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arrainst the Film writer ESTERLCO won his reminstatement suit againjt
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of COL-EYES victory and P. statement; Communist elements in the studio 
la or ranks appear to be /on~ defensive at present time. Information as to forth-3% 
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areIP uniting under seemed name's, WMXBORATORY ARTS, mg
e14" ISONAL COUNCIL continue to be the most important and thorouOhiv (learners1 ?wgg
annexes orbanizations in I{Olly-room. The A. S. P. Council in particular is also 
lo: ?eratinr more fully wit 1.44: RIGHTS GRESS, the most active Communist gg?
?Tr nt? at the present time. At membership conference in en Dec Lambs? 3 

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the+ rade press has carried'frequent stories concerning a motion pieture studio
to be _erected in the new State of Israel. The Hollywoo.. Variety" of October
11,1948 that 31 Hol yWood producers, diggb ors, Writers and
technicians had banded together to help Israel set up its first Studio\?hich
had been capitalized at $800, 000. 00 and the studio was to_ be loCated ne
T-el Aviv.. The individuals from Hollprod Who are to acu'in .advisory capacitiesa
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QgtParty, speakingi 1-r the last Cemmunist Party State Convention, :1as reported by
T~?1to have said that the entertainment industry repreSents a ?1ngrfino stry

:under capitalism, but- is of value in orposing the doubts into 1hich capdgalisml
is now being plunged. He dWelt on the inefficient methods 0 procuctio 1n
the motion picture industry, the competition for foreign markets, the erhead
costs of approximately 40 per cent Which he stated Went into salaries for the
first,. second, third, fourth and fifth v1ce?prcs1dents. He Went on about the

- eXistenCe of great unemployme?nt in tghe industry and the utilization of speedups 
and loyalty oaths as terrorist methods, finally talking about the use of the
industry by monopoly as the opening Wedge in the smashing of?trade unions
.everyWhere. proposed to the convention a resolution in support of the
"Hollynood 10" and in Opposition to any kind of thought control in that or any
industry. . .





It has been reported previously in this case that many of the
Communists Who haVe infiltrated the motion picture industry got their start
in the entertainment World in the NeW'York area.

.. L?lojgresently in New York, reported tetra-1935 E: 1e information

concerninr 'sts in the theater in York Who turn furnished it 

this.offi stated that in her .opinion LIAK- ZAN and his "group of

1 actors are a.'l Communists, his pla?fgznooun I saW.p-WWaS -ai1

A propag andaQ" (It Will be recalled that ELIA KAZAN was the producer of

'1 "Gentleme Agreement," a. recent 20th Century Fox release; The inforna to

is an important member of the omnunisteParty, HOBER I
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have a sunmer stockfnompany Where they all go called Green Mansions in

rheYTheatcr is a'red nest. The. American Academy here,

PHILWIOLB, RITPWBOMILLY alI?naaE?rs, probably not Citizens, teaching new

stand_arcs, What a crime. WALTE USTON and his son, JOHN, all Conrunists.

theater here is a netnork of -them, the- Actors? Lab and the

Circle Players are all members..it has to be cleaned up." (It should be noted

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In spite of the LESTER COLE decision (Which Will be covered in 
a later section of this report), the motion picture producers intend?gp abide
by the ban on .hiring knOWn Communists. An article ingthe Hollywood Re orte_r"
dated November 17, 1948, hearing a New York datelinexstated that the major
company heads had decided to stick by the ban and Would defend any suits
brought by the Who Were fired ecause of the1r refusal to anSWer Whether'
or not they Were Communists. Th Examiner" on November 22 1948 carried a
story that major HollyWocd producers are being sued for sixty million dollars
for defamation of character and contract breaking and that the preducers had
turned dOWn a proposal to settle suit out of court.

Along these that a meeting was held in 
York in November 1948 of the presidents of the various. companies. such as
BARNEYMLABAN of Pa amount, 121N111 of K. of Warner
of Loeuls,.anong others. Present at this meeting
Was head of the Motion PictUre Producers Association. At this
meeting it Was pointed out by the attorneys that those individuals Suing 'the
studios in connection With the so~ca11ed ban, had agreed to settle their Suit

out of court if the producers Would pay the costs incurred to date, Which

approximated $200, 000. 00. All outstanding suits would be dropped and an

arbiter suhh as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Would

be appointed,if satisfactory all parties,to hear the facts involved to
date, and render a decision Which would be acceptable to, and binding upon,
the producers as Well as the plaintiffs: The Studio heads mulled this
preposition .over and ERIC JOHNSTON recommended that the proposal be accepted,
pointing out that his was to steer the industry along_ public relations

?ines and that. in his opinion settling the suits. uld be smart public relations.
At this point, according to informant, Y. REEMAN, Executive VicewPresident
of Paramount, took the floor and Stated that While he had no official reason
for being at the meeting except as the personal guest of BARNEY BALABAN and
therefore had,no right to speak, he felt that he would have to make some
remarks at this time;- FREEMAN continued that as a stockholder of Paramount,
as Well as one of the defendants in several suits having been personally
named by the plaintiffS, he would not agree to settling any of the claims
if it could be done for five cents. He continue that as far as he use
concerned the legal proceedings would go on clear to the Supreme Courts
According to informant, this threw the meeting into an uproar and- it Was
decided to adjourn until the next morning at 11. As the meeting toOk up the.-

next day the presidents of the companies voted unanimously in favor of'

continuing the legal fight and against any settlement Whatever. Upon 1e_ ving .
the original meeting at Which the discussion took place. the presidents of

. the various corporations called meetings of their boards of directors and

the d.ireetors of eo.ch corporation Voted against any settlement Whatever or
any compromise With the persons Who had been disoharged for failing to answer .
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-them to the highest ourts. A 

[i?liytes continually stated that he is of the personal opinion
that there Will be no settlem_ent of the Suits and that the cases Will
deventually have to be decided by the Supreme Court. I 
. The ?ooiety of Independent Motion?gigture Producers issued aI
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I. under the caption Denies 'Ten' Blacklist The article stated

ELLI RNALL, the neW President of SIMPP, denied t-hat it had ever blacklisted

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13, 1948 to NNY, Chief Counsel for th- unfriendly 10. The
letter sought dismissal of SIMPP as a defendant and KENNY stated that this
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"Variety" of the Same day wrote up the stery and again quoted
QNKEI "s saying, "This is a tremendous victoryI for the so?called unfriendly
?lo state?lthat the actions of SIMPP Will have no bearing 1hatever

on the stand taken by the majors as far as the latter group is concerned

and it intends to carry its fig ht through.
MOTION PICTURE CRAFTS AND UNIONS

Since the summation of the last report in this case the Screen.
writers Guild held an election which resulted in defeat for the Communist
element 1;ithin the guild and a ction cf anti*Communists to all nosrtions
to Ngf?e election was largely handled by petitions
th?ough 1thich Various groups song to get their candidates into office. It 
is significant that one group submitted a petition stating, ?the undersigned
active members in good standing nominate LESTER COLEiand RIN LARDNER, JR. for
the Executive Board. We feel it is important their names appear on the 
Aballot, not only because of their long records as di-rectors and officers,

.but also so there be no possible suggestion of Guild acquieSCence in the
present indus ry cliSt. Both COLE and LARDNER are Communist Party members
according to 1 dentified the following Signers of the above etitions
as Communists-ALBER 1.111110% Novas]: ESSIE, PAUL 1111113115,

it the intentio of .the majority of the members of the creen writers 
Guild to pull out forming a neWLunio? and asking for oertrfication as the 
agent of writers in the industry. The Screen writers Guild .has 
brought suit against the Motion Picture Producers Association charging
conspiracy to form a blacklist of writers for political activity. 

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on testimony taken before the House Uheimerican Activities Committee, as welI
?as that pertaining to screen credits and had virtually ruled out the complaint
of- the Guild, but had left it Open for reudrafting. According to a letter 
received from the Screen writers Guild Would have to draft a-
neu resolution, whiCh it is in the process of doing, because its basic
premise has not been ruled out by decision.
The Hollywood; 5variet 1n_ its. itsue of 7th carried
an article entitled "No Hollywood Red Hunt Seen for Next Year,? The article
said that "the plans for doing away with the Committee on UneAmerican
Activities had been changed due to discloSures of the Committee recently, 
however, .the article said ?it is still unlikely that the Committee will
3 0 further into the HR (Hollywood reds) situation 1n 1949?" Along these lines
(gag; state?jthat from his discussions in the industry he felt there would be
no further hearings on Communism 1n. the motion picture business now that
RANKIN was no longer on the committee. Informant stated that the obvious
reluctance on the part of members of Congress to serve on this committee
. indicated that the committee would have a hard time functioning in the-

coming session.


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persons were arrested by the Los ingeles Police Department- at Columbia
Studios in Hollywood for violating a court ban on mass picketing at the

{time the Conference of Studio Unions a alled its strike which was Communist
led and dominated,?aocording to case involving the persons arrested
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has been in the courts continuously si es that time and the Hollywood
would appear in. court for re?sentencing, their appeals having been turned
down by the United States  Supreme Court. One person was sentenced to a
year in jail, 5 were given 6 month sentences, and fines for the others
totaled $9650.00, inasmuch as these individuals were found- guilty of
violating a court ban on mass picketing. A
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Chairman and Vice?Chairman. The article conti ued that the? 

Labor League of Hollywood Voters had endorsed candidates in the recent 52E:4{i
election urho mere anti?Communists. In discusSing the organization with ~14
he stated that this was _mainly an A.F. cf L. organization and had been formed
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and succeeded i the other A. F. of L. organizations in Los Angeles
to do the 5 Te. In discussing the situation as far as studio labor is

_ooncerhed, T?lA?eXpressed_a nervous attitude Saying that the current unr
employment in the industry is furnishing fertile grounds for-thei?pmmunists.

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in putting the Communists. on the defensive throughout the .entire Hollywood a

labor Pioture? THH LESTER coin SUIT AGAINST M. e.n.

Ls has been reported previously, LESTER COLE brought suit
for reinstatement under the terms of his contract,
claiming that. the producers had entered into blacklist. This case came to
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we are not trying the Communist Party, itsymembership or its doctrine."

The trial made headlines in the local press and was iritten Up on a daily
basis. The Hollywood ?Citizen News" On December 9th ste.ted that L. B. 
of Pi? .G. M. had testified. The article said in discussing MEYER "he said the
movie industry had been motivated to clean house by threat of action. on the-

part of the_CongressionaI Uthmerican Activities Committee, advocates of

federal censorship and the publica" "Magietyg" on December 9th, quoted
TMIER in relation to suspension as stating that it had been ordered
by the officers. ALoews, Incorporated, New York, who felt senething should
be cone about the men who wouldn't,ansmer -?questions put to them by the
Unvimerican Activities Committee;? The paper quoted MIIER as saying, "they

.f ordered done." The article continued that MTIER had
said prior to the New York meeting of the producers, Which he described as

"two days Of wrangling," that he had held very strong views against firing
or suSpending anyone because of his politiCal .views; However, this was
before the contempt charges had been made against COLE. TIER said that
earlier he had refused to fire COLE at the request of two investigatdrs for .
the House Unghmerican Actiyities Committee, H. E. SMITH and A. B. IECKIE.

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M. .M. was int used by 001113 lawyers, CHARLESX TZ and
1- BEN (Both MERGOLIS and KETZ are comnunists, according_ Ed T~l?13 
?The deposition was quoted in the press, as far as is cencerned, as

foilows:

?My'stand on this was that I was not in a witCh hunt
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. The deposition continued:' didn't think the industry'
1ms vmong and I thought that this was. just a of getting
publicity. \They asked about IESTER COLE and DALT RUMBO and .I

1 said I don't give a damn Cemmunists er not. All
I am interested in is getting people to write scripts for me and
.my reSponsibility if he is a Communist, a Democrat or a Republican
9 is that the ideolOgy is not put on the screen." 
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. "Variety" on December 10, 1948 again on- his stand
in which he expressed fear of federal censorShip being raise and said, 
felt that the public wouldn't be appeaSed unless semething- was done. The
induStry belongs to the people, like baseball.? MEYER said that he had?talkedl
to COLE when the two returned on the train from the waShington hearings,

saying that told him if he belonged to the Communist Party the FBI had a

record of it?~that it was no crime to belong to the Communist Party. I told

him he should have answered no, I'm not a Communist, or yes, I am a Communist.

I told him then you are in the clear." To this COLE replied, "well I had to

vstick with the gang, I couldn?t_ break with them." MAYER denied saying the

-hearings were unfair, but admitted MLNNIX had felt that way. In

describing ERIC JOHNSTONIS attitude, L. B. l? IER said, "If I?m not mistaken'

he said it both ways, one it was, one it wasnTt. 

The judge gave the following four questions to- the jury, accord?
ing to the Los angeles "Times" of December 18,1948:

Did the plaintiff; COLE, by his statements and conduct
before the HouSe Committee in connection?with its hearing?into
communist infilt?ati6??iEto the film industry- Ibring himself or

_tend to bring himself into public ha.tred, contempt, scorn er .
_ridicule2? -

2, Did the plaintiff by his conduct before the committee tend to
-sh0ck, insult or offend the Community?

3; Did the plaintiff, by his statements and cenduct before the
'committee, prejudice the defendant, MGM, his employer or the
motion~picture industry generally?

?46; Did the defendant studio. by its conduct toward COLE subsequent
to the ?ashington hearing. waive the right to take action against
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- victory in the case Judge YENKHICH, according to an article in "Variety"
dated December 21,1948 captioned in Tirade at JOHNSTON, delivered

"one .of the meet scathing attacks ever heard from the federal bench upon 
JOHNSTON, President of the Motion Picture association of Lmerica." The article
his dissection of character Judge YENKNICH first reviewed_'
the major steps taken' in the action by the producers~against COLE and others

of the 'Unfriendly The article continued that YENKEICH said the action
ma.s not something dbne by Metro but was ?a policy ERIC JOHNSTON Sought to

have adopted at a meeting in July 1947, at which he not 

The article continues to quote the judge. Bi HEYER stated his opposition.
He again repeated his oppos:1ti0n and E. also stated his when agents
of the House Committee on Un?EmeriCan Ectiyities sought to have them achieve
that objective ane insisted that certain writers,naming COLE by name, should

be discharged. The papers quoted the judge again, incicated that a,
his high pressure methods reSulted in the adoption of this poliCy. I was
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:3 employers as he did when he testified. He said he was tired of dealing with

people so vacilating and I was Surprised he thought it his duty to express
his contempt and disdain.? The article continued that YANKWICH said -"the 

statutes provided no one should be deprived of his preperty without due 

precess of law, and that contract was his preperty." The judge stated,"even
though ERIC JOHNSTON envisaged the possibility of some legal difficulty in
urging this policy he was Willing to brush .it all aside and leave M. M. to

shift for itself in trying to find a_ legal excuse for breaching the contract.

That type of mind has existed in the United States for a leng time. In the

past it has been confined to Some parts of the clergy but ERIC JOHNSTON
demonstrated to me that it has reached the sacred precincts of busineSs and
business men and that they can take as dogmatic a View as OLIVER CRONNELL did

'When he slmoSt gloated over the massacre at Drogheda in 1649."



. COLE was made to suffer a penalty not for what his
employer thong .ht about him, -but for a dogmatic. attitude- -on the part of
JOHNSTON who insisted his doxy uas orthodoxy and everybody elsels was

'heterodox According to the article, Judge YENKNICH said, owes a
.debt of gratitude to LEWIS NEYER. By his testimony, MEYER wen the case

for COLE even before COLE took the witness stand." 

XENKVICH, particularly SPYROS SKOURAS of 20th Century Fox, rho stated,
avish to state publicly that neither I nor my company was 
.by Mr. JOHNSTON or anyone else. The action in regard to the so~ca illed
HollyWOod 10 was taken by the directOrs of 20th Century independently and

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in the December 22, 1948 11hich quoted JOHNSTON as
saying, "What actually happened isI that I presented the producers with two
alternatives. 'Either they eculd employ persons thought by the public to be
Communists and defend their employment, or they could dismiss them. The
decision was up to the producers and I told them it was up to them to fish
or cut ba.it.? The decision Iwas entirely theirs. They made it.nnanimously.?
The article_ continued stating JOHNSTON said he also wanted to comment on the
oeurt's charge he 15 "dogmatic, doctrinaire and absolutest. He Said, I
would not employ a known Communist in a responsible position" adding-that
~if that stand. made him thoseIthings he would plead guilty. 

T~l7 reported the .t in the industry took heart at
the COLE decision, the :tatemegt? being made that "n01: people won't be afraid



to stand up and be cc ted."

2;;311 Rhat the decision 1:1as not unexpected, that the
produeers inten to appeal it and the case 1dll go to the Supreme Court.
/He feels that the stand of the producers mil-l be upheld in the appelate
court and that the decision alters in no way the determination of the
majOrs to go ahead with the Suit.

. The Hollywood "Reporter" of December 22,1948 carries an
Jeditorial by W. R. HILKERSON Saying "that the red element and the left
are whooping it up as a reSult of the jury's decision in LESTER
suit against H.G.H. The article continues that a suit n1_ new be.
entered for DALTON TRUHBO against H., pointing out that 
believes he has an even stronger case than he had with COLE in that TRUHBO
had no morality clause in his contract, and that when the contract was

out, and they did? It will he recalled thetiirll ad stated the TRUMBOI ease
represented a clear liability to H.G. h. because the ontract centained no
morality clause. 

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As has been previously reported thi-s organization Was
founded some years ago by a number of individuals in the motion
picture industry as an anti Communist group. For some time
it had a measure of influence in Spite of the fact that from its
inception MPA drew the fire Of the Communist Party elements in 

- Hollywood together With party sympathiZers During the past year
and particularly since the hearings of the House Committee on 
un American Activities in_WaShington 1n the Fall of 19A7, they
yinfluence-of MPA has leSsened considerably and informants adviSe_
lthat it has become more and more ineffective. It will be recalled
'1 that a number of the so called friendly withesSes fer the House-
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MPA recently put out a circular letter to all its
membership encloSing the pamphlet entitled3$100 Things You Should
Know About Communism in the issued by the Committeewd?rUnimr?

