Mr. TAVENNER. The Daily Worker of May 3, 1938, reports that Jeremiah O’Connell was a speaker at a function of the International Labor Defense. According to Equal Justice, page 4, of the November 1938 issue, Jeremiah O’Connell was one of the sponsors of the Christmas drive of that organization. According to the May 1939 issue of Equal Justice, Jeremiah O’Connell was one of those who sent congratulations to the southern California district year book 1938 of the International Labor Defense. According to a leaflet the summer milk fund drive, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, of June 13, 1940, you were listed as a member of that committee of the International Labor Defense. Now, does that information refresh your recollection? Mr. O’CONNELL. No. I mean I can’t--I don’t remember ever being elected to the international committee of the International Labor Defense, or selected for it. I probably, as a Congressman, like on the milk fund, summer milk fund and Christmas fund, and so on, at that time the International Labor Defense used to send, I think Christmas presents to labor prisoners. During my term in Congress I was particularly active in fighting for the freedom of Tom Mooney. My Dad had been in the miner’s union, a member and executive for that particular period; he has always been interested. When I came here I introduced a resolution in the Congress asking for the freedom of Tom Mooney and for a pardon for him. I think my best recollection is as far as the International Labor Defense is concerned that the matters I sponsored were around prisoners like Tom Mooney. Mr. TAVENNER. Are you familiar with the fact that it has been cited as a Communist front organization? Mr. O’CONNELL. I shouldn’t say that I actually know that it has been cited, or when it was cited. Mr. TAVENNER. Attorney General Tom Clark cited it as a subversive and Communist organization on June 1, 1948, and again on September 22, 1948. Mr. O’CONNELL. It wasn’t even in existence then. Mr. TAVENNER. Probably not. Attorney General Francis Biddle, on September 24, 1942, cited it as a legal arm of the Communist Party. This committee on January 3, 1939, again on January 3, 1940; on June 25, 1942; and on March 29, 1944, cited it. In this committee’s citation it was referred to as the American section of the MOPR Red International of Labor Defense, often referred to as the Red International Aid. It was subsequently combined with the National Federation of Constitutional Liberties to form the Civil Rights Congress. Mr. VELDE. Mr. O’Connell, as a former Member of Congress, naturally you were interested in the citations of the Un-American Activities Committee and the citation of the Attorneys General. Surely you must have some recollection that these organizations were subversive and cited as subversive by duly constituted bodies?