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 2 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MARCH 18 AND 19, 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 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 18, 1955: Testimony of-- Page Robert B. Krahl 379 Robert Miller 382 Eugene Victor Dennett (resumed) 391 Lawrence Earl George 414 Harriett Pierce 416 March 19, 1955: Testimony of-- Eugene Victor Dennett (resumed) 419 Paul William Delaney 438 Jacob Bitterman 441 John Stenhouse 443 Afternoon session: John Stenhouse (resumed) 450 Eugene Victor Dennett (resumed) 466 Abraham Arthur Cohen 490 Eugene Victor Dennett (resumed) 492 Bernard Freyd 493 Hans Lenus Adolph Westman 495 (Testimony of Eugene V. Dennett, Harold Johnston, Edwin A. Carlson, and Margaret Elizabeth Gustafson, also heard on March 18, 1955, is printed in pt. 1 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 * * * * * (q) (1) Committee on Un-American Activities. (A) Un-American activities.