First, the reference is to having attended, say, up to 40 meetings, one way or the other, and being aware of the goal of the Communist Party. I would have to say this in all honesty: During the time I was a member of the Communist Party I at no time was aware of their desire to do anything which was contrary to the best interests of the people. Now it could conceivably be that I was not aware, perhaps naive. All of my activity--and, in fact, that is what prompted me not to take the fifth amendment. At no time in my life have I knowingly done anything contrary to the best interests of the people of this country. And certainly were I to be aware of that in an association and continue activity I would be guilty of doing something against the best interests of the people. Mr. MOULDER. The subpena that has been served upon you will be in full force and effect. You will be subject to recall upon due notice. Mr. MILLER. Should I leave for the day? Mr. MOULDER. Yes. The subpena will remain in full force and effect, and you will be subject to recall upon due notice at any time in the future. That does not mean, of course, that you have to attend any of the hearings here today or tomorrow. Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Chairman, I would like to call Mr. Eugene V. Dennett at this time. TESTIMONY OF EUGENE VICTOR DENNETT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, KENNETH A. MacDONALD--Resumed Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Dennett, at the time we suspended your testimony you had completed your narrative with regard to your experience in the CCC camp, and told us that immediately thereafter you had been shanghaied into working shipping. (At this point Representative Morgan M. Moulder left the hearing room.) Mr. DENNETT. A little freight boat here in Puget Sound. Mr. TAVENNER. I am sure that would be a very interesting story, but it is not a matter we are investigating in our work here. After you had that experience how long was it before you returned to the work of the Communist Party? Mr. DENNETT. It was within a very few months because I didn’t know at the time I started to work in the freight-boat industry in Puget Sound that there was an organizing drive of a union to organize the employees and that they had reached the point before I came along where they had entered into an arbitration. And they were awaiting the decision of this arbitrator. Finally the decision came down, I think about 3 or 4 months after I entered the industry, and the decision was so adverse that the men stopped work as soon as the boats got into port. Mr. TAVENNER. What do you mean by saying that a decision came down? Mr. DENNETT. The arbitrator handed down his decision. He was a very long time making his decision. When it finally came down it was very disagreeable to all the employees. In fact, they rejected it; they refused to accept it and called a strike.