Mr. Dennett. That is true.
Mr. Tavenner. The Communist Party reversed its tactics.
Mr. Dennett. That is true. We were very flexible people. We could do almost anything with our tactics.
Mr. Tavenner. Therefore, the Communist Party’s objectives were accomplished in both instances.
Mr. Dennett. That is right. And what was even more important to the party was to be able to carry a great big newspaper story in the Daily Worker to the effect that the revolution was starting because the workers had seized the County-City Building in King County, State of Washington, and held it for 3 days.
Mr. Tavenner. Was that used as Communist propaganda over the entire United States?
Mr. Dennett. It was.
Mr. Tavenner. Up until the time you made that speech at the direction of the Communist Party it appears to me that this was a cooperative effort between the unemployed councils and the unemployed citizens leagues in the march on Olympia. Am I correct in that?
Mr. Dennett. It was; through the people’s councils.
Mr. Tavenner. But manipulated through the people’s councils where you had influence?