Mr. Tavenner. What methods were used by the Communist Party in order to induce you to become a member?
Mr. Carlson. I again invoke the fifth amendment.
Mr. Moulder. You are advised and directed to answer the question.
(There was no response.)
Mr. Tavenner. You have told the committee that you withdrew from the Communist Party in 1949. What were the circumstances which led you to the decision to withdraw from the Communist Party?
(The witness confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Carlson. I believe, Mr. Chairman, the immediate thing was the outbreak of the Korean war.
(The witness confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee, please, just how the outbreak of the Korean war affected you in your decision?
Mr. Carlson. My opinion, Mr. Chairman, was that that war was uncalled for. I didn’t agree with it, no more than I agreed with our participation in it.