Mr. MOULDER. Yes, Mr. Dennett. We thank you for your patience and the information which you have given the committee. We are endeavoring, whenever possible, to give you a rest so there will not be this long stress upon you for a long period of time. Mr. DENNETT. I appreciate that. In my younger days I used to have a marathon endurance, but I find I don’t have it any more. Mr. MOULDER. Do you wish to call another witness? Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Lawrence Earl George. Mr. MOULDER. Will you hold up your right hand and be sworn, please. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony which you are about to give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God? Mr. GEORGE. I do. TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE EARL GEORGE, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, PHILIP L. BURTON Mr. WHEELER. Will the witness state his full name, please? Mr. GEORGE. My name is Lawrence Earl George. Mr. WHEELER. Where do you reside? Mr. GEORGE. Seattle, sir. Mr. WHEELER. Will counsel identify himself for the record, please? Mr. BURTON. My name is Philip L. Burton. I am a Seattle attorney. Mr. WHEELER. Mr. George, what is your occupation? Mr. GEORGE. I am a warehouseman, sir. Mr. WHEELER. How long have you been a warehouseman? Mr. GEORGE. Oh, for 12, 15 years; 12 years anyway. Mr. WHEELER. Being a warehouseman, are you a member of any union? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. Sir, upon advice of counsel, I will invoke my rights and privileges under the first and fifth amendments of the Constitution of the United States. Mr. MOULDER. I didn’t hear your reply. Did you say you decline to answer the question? Mr. GEORGE. Because of certain insinuations about any union, it is necessary for me to invoke my rights under the first and fifth amendments of the Constitution and decline to answer the question. Mr. WHEELER. Have you held any positions in the union that we are discussing? Mr. GEORGE. Again, sir, I shall have to invoke the fifth amendment. Mr. WHEELER. Is it not a fact that the warehousemen are members of the International Longshoreman’s and Warehousemen’s Union? I am not asking you if you are a member of the ILWU; just a blanket question. (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. Yes; that is a fact. Mr. WHEELER. Are you a member of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. Again, sir, I have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment. Mr. WHEELER. Have you at any time during your residency in Seattle been acquainted with a lady by the name of Barbara Hartle? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. Again, sir, I shall have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment. Mr. WHEELER. Mrs. Hartle testified before this committee last June that she knew you as a member of the waterfront section of the Communist Party. Is that correct? (The witness confers with his counsel.)