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. STENHOUSE. No.
Mr. VELDE. Or how you happened to get to the meeting?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I don’t remember where it was. It was apparently in the
house of one of the members of the group.
Mr. VELDE. Do you remember the physical surroundings of the meeting
place? Apparently it was in a home of one of the members of the group.
Mr. STENHOUSE. One of the meetings, as I recall, was in, I think it was
an apartment in one of the projects over on the Virginia side.
Mr. VELDE. On that occasion can you remember anyone discussing any
particular legislation; for instance, legislation pending at that time?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No; I can’t. They were very----
Mr. VELDE. Can you recall the name of any individual discussing any
particular item?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No, I don’t.
Mr. VELDE. By physical description?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No. They were very informal discussions. We just
exchanged ideas back and forth. Somebody had read an article out of a
paper or one of the publications, and we discussed it, and that was
about it.
Mr. VELDE. Your impression was, however, that it was a Communist Party
discussion group?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, that is my impression.
Mr. VELDE. Did you discuss Marxism?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No.
Mr. VELDE. You cannot recall what you discussed except that you vaguely
remember it was a Communist Party discussion?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I say we were discussing foreign affairs, domestic
problems. I remember at that time the question of price control was in
people’s minds, and I am pretty sure that that was one of the things we
discussed.
They were nothing more nor less than an attempt, from a certain
viewpoint, to study and explain, if you like, the phenomena we were
living in.
Mr. VELDE. Have you no independent recollection whatsoever of how you
happened to get into the first meeting?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Except that I was invited, as far as I remember, by this
fellow that I have described.
Mr. VELDE. But do you remember his name?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I probably saw him not more than, oh, 20 times during
the whole time I was in Washington. And there were many people in
Washington whom I saw every day, whose names I can’t remember.
Another thing, Mr. Congressman, we discussed the same topics from a
different viewpoint with other people. And it is very hard to remember
now exactly which topic was discussed at which meeting.
Mr. VELDE. I am sure, Mr. Stenhouse, it is very hard to remember
exactly. But certainly I think that a person of average intelligence
and a fair memory could remember at least one person.
Mr. STENHOUSE. If I could name them I would. And in offering to go over
a list of names, I have done the best I can to cooperate with your
committee.
Mr. MOULDER. When you filed your application for Government employment
did you file Government form 57?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. MOULDER. Do you remember the names of the persons you gave as
references on that application?
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