Mr. O’Connell. I probably had more to do with his selection than anybody because of course I knew him as a newspaperman.
Mr. Tavenner. How many persons normally composed the staff of the National Committee To Defeat the Mundt Bill?
Mr. O’Connell. Actually in 1948 the only ones outside of Mr. Silberstein, Mr. Waybur, and one or two of those people on the letterhead, if they were in town and would come to the meeting, the actual people working in the office were Mr. Stone and myself and a stenographer.
Mr. Tavenner. Did you have more than one stenographer at a time, usually?
Mr. O’Connell. I think when the situation, as far as the legislation was concerned, was critical we may have had additional stenographers to help get out additional material.
Mr. Tavenner. Was Rose Clinton ever a member of your staff?
Mr. O’Connell. Not to my knowledge. I don’t know anybody by the name of “Rose Clinton.”
Mr. Tavenner. The quarterly statement submitted by you for the period ended June 30, 1949, filed July 9, 1949, reveals that she was employed by your committee.
Mr. O’Connell. If she were, I certainly don’t recollect or remember her. She was probably an ordinary stenographer. Her name means—I have no recollection, and it means nothing to me.
Mr. Tavenner. Have you any recollection of her?