Mr. Jenner. Mrs. Cunningham, does anything occur to you that you think might be helpful to the Commission in these areas about which I have inquired of you which, due to my lack of knowledge of the facts or for any other reason I have not brought out, that you would like to volunteer and which you regard as pertinent to our investigation?
Mrs. Cunningham. I've never really been into the investigation—of course, have never been into any kind which was of such grave importance as this, sir. I couldn't really make a judgment of what would be important to you.
Mr. Jenner. Well, I don't want you to try to make a judgment as to what would be important—all I said, is there anything you think is pertinent?
Mrs. Cunningham. Yes. I would like to say this: As I said to the gentlemen from the FBI who called me.
I have not been close to the Mellers recently. You see, this acquaintance came through our both working for A. Harris.
Mr. Jenner. For whom?
Mrs. Cunningham. A. Harris & Co.
Mr. Jenner. What business is A. Harris?
Mrs. Cunningham. A retail trade—it is now Sanger-Harris, one of the major department stores here, but I have no reason to believe otherwise that the Mellers were good citizens and very grateful for American democracy.
I rather suspect that the records show that I was a sponsor of Mr. Meller for his citizenship, and I think, having been one made me value my own greater, because I came down and sat in the courtroom and saw what it meant to incoming people.