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. MOULDER. Mr. Stenhouse, the subpena which was served upon you will
remain in full force and effect until you are otherwise notified, or
notified to appear here as a witness before this committee in further
open session.
Mr. STENHOUSE. Mr. Chairman, may I make a short statement?
Mr. MOULDER. You will not be entitled to make a statement. You mean you
want to ask a question?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I just wanted to refer once more to this matter of
remembering the names. There were not more than 5 of these meetings.
They occurred in a context where I was discussing the same sort of
subjects in many different groups with many different individuals with
many different points of view. As I said before, I cannot remember the
names of people with whom I was in daily contact at that time.
I have moved out of that part of the country. I have very few
associations with it. It is entirely impossible for me to drag names
out of the air.
If the committee or its staff will be able to submit names to me I will
do my best to say whether or not I can remember those people.
Mr. MOULDER. That is the purpose of continuing in force and effect your
subpena. And you are now temporarily excused as a witness.
(Whereupon the witness was temporarily excused.)
Mr. MOULDER. Call the next witness, Mr. Tavenner.
Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Dennett.
Mr. MOULDER. The name of the witness?
Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Dennett.
TESTIMONY OF EUGENE VICTOR DENNETT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, KENNETH
A. MacDONALD--Resumed
Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. Dennett, I would like you to resume at this point the
identification of individuals who were prominent in Communist Party
activities in this area during the period that you were a member of the
CIO council.
Mr. DENNETT. Mr. Chairman, there is one fellow that came to my mind
after I left the stand here in connection with the Boeing plant, a
fellow by the name of Sam Telford, who was very well known to me at
that time.
Telford was very active in the organization of young people. His
wife, Kate, was one of the principal workers in the office of the
International Woodworkers of America. I happen to recall that because
Kate and I had one thing in common--we had both attended church when
we were young and had learned a number of hymns. And whenever social
affairs occurred she and I would be singing hymns. And it seemed to
grate on the nerves of the comrades. They wanted to know if we didn’t
know some revolutionary songs, and we got a big kick out of irritating
them with that.
I have quit singing, however. My voice doesn’t suit for that.
Mr. TAVENNER. Do you recall whether the first name was Kate or Kay?
Mr. DENNETT. I knew her by the name of Kate, K-a-t-e.
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