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. VELDE. Of course, I don’t want to cast any reflections on the
individual members of the Institute of Pacific Relations or any others
you have contacted, but I do feel it would be valuable to the committee
if you would make available the various letters you used when applying
for jobs in order that we might search our records. Would you be
willing to make those available?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Do you want me to tell you the names of the people in
the Institute of Pacific Relations?
Mr. VELDE. No. I am not particularly anxious for that. Again, I want
to say if you do mention names of persons in the Institute of Pacific
Relations, it should be no reflection upon them whatsoever because you,
as a former Communist, contacted them.
I am interested in finding out who you contacted or who in the
Institute of Pacific Relations recommended you for a job with the
United Nations.
Mr. STENHOUSE. I haven’t been asked that question.
Mr. VELDE. I ask you that question.
Mr. STENHOUSE. If you want to know who it was in the Institute of
Pacific Relations who I think gave me the information, I am very frank
to tell you that it was Mr. Carter.
Mr. VELDE. Do you know his first name?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Edward C.
Mr. VELDE. Was he in his office at the time you went to the Institute
of Pacific Relations?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. VELDE. What did he do to promote your appointment in the United
Nations?
Mr. STENHOUSE. He may have contacted Dr. Lokanath, for all I know. I
think he possibly did.
Mr. VELDE. Did you get recommendations from members of the Institute of
Pacific Relations other than Mr. Carter?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No.
Mr. VELDE. Did you have recommendations of any kind other than the
Institute of Pacific Relations?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes.
The chief of my division gave me a very fine recommendation. A
colleague who was in the China legal section gave me a very fine
recommendation.
Mr. VELDE. Did either Mr. Carter or the chief of your division know
that you were a member of the Communist Party?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No; they did not.
Mr. VELDE. What type of formal application did you make for the
position you sought and afterward obtained in the United Nations?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I don’t recall now any formal application. I have in my
files a letter of appointment, but I don’t recall a formal application.
Mr. VELDE. Proceed, Mr. Counsel.
Mr. TAVENNER. After accepting the position with the United Nations,
were you sent on a project to China?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. TAVENNER. Before your selection for that project, were you
interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. TAVENNER. When was it you were interviewed by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation at which time you refused to advise them as to your
previous Communist Party membership?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, I think you gave me the date of that the other
day. I had forgotten it.
Mr. TAVENNER. Don’t you remember it?
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