Mr. Moulder. The committee will stand in recess. However, I wish to announce that immediately after the recess Mr. Johnston and Mr. Carlson should make themselves available for recall appearances before the committee.
The committee will stand in recess for a period of 10 minutes.
(Whereupon, a short recess was taken.)
Mr. Moulder. The committee will be in order.
The committee is informed that the witness Jerry O’Connell has counsel appearing for him.
Mr. Hatten. Yes.
Mr. Moulder. Please come forward.
STATEMENT OF C. T. HATTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SEATTLE, WASH.
Mr. Hatten. I was in attendance all day yesterday. However, I was not authorized to speak for Mr. O’Connell. I understood that he had wired and otherwise contacted the chairman of this committee, Representative Walter, and had expected to receive word from him.
The reason for Mr. O’Connell’s not appearing here is the fact that he has had an acute heart attack, and has had a heart condition for a considerable period of time.