Mr. Tavenner. When you say you probably did join in such a greeting, can you recall the circumstances under which the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy obtained your assistance?
Mr. O’Connell. No; I really don’t recall how it was done or who contacted me, or who asked me or anything. I am sure that if somebody asked me to send a greeting to Madame Sun Yat-Sen I might have done it.
Mr. Tavenner. The record should show at this point that the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy was cited as a Communist organization by Attorney General Tom Clark on April 27, 1949.
Were you acquainted with Mother Bloor?
Mr. O’Connell. Yes; I knew Mother Bloor.
Mr. Tavenner. What were the circumstances under which you knew her?
Mr. O’Connell. I am pretty sure that she came here to Washington and I was introduced to her here in Washington when I was in Congress, or if not, I probably——
Mr. Velde. Did you know her to be a member of the Communist Party?
Mr. O’Connell. Yes.
Mr. Velde. How did you know she was a member of the Communist Party?