Mr. O’Connell. What is the date on the second one?
Mr. Tavenner. 26th.
Mr. O’Connell. I think this would be in line with what I had said. I told him there was no way I could possibly come without funds.
Mr. Tavenner. I desire to offer the document in evidence and ask that it be marked “O’Connell Exhibit No. 4” for identification purposes only, and to be made a part of the committee files.
Mr. Willis. It is so ordered.
Mr. Tavenner. How were the funds referred to in Silberstein’s telegram made available to you?
Mr. O’Connell. I just don’t remember, but I am pretty sure that Mr. Silberstein sent me the funds.
Mr. Tavenner. Were those funds, funds of the National Lawyers Guild?
Mr. O’Connell. I really couldn’t say whether they were the funds of the National Lawyers Guild or not. As I remember, there was some confusion between the guild and Mr. Waybur of the national committee about the funds. I think Silberstein sent these wires out of the National Lawyers Guild office and then, if I remember, later collected from the national committee for them, the National Committee to Defeat the Mundt Bill.
But as I remember, my best recollection is I got the funds from Mr. Silberstein. I have a recollection, they could have been Lawyers Guild funds or could have been Mr. Silberstein’s personal check, I am not sure.