Mr. TAVENNER. Did that individual indicate that he knew you had been associated with a branch of the Communist Party in Los Angeles when he first talked to you about attending such meetings in the District of Columbia? Mr. STENHOUSE. I don’t remember whether he did or not. Mr. TAVENNER. Who was the person that contacted you in Washington? Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, again I can’t remember his name. But I have already told you who I thought it was in terms of his union function. He was a member of the grievance committee in that department. Mr. TAVENNER. Can you give a better identification of the individual than the fact he was with the grievance committee? Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, I can give you a physical description to some extent. He was a fairly short fellow and dark, dark hair. Mr. TAVENNER. About what age person was he at that time? Mr. STENHOUSE. Oh, I imagine maybe 30, 32; something like that. Mr. TAVENNER. Where did he live? Mr. STENHOUSE. I don’t know. He may have lived in Virginia. I say that because one of the houses where we met was in Virginia. Mr. TAVENNER. Was it his house? Mr. STENHOUSE. I am not sure now. Mr. TAVENNER. Was he also employed by the Department of Commerce? Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, sir. Mr. TAVENNER. What was his position in the Department of Commerce? Mr. STENHOUSE. He was in the Balance of Payments. I am not sure of the actual name of the division. The work of that division was related to the study and report of international balance of payments. Mr. TAVENNER. Can you tell us where his office was located in the Department of Commerce? Mr. STENHOUSE. No. It was a huge building and I don’t remember what floor it was on. It was in the main building. Mr. TAVENNER. Was it on the same floor as your office? Mr. STENHOUSE. I don’t remember. Mr. TAVENNER. Can you give us his name? Mr. STENHOUSE. No; I can’t sir. Mr. TAVENNER. Were all of the members of this group employees in the Department of Commerce? (Representative Harold H. Velde entered the hearing room at this point.) Mr. STENHOUSE. I am not sure of that. I think they were. I identified them in my mind at least with members of the Public Workers Union. And, while I was--well, I was going to say with that local. But I am not sure of that. Mr. TAVENNER. What was the number of the local? Mr. STENHOUSE. I don’t remember. I only attended about, oh, not more than 4 or 5 union meetings. I dropped out of the union around the end of 1946, I think it was. And, as a matter of fact, I was extremely busy in my work and wasn’t actually familiar with the organization of the union. Mr. TAVENNER. You were active enough in the union to be made a steward. Mr. STENHOUSE. That is right. I was a shop steward. Mr. TAVENNER. Was it your duty, as a shop steward, to represent the membership of the union in legitimate grievances? Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, we never had any. And all I did was collect dues and turn them over to another fellow.