Mr. MOULDER. Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. PIERCE. I claim the protection of the fifth amendment on that question, too. Mr. MOULDER. Are you now employed? Mrs. PIERCE. I have already answered that question. Mr. MOULDER. Then would you care to answer again? Mrs. PIERCE. Well, I could answer it again the same as I did before. I am employed now. Mr. MOULDER. Where are you now employed? Mrs. PIERCE. At the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. Mr. MOULDER. How long have you been employed there? Mrs. PIERCE. I decline to answer under the privilege of the fifth amendment. Mr. MOULDER. Do you mean to say the length of time you have been employed there would tend to incriminate you? Is that your reasoning on that? Mrs. PIERCE. I have already stated my answer, sir. Mr. MOULDER. Any questions, Mr. Velde? Mr. VELDE. No questions. Mr. MOULDER. The witness is excused. The committee will stand in recess until tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock. (Whereupon, at 4:50 p. m., the subcommittee was recessed, to be reconvened at 9 a. m., Saturday, March 19, 1955.) INVESTIGATION OF COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE SEATTLE, WASH., AREA SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1955 UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES, _Seattle, Wash._ PUBLIC HEARING A subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities met, pursuant to recess, at 9:30 a. m., in Room 402, County-City Building, Seattle, Wash., Hon. Morgan M. Moulder (chairman) presiding. Committee members present: Representatives Morgan M. Moulder (chairman) (appearance as noted) and Harold H. Velde. Staff members present: Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., counsel, and William A. Wheeler, staff investigator. Mr. VELDE. The subcommittee will be in order, and we will proceed, Mr. Counsel. Mr. TAVENNER. I would like to recall Mr. Eugene V. Dennett to the stand, please. TESTIMONY OF EUGENE VICTOR DENNETT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, KENNETH A. MacDONALD--Resumed Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Dennett, will you come forward, please. When your testimony was suspended yesterday we were inquiring into the activity of the Washington Commonwealth Federation. In the course of your testimony on that subject no mention was made of the Workers Alliance. To what extent was the Workers Alliance affiliated with that organization? Mr. DENNETT. It was one of the principal affiliates in the early days, and it had regular representatives on the Washington Commonwealth Federation board. One of the most prominent of those was a person by the name of Harry C. Armstrong, who was better known as Army Armstrong. He later became a legislator, and I think he was at one time the head of the Workers Alliance. Mr. TAVENNER. At the time he was head of the Workers Alliance and active in the Washington Commonwealth Federation was he also a member of the Communist Party?