That is the attitude and that was not only true of them. We had heavy Socialist following, the Socialist Party out there, Norman Thomas had decidedly strong feeling, in fact strong support out there and carried some of the counties in the State of Montana particularly in my district in the 1932 election.
What I am trying to do is put you in the mind and in the spirit that existed as far as I was concerned at that particular time. For instance, today I wouldn’t write that kind of a letter to the Daily Worker.
Mr. Tavenner. Did the same condition exist in Seattle, Wash., which you have described?
Mr. O’Connell. In the State of Washington you had about the same situation, in the history of the State there was——
Mr. Tavenner. Let me ask you this question: Did members of the Communist Party in Seattle come to you as secretary of the Progressive Party to discuss Communist Party problems with you?
Mr. O’Connell. No; not to discuss Communist Party problems as such, both while I was executive secretary of the Democratic Party and executive secretary of the Progressive Party I can remember Mr. Henry P. Huff and Mr. Van Lydegraf, I think there was a Mr. Remes, and others who came to the Democratic Party office and to the Progressive Party Office and made certain representations about support of the legislation they were interested in, matters that they were taking a position in, and so on. I talked with them.
Mr. Tavenner. Did that also include Tom Rabbitt and William Pennock?
Mr. O’Connell. Well, in my time out there Rabbitt and Pennock had never been identified or identified themselves as members of the Communist Party. As I told you, Rabbitt was Democratic State senator, Pennock was Democratic State representative and their dealings with me, they were delegates to the Democratic Central Committee in King County and their dealings with me were, as far as I knew, and ostensibly they dealt with me as members of the Democratic party.
Mr. Tavenner. We have spoken of the Daily Worker. You say you were not a subscriber. Were you a subscriber to the Daily People’s World?
Mr. O’Connell. I don’t think I ever subscribed to the People’s World. I got the New World. I was a subscriber to the New World and to the Washington New Dealer.