As I remember then he was chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the Senate, and we adjourned to that particular committee room and had a meeting there. I can’t remember now the precise details of the situation, whether it was Senator Langer or somebody in the group or who it was who suggested a committee ought to be formed to defeat the bill. I know Senator Langer suggested I become chairman of the committee. He had known me as a member of Congress and I have known him for a long time. North Dakota and Montana are very close together and our political situations are quite similar and so on. So it was at that meeting it was decided I should become chairman, that I should stay to see what could be done to lobby and so forth, to see what could be done to defeat the legislation. I think arrangements were then made with the Progressive Party in the State of Washington for me to stay down here during the month or so that was necessary and to have my salary advanced by the Progressive Party. Mr. TAVENNER. What was the occasion for your return to Washington in March of 1950? Mr. O’CONNELL. As I remember, the legislation had again been reintroduced. It had not cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1948 by the time of congressional adjournment, then, but I think the legislation was reintroduced in the next session of Congress and if I remember correctly it passed, it had already passed the House and it was pending in the Senate, and hearings were being held and were to be held in the Senate in March of 1950. I came on down. I don’t remember whether, I can’t remember whether it was Mr. Silberstein or Mr. Waybur (Bruce Waybur), who contacted me and it was anticipated at the time I would have to spend about a month down there lobbying. Mr. TAVENNER. I hand you a copy of a telegram which the committee procured under subpena duces tecum from the Western Union, dated July 18, 1950, addressed to you, which reads as follows: Greetings. Essential you take first plane or train here. It shows it was charged to the National Lawyers Guild and signed “Silberstein.” The telegram was charged to the National Lawyers Guild. Will you examine it, please. Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes, sir. I think that is the---- Mr. TAVENNER. I desire to offer the telegram in evidence and ask that it be marked “O’Connell Exhibit No. 2” for identification purposes only and to be made a part of the committee files. Mr. WILLIS. It is so ordered. Mr. O’CONNELL. What is the date? Mr. TAVENNER. July 18, 1950. Did you then advise Mr. Silberstein that you would require advancement of funds for the purpose of making the trip?