Mr. Paine. We seemed to agree at least superficially that in thinking the far right was unfortunate in its thoughts.
Mr. Liebeler. Did he say anything or do anything that would lead you to believe that he planned an attack on General Walker?
Mr. Paine. Absolutely not.
Senator Cooper. Did he indicate in any way that he knew about General Walker's activities and beliefs and position on public affairs?
Mr. Paine. When I went to the ACLU meeting he then got up, stood up and reported what had happened at the meeting of the far right which had occurred at convention hall the day before, U.N. Day, they called it U.S. Day, and I think Walker had spoken then.
From this I gathered that he was doing more or less the same thing—I thought he was, I didn't inquire how he spent his free time but I supposed he was going around to right wing groups being familiarizing himself for whatever his purposes were as I was.
Senator Cooper. Is that prior to the conversation you have talked about?
Mr. Paine. No; this is after this conversation.
Senator Cooper. What?
Mr. Paine. This is after this conversation and I only had this, this was the only concrete evidence I had of how he spent, might have spent some of his time. It happened in the ACLU meeting in late October. I suppose he was familiar with the right-wing groups and activities, and movements. And certainly familiar with Walker; yes.