American Activities of the?House of RepresentatiVes which prepared
-it. letter urged that each member familiarize himself with
the information in the pamphlet and then pass it along to a friend
who needs to be informed on the subject.

'n discuss_ing the Witnesses who had made the

?hihgton to appear before the Uni American Activities

Comm1tt$ stated on December 21 last that DIC ACAULEY had

. had onl .twO weeks work since appearing before Committee over
'a year ago. Also the informant continued JL GUINNESS has been

pushed out of MGM and the latter' 3 contract is being diasolved by
?mutual consent?. It will be recalled that MC GUINNESS has been,

regarded as a spearhead of the Motion Picture Alliance and that he

has .been demoted from an eXecutive to a producer and final-1y is

out altogether with only three months to go when he Would be

eligib for the lifetime penSion .set up for executives of MGM.

IMORRIE ISKIND a Pulitzer prize winner Who had been much in demand

by the studios, Was told within the past thirty days by his agent 

that he is ?all through" his agent has been unable to place

RISKIND in the 7 reiterated a Statement made 

- previously wherein he to the aboVe individuals as Well.as 9?
NJQU showing that none of these people had been employed

in the 1rdustry since the W-aShington hearings, poin ting out_ that

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would get nowhere in the picture businesS. An article in the 

 

t'Hollywood Reporter on December 8 last states- that a natibnal 

magazine has commissioned do an article under

 the title pf ?What Happe ned to the Friendly Wi tnesses? 

In discussing the present status of MPA recently

I recalled that when MPA was first organized several

 

 

 

 

years ago he, the informant was at the original meeting which

set it up which was held at the Beverly Wi1shire Hotel in Beverly?
Hills. . He recalled as an example of the hostility with which

MPA was greeted from num rous sources Within the industry the

fact that producer DAVI happened to be in the hotel bar
that night and that SELZNICK had taken it on himself to walk in'

. on the MFA organization meeting and tell those present in effect

that they were Jus-t a bunch of a_nti- Semites and that- what they
Were trying tc do would split the (metion picture) industry.

The Cinema Educational Guild 1;

 

This is a recently formed group purporting te be
anti- Communist in scope and purpose It first came to the public
attentiOn with a mass meeting on the evening of December 9, 1948

cat the E1 Pa.tio Theater in HollywoOd. The advance notice of this

meeting stated that an unidentified person would divulge startling
information at the meeting This organization which has announced
none of the names of its officers or _members and which On its

'official stationery states tha.t its headquarters are_ "confidential?

is Set up to oppose and expoSe the activities of Communists and the
Communist Party in the Hollywood motion picture industry. Its.
effectiVeness and future methods have not yet been determined. b2

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The E1 Patio Theater was completely filled  for the

'announced meeting on December _9 last, the theater capacity being

some 1100 seats. Several hundred more individuals were turned

away for lack of capacity. I lattended _the meeting

and furnished pertinent information concerning it as folloWs: 
The meeting began when a man, unnamed and wearing a black hat on'
his head and a mask over his face, took the stage. He opened by .
saying that he was forced to conceal his identity in this manner

-because -he was a prominent actor of the stage and screen and if he

were to be identified it would ruin his_ chanCes of ever being able
to work again in the picture industry or on the American stage. 
He said that he himSelf Was listed as one of the Communist group

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in the Hollywood- Studios; that his name has appears imen

again as a COmmunist or fellow traveler with the Communists; that
he had attended many of the most secret meetings of the communists
?1n Hollywood

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He then proceeded to relate the circumstances of meet-

ings in the house Of LEWIS MILESTONE, -and several
others giving an account of what took place He intimated that
he had been gathering information about the Communist movement in
Hollywood in this manner for some time It Was noted that the
masked individual's speech Was Written and he adhered to the

script except for an occasional Side remark from time to time. . 1'

He talked for an hour or so and finished his story by
reading the names Of about one hundred alleged Communists and
sympathiZers in the studies. The informant states that the list 
that he ead was the Standard one, published several months ago by
MYHON a writer and eX-director.. The speakerj according to?
informant added nothing to what is generally'alleged'of the Holly~
Wood Situation in this respect. However he did State that he
knew of his own personal knowledge that the ten writers indicted
for contempt of the. House Committee on Un? Rmerican Activities .

.had been employed SeCFEtIy?by?tne HoflyWood producers under
asSumed names. '(It may be noted that to date available informants
in the Los Angeles Office have been unable to verify this -
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After the speaker's talk Which took something over an-
.hOur he said he had a surprise for the audience in the presence
. of a very important individual He then introduced 
(SMITH who came down through the audience to the stage. GERALD 
L. K. SMITH spoke for about an hour delivering his USual indictw
ment of the motion picture industry for harboring and encouraging
Communists and the Communist- movement. He. named such producers
,_as LOUIS B. MAYE and others, and gave some facts
- regarding their activities which he termed hypocritical in the
extreme outlining- -the difference between what they said for
public censumptiOn on the Communist _question and what they Were
doing secretly to protect the Commun-ists. SMITH stated that a
national boycott of the theaters was being brought about; that - 
the complete list of names of stars, directors and writerSI?entioned
upon the. $age was being sent to every locality in the United
States, calling for a boycott of any theater showing a picture. 
in Which any of these perSons appeared. SMITH stated that his own-
folIOWing now amounted to some three million people throughout

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GERA SMITH then called on who was .in the -
audienceTtOT stand up and when he did so the audience cheered.
The Bureau has been previously furnished with information con?
'cerning MYHON FAGAN. SMITH thereafter called for a collection
which was made. The amount received was not announced as each
donation was placed in an envelope paSSed out to each perSOn when
{he or she entered the theater. SMITH announced that he as .an
individual had nothing to do with operation of the Cinema

Educational Guild; that he admired Mr. the masked

- actor Who appeared on the stage; that he was appearing there as
.a speaker in order to help them organ-ize the guild; that he,
ISMITH, was speaking the next _night, December lQ at the Embassy
Auditorium in Los Angeles and then would beI gone from Les
.Angeles for Several days thereafter. .

The informant noted that the audience generally was
'well behaved and from the response were generally Very much-
interested in the meeting which was adgourna\/shortly before 
midnight 

The Los Angeles Office Subsequently learned through
MYRON FAGAN that the -masked ind-ividual Who was the principal
speaker at the above meeting and was generally called. Mr 
-was in fact one DAR HUTCHINS who was the official National 
Breadcasting Co mpany/s reporter at the United Nations Conference 
in San Francisco in 1945. FAGAN describes HUTCHINS as a former
actor who was associated with the PaSadena Playhouse approximately
ten years ago, a member of the guild and a
musical composer and member of th?AAmerican Seeicty of Composersi
Authors and HUTCHINS Won the 
19A7 award forII writingI a song remember, I remember? I

Mr. FAGAN requests that under no circumstances_ Should
~the HUTCHINS be disclIosed; 

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FAGAN has tentatively agree.d to head 
?Educational Guild which he claims is -unique in thataall members
are to be kept seeret from the public as well as its headquarters
Apparently the majority of these members are persons who are
interested in the Motion Picture Alliance organization mentioned

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Educational Guild will be to try to reach as many .segme ts of
the country' 3 population as posSible and educate them the
logical manner as to Communist infiltration into the entertainment
?industry, particularly motion pictures.

   

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gActors',Laboratory
ConSiderable information regarding the origin, activities
?and Communist control of.the Actors' Laboratory has been previous?
1y reported under the separate investigation of this organization.
Actors? Laboratory has been termed a ?Red FrOnt? by the Cali-
fornia LegiSlative Commit_tee on Un- American Activities in the
Committee's 1948 report on Communist front organizations. The
{letterhead of the Actors' Laboratory fer February 1948 identifies 
the organizatiOn as non- profit corpOration composed of a 
theater wing and a werkshOp training program--f0unded in 1941?

. Investigation has revealed the complete Communist
'control of the Laboratory almos.t from its inception. The ActorS'
_Laboratory is important in cOnSidering the question of the
CommuniSt penetration into the motion picture- industry fer the
reason that reliable informants in a position to know have
characterized it as the best actors'  training School in the
industry. 
It is noted that the 19h8 TENNEY report on Un Americ_an
Activities in California quotes OLIVER CARLSON, former Communist
Party member, as follows concerning the Actors' Laboratory:

"Its primary function apparently is- to draw ambitious young actOrs
and actresses into the orbit of Communist Pirty front organizations,
ostensibly the Actors' Laboratory is a combination training school
and experimental theater, but in fact it -has alWays been more
artistic.

As indicative of the complete Communist control of the
Actors? Laboratory an analysis of confidential information concern-
ing the Communist Party affiliation of those in Charge of the
Laboratory has been recently made based on the announcedidentities
cf the Laboratory' a Executive Committee? Executive Board
_and officers reflected in a printed announcement concerning one
of its recent productions made available byLT? 8. 

  

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The esent Chairman of the- Board of the Laboratory

is one PHOEB She is the wife of screen actor
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The Executive Board of the Laboratorygatutheapnesent
time consists of 3h members -and of these 27 have been identified
by confidential informan?gm??m?ither ?past or present?members of
the Los Angeies Communist Party. In 27 four
t*suspeets-~
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at the present time Those Board- members identified as having

-had Communist membelship in the pa-st are as follOWS:



ARRAHA 1)
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PHOEBE BRAND OF 3
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The ExecutiVe Board consists of eight members,3 seven of
Which haVe bee-n reliably identified as havin-g had Communist Party
affiliations as follows:

 

   

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The eighth member. of the Executive Committee, 

-is not knOwn at this time through any reliable evidence
?Ether than association to have Communist connections 

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. Among the faculty the Acto Laboratory six. 
individuals have been identified as having past or present 

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I The Reporter in its issue for. Oc-toher 22 19A8
reported that the Actors' Laboratory along with the HollyWood
erriters? Mob111zat1on=had been dropped from. the- tax? free rol1s -of
the Bureau Reve-nue When the Bureau circularized 1ts.
offices revised liSt of ?non profit religious? charitable.
or educatignal institut1ons entitled tb Specia1 exemptions th_e
?aActorS' Laboratory was .m1ss1ng therefrom The Spokesman for the

Laboratory at that time professed net to =know the reason for the

ruling aS 1t pertained to ActorS? Laboratory Wm",

       

 

 

 

 

SC1ences~and CounC1l (ASP)  >71*gI 
A 1 I As haS been prSV1ously reported (ASP) it is be1ieved

to be the pr1n01pal organization through which the Hollywood?
Communist elementS are working at the present t? me from the stand?
. point of propaganda and pressure I a cloSe observer
of the Commun1st TOvement Within -tae HOllyWOOdg motion picture 
induStry has repeatedly expnesSed the op1n1on -that ASP is the I

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for 1948? ?was established to channel the organ1zed Xpre881on
'of artists, proPeSS1onals unless We-
onin With other progress1ve el.ements of the community_ in 301nt /4

action on pol1t1cal,:educat10nal and cultural questions we shall
find as they did in Germany tha_t one by one tAe-1nd1V1ducl 
either surrenders his principles??or Ais life - v"-v

  

 

.x On January 11 I Iadvise.d that the Regi?
chairman of ASP covering the. Los Angeles area DR. 
the well known scientist of California Institute of 
Chairman df the HollywooId ASP Council is write
The Executive DirectOr .is who. in recent weeks 

that p0S1tion ~Informant advises 

that the-1nd1v1ouals making up the Executive Committee of the ASP 

   

 
 

AAI in Hollywood appear to he keIpt rather Secre-t and the entire

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comm1ttee is not knewn However frOT his best 1nformation,' 
among. those making'up the current Executive Committee areh?lgHAEL
Aalie?ve to Executive ISecretary of the Radio Writers
Guild SAASSTORE CP 1 3 raaio writer, MAURIASTSIMM also known as



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composer' a Writer, and EUGEN 
?Hhe first Week in December 1948 reporting agent together with.
Special Agent EMMETT Iconducted a physical sIurveillance
based on informat.1on received to the effect that a meeting? of 
Hpe steeri comgigi of ASP would be held at the home of SYLVIA

 
  

    
 

HXW OF 3 011ywood. Approximately..ten individuals

ere obser ed 'by IagenIts to? arrive and ?enter the COMPINSKY
res1deHCe at the appIointed hour. Not all of.those attend1hg could
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they. entered Were: DR. MURRA OWI 1). a CommuniSt Party
member Ifor at least fift ear?ji? o. ion picture .director, --
1 HERBERT IBERMAN I is one Of the?Hollywood 10?; VIQEQB.
HollyWood pubTicity agent (HP 1 NEH HHNANH 
screen Writer A . to) 

    
   

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:1 the Steering Committee mee on the evening in question,
JOHN HOWARD CP ?i?Pknown throughl land
LA 50- 1 0t er con dentia1 sources as having much to do_
??xwith. the policies of LAWSON is generally- regardedI as the
*?Communist- Party authority on CommuniSt Party,policy matters among
the Cultural groups in Hollywood Hf, . . . . b2
The most important activity of ASP ds and has be?n fork);E
mahy months the defense of the so ca1led ?Hollywood 10" film 
writers convicted of contempt of congress as a- result of the . I
'Un American ActivitieIs hearing in NaSHington in the Fall of 19k7. I
While ASP cooHErate-s- with other organizations such as Qggi1mJ 
Rights COngress and. th?KIndependent Progressive Party in . I
connection with other Communist Party??rob ems, idefense of Hhe 
is paramount with the ASP at Hresent time

The ASP Co=uncil in Hollywood prior to the November
;e1ec ions conSistently .supported the third :party Imovement of Mr.
It may be Inoted that juSt. .prior to the elections
.2 furnished copies or literature issued by the ASP
N'Counc i1 in support of- Mr NALLACE and that' thisI literature was
made available to all members of the Communist ParHy' 'sI Aragon-
(redio writers) Ciub, at a meeting oIf. that club oh October 12 1948.
This literature included NALLACEI ISponsor Cards with instructions

    

 

 

 

?j-?gon new to Iget ?big -names? among the motion piI?cture people as an

{Iimportant way to organize for WALLACE r?Also issued at that time
a mimeographed statement Iby the National ICouncil o1 ASP 
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On November 26,1948 the ASP Council in llXWood
Sponsored a?Thanksg1v1ng meeting witH the Hollywood Ten" In its
3pre- ?me.eting adVertisements of this meeting t?gufg?ng??g?hced .
1 Thanksgiving for the downfall at the polls of the inquisitorsl.~r
A Vin the defeat of Representat1ves VAIL and MCDOWELL cf the Uh: 
:.Amer1Can Activities Committee, also for the return of the valiant
1 ~Lthatw is, sixteen outWOf seventeen congressmen re? ?elected who voted
against citing the' 'Hollywood 10? for Contempt; also for this
- EXE?verdict of the people on November 2nd in Hollywood AdvertiSements
further called for a return to a free democratic screen with equal
opportunity for all and for revocation of the so called blacklist
?within the motion picture_ industry.

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the writer T_:jj Would give four lectures on

anti? Slemitism under th auSpices of the Hollywood Women' Council
of ASP on November 16 23, 30 and December 14 It was announced
that attendance at theSe lectures _would be limited to 100 people
rand that the proceeds wou1d_go to the defense of the ?Hollywood 10?.
-Sponsors were to pay $25. 00 each while subscribers paid $10. 00 

A The ASP Council recently announced that JOHN 
LAWSON would give a course of si_x lectures under thew auspices of
't?e ASP at the Masonic Temple on January 31, February 7 14 21, 28
and March 7 These lectures Would deal with the subject New
Approach to American History and our Cultural Heritage? and will
be a preview of book on the same subjec On Which he has
been working for some time.

The jury verdict in December 1948 for Screen Writer
.LESTER C.OLE1ni?sreinstatement suit against Metro Maye.n11
sataiaibt?s-- regarded as a. signal victory not -only by COLE himself
but by the ?Hollywood 10? film writers, the -ASP and in fact all
Communist Party elements in Hollywood. It will be recalled that
LESTER COLE was suSpended from his employment with MGM last year
as a result of the hearings by House,Un- ?American Activities

Committee in WaShington when COLE requed to anSWer the quest10n as'
to whether or not he is or ever has been a member of the Communist-

Party. As a reSult o.f the verdict for the plaintiff rendered by

a Federal Grand Jury, $1 350 week salary has been reinstated
,by MGM and the Studio will be forced to pay him some $70, 000 ,r

in salary wh1Ch he lost as a result of the suspension. CNDI LA 49
advised that JOHN HOWARD LAWSON regards the COLE Victory as very



 

 

 

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important and one Which the ASP and the rHollywood 10" should

make the most of. The COLE suit and its Significance is being
/referred to elseWheIre in ?this report

One of the most important recent activities of the ASP
Council in Hollywood and one which shows something _Of its plans
and program fer the coming year surrounds the Membership COnference
which ASP held on December 12 19A8 at the Hollywood Roo sevelt b1
Hotel in Hollywood bin

 

. Iattended the conference and has furniShed
considerable -1nforma-tion concerning it. The conference is being
reported here in some detail because its proceedings and those
handling the conference give Considerable inSight1into the extent
of the Communist inf1uence in ASP and the policies program, and
.a-ctivities of this organization 

 

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The opening session of the conference was held in the

I afternoen of December 1_2 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel This
session was chairmaned by Mr. HOWAHDEKOCH ELLEN 
as Executive Secretary of the conference.? HOWARD KOCH opened the
meeting with a lecture on the main aspects and aims of the ASP 
Councili. He broke these aims and aSpects down into three phases:
?The fight for peace; for cultural freedom and the advancement of
the fields We represent. He said the NatiOnal Council of the 
is negotiating a-peace'conference in New York City February I

,26 and 27, to consider the central question_of peace and publish
its findings and petition the Government to seek a peaceful future.

In the cultural field KOCH said?? Our most important 1
Single goal now is the Wiping out of the Un- American Act1v1t1es
Committee in the 81st Congress. '1 .

 

I He further told the audience that the National office of
ASP plans to-Open a legislative office in washingtonng. C. with a
permanent representative and will issue a legislative
bulletin KOCH said that real estate negotiations had already
been entered into for a headquarters in New York so that in- the
following year 1950 he hoped an -international meeting Would -be
held in this headquarters building instead of in the Waldorf 
. Astoria He announced that many national and international figures
would be present at the meeting_ in New York but that it -was too
early to name them at this time. He said that some of the aims
Of this nationaIl committee would beI to aboliSh the Ho use Un? American
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for the ?Hollywood 10?. The establishment of a national Academy
of Academ?rr?reedom would be brought up and decided. upon at
the meeting in New York A recruiting campaign Would bel started
in the Lo ngeles area and a DB. DR.

