of time when he had the attack. He certainly couldn’t advise the committee on the date of the subpena of his inability to attend if the reason why he couldn’t attend was an attack which occurred later. Mr. TAVENNER. Is that the situation? Mr. HATTEN. I couldn’t advise the committee. The committee will undoubtedly go into this further, and the exact dates and situations will be discovered. I have not been in Great Falls, Mont., and I don’t want to make any representations. Mr. MOULDER. You aren’t making an appearance? You are simply presenting this letter? Mr. HATTEN. That is correct. Mr. MOULDER. Very well. Will you call Mr. Johnston as a witness? TESTIMONY OF HAROLD JOHNSTON, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, JAY G. SYKES--Resumed