Mr. Tavenner. Do you mean to say that the Communist Party was in favor of the war, and, therefore, inasmuch as you disagreed with it, you got out of the Communist Party?
(The witness confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Carlson. I was against the invasion by the North Koreans of South Korea. That is my position. I didn’t approve of that at all. In fact, I don’t approve of war really of any kind.
Mr. Tavenner. I misunderstood your answer entirely.
You believed that the North Koreans invaded South Korea?
Are you assigning the Korean war as your reason for getting out of the Communist Party? What I am getting at is: What was the Communist Party doing about the Korean war with which you disagreed? That is the point I am trying to develop. (The witness confers with his counsel.)
Mr. Carlson. I am not really in a position, I don’t think, to say what the Communist Party did about that. Officially. There was a period of time when I suppose I was—Well, I don’t know what word to use—probably losing faith, or disagreeing, or something with the activities. And that was the real change in my mind. That was the thing, the straw that broke the camel’s back, you might say.
Mr. Tavenner. Do you mean the Korean war?
Mr. Carlson. Yes.
Mr. Tavenner. What was the Communist Party doing about the Korean war that made this matter so important it affected your decision about breaking your connection with the party?