Mr. TAVENNER. I notice in the Daily Worker issue of July 8, 1937, that you were listed to speak along with Earl Browder and others on July 19. This was prior to your trip to Spain? Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes. Mr. TAVENNER. Do you recall that? Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes. As I remember from the date that was the first anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish War and it was a meeting, as I remember, in Madison Square Garden and the speakers included--I know Fiorello LaGuardia spoke there. I know Norman Thomas, the candidate for the Socialist Party spoke there; a Republican Representative in Congress also spoke there. I spoke as a Democrat. Mr. SCHERER. Who was the Representative? Mr. O’CONNELL. If I remember, he was from one of the New York districts, I am not too sure which. Mr. SCHERER. Do you remember his name? Mr. O’CONNELL. I really don’t. The purpose of the meeting as it was outlined was to have a representative of all of the political parties speak at the meeting. Did Marcantonio speak there? Mr. TAVENNER. He is listed as one of those. Mr. O’CONNELL. At that time I am pretty sure Marc was a Republican Representative or had been a Republican Representative. Mr. SCHERER. Marcantonio was a Republican Representative? Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes; he was. He came to Congress as a Republican Representative. Mr. SCHERER. I understand how that happened. Was he the one you are referring to or was it somebody else? Mr. O’CONNELL. I am not sure. I know there was a representative of every political party that spoke there on the Spanish situation and in favor of the Spanish Republic. Mr. SCHERER. I understand that, but might it have been Marcantonio you were referring to? Mr. O’CONNELL. My remembrance is it was somebody else, but I don’t want to--I am trying to think. As a matter of fact, he was from one of the silk-stocking districts of New York, as I remember. Mr. WILLIS. We will adjourn until 2 o’clock. (Whereupon, at 12:30 p. m. the committee was recessed, to reconvene at 2 p. m. the same day.) AFTERNOON SESSION, JUNE 2, 1955 The subcommittee reconvened at 2 p. m. Mr. WILLIS. The subcommittee will come to order. Because of the pressure of legislative work, as we have gone along in these hearings it has been necessary to constitute and reconstitute the subcommittee. Mr. Scherer could not be here this afternoon and the chairman has now appointed a subcommittee of my colleagues, Mr. Velde, and Mr. Doyle, and myself as chairman. In view of the reconstitution of the subcommittee we will reswear the witness. Do you solemnly swear that you will testify according to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, before this subcommittee? Mr. O’CONNELL. I do. Mr. WILLIS. Proceed, Mr. Tavenner. TESTIMONY OF JEREMIAH JOSEPH O’CONNELL--Resumed Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. O’Connell, were you a member of the national committee of the International Labor Defense in 1940? Mr. O’CONNELL. I don’t know----