CLARENC of the University of Ca-lifornia at Los Angeles)
woul?d local College campuses to. familiarize the students
with the Arts, Sciences and ProfeSsions Council.
humm- 
. ASP EXecutive Secretary ELLEN WDAVIDSQN next read a brief
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had been eXpended campaign and that ASP finances

at the presen-t time were rather low. She said there were some
two thousand members in the ASP Council, many of whom were not
actually members because they neglected to pay their dues. At

. this point the meeting was thrown over to audience participation

An individual identifying himself as BOBB LEE brought up the

matter of sending a bulletin to all members so- that the information .
would not reach them cold, The idea of an office open twenty- -four
hours a day in Washington to keep up on legiSIative bills?
such as the Taft- -Hartley and Mundt- Nixon Bills Was suggested.

AThis idea met .with the whOle hearted approval of thoSe preSent

 

An individual, who could be identified I
only as a DB. CHAPPLET from the audience said that ASP should
clamp down on President Truman and make him live up to his .
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complimented chairman HOWARD KOCH  and the audience participation
'at the meeting. LAWSON was given a great ovation. . . - 

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Screen writer ARNOL. MANOF CTgTor over twelve yea 
a-ccording to I then read a report on what he called t_he fight 
of the ma.jor mo ion picture studios and gave the percentages of

their losses since the days of censorship_and the ?Hollywood 10"

indictment. He alsngave a brief summary.on the plight of ERIC

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Screen director HBEHT BIB RMAN ne of the ?Hollywood
10" (CP member for years ac ording to T- poke very briefly

concerning the -national of_ice and a few ther minor- points.

A DH. MARTIN HALL the re after Spoke on civil rights a-nd
urged the election of a Steering Committee on civil rights. He
)named approximat?lytwenty people to elect such a committee and

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pane airmaned by film wr-iter PAUL JARRICO CP and writer

JOHN OLLIER, (Q) the radio panel=cha1r?anedi MILTON MERLIN

(3) the health and medecine panel .chairmaned by DR. LOUIS .
ROBINSON 4) fine arts panel chairmaned by GREGORY AIN "and GEORGE
ANTHEIL, It may be noted that GREGOR is reliably reported
to have been a member of the CommunisA Party by and has been

an officer in the American Counc ?oViet Friendship as well as

a centact of the Seviet Con uig?ggw sciences and eduCation

panel 'chairmaned IO SDMN

There_were estimated one hundred individuals?presenftb?f~
at the opening sesSion. . bis

 

I Iattended the film panel of the conference.
This session was chairmaned by Mr. PAUL JARRICO Screen writer of
the film 'Song of Russia? JOHN COLLIER the other announced
chairman of this session was not on the platform. . There were
~approximately thirty to forty people present far this panel-composed
of?writers, technicians; and actors of the theater and film
industry in general. Among thoaeidentified at this pa ?1 were
JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, PAUL JA I 03 screen writer MANOFF,
writer ALBERT: MALTZ T- re tor- writer BIBERMA
OF T- ij??rnd15"w?3ter?ucto ORROWS 3 Asgxhoaaows
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Chairman PAUL JARRICO introduced HOWARD as the
speaker for the film panel MANOFF Spoke f-or approximately one
hour concerning cenSorship thought restrictions placed on
Writers by the film producersj_the State Department and.the Un-
American Activities Committee.' He emphasized the need to get
more racial diacrimination propaganda in films such as -they had,
in the picture "Crossfire? and ?Gentleman' Agreement?. MANOFF
said that ERIC JOHNSTON had taken credit for these two outstanding

pictures. At the end? of speech the meeting was thrown
open for discussion PAUL JARRICO mentioned Something concerning
DORE SCHARY and a quotation by him to the effect that ?the writer
in Hollywood has unlimited opportunity?. The informant reports_
that it Was inferred by Mr JA RRICO that a writer could contact Mr.
DORE SCHARY when something. wa.s cut out of his script and Mr. 
SCHARY would get it back. in By way of id_entification DORE SCHARY
is in charge of productidn at Metro- Mayer d1rec?T??H?der 
LOUIS B. MAYER. The Los Angeles Office has no evidence to indicate
t?af SCHARYM is Or has been a member of or affiliated with the .
Communist Party although informants have reported that Mr. SCHARY

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. It was agreed that a bulletin should be sent to
organiz.ations such as the Parent ??Teachers AssoCiation, trade
unions; and open meetings and_forums, .in the form of a question?
naire in order to get their Views on what the Communitvaants

. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON wanted more portrayals. in films of
labor leaders and of the Negro in Society

Several committees were formed to work on theSe programs
and volunteers were taken from the audience. Among these committees
was one to take the plight of the ?Hollywo_cd 10? to the community
as a whole especially in the ss001ation 

stat-ed from the audience that more and
more Spanish and?Italian pictures are appearing in her district
thus proving that the community there was oppos-ed to the present
censored films produced. in Hollywood. She said pictures dealing with
minority problems were more acceptable in this community and
that this_ was fertile ground. 1

The film panel Was adjo_urned with t_he setting of a

new date for further diScueSicn inasmuch as all points were. not

covered _before the time allowed ran out The main issues -ariSing .
guout of this panel were: (1) support to ?Hollywood l0? (2) abolish 
the Taft Hartley bill and do away with the Un- American Aetivities.
Committees thr:?ugh the country, (3) establish liaison with Parent?
Teachers _Associations and trade unions and get them behind the
-?Hollywood 10? (4) film the Hollywood_story to show to the PTA and
trade unions - . . - 

   

The closing session,of the ASP Membership Conference was
held in the evening of that same day, December l2, and this session
was again chairmaned by Mr. HOWARDLKOCH KOCH gaVe a brief 
resume of the opening seEsion for the benefit of those who had not
been able to attend He identified the ASP Cc-uncil as a group of
the artiSts, Scientists. and professionals, banded together for?
mutual and civic interests .and not connected or Sponsored by any -
political organization. He Said that during the la-st election they
had sponsored HENRY A. WALLACE simply because his views were .
identi?al with?the?views oftthe ASP Council. KOCH then called fer_
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KO.CH thereafter went On to say that he had from time to
time visited all the panels of the conference and was amazed at
the display of interest and vitality shown at the panels. He then
read several telegrams; one from DR. WLINUS BLULING, no_ted .
Scientist of California InStitute of Technology who expressed his
.-regrets fer not being able to attend due to illness from overwork
the RegionalI _ChairmaIn for the ASP in the Los Angeles
Iarea. He was also chairman for the Welcoming Committee at the
recent visit to Los Angeles of the. REVEREND 
sometimes called the ?Red Dean of anterbury'. KOCH then read
a telegram from _the Harvard astronomer DR. HARLO HAPLEY national
'chairman fer the ASP Council who expressed his greetings to the
jmembers;" then said the audience Would hear a brief summary
of all panels so all members would be acquainted with the scope
of different- sections and what they had accomplished dur1ng the L52
various forums earlier -in the afternoon 

   

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I These summaries Were limited to five m1nutes and the
first speaker introduced wasI Mr the radio panel

. An informant identified STONE as one o.f the Writers of the ?Great

Gildersleeve? program. He announCed that the radio program had
outTined?a three?way program a.s follows: (1) Educational
programs and offer of services This he .said means ASP would help
organizations write; edit and prepare programs When a unio-n or
~an organization he mentioned' particularly the American Veterans
Committee~?has radio time purchased but -is running into difficulty
filling that_time this group would offer. their Services in
preparing script( espeakersj and artists to thesaorganizaticns
upon reques Ereedom of the air In this category STONE
mentioned adio station KMPC (At Los Angeles) which is coming
up for 1cens1ng iananuary He indicated that-his panel would
fight to see thaIt KMPC changed management inasmuch as he charged
they are selling time to anti? democratic organizations and allowing
anti? democratic material to be released? over their station
Speakers'Bureau. In thIis Bureau, radio writers commentators
etc. Would be available for. Ispeaking tours before such clubs as
Kiwanis Rotary, PTA, union locals and veterans crgen121t1ons
He said that last year they received more than 2I 000 requests for
speakers by- organizations such- as these - .

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KOCH next introduced Dr as the
chairman of the Health and Medicine Panel This panel brought
up the national health in general making several references to
the polio epidemic DR. ROBERTSON commended the Wagner- -E11ender
Bill but said it was not enough He spoke of -a report by OSCAR

 

and urged all present to read .KA ILBERG's book 
?4 001 Patients? He s-aid his panel Would centinue to serve the

community on health matters such as combating the smog and .
epidemics as the polio one in Los Angeles. Dr ROBERTSON said

'IStandar-d 011 was largely responsible fer the smog in Los Angeles

and that for one million dollars Stands-rd Oi-l Could erect a plant
to take all the sulphuric acid vapors out of the air. This plant
he said in- turn would net proceeds of better than one thousand
?dollars a day but at present no work is contemplated on such- a 
plant He charged that Standard 011 would not See a representative
of the Los AIngeles Health Department until he threatened legal
action. . .

- The next speaker introduced by chairman KOCH was -DRI. 
THU GALSTO.N of the of It -
appeared that DR. GALSTON- was substituting Ror DR. CARROLL



RICHARDSON who is chairman of the Science and Education Panel,

Committee-in washingtonIand the enney Un-AmericannActiyities
Committee i-n California were jeopardizing scientific adv-anbes.:

He emphasized the fact that due to the.secommittees, a very
determined group of educators- had formed to fight this legal
enslavement He sa1 that on October 9 and 10 last there was a
meeting held by the ASP Council in New York to set up machinery

to fight theSe legal restrictions and diamissals for reasons of
loyalty. GALSTON panel urged a constant fight against loyalty
dismissals here in Los Angeles. -To help in this legal battle
Professor CLYDE ILLER, head cf the national bureau is coming to
Los Angeles to help with the legal machineryI to be used for this
fight DR. GALSTON told a story of how he ahd numerous other
scientists had planned to gather at San Francisco and discuss
?radiation and its effect on man and how far a man could be from
the-center of an automic blast and.still live, iHe Was very

bitter toward Naval Intelligence because they called off the'meet~
ing for security reasons.? He expressed his belief that atomiC?
development should.be-given to the_civilians-and taken awa_ from?
the military. He said his; panel had adOpted a suggestion for a
1egiSlatiVe committee to press for legislation to helprciga ?h834
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HQNA323KQGH next introduced GREGORY AIN of Arts
Panel AIN said that the public did not appreciate fine ar 
and his committee wanted to bring fine artS to the public.
He said his panel was in favor of pressing for mere fine arts
bills in the U. S. CongreSs and to support and create a program for
a federal fine arts bill. The Fine Arts Panel in the near future
will have a party to raise proceeds for the ASEnguncil. Mr AIN
mentioned the fact that a German pianist was coming to Los
Angeles. for a Concert a.nd that ASP. will give a festival i_n
opposition to the Naz'i concert so there would be no members in
attendance- to_honor the Nazi. He did not identify the German 
artistshowever -by name - 

The chairman .next introdu-ced Mr PAUL screen
writer and COT-author of a ?Song of Russia? as the Chairman of the
Film Panels. . .

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.P JARRICO has been heretofor-e identified as a GP member

according He started off by saying that in all _his duties
of chairman on various committees he has never seen a more . .
ginSpired panel than that of the film panel He mentioned -the-
?fact that he could not get them to adj_ourn until another meeting
?was set and decided upon to conti?nue the diScussion. This C0n~
tinuations meeting he Said had been set for the following week

on December 19 at the same location (Hollywood RooSevelt Hotel)

JARRICO in speaking for his panel said We are_ not
. prepared to surrender the film industry to those who wou?ld use

it for propaganda for war The biggest fight he said is to eliminate
the Thomas and Tenney (California)mUn?Amer1can Act1v1t1es Committees

and to stop such bills as the Mundt ?Nixon Bill and to repeal)

such bills as the Taft Hartley Labor Law. He charged the Wall

. Street monopolists had much larger industry than the film industry
-and Wanted to control the film industry to put out war propaganda
?so they could make more money on their heavy industries as

they always did when war threatened. He said his panel, composed

of people connected with the film industry, Was prepared to carry f-

on a progressive fight to regain what ground they had lost in

the last y.ear; that they expected' to film the Hollywood story 
and make contacts in the Schools through the PTA to Show such 
films He said he expected more would Come out Of the continu?
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ing for public discuss1on. or questions directed at any member of
the platform A . . 

A Mr. made a brief commentary froM the
audience on What he thought concerning combining the Film Panel's
bulletin and the_ one the Radio Panel was going to put out and
suggested they get together in their efforts. .

At this point HOWARD KOCH introduced two resolutions

. submitted by ASP Exe.cutive Secretary ELLEN for the panel
of the meeting. One read "This ASP Council of 2 meMbers
-requests our Government to enter into negotiations with the Soviet
Union in an effort for peace" This was unanimously adopted. The
other resolution read ?Mr. TRUMAN in your Sta'te of the Union
. address to the 81st Congress our membership of the ASP Council
1 of 2 urges yOu to recommend the abolition of _the un? -Amenican1

 

Agtivrgigs?ggmm1ttee This resolutiOn was also adopted.
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DR. GALSTON of California Instit_ute of Technology,
.repreSenting the Science and Education Panel suggested andther

reSOIution Which was also subMitted to the membership and adopted.

1 'This resolution read ?that Mr. TRUMAN be requested to resc1nd
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Another resolution was propOSed in the event the .
UneAmerican Activities Committee is abdlished. This resolution
?will.provide that all suits and charges be dropped, in WhateVer
stage, against persOns under indictment by 
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ASP Executive secretary ELLEN DAVI-DSON thereafter spoke
briefly of a big meMbership driVe. She albo urged the support of a
Peace Conference in February to be held in New York to WOrk out a
program, and invite  colleges from abroad.

'luced Mrs. IRISXNOBLE CP 13 4?26
wife of writer HOLLISTERRNOBL CP I) whom he described as

the "courageous woman who with ~ood the Gestopo methods of the Los 
Angeles Police Force. After this brief introduction he then ihtro? 
duced the main? speaker, Mr. HOLLISTER NOBLE himself. By way of iden?
tification,_ IRIS- NOBLE is one of fourteen defendants charged with 
contempt by a Los Angeles Federal COurt_ for refusal to answer 
questiOns before a Federal Grand Jury in cennection with the

  
  
 

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HOLLISTER NQBLE began his speech with "In these days?
of subVersive vegetables and blossoming pumpk1_ns etc. . He spoke?
briefly on censorship of the minds, censorship of the body; and of,
political censorship, For an early example of complete censorshipg
he related'a story of Mrs. CARROLL of Maryland ?who won the-Civil 
War for General Grant She was supposed to have laidthe strategy
,which enabled the North to defeat the South.. NOBLE said he had
written a book on this subject cal-led ?The WOman with a Sword?
He next urged the members to bar the Civil Right_s Day which he
.said was on_ December 15 (19A8) the Same day his w1fe comes up
for trial. He urged that the Department Of Jus_tice drop the

charges in all such cases now pending. He said that the Progressives

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The last speaker of the evening was Mr JOHNLHOWARD

LAWSON LAWSON summed up the program for the ASP _Council. 
The main theme of the organization is to protect the American .
heritage of_ Democratic culture SON said that while he was 1
in New_ Yerk _recently he met who had just returned
.from Europe He quoted her as Saying that the Europeans juSt can
'not understand our permitting the degradation of our culture by
'.such committees as the Thomas Committee JOHN HOWARD LAWSON Said
we must fight as guardians of our culture or admit cur defeat and
less our honor as human beings and AmeriCans He said the ten 
film writers sent to jail will Set a precedent and that an empire -
of oppressidn now eXists to the extent that knowledge itself is now 
suspect He elaborated on the proposed ASP office in Wash_ington,
C. . and urged the raising of the standards of film and radio. He
said- that better service must be rendered to the Community and
between organizations in order to bring theplight of 
?Hollywood to the public and to show the damage being done by the
several Un- -American Committees. LAWSON stressed the printed
campaign--the printed word-?as being one of the best mediums in 
carrying on the fight He urged all members and their friends to.
,see the Congressman in this area, to urge the abolition of the
"present. committees uSed to smear the Hollywood film technicians,
actors and writers He spoke briefly of the Fight for Peace
Conference to be held on February 26 and 27 (1949) in New York and
urged all those who could to attend it. He referred to. the Peace
Conference in Poland last summer and to the one then taking place

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LAWSON sa id the ultimate aim of this organization??bxgl
finally break down tr..e wall created by radio press, and the banks

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to take a few and haVe them signed and returned to the ASP CouncilV

as soon as possible He said this petition was sponsored by the
Council?fon??merican SoViet Friendship This petition reads-as
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then read a petition to the audience and urged everyone

?As members of the Motion Picture industry; we are-
deeply convinced that the political cenSorship of
pers_onnel and film content which is implicit in the
blacklist has wrought incalculable harm on the morale
rand product of our industry.

?Therefore we Wish to commend the statement of the
Society Of Independent Motion Picture Producers dis?

Wnrr.?

'I/avowing the blacklistm which has been in ex1stence for

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the past year Further: we greet the action of an

American jury for its decision in the Cole c(a se Which.

by implicatiOn, condemns the existence of a blacklist.
a in an American industry. - -

?We feel the way is now open to end an era of fear
?-and depressiOn and to begin an era'of presperous

growth and vital content in American films. We call

upon the whole industry to join in rejecting the

?blacklist in principle and practice thus assuring

Ithe_return of a free screen This we owe to ourselves?
- and to the American people.?

LAWSON Said when all of.the petitions are assembled they
Re a big scroll which will be presented. to the Dean of
ury in Madison Square Garden, New Yerk The first three

ALLAOE and J0 DAVIDSON National Director 01 the 
final words were ?This can properly be
ed as a crusade

The closing session of the ASP Membership Conference
ted shortly before midnight Informant estimates that
mately 250 persons were present 1

The so- -called continuations meeting of the ASP Film 

Panel was held on December 19, 1948 at the Hollywood -Roosevelt

Hotel.

