Mr. O’Connell. Then I was supposed to head some kind of office here?
Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Berrall announced that a legislative office will be established in Washington——
Mr. O’Connell. What is this Mr. Berrall? Who is he?
Mr. Tavenner. Do you know him?
Mr. O’Connell. No; I don’t know him.
Mr. Tavenner (reading):
Mr. Berrall announced that a legislative office will be established in Washington over the weekend with Jerry O’Connell doing the congressional work and two assistants at the office.
Mr. O’Connell. As far as I am concerned he is talking out of thin air. I had nothing to do with any office. I wasn’t in a legislative office down here for the American League for Peace and Democracy.
Mr. Tavenner. Where were you in January 1939?
Mr. O’Connell. Well, my best recollection would be that in January 1939 I was back in the State of Montana. After I was defeated for Congress I started a weekly newspaper called Jerry O’Connell’s Montana Liberal.