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

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

Mr. Kroener. Work as a machinist.

Mr. Wheeler. Are you presently employed?

Mr. Kroener. No; I am not.

Mr. Wheeler. Being a machinist, are you a member of any union?

(The witness confers with his counsel.)

Mr. Kroener. I wish to invoke, on answering that, the fifth amendment, on the grounds that it may incriminate me.

Mr. Wheeler. Are you a member of the International Association of Machinists, A. F. of L.?

Mr. Kroener. Again I wish to invoke the fifth amendment.

Mr. Wheeler. Have they instituted charges against you to remove you from membership in the union?

Mr. Kroener. Again I wish to invoke the fifth amendment.