This meeting was a "hold-over? by pophlar demand from the

    

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writer PAUL JARRIC was the chairman. Informat' o_n concerning 

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JARRICO ,pened the meeting with a short_resume of the

previous session for the benefit of thoSe who did not attend

the first session He said ?This has been a very exciting week.
There were great events; first- the release to the press

of the statement of the Society of Independent Motion Picture
Producers' representatiVe, Mr. ARNALL on the elimination of the
blacklist in independent studios; secondly, Mr. LESTER COLE was
told by a jury of good Americans that Metro- Mayer is
wrong and all of us are right.?

JARRMICOW then Went. on to state that ?We have driven a
deep wedge into the forces of reaCtion. He outlined the aims
of the film panel- for the future regarding the f1ght to end the

Thomas Committee in Washington and- to tell the Hollywood story
. by use of films and publication, and to prepare a pamphlet for
'future distribution to Parent- Teachers As30ciations, trade unions,

and veterans' gr_oups.

JARRICO then introduced screen writer who was

.enthusiastically applauded. opening statement was to the

effect that hope first that I am right in thinking you are
applauding me as one of_ the nineteen witnesses who stood up before

'you a year ago in the Shrine Auditorium and said we would fight'
for our Constitutional rights?~that we would fight to the finish.

Secondly, that you are thinking of the ten men who stood up before
the Thomas Un? American ActiV1t1es Committewe in Washington C. 

and refused to surrender our Constitutional rights. . Thirdly,

you are applauding the two men who are continuing their fight .in

"Washington, D. C. (apparently referring to DALTON 

JOHN -whose conVictions for contempt are. pending
appeal before the Supreme Court).

COLE went on to that he and all the Hollywood group

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of which he is a member and which he knew was the first in the r?

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all the way. All these, he said, were prime factors in he
de01sion reached in JUDGE (Federal Judge LEON YANKWICH)



court the other day COLE then _began a brief description? ofwthezmz?

trial in Judge court in which case he was suing 

MGM fer reinstatement He said that MGM is a Delaware Corporation
and that they claimed they felt as though they were aliens in

this state, instead of the California Supreme~Court trying the
case they moved fer_ the trial at the Federal Court COLE stated
their purpose behind this move was "beCause they knew that a
,Federal Court must get a unanimous decisiOH in order to reach

a verdict?.. He then recited some_  highlights of the case as
.follows: . .

JUDGE ?This is not a trial as to 
politiCal affiliation but to a.breach of contractu"

M1. (MGM Attorney):, ?That is true Mr.
COLE was released because of Clause 5 in this con?
tract~-the Public Relation Clause."

JUDGE YE NKWICH:  ?"You'mean the Morals Clause?"'

Mr. IRVING WALKER: ?No, we prefer to call it the Public
Relations Clause

. COLE stated this would be something new in Hollywood,
a "Public Relations Clause' He said that finally after two and
a half weeks of trial and some 15,000 pages of transcript Mr
IRVING WALKER attempted to put on his star witness, MAX EASTMAN,
an expert on Communism. JUDGE YANKWICH would not allow his 
testimony._ next star Witness was Mr. ERIC JOHNSTON whom
COLE described as "a very -busy man With four businesses in Spokane?
who Was supposed to be an expert on Public RelatiOns. COLE said
Attorney KENNY made a fool out of Mr. JOHNSTON by bringing
out the fabts? WOne, that Mr. JOHNSTON had never seen a picture 
Mr COLE had worked on Two, that he, JOHNSTON, was not in -
?Nashington at the time of COLE's hearing her had he -read
the transcript of the  hearing. - . .

A COLE said that JOHNSTON were against the
Thomas Un? American- Activities Committee until business Was at
stake and one year_ later they Were defending this committee.

COLE related a story Which he said was a summation ?pgt??
'of case as teld to the Jury by Attorney WALKER. WALKERJ 

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could not bring Communism into the summation so he ci ed the 
analOgy of being a mother who had just come into the
kitchen and found a Jar of red strawberry jam half. empty and
Jam spread all across the table. At this mement little
CHARLES walks in with Jam all over his face, the same red_ Jam.
The mother asks the youngster the question and he retorts,
I don't have to answer that question. 

COLE told the audience that after the summation of

Attorney WALKER thought he was sure to lose the case. Defense 

Counsel BEN MARGOLIS gave his summation which everyone regarded
as brillf??tTI?In the face of the corporation 3 summatiOn
MARGOLIS thought he had failed. COLE Said that he was sure that
he had reached three of the jurors. The jury was. out five and a
half hours and gave him, COLE, the verdict. .
After the verdict was announced COLE said he went over
and thanked the jury. He quoted one of the lady jurors as telling

"him at that time, "you don't have to thank me??that is what I have

been teaching my pupils for fifty years". -One member of the Jury
said, ?YOur fight in Washington protected me and others in

"Washington Who knows,\I might have been next, here in Los

Angeles COLE alSo quoted a Negro man as saying ?You are fight-
ing our fight, Mr. COLE. 

COLE ended his talk by saying that the Jury: trial was
a great decision, a tremendous wedge _in the forces of reaction and
/a sign that the Arts, Sciences and  Professions Council is beginning
to pay of-f.

Thereafter HOWARD KOCH presented each member of the
Film Panel with a copy of the resolutiOn previously read by '1
JOHN HOWARD LAWSON on December 12. KOCH said he wanted each
member on the panel to get 500 signatures to the resolution
within the film industry. I . 

PAUL JARRICO told them to get SOO or a thousand but to
get them back. He then opened the meeting for discussion from
the audience 

JOHN HOWARD LAWSON wanted a pamphlet out right away on 
ARNOLD MANQEEJS Speech before the last session of the conference
held on WDecember 12,1948. .

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of Film Panel. Those nominated from?gge floor were

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The first meeting Of this committee it?was/announced
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noted that screen writer, BE BAR7MAN OF T- ?n the-audience
verified the address and it is known.that thi 
residence . . (ff? -
- Screen Writer ARNOLD MANOFF suggested that a meeting
be held in the near theater Open to the public,
to recall the'?iack list" JOHN HOWARD LAWSON wanted everyone
.present to get on a committee and do something. He. termed this
.organization a political cultural society.

A Mr. said New Year's Cards would be sold
at. the back of the room shOwing a. -red Witch flying around the

1-Statue of Liberty. These cards Would sell fer a dbllar. a piece

and up and all money thus collected would go to the defense of the
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An annOuncement was made of a meeting to be held by the
_Los Angeles- chapter of the Civil Rights Congress at the
Alexander Hotel in Los Angeles on December 20 1948. 

Civil Rights Congress  (CRC)
. . The Civil. Rights Congress has become one of the most 

. active and important Communist controlled organizations in the Los
Angeles area Investigation has Shown that CBC and the ASP Council
in Hollywood are cooperating closely .on matters of mutual interest.
Whereas ASP is primarily.concerned with the defense of the ?Holly-
_wood_lO?, CBC in recent months?is_primarily concerned with the_
defense of the fourteen CommUnist.Party members cited for~eontempt
by-a Los Angeles Federal Court for refusal to answer questions of

a Federal Grand Jury inquiring into Certain caSes arising out of
the President's Loyalty?Program. . Both CBC and ASP have been 
exerting pressure and propaganda in defense of the twelve ..
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5j?Ecehlly advised t"at While in San Francisco recently
he v1S1ted Communist Party he dQuarIters in san Francisco and 1
talked briefly .With CELEST the Sta.te Education Director
of the Commun1st Party 1n California. In Communist
act1v1t1es 1n the Los AngeIesI area CELESTE STRACK characterized
the Civ1l Rights CohIgressI as the most important thing in Los 1b2

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a ETTE furnished inferm tion that JOHN 
5111113011 WILLIA EST attorney T??gga?nd 
STEINMETZ attorney re Non Ithe Board of Directors ofwzg~?
Rights Congress Al three are. aISo activ.e 1n the affai

. of ASP Informant further adv1ses that
is one of three trustees for the CRC bEil Tund which has 
been. raised .for. the fourteen Los. Angeles 1nd1v1duals Cited for I
contempt of -a Federal Grand .Jury. In addition to LAWSON the -
.1othertWO tr?uStees. of this fund are CHARLE GLADSTONE [ng mg, 63,)
and ULTnformant advises that oanovembe
22 Ias:tC CiVil Rig Cong ess instructed LEE BACHELIS to get out
a letter Over the Signatures of himself, JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, a-nd
GLADSTONE Which Was to Ibe sent to Communist- Clubs toI raise
1bEil. money. .
The same informant advlsed on Nevember 2A 19A8 that
Executive Director ORE sent the foIlow ing telegram .
to the "Blacklist Anniversary Meeting of the ASP Council in
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Whe Civil Ri-ghts Congress greets t?he ten Hollywood
Arti stsI, writers, andI producers, on this first anniver_sary
. of your fight against the ThOmas -Rankin Uh American
Committee Your defeInse o;f the constitution has serVed
. I as/an inspiration to those who have met the atta.dk Since
1 then You, -m0re than any other groupxof Americans -helped
1 to expose the obJectives of the American 
1 the wholelplan of those Who would destroy the her1tage
o.f the Amer1canspeople is- more- fully eXpbsed With the lat?
est attack against the peopleI through the 3311 until-
they? ?talk strategy of Attorney General TOM CLARK and th_e
?Federal Grand Jury The issue is j?oined There will
be no freedom for you nor the Los Angel1es Victims of the
Grand -Jury norI the American people unless we all jdin 
together in the co.mm0n cause we pledge our support to 
you, fully confident that the Amerlcan.peopIc will 
. insist on Government based Ion the Bill of Rights- andI Inot
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A RDE [1-11mant adviSes that on November 17, 1948
WCK LANDISH Ig??ctive ih CRC, conferred 
DA DSON of the ASP oil in Hellywood requesting that a member
O?f ?ASP??gree to Serxe on Board of Directors. Informan-t 
advises that in November 1948 CRC sent JOHN a tale?
'gram requesting his attendance at a CEO Board meeting on- November
20 or if he cduld not come himself to send a substitute from the
ASP Council. . . b2
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- also advised in Nove ber l94 that he CRC had 
arranged to have film producer LO 3 do a pamphlet Q?g
-on ?Why don't they answer the q.uesti0ns. . 'This referred
to the witnesses cited- for contempt of the Federal Grand Jury,
Los Angele_s, already mentioned. Informant indicated that half a 
'million copies of this pamphlet was to be run off and that HARRIS
would have all the information to work with including a complete
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In November 1948 CRC put out a widely distributed circular-
entitled "We have r?a?hed the point in America where a -knock on
your door in the morning can mean prison by nightfall. This
cirdular was one of many that had been put out by this organization
for the purpoSe of creating public sympathy and backing for the
fourteen witnesses before the Federal Grand Jury. This circular
was Signed by thirty? four business men writers, and artists,
nineteen doctors, fifteen educators, twenty fiVe lawyers, and .
,fifteen .clergymen. Among these signers were a number of individuals

. from the so called cultpral sectio?n of the Communist Party in
Hollywood motion picture industry, Actors' Laboratory, and the
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From ASP, DR. MURRAY ABOWITZ (QP screen writer
HOWARD KOCH, ASP Cha.irman, signed the circular.

Fr the motion picture industry, screen actres 
T- screen writer ALBERT MALTZ CP T- 3 screen.xw}
.writer GU NDORE, and writer PAUL JAR CO 

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. Among the lawye 8 listed as si ners were CHARLES 1
3 and CTO APLAN CP 1% STEINMETZ EP j:

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advised that Communist elements 1n -organized

labor in the Los:Ange1es area got out the own circular along the
same lines after co .laboration with ANN ORE Executive Secretary
of CRC on November 3 last. This is a ful1 page captioned ?Los
Angeles PolitiCal Dealings Rip Bill of Rights? and is signed by
approximately 300 labor men of the C10 AF of and Railroad
Erotherhoods. Among these signers Were a number of ind1.viduals
_reliably reported as CommuniSt Party members representing
respectively the NatiOnal Maritime Union, the United Public
Workers; the United Electrical Workers, the United Mine, Mill.

and; Smelter Workers, the United Automobil_e Workers and the

News venders-nall CIO affiliates.

 


On December 20,1948 CNDI JO 1 advised that JOHN1HO.WARD

communicated with of one or AW
ters in New York advising her of the Vietory inthe LESTER COLE
reinstatement case against MGM Studios and telling her that

they had to cash in on it; further that ASP would 
COLE himself on a trip East to speak before mass meetings to be
held in Boston on January 13 in addition to a number of other
meetings in- Connecticut New Jersey, and LAWSON
pr_eferred not to make the trip himSelf inasmuch as he planned to
come East for the ASP Peace Conference to be held in a month or
So. Further, informant adVised that LAWSON. had discussed

With ELLEN DAVIDSON, the Executive Secretary of ASP in Los 
Angeles, whomto Send East for the maSs meetings. 
It was opinion that LESTER COLE ?is. very hot? right now
as a result of his court victory over MGM and that he would be
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on November 2h, l9h8 advised that JOHN director,.l
is planning 0 a szcture at MGM Studios which is reportedly very Gemmunistic
in nature?. Informant does know the name of this propdSed picture but

HUSTON is reported to have said, after reading the script, can place a
negro next to a banker/in this picture and on that basis alone, I will do 1t. 

"Daily Variety" for December 16,19h8 revealed that one 
had four documentary pieturestow tap;?or 1232.at Universal-Internat1onal Studios.
Among these pictures was a R0 GGINS?original on activities of the Prevost

Marshal's Criminal Investigation Division in Germany. I -, -

Los Angeles Tul identifi?d HUGGINS in May of l9h7 35 a member of the
Hollywood Section, who resided at 3628 Hauser Blvd.3 Los Angeles. This
-source described ROY HUGGINS as a writer an a member of th ScreenIIriters
Guild. HUGGINs. used the CP name of 1. (L

The tentative title of pic_ture is to be "Military Police"
i'and through. reliable sources at universal Stadios it has been learned that

Krgovernment approval or the{script Would have to be obtained and that HUGGINS
1 was going\to HashingtOn for this purpOS e. 

Reporter" _of December 17, 19h? mentioned that BOB

 

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ROBERTS has four story properties wh it intends to

to star in one of these as yet untitled pieturese GARFIELD has been identified

complete within the next tHelve to eighteen menths.? JOH GARFIELD is scheduled

as aetive in various Communist front organizations (California Un-AmeriCan

E: Activities Committee,report .of l9h8). Another of these pictures con emplated

by ROBERTS HODUC TS is an Original entitled "Deborah" by RIC 
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Unde51rable Films Dietr_ibuted in Foreign Countries.

 

Mr. I?agazine, purported anti?Communist maga?

zine in Los An eles advised on Octbber 22 and November that?a group in 

IIPHollywood had recently formed for the purpose  of buying old pictures. to be

gexhibited in Czechoslovakia and Hungaria, which includedethe follxmuxqgnone Who,are
own to this office to have cP affiliati?ns- CHARLES VIDOR,

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British motion picture producer, and STEPHEN JUSTICE, whose brother owns a
restaurant on the "Sunset Strip" in HollywoodI?known as the "Little 

These films allegedly are of the more undesirable type, described
by as "dead end k1d" type of picture which represents the American way
iof life unfavorably.

JACOBY did not know if these individuals had Communistic connections
bUt pointed out that they were doing a definite injustice to the United States.
in endeavoring to Sell this type of movie in Hungaria or Czechoslovakia behind

the ?Iron Curtain", and it was felt that it might possibly be a part of some
_prbpaganda plan. 1 .

STEPHEN JUSTICE, cording to Mr. JAGOBY, was later interviewed Eva
n?wSpaper reporter WALTER REEF of the "Hollywood Reporter". It was learned .that
fortyfour pictures had been obtained. They'were not named, but indications 
were given that they were a Variety of myste-rie.s and "dead and kid stuff.?

JACOBY explained that it was his understanding that a motion picture
exchange association had been set up by the ten major studios to arrange for
the display of American films in foreign countries and the activities of the
above?named individuals appeared to run contrary to those of that group.

 

"Eoy With The Green Hair", an RKQ Release

 

- Data concerning this picture was furnislhed in the report of SA MARCUS
M. BRIGHT dated OctoberI 22, l9h8, page 8.

. I The ?Holly"ood Repor ter" of November 15, l9h8 mentioned that, .?The
preview of the 'Boy With The Green Hair! at the Pentages was the signal for a
full local Commie attendance,' and when the news reel flashed a pest election
sequence_ showing all the candidates, WhilnCE received an ovat-ion from- the Red
sitters." 1 I I I-.: -.. MOTION PICTURES . 

 

 

Married a Communist", Rxo Pioture Under Production

2% - on November 9, l9h8, said that the picture Married a

5' Communist" was being reawritte? by RKO for the third time. AR CEHEN, communistu 

ic writer, and JAJES EUIAR iiNT, who is not a commu?i tic writer, are assigned

. to re-write this story. Source also said that HGWAL UGHES, controlling stbok?

1? holder at RKO, had considered this picture his pet apparently had not 
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the Communistic group of'writers around the RKO lot.-. When 

?'word Communistic, it was pointed out that prpof of Party affiliatio was lack? .

ing on the part of informant and that his opinion was based largely on associa?

tion. Some of JO OBEY, W'ith The Green I

/-Ha1r? and a Close friend of DORE SGHARY, production chief at MGM and friend?}
of"Commnnist writers by his under oath before the House Committee

hearings in Washingto who was assigned to direct Married a

Communist", ADRIA COTT and EDWARD the latter two having been ide_nti- 

fied in. previous Ifeports as CF me era by Los Angeles 

?1 allegedly placed JOHN in the directing spot beca he knew CROMWELW

was pro-Communist and hoped the_ latter might break his contract which amounts A

.to E150, 000. 00 per yearIwas of the opinion that ART COHEN is attempting to "jazz
Iup" the scrip 18 picture and to delay it to the point that HUGHES will
get disgusted and not make it. Both COHEN and haVe had terrific

. Communist pressure from their friends to geE them to give up their assignmen_ts
with the picture. The script was?descr1bed as bitterly anti-Communist.

