Mr. TAVENNER. Will you state your name?
Mr. STENHOUSE. John Stenhouse.
Mr. TAVENNER. It is noted you are accompanied by counsel. Will counsel
identify himself?
Mr. CLUCK. Jack R. Cluck, C-l-u-c-k, 535 Central Building, Seattle.
Mr. TAVENNER. When and where were you born, Mr. Stenhouse?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I was born in Chungking, China, on January 22, 1908.
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you spell your last name, please.
Mr. STENHOUSE. S-t-e-n-h-o-u-s-e.
Mr. TAVENNER. Are you now an American citizen?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. TAVENNER. When and where were you naturalized?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I was naturalized in Los Angeles on April 23, 1943.
Mr. TAVENNER. When did you arrive in the United States?
Mr. STENHOUSE. I am not quite certain, but it was either December of
1940 or January of 1941.
Mr. TAVENNER. Have you been in the United States continuously since
that time?
Mr. STENHOUSE. No. In June 1948 I went out to China, and returned to
the United States either September or October of the same year.
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you tell the committee, please, what your formal
educational training has been.
Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, I went to a public school in England, and after
completing my education in England I went back to China.
Mr. TAVENNER. When did you go back to China?
Mr. STENHOUSE. In 1928.
Mr. TAVENNER. Where did you live in China from 1928 until you came to
the United States?
Mr. STENHOUSE. Well, I was in my father’s business in China. The name
of the firm was MacKenzie & Co., and they had several branches in
China. I spent some time in Shanghai. I then went to--
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you fix the dates, please.
Mr. STENHOUSE. It is pretty hard. But approximately 9 months in
Shanghai. That would be in 1928.
I really don’t remember the month that I got to Shanghai, but I was
there approximately 9 months.
Then I went to Tientsin, and I was there until the beginning of 1931, I
think it was.
Mr. VELDE. What kind of a company was MacKenzie & Co.?