Mr. Tavenner. Was this while you were in Seattle?
Mr. Dennett. While I was in Seattle.
I was the one chosen to go to this camp to represent the district. The purpose at the camp was to offer summer recreation facilities to provide relaxation for youths, young people, under supervision of party leadership, and to introduce them to some of the theoretical program of the Communist Party.
Mr. Tavenner. Was it basically an actual part of the Communist Party plan of recruitment and indoctrination?
Mr. Dennett. Yes, it was. I thought we were quite successful, too.
Mr. Tavenner. What age group attended that camp?
Mr. Dennett. Well, at that particular camp the age limits were not restricted too narrowly. Ordinarily the age limit would be in the teens for the Young Pioneers. Some of them did get up just beyond, up into the early twenties. These young people were of mixed age and grouping.
Mr. Tavenner. I hand you another document which we found among the documents you turned over to the committee, and I will ask you to identify it, if you will, as a flier advertising the camp to which you refer.
(Document handed to the witness.)
Mr. Dennett. Oh, yes. This was circulated by the party to its branches, and was especially circulated among what we called the language sections.