 

  
  

 

 

 

Concerning the writ of the original screen pla the ab0ve informant
identified them as GEOR and E. SLAVIN. did not
have much information on the background of these individua excep at the 

form.er had been reported to be the son of awell? known cartoonist;
This identity had not, however, been definitely established by informant.

 

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Considerable newspaper publicity has been given to this picture in 

the trade papers. As an example, the "Hollywood Reporter" of November 2h, l9h8
revealed the following: CROMWELL is reliably leported to have been taken
off the direCting assignment -of this picture and that a settlement of his con-
tract is being negotiated.? The- picture was scheduled to begin filming neXt
month. . 

The?IHollywoodwRepor er" of December 3, l9h8, mentioned PA LUKAS,
actor, would fill"an RKO commitment by taking a top spot in the pictureagwi-
Married a CommunistNoVember 211311 December that 

a director, recently_ arrived from the New York area, would relieve JOHN CROMWEIL

on the assignment. NICHOLAS to informant, has associated with 
persons strongly suspected of Communist connections, particUlarly -JOE . 1
previously mentioned. Both LOSEY and CROMWELL a-re leaving the RKO lot and are 
-.believed to be taking an assignment at MGM under DORE NICHOLAS RAY is

no impro.vement over CHOMWELL as a director for this picture, according to - b2
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The "Hollywood Reporter" of December 23, 19h8 mention GREER
as a poSsible Ich?ine Iead in Married a Communist". This source, on

December 27, l9h8, mentioned that GLEN FORD, actor, was to take over- a top
spot in this picture? . - .

  



.The York Times" of December 5, 19h8, in a cOIUmn by THOMAS 
in the creen section, discussed the story difficulty delay of Married
A Communist", at RKO. He mentioned that Mim actress, had been
i assigned for a Iead_ .in the picture and her agent had been attempting to nego-
?3 tiate a settIeMent in 1mich she would do another picture instead of accepting
\ItIhe role which she accepted under protest. . 1

According to BRADY, the basic difIiculty With MarriedI A Communist",
accor ding to those Working on the picture, is that the story 
FranciSco Water front strike. No studio can afford to make an anti?labor 
picture so a careful distinction must Ibe drawn in the scenario betWeen Communist
andI non?Communist strike modifications, but to make the distinction clear be-
yond possibility of confusion has, thus far, required so much exposition that

the development of the personal plot has bogged dOWn. .

 

According to BRADY, one seetion DI the script calling for a news
reel clipping of the House Committee Which inve' stigated HolIyWood for un?Ameri?
can activities was discarded recently because it was decided "The story does
not justify a documentary approach."- .

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Mr. JOSEPH FRANKIBNSE on October 13, 19h8, advised that heIwas the
manager of the studio Theater Ilo_cated at 1715 Nerth.IVermont, Los Angeles. The
above-captioned picture has been booked for his theater Within the next feW
weeks. Miss DOLLY PAINTER, cashier of the theater, received a phone call from .
a person Who used abuSive language and stated that if the picture "Ninotchka"
fulfilled an engagement, the theater Would be stink bombed. 

I This picture recently fulfilled an engagement at the Laurel Theater
on.Beverly.Blvd. near Fairfax, and according to Mr. BUSE, the showing of the
picture caused some disturbance of_a protest nature, the exact details of .
Were not known-to informant.' 1 I

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"Vespers in Vienna" With EDNARD G.. ROBINSON, actor, Who was slated for a part. 
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to portray a Communist officer. On November 8,19h8, the aAQgg gourc
that ROBINSON had agreed to read the script and that the role was that of a
_Br1tish officer amed MACROBAR. The story involved was taken from a Danubian
novel by  and reportedly has a strictly anti-Communist themqfa?kftb
?Jet Pilot" 7D 
On January ll, advised that RKO
Pictures, Inc. was considering production of a film to be given the above?bap-
tionod title. It was further described as being anti-Communistic in nature and
portrayed a story about a Woman Soviet agent. This agent landed in_Alaska,
claiming she had escaped from the Russians, was accepted and later turned out
to be an spionage agent. a well-known pilot according to in?

-formant, would be the technicaIBadvisor. Jr. was the writer of this
?script. . .



 

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The following summarizes the current activity of the ten screen person? 
alities who were cited for Contempt of Congress- -follOwing their testimony before
the HouSe Un?American Activities Committee in October l9h7.

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The report of.- SA MARCUS BRIGHT dated Octoi.er 22,19h8, page 20, 
an allegation by BYRON referred .to elsewhere in this report,
that some of the Uhfriendly Ten were working in the motion picture industry under
fictitibus names despite public announcement by the studio executives that none
of theSe witnesses would be hired by the major studios until cleared of the
charges. FIDLER, radio commentator over the ABC network, was identified
by FAGAN as the- source of his information. . ,1

Mr. FIDLBR, on October 26,19h8 advised that he. did not have much to
furnish in the way of specific information that members of the "Unfriendly Ten"
were currehtl kworking.1 He did say that he had received rumors to this effect
from one RYAN 1m 7317 Haskell Ave., Los Angeles, a writer who is under

Icontract to. PAUBVREHNER, actors agent, 91-69 Sunset Blvd. FIDLER .first thought
that Some of- thfe writers might be violating some federal law, possibly dealing
with inCome tax or social security regulations if the writers were working under
_assumed names. All that FIDLER had been able to learn,was that several' of the
questioned witnesses had allegedly been "ghost" writing for others in the 1r//
motion picture industry.

RYAN disclosed this information to FIDLER when the f-ormer had been 
drinking but was not drunlg He did not think RIAN"would be cooperative if approa?f/fz
ched for fear of economic reprisals by the Kohner Agency if it. became known that
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. FIDLER described PAUL KOHNER as an actors agentI who came to this coun-
try from Europe and' is naturalized citizen. KOHNER handled

practically 100 per cent, persons of foreign extraction and citizenship. FIDLER
said that KOHNER definitely could not be approached on this matter as he was
believed to be in sympathy with the Communist cause.

FIDLER called the Los Angeles Office on January ll,il9h9 and advised
3;;that the only specific information that he had subsequently developed which he

5 conSidered reliable ough to report was that was supposedly
'1 parking for WALTER producer, under an assumed name. FILLER did not have
?kgurther details an refused to discloSe his source who he reiterated, was
neliable.? A .

   

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1 On December l9, l9h8, Los Angeles T?l? was discussing the LESTER COLEL.
trial with COLE and ALBERT CP members according to 
stated that DALTON TRUMBO (GP member-?LA T-3) had had an offer of a writing job
from SAM and Wthat JACK was getting an offer rom'WAL RANGER, (the
informant assumed that JACK WEAQJOHN LAMSON) 

Lois An?geles ec ed with the executives of studio, who .
stated no offer of any ind had _been made to DALTON TRUMBO and the informant, in
this connection, checked with the Legal Department who assured him that had any
overtUres been made to TRUMBO, they would be the first to know. 

 

Information concerning JOHN HOWARD LAWSONI is bein set forth elsewhere
in this report.-

Likewise, the matter concerning LESTER COLE's activities is set forth
elSewhere in this repert"in?

Press releases disclosed tha_t direCtor, EDMARD vEs in England'
.where he was to work on a British film entitled "Obsession" a comedy thriller 
based on a detectiVe story. The film is being made by a small company, Indepen?-
dent Soverign. Productions. A  company spokesman said the picture would have no I
political significance; -Articles concerning this appeared in the "New York Times" 
on November 10,19h8 and the LOS'Angeles "Herald?Express" of November 7, l9h8.?

Considerable. newspaper publicity directed towards EDMARD 
in Los Angeles during the first week in January l9h9. was charged in Los,1//
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property settlement in 19h? that he "had been given a ?t30, 000. 00 bonus by RKO

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HIRBERT BIBERMAN -has been active with other members of the 

\-Ten in raising defense funds by various means. He has been observed by agents
in Contact with high ranking Communists in the Hollywood area, specifically at
the home of ALBERT Lindenhurst, where periodic meetings have been
held. during in behalf of the ten indicted BIBERMAN
has been observe in contact with SIDNEY BENSON alias sidnayfgginstein who
arrived in Los Angeles in March l9h8rfrom New York and 0 immediately became
active with the Hollywood Ten, the Actors Lab and ogressive Citizens of?
America. His constant association with known Communist functionaries in
the Hollywood area, has identified him as a strong Cemmuni-s suspect although
his exact_ status in the Party has not been 

 

During the LESTER.COLE, MGM trial, BIBERMAN was observed by agents as
aspectator in thafpo?ffrg??%??d?assoc1ated with P1 BAUBER (CP member-?
at; T-BD WRGIWGPED reporter for the "Da1ly Peoples' ?World", Gomr?unist

newspaper (l9h8 repor A Californi UnaAmer1can Activities om mittee), CHIRLAS 
KATZ and attorneysgzoth CP?memberssz; .thsw group, and?

others, gathered in the hallWaySW1ng trial receSs perio nd held a conver?

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?Dalton TrumbO?
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On October 29, l9h8,'an emergency conference was called with a jaint
sponsorship of the Joint-Legislative Conference, Southern'California Chapter
_auithe National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles, for the purpose of presenting the
iSSues and assisting in the defense- of the ten witnesses who were called before
the Los Angeles Grand Jury on October 25, l9h8, and who were held in civil
contempt for failure to answer questions asked by the Grand Jury The meeting
,was covered by SA IRVING T. WEEKS, and it was held in the Victor Room of the

- Clark Hotel, Los An_geles. Both of the sponsoring organisations have been cited
as Communist front organizations by the California Un- AmeriCan Act_ivities Comm?
ittee Report of l9h8. 

.DALTON TRUMBO was one of the principal speakers. In substance, he
told the audience "We have come to this meeting for tl'purpose of protecting
ourselves from the merchants of Fascism in the United States.? We are no longer
fighting Fascism, open tyranny, the same as once existed in Germany." He said,

"It is our job to turn back this attack. TRUMBO continued to make an appe_al
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of the minorities, the colored and the Mexicans etc. He ?ng Ler xp ained that
Communism and capitalism can live side by side in the same world and such fact
is proven in history where different religions such as Mohammedanism and

Buddhism have lived side by side as have the Catholics and Protestants.

"Daily Variety" of- November 18, 19h8, under a Washington, D. C. date
line November 17th, mentioned that DADTON TRUMBO had appealed to the U. S.
Court of Appeals to reverse his convictib?zb?w?harges of Contempt of Congress.
JOHN HQ2 IARD LAWSON, also convicted, was expected to submit a similar brief to
the Court on the following day. The "Hollywood Reporter" dated November 18,19h8
also carried a similar article in which TRUMBO was said to have deVoted a major
part Of his appeal tb a challenge of the constitutionality of the House Un-
American Activities Committee. 

"Daily Variety" of November 22, l9h8 mentiOned that the LAWSON and
TRUMBO appeals were .due for January l9h9 hearings,

'"The HollywoOd Reporter of December 20,-19h8 mentioned that SAMUEL

producer, is bringing BARTON TRUMBO down from his ranch this Week to

talk a deal. The question was raised_ as to what was TRUMBOIS position now with

. "The JewiSh Voice" issue of November 12, l9h8 described a course of
four lectures on "The History of Anti? -Semitism From Ancient to Modern Times?- -
Looking Toward a Solution", by SAMUEL ORNITZ, soreen novelist, to be offered by
the Hollywood women's Council on the evenings of November I6, 23, 30 and Dec_ember
at 955 Crenshaw Blvd. This was to be under the auspices of the Arts, 
Sciences and ProfeSSions Council. . .

Albert Maltz I. 

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On october '13, l9h8, Los Angeles T-l7 advised that PAUL JARRICO and ED
ROLF (both. CP members?Los,Angeles attempted to get ALBERT MALTZM on a radio
program fer a national hook?up. Also considered i0r_ the program by JERRICO was 

i ADRIAN RING two of the "Hollywood Ten". The pro ramjwas

to be with the American Broadcasting Company undemfi?gzg? dance of ARTHUR 
described as liberal commentator whom JARRICO cl med to have met in R?me,
through DO TATUM, attorney for the ABC and CLI ANDERSON, Prosram Department
of ABC. GNETH is a commentator who normally works out of New York Citya ad_ is
sponsored by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America(\%

Los Angeles T-l? advised that during October, ALBERT MALTZ and his wife

  

 

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contempt

aetive in bjhalf of the defense of the "Hollywood Te-n? who have been cited for


-The."Los Angeles Times? of January 2., l9h9 Under a Moscow Associated
Press date line of January 1,19h9, mentioned that the "Literary Gazette" pub-
lished today contained a communication MALTZ, Hollywood_ writer 
cited for contempt. The latter quoted MALTZ as saying are fighting not
only for ourselves but also for all democrats in 1merica. Now, in the fortieth
year of my life, having been ordered before the Commission for undermining
anti?American activities, I do not intend to retreat from my Convictions.

??Too often it appears that the moat sacred thing in life is forced
to be sacrificed on the bloody, vile, smelly altar of a greedy, peter?loving 
lot of people whose motto is profits, markets, oil??for whomcwar is the highest
blessing." 

The "Los Angeles Times" of January 5, l9h9 published a letter signed

1-by ALBERT MALTZ in which he said. the aforementioned dispatch from Moscow had
sheen garbled., He said he had not assualted the English language in the manner

claimed and said the fault was in the translation from Russian to English or

Los Angelesi;718, on December 8,19hg?ggLis that ALBERT MALTZ 
had been invited to attend a celebration at the Soviet Embassy in waShington, 
'InfOrmant said that he did not think MALTZ was able to attend, although

he had expressed appreciation for the invitation and hoped that he and his

wife might be. in the East in the future to join others in paying respects at

'the annual celebration of the October Revolution.

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that during recent months the Civil Rights
Congress has been requesting numerous speakers from the Arts, Sciences andw
Pr01essions. Council, particularly for one of the "HollyWOOd Ten". These

"Ten? have been in demand by numerous organizations as the example indicates.

ALVAH BESSIE attended a meeting of the Steamfitters Local #250, AF
at 733 Manchester,- on the night of December 3, l9h8 and spoke from the 110*

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and r_oad portions of a letter which :he recommended the local Iendorso a forwa
tIo the U. S. Attorney General, registering a complaint regarding the ten men
who refused to testify beforeIa recent Grand JUry in Los Angeles. IThe informant
in this matter, HARRY L. member of the local, said that BESSIE also
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Adrian Scott

-ADRIANHSCOTT has been busy as a Speaker and active with other members
of the "Hollywood Ten" in promoting defense funds in behalf of_ the "Ten" in
general, attacking the Un?American Activities Committees, bothI state and
national. - . . 
ADRIAN SCOTT- appeared on the. radio making a speech on  0ctober l8,

l9h8 on a pro_gram sponsored by ARTHUR GAETH.
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RING has been recently devoting his writing, Iactivities
to an independent company in which he is interested and he is associated with
a writer. RING LARDNERI-s story "Champion" dealing with the fight
1 ring 15 to be produced by screen_ Plays. "DaIily Variety" of January 5, l9h9
rmentioned that re?prints in pamphlet form of RING short story
'"Champion" had been? mailed to 10, COO exhibitors, film correspondents, critics
etc. exploiting the picture. .

 



LARDNER is also directly inteiested in the various activities of the
"Hollyonod Ten" -in raising defense funds and attacking the Un?America Activities
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was p01nteo opt in previous reports tIhat Filmeriter JOHN HOWARD

IAWSONI was ConV1cted of Contempt 6f _CongresS afterI his failure to answer

the Question, "Are you a communiSt?"I LAWSON asked the supreme Court of
the United stetes t6 hear his case Without waiting for the action of the
Appellate Court is vaShington, D1 Ci"bn November the SE Supreme
Court Irefused to take immediate Jurisdiction in tHe contempt of Congress
case before its hearing in the lower court. -

The Hollywood newspaper November 18,19h8 stated that
the 15h page document filed by IAWSON with the U. S. Court of Appeals 
explaining his reasons for his failure to tell the House Committee on- un? I
American Activities whether he was a member of the Communist Party was 
as follows:

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. "Devotion to Americanism often calls for something other?than - r;
Confermity. The defendant in the present case knew that to protect the??
constitution, indeed merely to invoke its protection for all Americans,
required courage, and that hardihood to challenge a wrong done under colbr
of authority was as indispensible t_o geod citizenship as would be, in 
other circumstances, unquestioning obedience. . . -

"Without any provision of law authorizing it, the cemmittee utilized
its powers to have the petitioner diSCharged from his employment and black?
listed in the industry in which. he earned an enviable worldwide reputation,
and to deprive him of other valuable rights protected by the due process 
clause of the fifth amendment . . a
"The blacklisting and discharging of individuals, the?imposition of
censorship upon the screen, and the dictation to the motion picture industry
of the political qualifications of personnel employed therein were the pur-
poses of the committee in conducting its hearings . . . requal to answer
a question in a proceeding in which legislative power is so exceeded cannot
be contempt. 



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Hearing in October, 19h? and according toE CNDI IA JO 

not 0 any 
script writing for the motion picture industry Since 

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On December 16,19h8 CNDI IA advised that LAWSON has now
commented that he any writing job even if it meant a cut in
salary.? IAWSON said it would be a tremendous victory if he could a.
go to work in the studios 3%?wu?

  

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Council was Sponsoring JQHN HOWARD LAWSON inI a series_ dim six 1eCtures,.
IIto be held at the Masonic Temple, 68h0 Hollywood Boulevard The series
is reported to be starting on January 31,19h9. The series -was des-
Neribed as "a .new approach to American history and our cultural heritage. 
It was added that the Series of lectures Would serve as a preview toI
fort.hcoming book. 1

 

IThe six lectures are oh the-following topics:- I 1
1 MYTH AND HISTORY-

How do that pass as history originate? What are the facts
Iconcealed behind the The cultural factor. Artistic-and historical

II OF ISOLATIQNN

was America ever isoldated from the.wor1d?' The-place of America in?
A worldievents.. Foreign poliCY5 past and prese?t. 



What is the- American way life and hes has it developed? The mean?
?ing ofrcapitalist democracy.

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Iv AS AN HISTORICAL FQRCE II 

Dealing- with the most destructive?~and indestruci 1b1e-?myth that
.-*historyI is made by a .minbrity of rulers., The'role of labor, the Negro,_
minority groups, women, in American development.



