Mr. Tavenner. Who selected Mr. Stone to register?
Mr. O’Connell. Who selected him to register?
Mr. Tavenner. Yes.
Mr. O’Connell. I imagine we had a discussion in the office and decided that whoever was involved would have to register with the——
Mr. Tavenner. You had a discussion? You and who else?
Mr. O’Connell. Myself, Mr. Silberstein, Mr. Waybur, Mr. Stone, and at different times some of the other people who are listed on the committee stationery there. I can’t remember just which one.
Mr. Tavenner. Was Mr. Stone known to you to be a member of the Communist Party?
Mr. O’Connell. No; he was not. His father had been the dean of the school of journalism out at the University of Montana.
Mr. Tavenner. Does that mean the son can’t be an active member of the Communist Party?
Mr. O’Connell. I don’t want to argue with you, Mr. Tavenner.