Mr. Tavenner. Did you tell him you had been a member of the Communist Party?
Mr. Stenhouse. No. He didn’t ask me.
Mr. Tavenner. Was that the first time you had been questioned along this line?
Mr. Stenhouse, Yes. But he did ask me a question did I know a certain individual in Washington, D. C. And the name of the man was——
Mr. Tavenner. I would suggest that you not mention the name in public. The committee, I think, would want to know privately.
Let me ask you this:
In seeking that information from you, did it have any connection with the Communist Party?
Mr. Stenhouse. I don’t know what his intentions were at that time.
Mr. Tavenner. I think, Mr. Chairman, under those circumstances, we should not ask him to state the matter in public when we have no idea what it is he is talking about.
(The witness confers with his counsel.)