(There was no response.) Mr. TAVENNER. Will you tell the committee, please, what the Communist Party was endeavoring to accomplish in the group of the Communist Party with which you were affiliated? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARLSON. I again invoke the fifth amendment, Mr. Chairman. Mr. MOULDER. The Chair directs the witness to answer the question. (There was no response.) Mr. VELDE. Just a minute. I don’t think the record shows any answer to that. Do you want the record to show that you do not answer, that you remain silent? Mr. CARLSON. I wish to invoke the fifth amendment. Mr. TAVENNER. Will you tell the committee, in what activities did the group of the Communist Party of which you were a member engage? Mr. CARLSON. I again invoke the fifth amendment. Mr. MOULDER. The Chair directs the witness to answer the question. (There was no response.) Mr. TAVENNER. Will you tell the committee, please, whether the Communist Party group with which you were affiliated was organized within any industry, within any labor union, or whether it was a street group of the Communist Party, or, sometimes referred to as, a neighborhood group of the Communist Party? Mr. CARLSON. Again, on the grounds of possible self-incrimination I refuse to answer. Mr. MOULDER. You are directed to answer the question propounded to you by Mr. Tavenner, counsel for the committee. Mr. CARLSON. On the grounds of the fifth amendment, I refuse to answer. Mr. TAVENNER. Over how long a period of time does your knowledge of Communist Party activities exist? Mr. CARLSON. I again invoke the fifth amendment. Mr. MOULDER. You are advised and directed to answer the question. (There was no response.) Mr. TAVENNER. When did you become a member of the Communist Party? Mr. CARLSON. The answer is the same as the one previous. Mr. MOULDER. Again the Chair advises and directs you to answer the question. (There was no response.) Mr. TAVENNER. What methods were used by the Communist Party in order to induce you to become a member? Mr. CARLSON. I again invoke the fifth amendment. Mr. MOULDER. You are advised and directed to answer the question. (There was no response.) Mr. TAVENNER. You have told the committee that you withdrew from the Communist Party in 1949. What were the circumstances which led you to the decision to withdraw from the Communist Party? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. CARLSON. I believe, Mr. Chairman, the immediate thing was the outbreak of the Korean war. (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. TAVENNER. Will you tell the committee, please, just how the outbreak of the Korean war affected you in your decision? Mr. CARLSON. My opinion, Mr. Chairman, was that that war was uncalled for. I didn’t agree with it, no more than I agreed with our participation in it.