Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 2United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 2
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Communism -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Mr. WHEELER. Mr. John Stenhouse.
Mr. MOULDER. Will you raise your right hand and be sworn?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony which you are about to give
before this congressional subcommittee will be the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I do.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN STENHOUSE, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, JACK R. CLUCK
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you state your name?
Mr. STENHOUSE. John Stenhouse.
Mr. TAVENNER. It is noted you are accompanied by counsel. Will counsel
identify himself?
Mr. CLUCK. Jack R. Cluck, C-l-u-c-k, 535 Central Building, Seattle.
Mr. TAVENNER. When and where were you born, Mr. Stenhouse?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I was born in Chungking, China, on January 22, 1908.
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you spell your last name, please.
Mr. STENHOUSE. S-t-e-n-h-o-u-s-e.
Mr. TAVENNER. Are you now an American citizen?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. TAVENNER. When and where were you naturalized?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I was naturalized in Los Angeles on April 23, 1943.
Mr. TAVENNER. When did you arrive in the United States?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I am not quite certain, but it was either December of
1940 or January of 1941.
Mr. TAVENNER. Have you been in the United States continuously since
that time?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No. In June 1948 I went out to China, and returned to
the United States either September or October of the same year.
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you tell the committee, please, what your formal
educational training has been.
Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, I went to a public school in England, and after
completing my education in England I went back to China.
Mr. TAVENNER. When did you go back to China?
Mr. STENHOUSE. In 1928.
Mr. TAVENNER. Where did you live in China from 1928 until you came to
the United States?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, I was in my father’s business in China. The name
of the firm was MacKenzie & Co., and they had several branches in
China. I spent some time in Shanghai. I then went to--
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you fix the dates, please.
Mr. STENHOUSE. It is pretty hard. But approximately 9 months in
Shanghai. That would be in 1928.
I really don’t remember the month that I got to Shanghai, but I was
there approximately 9 months.
Then I went to Tientsin, and I was there until the beginning of 1931, I
think it was.
Mr. VELDE. What kind of a company was MacKenzie & Co.?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, it was a British trading firm. We had---
Mr. VELDE. Import-export?
Mr. STENHOUSE. And warehouses and shipping and that sort of activity.
Then I went to Hankow. I was there until about 1934. I remember the
date because we went home on leave at that time, and I got married that
year. And then after leave I went back to Tientsin, and I was there
until 1939 when we went home on leave again.
Mr. TAVENNER. Do you mean to your home in England?
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