Mr. Tavenner. Do you mean to your home in England?
Mr. Stenhouse. Yes. Then I went back to China in the fall of 1939, just after war was declared, and I was in Tientsin until the end of—well, the end of 1940. During 1940 I was sent up on a mission by my company to Chungking and to Hong Kong. That lasted about 3 or 4 months, I think.
Mr. Tavenner. After your arrival in this country how did you become employed and where?
Mr. Stenhouse. Well, before I left China I had made arrangements with a firm in Peiping to import and sell Chinese antiques. And he gave me the name of a man in Los Angeles with whom he had done business, and suggested that I call on him because he was in somewhat similar business. And when I got to Los Angeles I called on this gentleman and made arrangements to work out of his establishment.
Later on—I can’t remember the date—I went into partnership with him under the style of Alkow & Stenhouse, and we conducted an importing business of Chinese antiques and sort of handicraft items, and had a retail outlet on Wilshire Boulevard.
Mr. Tavenner. How long were you so engaged in business in Los Angeles?
Mr. Stenhouse. Until Pearl Harbor. And I decided then that——
Mr. Tavenner. From what date until Pearl Harbor?
Mr. Stenhouse. Well, as soon as I got to Los Angeles, sir.
Mr. Tavenner. That date was what?