Mr. Dennett. Well, I cannot recall exactly at this time except to say that it was our purpose then to find young people who would have at least enough knowledge and understanding to be possible leadership material. It was our hope and purpose to develop more leaders. We needed them very much.
Mr. Tavenner. To develop them for leadership in the Communist Party?
Mr. Dennett. True.
Mr. Tavenner. Did you conduct any courses at the camp yourself?
Mr. Dennett. Yes; I did.
Mr. Tavenner. We find among the documents that you turned over to us what apparently is a questionnaire submitted to a number of members of the class, with their names appearing on them and with questions relating to their plans for the future, what they consider about class struggle, surplus value, materialist conception of history, and so forth.
I do not want you to mention in the testimony the names of any of these individuals at this moment, but I would like you to examine the questionnaire.
Mr. Dennett. I have my own copy.
Mr. Tavenner. Will you examine the group and state whether any child attending these classes was as young as 15 years of age?
Mr. Dennett. I have one 19, I have one 16. Yes; here is one 15.