Investigation of Communist Activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 1

by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

(Whereupon the witness was excused until 9 o’clock the following morning.)

Mr. Moulder. Call the next witness, Mr. Wheeler.

Mr. Wheeler. Edmund Kroener.

Mr. Moulder. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony which you are about to give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. Kroener. I do.

TESTIMONY OF EDMUND D. KROENER, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, C. CALVERT KNUDSEN

Mr. Wheeler. Will you state your full name, please?

Mr. Kroener. Edmund D. Kroener.

Mr. Wheeler. Will counsel for the witness identify himself for the record?

Mr. Knudsen. C. Calvert Knudsen. And may the record show that I am, Mr. Chairman, if you please, the treasurer of the Seattle Bar Association, and, at the request of that association and at the request of this gentleman, I am undertaking to represent him at this hearing inasmuch as he is financially unable to obtain other counsel.