Fair Taylor, editor of Union Guardian, was advertised in the catalog to teach a course on labor writer’s workshop. The testimony before the committee shows that she is the same person as Fair Taylor Egroth, and she was identified by Barbara Hartle as having been a member of the Communist Party. Dr. Ralph Gundlach was advertised to conduct a course of the analysis of employer propaganda. Were you acquainted with Dr. Gundlach? Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes, sir. He was a professor at the University of Washington. Mr. TAVENNER. Dr. Gundlach was identified by Harold Sunoo, before this committee, as having been a member of the Communist Party. There was a course conducted on labor news reporting by a person by the name of Pettus. Do you know his first name? Mr. O’CONNELL. Do I know his first name? Mr. TAVENNER. Yes. Mr. O’CONNELL. As I understand, there were two Pettuses who were newspapermen, Ken Pettus and Terry Pettus, and I am pretty sure the party involved here is the editor of the New World, or does it say? Ken Pettus, I think, was editor of the Stars and Stripes in the Far Eastern area at one time, and then Terry was editor of the New World in Seattle, Terry Pettus. Mr. TAVENNER. Do you know which one taught this course on labor news reporting? Mr. O’CONNELL. No, I don’t. Mr. TAVENNER. You do not? Mr. O’CONNELL. My guess would be that it would be Terry because he was in Seattle but I don’t know whether he actually did. Mr. TAVENNER. Terry Pettus was identified before this committee as having been a member of the Communist Party by Elizabeth Boggs Cohen and Barbara Hartle. Did Mr. Daschbach when he called you indicate his reason for calling you about teaching this course in the Pacific Northwest Labor School? Mr. O’CONNELL. He thought because of my political experience and because of the position, I think I had just shortly concluded my term as executive secretary of the Democratic Party, that was when, in December of 1947. Mr. TAVENNER. Yes, sir. Mr. O’CONNELL. That was in April of 1947, wasn’t it? Mr. TAVENNER. October to December 1947. Mr. O’CONNELL. Anyway, he thought because of my political experience and because of my previous position that I could do a job and that I would be able to do it. When he told me what it was I told him it was in a field that I was not particularly qualified to do. Mr. DOYLE. The committee will stand in recess until 2 o’clock. (Whereupon, at 12:10 p. m., the committee was recessed, to reconvene at 2 p. m. the same day.) AFTERNOON SESSION, JUNE 1, 1955 Mr. DOYLE. Let the record show that the legal quorum of the subcommittee is present, Mr. Velde, of Illinois, and Mr. Doyle, of California. Mr. Tavenner, will you proceed, please. TESTIMONY OF JEREMIAH JOSEPH O’CONNELL--Resumed Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. O’Connell, were you acquainted with Robert Marshall during his lifetime? Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes, I was. Mr. TAVENNER. What were the circumstances under which you became acquainted with him?