GOVERNMENT.AND INN . I . . 

concerning the state. The Constitution and tha B1 11 of Rights.
The two pa-rty system. Classes and people.- . XI .

THE AMERICAN - .2 

A summary of the factors, literary and artistic as Nell?as politica-l
and economic, that have contributed to our American heritage and indicatew
its future.

 


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HOLLYWOOD SECTION 
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMUNIST PARTY

 

JOHN STAPP centinues to serve as Organizer for the Hollywood
1 Section, LOs Angeles Courty Co ist Palty, and SIDNEY BENSON, who has
now been identified as SIDNE BERNSTEIN, appears to m?e devOting a majority 
of his time to Part 'work. CZhis informatio established through th
reports CNDI LA ?5 Orroborated by physical
surveillances conducted by MARCUS BRIGHT and FRED G. DUPUIS. ';.3b2
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An analysis of the vafious meetings Which have been covered
through surveillances by Agents has disclOSed there is a group which has
2 .met with some regularity at or about 12: 00 Noon on Friday. This statement'
is based upon the fact that on Nugust 20 and 27, September 3 and 10,
October 1 and 15, and December 1,1948 Agents have observed a small group
of peeple meeting and as- a general rule persons identified would be SIDNEY
MORTIMER OFFNER, IEONA CHAMBERLIN, and MARGARET NALTZ,
11 of whom ave been as CommunisNHParty'members in the pest by
Informant with the exception of of these
meetings was supplied by CNDI LA on September 8,1948 when LYNN
NHITNEY advised him she had invited herself to the home of SYL OLONSKY
for lunch on Friday, September 10, 1948. - It should be pointed out that
on October 1 and 15, and December 1, 1948 this group met at the home of
7 NEE and POLONSKY, 8071 selma and since that time, according to
CNDI IN CD?43gmeet1ngs -have been planned for the home of MHETZ.
 ihis1m?t:mNeW been occasioned by the fact that the have gone to

Since nformant T-3 advised in 1945 hat a Cultural Commission I
existed and functioned in and in that time met at the home of

JOHN LAWSON, it is .1ikely that the group just referred to has been
serving in the capacity of a ral Commission. This likelihood is 
cerrOborated by: Informant ghee advised that LYNN NHITNEY has been 
present at meetings of the Ra OB reanch, Hollywood Section, Les Angeles 
County Communist Barty, and when questions have come up which the group

has been unable to decide, LYNN NHITNEY has offered to take the matter up 
with the "Commission" . . 

 

 

 

    



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. advised that Moms and his wife, DbLm, .

have returned to indicating something had gene, amiss with
their plans to oto CzeahoSlovakia and work in the film industry of that

count I 
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CNDI Ii aas advised _that PLUL JLRRICO has been continuing
with his goal of promoting a film company to produce a movie based upon a
story known as "Temptation", to be filmed i Hungary. According to the
informant, a man by the name of STANLEY 285 Madison, New York
,City, has become interested in pictures, howeverV the informant
has no information to indicate Whether the deal has been closed. Locdrding
to the the Hungarian Government has expressed its approval of . .
I.the picture and the plan but has deClined to put up necessary funds. .k1<f 

 

1' . It should also be pointed out that several individuals in the i 
motion picture industry in Hellywood have become .interested in settihg up
a film studio in Israel. ?rebording to the motion picture trade publication,
i ?Variety", dated October 11; l948 this organization will_ be capitalized
for $800,000. and will be known as the Israeli Film 5+ udio. The,B'Nai
?9Brith MeeSengerxof December 31, 1948 carried a story- to the effect that
Hollywood Scenarist, is On his way to Israel to find a
Story to be filmed by this concern. This article described the Israeli
?Film Studio as "a private ente-rprize subs-idized by the? ISrael government
\?to the extent of a grant of 18 acres of Jewish national fund land for the I 1
erection of studios, laboratories and office buildings". The articles
list approximater 30 HolLywood persons interested in this enterprise and
while none of them have been positively. .identified as members of-the 
Communist Party. in Hollywood, there are several who have been close
associates of Communist Party members and who have lent their names as
sponsors to Communist front organizetionsx. - 

An illustration of Some of these'would include LEWIS 
EDWARD G. ROBINSON, MILTON SPERLING, DEUTSCH, JOHN 
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his former wife, was identified as a member of the
i? Hollywo Sec? of the Los Angeles- County Communist Party in 1944 and . 
I945 byfg? 1mg the time that MICHLEL himself Was in the marine Corps, jfp?17
and censid le information is available to establiSh that has 
cloSely associated with Communist Party members employed_in the motion 
,picture industry. 7/



 




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CALIFQRNIA 

The Los Angeles Division of the California Lab-or Schoe11 
7th Street, Los ngales, California, conducts classes in subjects 
related to- t.he motion picture industry Such as Fundamentals in Act1ng..

In this connectlon on Qct'ober a?
c1osed Communist meeting bf the Aragen- ClUb, Ho11ywoed- Cultural Se?tion,
Los Anseles Cbunty Communist Party; -at the home of JACK ROBINSON, rad1o
writer at 2h20 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, California. . 5" 

.At this meeting .announCement of a class to be taught by the Los
Angeles D1v151on of the California Labor Sche-ol was paSSed- out. In
substance tHis announcement invited attendance to Califbrn-ia Labor School
class entitled ?Lhe Theater .and Practice of. Trade Unionism. IL was Lo
?ArbexLau?ht. by MT. HARRY CARL1LE Member C. P.A 'perl lagdl 

vath a851stance of other experts in .the fleld .
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The material covered was to be selected to su1L*the?needs of
.cultural workers inlthe HellyWood Guild and unions. The classes wer 
?to be conducted at Third Street wh1ch address 1s 1n the
Hollywood area.

 

   

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THE LQS AVGELES DIVISION

-AT L03 ANGELES AND HOLLYWOODJ CALIFCRNIA Will f611oW and
-report act1v1t1es bf the Communlst Party in the motion p1cture 1ndustry.

 

W111 1ntervieW .EVA IORRAINE, 6306 Frank11n, upon her return
to Los angeles 1h February next. It is noted that she 15 1eported td be in
of 1nformat1on regard1ng 1nf11trat10n of Commun1st e1ements :1hto
?the NeW?Dbrk stage and 1ts tieuin to the mot1on p1oture indust? :.in Hollywood,
aocord1ng to 1nformat10n the Los Ange1es fo1ce byIT?19 -

 
 
 

. Onehceoy 6f th1s report 15 being furnished the York- Office
fer the reason that act1v1ty 6f the so~called.cultura1 -groups 61 the Communlst
'PArty a-re. be11eved to have con31derab1e relat1oqsh1p tOwthe same:groups in
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JOHN KIORER, Screen riter, 10317 Misscur1 Street, L05 5
Kngoles.

MOBRIE RYSKIVD Screen Writer, 695 N. Hil1crest, Beverly
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that in November, 1 4-8, a meetin had been held in Ne ork of presidents.
A /Of the n?Mn Picture mpanies, 111011151 amount 0. Warner Kg
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prothers, a . Eri ohnston, Head of thefotion Picture Producers
. ,7 Leecciatien was also present. During this meetingwit was pointed out that
that attorneys for the various ?unfriendly witnesses" who were suing the
studios had agreed to settle their suit out of court if the producers would
pay the costs up to thattime mounting to approximatel tWo hundred thousand
dollars. It was also submitted that an impmm
render a decision which would be binding upon the producers as well as th?
aintiffs in the suit. The'informant advised that Mr. Johnston recommended
that the proposal be accepted inasmuch as he believed that such a settlement .

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At a meeting of the same group on the following day the presidents
of the companies voted unanimously in favor of continuing the d?nse' of the
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- Mr. Jo lorer, a source or?i??li?BMyn for the Los Angeles Office
has advised that a recent election in the Screen Writers Guild resulted in 7

defeat of the Comunist element and the election of anti?Gomunists 
positions of prominence. I



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the Bollywood ?Reporter?, in its issue of November 11, .1948, reported
on the formation of Labor League of Voters for he purpose of M)
blushing Canmunist enetration of motion pictures. Renal . eagan was the

rewer was vice chairman of the group. Eltonfidentialinfermant 

 
 
  

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j?has advised that this organization is principally an AFL
organization for?ed to bring pressure on various AFL groups to get rid of
,Communists and to cease supporting candidates endorsed by the Communists.
{This informant stated thatlthe current unemployment situation in the motion
picture industry is furnishing fertile ground for the Communists, and he is
of the opinion that if the unemployment situation continues the Communists
will make no inroads into Hollywood or at least succeed in stirring up

difficulty. 

SUIT BY LESTWGAINST MGM
You will recall that Cole brought suit against MGM for reinstate-
ment of his contract as a'writer; claiming that the producers had entered

into a ?black list?. The case was tried in the court of Federal Judge
108011 Re Yam-10h.

The publication "Variety" on December 9, quoted L. qu?;yer as
stating that prior to the New York meeting referred to under number I
above that he had held very strong views against firing or suspending
anyone because of his political views. 

During the trial a deposition was taken from E. J. Vice

President and General Manager of MGM, which deposition was introduced by

Cole's attorneys. This deposition was quoted in the press in part as

follows: "My statement on this was that I was not in a witch hunt and

I wasn't out to find Communists or to hurt Communists as long as I was

able to protect material on the screen and as long as the screen was free

of any Communistic asked about Lester Cole and Dalton
'Trumbo and I said I don't give a damn whether they are Communists or not."

The December 21, 1948, issue of ?Variety? reported that in up-
holding the findings of the jury in favor of Cole, Judge Yankwich had

delivered ?one of the most scathing attacks ever heard from the Federal
bench upon Eric 

The newspapers in Los Angeles quoted Judge Yankwich

 
   
  

indicating

.that Johnston had used ?high pressure methods" in getting producers
to discharge Cole. In answer to this allegation Spyros kouras of

20th Century Fox stated that neither he nor his company had been high
pressured by Mr. Johnston or anyone else and that the action taken by'his

studio in connection with the "Hollywood 10" had been decided independently
and upon the initiative of the directors of the company.

In an article in the Hollywood ?Reporter? on December 21,
Johnston also denied using any high pressure methods and stated that all

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the decisions regarding the firing of the writers had been entirely upon b6

the decision of the producers themselves. b7c
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stated that the producers intended to
appeal Cole decision an take it to the Supreme Court, if 
IV. ANTI-COMMUNIST GROUPS

A. Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American
Ideals.

Various informants have indicated that the influence of this
organization has lessened considerably and that the group is becoming
more and more ineffective since the hearings of the House Committee in
October of 1947.

 
   

John Klorer in discussing the situation of the "friendly
witnesses" who ap red before the House Committee, stated that one of the
witnesses, Di cauley had had only two weeks work since appearing before
the Committee in October of 1947. This informant advised that MbGuinnes
had been discharged from MGM and his contract dissolved. Prior to this
time MbGuinnes had been demoted from an executive to a producer and
was finally let out of MGM although in three more months he would have
been eligible for the lifetime pension set up for the studio executives.
Another witness, Morris Riskind, who had been much in demand by other
studios as a writer has been told by his agent that he is "all through."
Riskind, who is an informant of the Los Angeles Office, has pointed out
the serious effect this situation is having on the younger Hollywood talent
inasmuch as they fear that if they attempt to fight Communism they will got

nowhere in the pictur business. 


B. The' inama Educational Guirdf/

You will recall that by memorandum dated January 24, 1949, under
the caption ?Compic? I advised you of the appearance on December 9, of a
"Mr. at the E1 Patio Theater ianollywood, where this individual gave
an anti?Communist eech under the auspices of the Cinema Educational Guild.

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This memorandum January 24 also advised you concerning the appearance
of Gerald L. 7 mith at this meeting.

agan, whom.you will recall is the individual who attributed to you 

The Cinema Educational Guild is now under the direction of gyron
?szatement that you were supporting his anti-Communist program.

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0n January/10, 1949, the Cinema Educational Guild held a
meeting and] Iwho in the past has proven
unreliable, was fh attendance at this meeting stated he received
the impression that Fagan was working for the FBI. On January 11, 1949,
Fagan was interviewed by an Agent of the Los Angeles??ffice concerning his

 

alleged statements that he Was working for this Bureau. Fagan stated that be
he had mentioned that he had aided the FBI in the past and intended for b7C
the Guild to aid the Bureau in the future by furnishing any information b?D

which came to his attention which might be of interest to the Bureau. He
further stated that he would make available to the Bureau the identities
of all persons associated with the Guild. Fagan continued that following
the meeting on January 10, he had been questioned as to whether the FBI
had approved the organization and that he had replied that the FBI did not
give him or anyone else its approval, either directly or indirectly, but
he knew that the FBI was interested in the organization.

As a result of Fagan's activities in mentioning this Bureau he
was informed.by the interviewing Agent that in the future he was not to
use the name of the FBI in any manner whatsoever. The Los Angeles Office
in the future will not contact Fagan, but will receive any information
which he volunteers concerning Communist activities. The Los Angeles
Office will continue to advise the Bureau of any fut 9 activities of
Fagan. 

 

 

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the Motion Picture Alliance has no use for Fagan, particularly since he b2
has aligned himself with the Cinema Educational Guild, which the Alliance :bg
considers as a Gerald L. K. Smith organization.X 1 197::
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V. COMMUNIST FRONT ACTIVITY

 

A. Actors Laboratory

 

This organization is ostensibly a training school and experimental
theater for the purpose of training actors and actresses for screen work.
The majority of those active in the organization are either Communist
Party members or Communist sympathizers and the organization is completely 
under Communist domination. It has been cited by the California Un-American
Activities Committee as a Communist front. As an example of the Communist
control of the group the chainman of the Executive Board is a Communist
Party member. 0f the thirty-four members of the Executive Board, twenty? 
seven have been identified as either past or present members of the
Communist Party and four other members have been identified as Communist
suspects although no documentary proof of Party membership is available.

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B. Arts, Sciences and ProfessiOns Council

 
   

fihis organization is the Hollywood branch of the_wational Council
w?its, Scienees and organize as an offshoot of
regressive Citizens Informantl 
Hollywood group at the presentmtime
most important single organization being used for the Communist

y's purposes. ong those active in the Hollywood group are 
Herbs barman, and many other Communist Party members. In addition,
the "Unfriendl Ten" have also been active in the 

  
  
  
 

The Arts, Sciences and Professions Council supported the campaign
of Henry wallace and cooperated with the Independent Progressive Party during
the election. This group has also been active in cooperating with the Civil
Rights Congress and has on several occasions engaged in fund raising activities
for the ?Hollywood Ten? and has advocated the abolition of the House Committee
on Un?American Activities. At a recent meeting of the group which was divided
into various panels, the panel concerned with films adopted resolutions
urging the United States government to enter into negotiations with the Soviet

Union in an effort for peace, to abolish the House Committee on Uh-American b0
Activities, and to rescind the presidential loyalty order. 
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The Civil Rights Congress in Los Angeles has become one of the most
active and important Communist organizations in that area and in recent months
has been primarily concerned with the defense of the fourteen Communist Party
members cited for contempt by Los Angeies Federal Court for refus 1 to answer
questions of the grand jury inquiring into certain cases arisin ut of the
loyalty program. The group has been characterized by Celes rack, a
Communist Party functionary_in California, as the most impo ant group in Los
Angeles. The organization has been active in putting out numerous pamphlets
in an effort to create public sympathy for the above mentioned fourteen
witnesses before the Federal Grand Jury.

  
 

 

VI. EQMMUNIST PROPAGANDA IN FILMS

A. General Affifx

Confidential InformantI [has advised 
uston, a director, is planning to do a picture at MGM which is reportedly?
?very Communietic in nature. The informant was unable to furnish the name
of the proposed picture. ya?r 

The December 16, 1948, issue of I'Daily Variety? reported that a
series of four documentary pictures would be made during 1 at Universal- .
International Studios, among them being a picture by Roii?EEZins on the

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The Hollywood Re 0 er of December 17 statsd?that Boh oberts had
purchased a story by Hug tler entitled Flight to Portebella". Both
Roberts and Butler have identified as Communist Party members.

   
     

B. Egberte Productions

   
    

Among

"our contemplated pictures by this organization 0 produced
in the next tw

ve to eighteen months is one which will star Jo arfield.

 
   
   
  

Other pict which will be produced is an origin story_en Ied ?Deborah"
by Richer ollins, Story of the Great Indoor by Bingr?giEEer, Jr., and
an untitled comedy to be directed by Abraham onsky. Co lins, Lardner, and

Polansky have all been identified as Commun Party members.


C. Eh; Boy With The Green Hair.

The Hollywood Reporter on Noyemher 15, 1948 stated that the preview
of this picture had been the signal for a "full local Commie attendance".

VII. ANTI-COMMUNIST PICTURES
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Informant has advised that this picture has been re ten
for the third tin and that those assigned to the rewriting were A gCohen
and James Edwar Grant. This source described Cohen as a Communistic writer
who has always a sociated with the linist writers on the EEO lot. The
picture is presently scheduled to directed by John Cromwell who was
assigned the direction by Hover ghee because Hughes knew that Cromwell was
pro-Communist and hoped by making this ignment that Cromwell would break
his contract with RKD. Informant was of the opinion that Cohen also
attempted to delay the production of the script to the point where Eughes
would become egusted and drop the picture. This same informant reported
that Cro would probably be relieved in the direction of this picture by
Nichole when the informant reporte as associating with individuals

 

 

 

 

suspects of Communist connections. 

  

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is story which was, .portedly anti~Communist in nature was discussed 
by Dore! nary with Edward G. _obinson who was slated for a part in the picture.
It is known whether this icture will be produced. 

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that 3K0 Studio was considering the
production of a picture under this title which would be anti-Communist in
nature dealing with a Russian agent who landed in Alaska claiming he had
escaped from the Russians, was accepted into the United States and later turned
out to be an espionage agent. ,pQ/f

CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF THE 

Charges have been made that several of the ?Unfriendly Ten" have been
active in writing for various studios under assumed names. However, no proof
of this has as yet been obtained.

The majority of the unfriendly witnesses have been active in appearing
before various groups to present their side of the controversy and also have
been active in attempting to raise funds in their own behalf. These individuals
have been appearing under the sponsorship of such organizations as the Civil
Rights Congress and the Arts, Sciences and Professions Council.

