Mr. O’Connell. No, she was not.
Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Chairman, I would like for the record to show Mary Stalcup Markward in the course of her testimony before this committee also identified Ruth Rifkin as a member of the Communist Party.
Mr. Willis. Was she assigned or had anything to do with the Newspaper Club of the Communist Party?
Mr. Tavenner. No, sir. I am certain she was not, but I would like to turn to that testimony, if I can locate it. I think it important to read that testimony, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Willis. I asked that question because the witness identified her as some kind of a secretarial service or mimeographing service.
Mr. O’Connell. My only recollection about her was that her shop was close to the Lawyers Guild office there and she did secretarial work and got out mimeographing and my connection with her was of course completely mechanical.
Mr. Tavenner. Who selected her for the performance of their work?
Mr. O’Connell. I would imagine Mr. Silberstein told me she did that kind of work and where her office was and where her shop was.
Mr. Tavenner. Were you acquainted with Elizabeth Sasuly?
Mr. O’Connell. Yes, I was.