Mr. Stenhouse. I was a shop steward and collected dues from 4 or 5 people. That was all.
Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee, please, the circumstances under which you were approached to identify yourself with the Communist Party while you were working for the Department of Commerce?
Mr. Stenhouse. Well, again I think it was that one of the fellows in the union asked me to attend some of the similar sort of meetings that I had before. But it is possible that it was from some contact in Los Angeles. I am not sure about that.
Mr. Tavenner. Did that individual indicate that he knew you had been associated with a branch of the Communist Party in Los Angeles when he first talked to you about attending such meetings in the District of Columbia?
Mr. Stenhouse. I don’t remember whether he did or not.
Mr. Tavenner. Who was the person that contacted you in Washington?
Mr. Stenhouse. Well, again I can’t remember his name. But I have already told you who I thought it was in terms of his union function. He was a member of the grievance committee in that department.
Mr. Tavenner. Can you give a better identification of the individual than the fact he was with the grievance committee?
Mr. Stenhouse. Well, I can give you a physical description to some extent. He was a fairly short fellow and dark, dark hair.
Mr. Tavenner. About what age person was he at that time?