The most active one of these individuals has been John Howard
Lawson who was convicted in the District of Columbia courts for contempt of
Congress following his refusal to answer questions of the House Committee.
Lawson is presently appealing his conviction. According to a technical
surveillance on Lawson he has done no writing for the motion picture industry
since his appearance before the House Committee in October, 1947 although he
has stated he would be willing to take any writing Job even though it would
mean a cut in salary since he would consider it a tremendous victory if he
could again work in the studios.

IX. ORGANI TIONAL ACTIVITY. SECTION, ?95 ANGELES COUNTY COMMUNIST
ear for the Hollywoo ction of the
rally known as Sidne enson who has

ernstein has been devooing a majority of
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his time to Party work in the Hell

As a result of name one surVeillances agents 0 the Los Angeles
office are of the opinion the cultural commission- the Los Ange 
Caun 1st Party is_ uposed of Benson, Mortime 'Offner, Leon hamberlin,
Ly they and Margare Malta, all of whom have been identified as?Communist
Part members with the exception of Benson.

X. CONTACTS WITH FOREIGN FILM INDUSTRY

The October 11, 1948 issue of variety reported on the setting up
of a film studio in Israel which was capitalised for $600,000.00 and will be

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known as the Israeli Film Studio. The "B'nai B'rith Messenger" for December
51, 1948, reported that Michael Blankfort was proceeding to Israel to find a
story to be filmed by this concern. The two above mentioned articles listed
approximately thirty Hollywood individuals who are interested in the enterprise
and while none of them have been positively identified as members of the
Communist Party, several of them have been cl se associates of Communist Party

members and have sponsored rent organizat? s. As an the
follo were named as i erested: Lewi Milestone, 3 G. Robinson,
Armand' eutsch, John Huston and Fre nneman.
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With reference to Michae y?lankfort, above mentioned, his wife has
been identified as a member of the Communist Party in 1944 and 1945.

(100-138754-503; 100-138754-501)

   

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Investigation reports rem Guilder? Sources that the Hell rwoodg
?f ASP Council continues to be the principal organization through which 
cultural elements are working, and that the policies and general f?
?g?activities of ASP are controlled by each individuals on its tearing 5 
committee? as Join HOWARDKIAWSON, ALBERT TAL A
PURICO, GEORG PPER, and others who are reliably 5lorted to have
investigation reveals that practice.lly every
ASP activity of consequence during the past three months has been
planned, ergo-nit ed, reviewed, or otherwise managed by LAWSON and
-. is quoted as recently stating in private that 
f'in HollyWOod is "reallv beginning to roll" and that the concentration
'15 principally on the motion picture film industr:,, and to a less eer
(extent radio. ASP has taken over financial responsibility for the
10" and tied up with all ASP activity is the program of
';~working up popular support and sympathy for "The 10.?r Duri.ng the last
two months, ASP attention has been concentrated on four principal

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mighproposed film based on ALBERT recent book, which 7&5 the
basis for the multimillion dollar antitrust suit by ?The 10? vs. the
film industry on May 23, last; (2).trying to offset the U. 8. Circuit
Court decision sustaining the contempt conviction of "The 10;? (3)
working up support for the forthcomingue?Bill of Rights Conference?
in New York in July; and (A) support of a plan by ASP, New York, to
institute an attack against the Attorney General and FBI. In all th%
activities, the influence of CP individuals seems clear, and infonnation
regarding each'set out herein. Interest of the local CP press in
current film releases apit mars- to be attacking tn: anti- Communist gicture
?Red Monaco? and plugging such films as "Home of the Brave," "we Were
Strangers," ?The Champion;? and "The Set?up." The Century Theater has
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been organized in Holman Eupport ai? prominazit fill
personalities who are aga?n'hst an (issue a tr?ihirig sc?oni
in oppositidn to the Canniunist-doihinate ctors Laboratory. The
gana'al Situation within ?lm industry from standpoint of CP
agitation has been reporteti as currently peaceful, ?but will remain
so long as it is? evident to the Communists that no open program will

succeed. 

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REFERENCE: Bureau file 100-1387Sh 
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TMollywood Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions W). has
become increasingly more important as the principal organization through
which th called cultural elements of the Communist Party in Hollywood are
working. shas been previously reported, information froloonfidential

      
   

sources, :ticularly Los Angeles T?l and Les Angeles T-3. indicates that the
policies of the ASP and its general activities are control entirely by

such individuals as JOHN HOWARD MWSOIE. HERBERT ALBERT 
ng. and a number of others whdse Communist activities and affiliatjia?

have been the subject of investigation for a considerable period of time.

It is to be?neted information furnished by??s Angeles 58?1, 3. 
recently as June 20, 1949 indicated that a meeting of ASP "steering 
committee? would be held . that date at the home of GEORGE PEPPER. PEPPER
has long been identified, With JOIN HOWARD HERBERT Emmi. and
others, as one of the leading Communist figures in Hollywood. 

As a result of a surveillance by Special Agents MARCUS 1?1. BRIGHT and
C. 110 GAUGI-IEY at residence on that occasion, the following
individuals were identified as being oresent for the ?steer ng committee?
meeting: 113315011. MEET MIR-1W
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In ition to the above; gee Angoles T-l advises the; 

Dre. nun- and were notified of the meeting and expected
to attend, although these individuals were not actually identified by the
Agents. ALBERT. JARRICO, imiRT. 7. PEPPER and ROLFE have
all been identified in the past w?ss Angeles Te?gas having been actual
members of the Communist Party. IR, an. RDLFE are ASP staff workers
in the headquarters office in Hollywood.

It has been noted, from investigation and by confidential informants,
that whenever an important mat tor of ASP policy arises, and 131me .
sometimes in conjunction with others. almost invariably play a major part in
the decisions reached. Couporation between ASP and other organizations on
activities of mutual interest has been noted by informants. Such Communist
controlled or dominated organisations anildf?gits Congressr??ollyvood
Women's Council .Wericar-Ruesian Institute, on ongress of ;.merican ?cm
are to collaborate with ASP when called upon. 

Loo nngeles has recently advised that the Hollywood 315? is cur-
seekinga reliable individual to take over the job of ASP executive

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LAWSOE discussed the position with
one shear-ism" of St. Louis; and offered her the He told her .
'that the ASP in Hollywood is ?really beginning to roll, now", after a period
of difficulty regarding finances; that, however, they had not had a capable
executive secretary for several months and would like for her to come to the
West Coast to take ever the job, inasmuch as organizing ability
was highly regarded. It is to be noted that, during the discussion on this
matter, explained that ASP in Hollywood covers all of Southern Calif-
ornia and that, while it included the entire Les Angeles area; its headquar?
ters were in Hollywood for the reason that ASP's concentration is on the
motion picture industry and, to some extent, radio, but principally the film

industry.

secretary. 0n 23, 1949, JOKE 

As heretofore reported, the ASP's activities continue to be directed
toward defense of ?The Hollywood 10? and endeavoring to work up popular sup?
port and sympathy in their behalfi ?However, during the past two or three

months the attention of the managers and policy makers has been directed?
principally toward four main campaigns, namely:

 

l. The recently filed antitrust suit by ?The Hollywood 10"
against the film industry;

2. Trying to offset the fact that the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals has sustained-the contempt conviction of
?The Hollywood 10?;

3. Working up supportibr the ?Bill of Rights Conference? to be
held in new York in July; and

4. The instituting of a campaign against the Attorney General
and the FBI. 



Currently, the last of these activities named appears to be the nest
important to the ASP.

"The Hollywood 10'1 antitrust Suit
Against the Hollywood Film Industry

0n Lay 23. 1949, ALBERT LALTZ appeared at the office of the Clerk of
the United States District Court. Los Angeles, accompanied by attorneys BEE
and ROBERT wx?mn. At this time the two atterigis/?ilcd a 
$52,000,000 antitrust suit against studios and motion-Picture
Producers deseciation. Plaintiffs in the suit were ?The Hollywood 10" film
writers Who charged the defendants with entering into an agreement, in 1947,
not to rohire then. which constituted a violation of the Sherman Antitrust
not. Damages sued for constituted triple damages as allowed under the act.

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It was Learned fronaos Angeles T?Dthat Hollywood ASP considered
this matter as extremely important and immediately began to direct its'ate-
tention toward making as much propaganda capital of it as possible. Early
in Lay, 1949, EEBBERE discussed with a representative of the Daily
People?s World the matter of new novel and how, after purchasing the
screen rights, 20th Century Fox and the Motion Picture Producers association
subsequently said it would never be made into a picture. According to
BIBEBHAN, ASP was working up a big protest meeting to be held at E1 Patio
Theatre in Hollywood on Jay 25, 1949 and he wanted the People?s World_to
give it plenty of publicity. thereafter tried to get LIQEPFEUCHT-
WAFGEB, (brother of film producer to be one of the Sponsors
at the forthcoming protest rally. However, FEUCHTWIEGEB declined for the
reason that he was not yet a citizen and feared that it might hurt his
chances of becoming one.

A few days later BIBERHAH issued instructions at ASP in Hollywood that
the entire ASP mailing list should be used to protest the withdrawal of the
20th Century Fox production of the MALTZ book and that everyone should be
urged to start writing in and protesting to the Motion Picture Producers
Association. All were to write to DARRYL42AEUCK, who bought the story, and
advise him that they had read the book and wanted it produced on the screcn.
Meanwhileleaflet to be widely distributed in the matter.
BIBEBLAE characterized the protest rally to be held at the El Patio Theatre
as one of the most important things ASP ever called. It appeared that he had
succeeded in Securing anther WILLIAZS and ROBERT W. to make
two of the speeches at the rally in addition to the one which would be given
by ALBERT untrz. At the same time, a dramatization of the book would
be arranged with the script to be handled by screen writer 

Informant indicated that the support and the mailing lists of other
organizations such as the?Gelifornia Labor School, Civil Rights Congress,
and theeduerican Jewish Congress, had been obtained for the distribution of
the ASP leaflets.

BIBERHAE subsequently discussed the matte With Y. (set on
actress and Communist Party member, according Los angeles T?diJ 
agreed to make the "pitch" speech at the protest rally. BIBERMAE and 1
arranged to get together a little later so that he could go over with her
just how her "pitch? speech should be put over. He pointed out to her that
the "pitch" would be for ASP and not "The Hollywood that she should
make it clear to the audience that ASP has taken over the financial respon~
sibility for ?The 10?. She was also told that ALBEEP LALTZ had made a great
contribution through his book and she was to emphasize that for every contri?
bution of $50 recenyod, the contributor would receive an autographed copy of
book.
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the number they could reasonably expect to sell, "because the impact on the
bookstOres and community would be greater".
HERBERT BIBERHAE, who seemed to be working up the entire affair for 

nersonally net with Dr. STEPHEE of the First Unitarian Church

of Los Angeles.
Dr. FRITGHEAF to chair the protest rally.
LAR were observed and personally identified by SA h. BRIG on hay 19,

BIBERI



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A few days before the rally,

Informant had learned that BIBERLAN was endeavoring to get
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1949 when they not and lunch and engaged in a discussion, presumably con?
FRITCHHAF,
of the Boston Office

earning the part FRITCHUAN would play at the rally.
noted, has been identified by confidential informants
as a member of the Communist Party prior to his coming to Los Angeles approxi?
It may also be_noted_that FRITCHKAH did serve as
chairman of the ASP protest rally on May 25, 1949.

nately two years ago.

it may be

heanwhile, HERBERT BIBERHAI indicated to the informant that the res~

ponse to the forthcoming

- rally had been tremendous and that he expected it
to be a huge success; that the community was aroused and indignant concerning
the way the notion-picture industry had treated further, that the ASP

headquarters in New York had developed an interest in it and he thought it
Qight develoy into a very inportant matter.
and LALWZ Planned to review the script for the dramatization of the HALTZ

book which was being worked up by screen writer ARTHUR LAURENTS.

Prior to the rally, BIBERHAN

BIBERHAH

and also agreed that it night he a good idea to have elaced in cache

Seat at the rally, mineographed copies of the speech LALTZ gave at thef?lhought

Control Conference" sponsored by ASP in the summer of 1947.

On May 20, 1949 informant reported that he believed ALBERT EALTZ and
possibly others of ?The Hollywood 10", intended to sue 20th Century Fox;
that attorney BEE had indicated that sone such suit
would be filedtnilby 23, 1949 and BIBERKAI wanted to be sure the People's

World gets in on the press release.

is it subsequently occurred, this was

the $52,000,000 antitrust suit which "The Hollywood 10? actually did file on

May 23, 1949, but at the time were keeping the information secret:

With further reference to the protest.rally over beck, BIBEBMAH

and on Lay 23, 1949, discuSSed a resolution which would be introduced

at the rally. parently prepared by screen

This resolution, which was an

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they see fit; praised KLBERT book, "The Journey of Simon he Keever";
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LANSON indicated he did not like the resolution as drawn, and said
he had drawn up a shorter resolution himself, copies of which he had made
available to PAUL JARRICO from when LAWSOE could obtain a copy if he cared

to go over it. LAWSOK subsequently discussed with JARRICO the redraft of
the COLLIER resolutibn as corrected by HERBERT BIBERLAE.

thought that the COLLIER draft was terrible and pointed out
that anong its many political errors, it even defended free enterprise.
After reviewing BIBERLAH's redraft attenpt, LAWSOE was of the opinion that
his Was not any better and that BIBERLAE was not the right type of person
to write such a resolution. LAWSOH pointed out that this resolution was
supposed to be a stat nent emanating free the protest rally to influence
the people to write 20th Century Fox Studio demanding that the LALTZ book
'be produced on the screen. is a result of the discussion between LAWSOE
and the resolution, it was decided that JARRICO would redraft
the resolution himself and get it to LAWSOE the same day. It may be noted
that this resolution was read and proposed at the ASP protest rally on Kay
25, 1949 .nd adopted unanimously. It is being referred to in detail herein?
after. 

The $53 protest rally, based on the shelving of the LALTZ book, was
held at the El Patio Theatre in Hollywood on nay 25, 1949. Publicity regard?
ing the rally, put out by ASP. gave as its purpose the forming of a mass
protest against the alleged blacklist policy of the various studios and the
notion Picture Producers Association, and specifically against the refusal
of 80th Century Fox to film "The JOurhey of Simon he Keever", after purchasing
it from ALBERT 

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Special Agents EARCUS H. BRIGHT h. PTACEEY, who were
present at the rally, estimated the crowd at from 800 to 1,000 people who
completely filled the threatre, with?nany unable to get in.

is the meeting got underway, HERBERI BIBEREAH, ALBERT LALTZ, BOBERE
W. KEHEY, CAREY LC and qu previously referred
to, appeared on the stage. Four of these fits, it may be noted, have been 
reported by Virieus informants eonSidered reliable, as either past or present
mentors of the Communist Party, KEREY?being the single exception.

  

BIBERHAH opened the meeting by introducing Dr. TEPHER H. IRITCHLAK,
formerly of Boston and now pastor if the First'Unitnrian Church of Les Angeles,
as the chairman of the evening. FRITCHMAH spoke for ten or fifteen minutes
and announced the purpose of the rally as to voice moral indignation at the
censorship or free speech and ?to pledge ourselves that book, 'Journey
of Siuon he Keever', would be made into a notion picture?; and to see that the

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work of ?The Hollywood 10? will again?be on the screen. FRITCHMAE hoped he
would be on the stage again when vindication cones, and Called for a screen
for genius and not for political menials.

. Attorney ROBERT W. followed FRITCHMAN and spoke briefly with
reference to the $53,000,000 antitrust suit that ?The Hollywood 10" had

filed against the motion picture ihdustry a day or so previously. He said
that the incident of the shelving of the MALTZ book by 80th Century Fox Was
the one which gave them the specific violation of the Sherman Act. Thereafter
he gave an outline of the precedent for the suit by relating that, within
the gast two months, United States Circuit Judge EEAIHED HARD of how York had
ruled that a professional baseball player who had "jumped" the professional
league in the United States and gone to Mexico to play baseball, could not W,
be prevented from ever playing baseball again in the United States; th 
judge's ruling made the attempt, on the part of the United States 1 .gue to
bar the player, a violation of the Sherman not. KEHEY said he had Very
confidence that ?The Hollywood 10? would win their suit, inasmuch as the
shelving of the MALTZ book was directly in point.

Thereafter KEHEY referred to attorney General T01 by saying that
?LaWyer TOL had long felt that he was not a nan until he had started
10-3511 proceedings against RABBI BREDGES as all of his predecessors had done
before him, so within the past twenty-four hours, KEHHY said, the attorney
General had succeeded in having RABBI BRIDGES indicted before a Federal Grand
Jury. KEHNY concluded his comparatively brief talk with a political plug
for his own candidacy for the State Logislatunaby referring to State Senator
JACK B. TEKEEY as soon to be his, predecessor, and to the audience
as his, constituents.

Chairman STEPHEH FRITCHHAE next introduced CAREY LC as
another lawyer and author. no talk we. a further attack against
the alleged "thought control? and censorship of free speech in this country.
He noted that in Washington, D. 3., indices are expanded and dossiers are
being built and Government pressures are increasing. He characterized this
as OPGH by the Government, and depriving the public of their civil
r' ts.

Following MC talk, FRITGHMAF read numerous telegrams and
messages allegedly received by LALDZ and the ASP, all of which exyressed
support of the purpose of the rally and the protest against 20th Century Fox
and the motion uicture blacklist. Among the signers of sone of these nes?
sases were BOO .mm'r. artist; artist; Huntsman, film
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Next followed the dramatization of book, "The Journey of Simon
he Keever?, the script for which ad been prepared by screen writer ARTHUR
1 In?n In the cast were, as sequently announced, screen actor ensign
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individuals it - --ted thaw Les Angeles end/or have identified
all except chess, WOOLF and as members of the Con? 
nunist Part It was screen actress KAREE who announced the cast(; J.
after the dramatization and thereafter went into her "pitch" for donation to
assist the work of ASP and the defense of "The Hollywood 10". 

Chairman STEPHEN FRITCHHAH then announced that the audience would
next hear a recording of the statement made by ALBERT before the House
Un?Anerican Activities Committee in hashington, during the fall of 1947.

As the recording started, FRITCHEAF stated, "The next eesgh you hear will

be that of Chairman and the audience booed. There follows
the recording of entire statement which he was allowed to read before
the Committee. When_the recording terminated the audience broke into loud
at which tine.hALEZ again appeared on the stage and was received
enthusiastically.

The gist of rather speech was to decry censorship of
authors and abridgenent of free speech. He said the blacklisting of his
latest book alone was insignificant in itself, but that it was but one of the
acts in the Government conspiracy to regiment and censor free speech by the
people; that it was only part of the menace to prevent criticism of the
Government by the people; that this was a part of a broad pattern which in-
cluded the TRUMAN Loyalty Progren and the blacklisting of "The Hollywood 10".
He said that such a program is meant to destroy one in order that thousands
will be made impotent through fear. He decried the Red score and witch
hunting by the press; the "Rogues' Gallery" of famous Americans which ap? -
peered in Life magazine's coverage or the how York Cultural and scientific
Peace Conference last Larch, and the current trial of the twelve Communist
Party national leaders by the Government in New York. All of this, he said,

The Reverend FRITGHMAH thereafter closed the rally by submitting to
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"We who love ?nerice will not stand by in silence while Un-
Anerican attacks are made anon our traditional liberties.

"The Un?Anerican attacks to which we refer specifically are
those initiated by the Lotion Picture Association of America,
whose 3resideht-is Mr. Eri- ohnson and whose address is 5504
Hollywood BouleVard, Hollywood, California:

The traditional liberties to which we refer specifically
include not only the right to speak and to listen, not only the
right to write and to rend, but also as an obvious corollary,
the right to create notion pictures and to see then.

  
  
  
   

?Eighteen months ago, the Motion Picture Association of America
entered into an illegal conspiracy. It instructed its member

studios to fire and to refuse thereafter to hire ten men in whose
record as motion picture creators the entire industry had taken
pride. These ten monomers punished for refusal to bow to the in~
quisitorial methods and unconstitutional gurposes of the House
UneAnerican Committee. {They had refused to discuss questions of
conscience with men who have no conscience.

?That the blacklisting of these men was indeed a crininal
eonsgiracy has been confirmed beyond question now by tho announce"
ment that Twentieth Century Fox is abandoning its plan to produce
?The Journey of Simon He Keever", the recently published novel

by Albert halts.

"Studios have shelved books before, but this announcement
case only a few days after the book was purchased and as a direct
result of pressure of the Notion Picture Association of America.
Albert halts, is, of course, one of the ten, and the prohibition
placed upon the production of his book is tantamount to a declerw
ation that the blacklist applies not only to the non themselves
'but_to the whole body of their work, past, Present, and future,
without regard to its excellence.

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Apparently ASP headquarters Vh York has since taken an interest
in the propaganda value of the protest surrounding the shelving of n! 
book and pa ticularly in dramatization of the book as prepared by ARTHUR
LAUEEN38. Los angeles Tjgihas ascertained that the How York ASP has sine 
staged a meeting at Carnegie Hall in How York similar to that at the El Pat 0
Theatre by the Hollywood ASP on May 25, 1949.

   

JOHN HOWARD LAHSOE was advised on Juno 22, 1949 by of
the ASP Haticnal Office that they had had a highly successful rally based
on the dramatization of "Journey of Simon he Keever?; that they had
turned away a thousand people at carncgie Hall where the affair was staged;
that of the publication ?Congass? had reviewed it favorably
and that tho-How York Times had given it space on the society page "of all
places", although not a dramatic review.

According to BURNER, a number of other organizations now want the
Script of the dramatization of book, but in new York wanted auth?
orization from i mg to have all dates for i use of the script cleared
through ASP so thotnsr would always have ontrol or the script for its: own
purposes. Dom-Inn indicated that ELLIOTT ULLIVM madame (possibly 51,,
Hollywood actor and Communist Party member), did a terrific
jot on the east and they would like to keep the cast tOgethor as a unit and
tour the summer theatre circuit with it. ASP felt it important that control
of the use of the script should he kept in ASP hands. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON
agreed that it was important to do so and he subsequently secured, from MALTZ,
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Circuit Court Sustains "Hollywood 10? Conviction

The local press on June 13, 1949, rather prominently reported that the
United states Circuit Court of Apneals had uph 1d the contempt of Congress
conviction of JOEE EDWARD LAWSOE and - use. It is recalled that
LAWSON and TRUHBO were the only two_of "The Hollywood 10" who were actually
tried and that, by agreement between the defense and the Government, trial
of the other eight would be held up pending outcome of the LAWSOH and TRUHBO

appeals.

Los Angeles advised that when the Circuit Court decision was
kn IRBERT immediately prepared a statement in regard to the
ruling, Which statement he discussed with JOHN HOWARD LAWSOT before releasing.
LAWSON did not approve of the statement as written, and nade several squCS?
tions for its improvement. He suggested that the statement be ?toned down
somewhat" and that the emphasis which had laid on what I'the
Hollywood 10" expected from the Supreme Court. be reduced inasmuch as he,
was not sure they could rely on the supreme Court any more than any
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proposed statement. A redrafting the statement, ob?
tained the approval of BEE and ROBERT W. KEHEY who suggested?that
the statement be released by ASP rather than anyone representing ?The Hellye
?weod.10? directly. BIBERHAN thereafter gave the following statement to the
Associated Press in Les Angeles. It will be noted that the statement charges
that the FBI is investigating solely for the purpose of political intimidae
tion:

"The Appellate Court's decision against JQEE HOWAED.LANSQE
and DALTON THEMED will be appealed to the Supreme Court. The
vital questions ef the people's right to freedom from inquisition
and to freedom to political opinion cannot be dismissed by rofer~
ence to the current hysteria. This is particularly serieus
because the decision is directed at Writers, their work in the
motion picture industry and condones political censorship.

?The very language of the current decision reflects the
government's purpose increasingly to invade public privacy and
individual conscience and conviction. This ?es forbedinghy demon?
strated in the Ceplon case, with the revelation that the FBI is
investigating solely for the purpose of political inti idation.

"The United States of America was built to secure popular
sovereignty especially in times of stress. Its firm body of
laws cannot be cast aside at the pleasure of any public official
'high or low'. We believe the firL determination of our people
to hold fast to their sovereignty will be reflected and established
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?Today the Supreme Court granted Writ of Certiorari in the
Los Angeles County Loyalty check cases. Chis indicates that
inquisition is by no means the established law of Anerica. We
believe the American concept that governnent is the servant of
the people. not their master, will again become, as it has been,
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Bill of Rights Conference

Information furnished by Los Angeles T-?laduring; the first week 1&5
June, 1949, indicated that cm i Congress (one) and/or again in
York, possibly in conjunction with other organizations, is in the process
of planning a campaign around a program of defending the Bill of Rights.
Informant has advised that a call has been put out to several theus nd inn
dividuals and organizations across the country. calling attention to a

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conference which will be held in New York on or about July 16, 1949. This
conference, which has been variously referred to as "Bill of Rights Conference",
_;?eivil Rights Conference", and onference'on Human and Civil Rights", apgarn 
ently was the idea originall Of something called "Thege?nnittee to Defend
free Political ldvocacy"in Haw York . However, Los Angeles informants in-
dicate that there has been some change in the plan in that the above committee
will not be credited with originating the conference. At the present time
there is still some question as to just who will be the sponsoring organiza?
tion, Informants in Los Angeles indicate that CBC will be the sponsoring
group, while information obtained by the Yew.Ycrk Office indicates that the
?41; ASP appears to be the initiating organization. [ice Angeles informant Tu3
- and 29?13;) however, advise'that undoubtedly both one and ASP are behi th
forthcoming 3111 of Rights Conference in row York.

Jf#,t Among the West Coast sponsors, - cording to informants. will probably
be RDBERT W. KEHIY, Los Angeles a ncy and one of the defense counsel for
?The Hollywood 10?, and 131?. um ensure, scientist at California Institute
of Technology and regional director of the Vest Coast. It is indies?
ted that EIESY and PAULIKG Will be among the initiators of the conference,

as well as sgonsors. Other to: national names to be connected with the conw
fercnce ngpear to be cf Harvard University; 
Yale law school; FREDEEI and others 
about sixty altogether. Included aloe among the Sponsors, will be the leaders
of so-cellcd grogressive trade unions.

  
  
 

f? The CEO at Les Angolos has to date been particularly active in behalf
$5 of the conference to be held in How York. Efforts either~are being or have
t: ., been made to secure BERT W. Dr. LIHUE PAULIEG. Dr. STEPHE: H.

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Los Angeles subsequently advised that awpnrently the conference

ajin ques ion has for one of its pureosos ?to defend the Bill of Rights of the
?Kew York defendants who have been iniled", possibly referring to the three

?y ,1 dofen?ants, GATES, EALL and of tho-Communist Party National Committee

_t who were recently remanded to jailifor contempt by the Federal trial judge.

Informant advised that there is roisen to believe that the conference is

being actually instituted by forner,Civil Service Commissioner

of how York. . 

The fact that the ASP is definitely interested in, or otherWisc be?
hind the "Bill Of Rights Conference", is indicated by the fact that JOHN
HQVAED of the Hollywood ASP is very interested in how "The Hollywood
10" is to function in regard to that conference. LAWSOE has also been re?
quested by the in how York to determine if there is anyone in Hollywood

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(Ebos Angeles recently adv sod th?g?gisuvaly of the printed "call?
to the How York conference has ayperently been received by the CBC in Les
Angoles and is being distri uted by various Loans, including Communist Party
channels.

Preliminary to, and ayporently in preparation for, suynorting thQM"Bill
of Rights Conference? in New York, the local 030 chapter held a rallv 'f
Los Angeles on June 34, 1949, having for its principal sneaker a LKERSOE,
Negro educator from New York, and described the CBC Spokesman as an ?expert
on the Grand Jury system who was chiefly resnnsible for cxuesing Jim Crowisn
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Los Angeles CBC was mainly rosponsi for the local.EConferonce
on Rights?, as it Was called, and in grelininary prognration for the
local conference, SHORE obtained the coogorition of the Hollywood ASP who
furnished one of its executive board members, LARE HALL, as the opening
speaker. In discussing the conference with BALL, SEOEE pointed out that the
meeting would be "an active one from the floor and we have primed a nunber
of jeople". SHORE also Wanted ASP to designate one or more nonbers of-"The
Hollywood 10? as representatives to the rail". 3 33 also conferred with
HOWARD on this girticulnr angle and LAWSOI suggested that HERBERT
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The CEO "Conference on Human and Civil Rights" was hCId in the Royal
Palms Hotel in Los Angeles on June 24, 1949 5nd was attended by Special
Agents LARQUS h. BRIGHT and BEEHARR PTACEK. Prominently identified anong
the audience of 200 individuals, was scree? writer HERBERT BIBERLAK
of the Hollywood ASP. On the stage with the apz?gipel speaker, DOXEY
EALL of the ASP, {ogre film actor, and
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HALL nedo_the opening talk, the theme of which was that the case
of the twelve Connunist Rational Committeenen on trial in Yew York, the case
of the "Hollywood 10", the case of the "Les Angeles 21" (defendants in local
contempt trial), as well ES others, were all part of a broad pattern of the

thought control and witch?hunting being gushed by Fascist elements in the
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discussion was along similar line ugh he concentrated on
defending the twelve Communist Party leaders on trial in New York. His

theme was that "The 12" were being tried, not for something they had done,

but for something they merely believed in; that capitalism was a decadent
system and must give way to socialism; that the use of force and violence

to bring this change about was not the method advocated by the Communist

Party as the Government charges, but that force and violence "would he started
by the entrenched capitalist interests in an effort to prevent the orderly
and legal overthrow of the capitalist system".

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Following WILIBRBON, and a ?pitch" for funds made by LOSS,
the neeting was thrown open for floor discussion. It recalled that AHHE
snoin had previously indicated t?os Angelo-s me that the floor discussionc
would he ?Primed? and there was 0 ry indication is was so. SHORE,
as chairman of the nesting, often ignored the uprnised hands of nbers of
the udioncc who desired to ask question or otherwise say something, and
cal ed on certain individuals for their remarks. Among these were PEILLIP
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3030i 1 the County Chairman of tie Los nngeles County Communist
Party.

her among those who entered into the floor discussion were AIRIAH
i?niz, local Communist Party functionnry and one of "The Les insoles

'21" recently Convicted for contempt of Federal GOurt. 

WILLIAL SJTEEVEEKCE, organizer for the International Longshorenen and
Warehousemen's Union?GIG, Who took the opportunity to speak from the floor
in behalf of read a resolution sunyorting BRIDGES which was
unanimousky adopted.

Several references were made by various sneakers calling for support
- of the "Bill of Rights Conference" to be held in new York in July.

Campaign Against Attorney General and FBI

(Egarly in June, 1949, Los insoles T~l and Los i?S furnished in?
format on indicating that HERBERT and JOKE HOWARD LAWSOE consider,
as a major current issue{?the recent publicity regarding certain film figures
and prominent geople elsewhere, which publicity resulted from th- cgorted
reading of an FBI report in the JUDEIEECEPLOE trial in Washington. It may be
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Legislative Connittee on Unwnmerican Activities in California (TEHNET
Committee), had released its latest report in which a number of the same
Hollywood people were charged with being within "various talinist orbits".
According to informants, LAWSOL, HERBERT BIDERLAF, JR., and
possibly others, went to work on the draft of segarate statements purporting
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BIEBREAE drew up a rough.draft statement for inxeply to the latest

report, and included in his statenent an expression against the FBI.

As has generally been his practice, however, BIBEELAE wanted to_elear the
statement with LAWSOE before releasing it and the two got together for that
purpose. Inasmuch as LAUSOI decided against the 31.33533 draft as originally
presented. it is not being set out in its entirety at this time; however, a
regertcd by Les Angeles BIEEJLAK's original draft stated in part:

    
 
  
   
  
  
 
 
  
   
 

  
 
    
  
 

"The coincident (with the Tonny report) Rod-baiting of
Hollywood by the FBI the deliberate planting of a wholesale
smear of its most distinguished citizens for use in the spy
scare, is an example of degraded gublic service. The Gounci
cannot but suggest to the men and women of the notion Qicture
industry that nothing will secure their individual aid collec?
tive rights to privacy of life and oolitical opinions except
a common nolitical stand against their political inquisitors.
Ho amount of declaration of non~Connunisn will halt the number
one pastime of irresponsible hysteries Hollywood baiting.
Many of these in EollyWood who yesterday declared their non~
Cenmunisn, have been declaring it for ten years. It has at
no time afforded then protection a:ainst further 
LKWSOH apparently did not think much of original draft.
His criticism was that the statement started off with a reply to 
(State Senator JACK Beater), which felt merely served to cilia-Jnify
him. The "Department of Justice thing" was, by far the more
important. LAWSOH also thought draft referred too much to Hell 
wooe and thereby magnified it in his reference to Hollywood figures having
been denying Communist connections for ten years. differed with
criticisms and agreed to redraft the thing and see him about it

later. 

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working up a separate statement as coming from "The Eollyweod 10" and 
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working on would come from the ASP. He told LARDNER thatl"the only way_tb
handle these people, that is and the FBI, is to tell them that it

is none of their business; that this is the only reply that will
put them in their place in other words, the same stand rThe 10' took".?

He further cautioned LARDEER that in drawing up the statements, they should
be very careful to be very sympathetic with the people who have been attacked
and to blast the notion Picture Producers Association) for not protec-

ting their interests 3 

Later on the '0 day. BIBEBMAL and again discussed the mat?
ter of the proper statement to but out. BIEERLAE had rewritten his statement
for the ASP had drawn one for ?The 10". It should be noted that,
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?The coincident red baiting of Hollywood by the F31, 
result of a deliberate plant for use in a deliberate spy scare,
must be denounced as a degradation of public service. It must
be denounced equally with its cause ?-,the state of war minded
manic depressive prevalent in our national Capitol; that this
smear from Washington is coincident and of a piece with that of
JACK TENREY, reduces our national security agency to the kzvel
of a shabby politician snarting under kzgislative defeat. It
is incredible that the FBI gives credence and yublication to a
report of a confidential informant concerning a man's public
appearance before 20,000 people in few York's largest auditorium
in behalf of Russian War Relief, licensed and sponsored during
the war by the President of the United States. Such agents
should be fired, and those who use and twist commonplace news
stories as evidence to create an atmosphere of subversiveness
should be removed from positions of public trust as a threat to
the dignity and seriousness of our government. It must be self?
evident by new that to the irresponsible, fascist?minded politi-
cians and agencies. declarations of non-Communism are insufficien1.
They are demanding a fascist stand.by Hollywood side by side
with the worst elements in ?Jerican life as the only path of es?
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"It must be equally self~evident that to rely upon the 
(Kotien Phrture Producers Association) for protection against
them ilhusory;.that nothing will secure to the men
and women of the motion picture industry their rights to privacy 
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against their political inquisitors. The 'Hollywood 10r

alnost two years ago took such a stand in behalf of-a free

screen and a free citizenship of film workers. A.S.P. Council
supported their stand then and declarestoday Americans inbued

with the meaning, purpose. and strength of the American tradi?
tion will say to any Who invade the areas of solitical opinion,
association, and expression. ?Go to Gentlemen, here is

none of your business.? We believe there was not nor is there

any other may of safegua din; Americans from division; utter 
confusion, and ruin." 

still had one or two criticisms to make of the above draft by
BIBEREAE, but did not press then over strong disagreement. LHWSON
seemed to think that the statement's reference to Russian War Relief could
well be omitted and that it might be poor to drag it in. BIBERMAH,
however, argued that this (an individual?s appearance at a Russian War

Relief Rally) was the "type of junk they (apparently the FBI) put in their
long dossiers?. LAWSON admitted that "it is impressive that they (F31) went
so far as to attack someone for appearing at that and apparently
withdrew his criticism on that point. other main criticism of the
BIBEREAN draft was in the reference to the MPPA, pointing out that
'those under attack in Hollywood are not depending on to protect them.

He finally decided, however, that it might be all right to include it and
expres ed the opinion that the statement as now drawn was probably satisfan
tory. ?e told BIBEBILEQT to see that PAUL JARRIGO (film writer- and oomumst
Party member, according to Les Angelos Ts4), got a copy of the statement

for release to the press. It may?he noted that PAUL JARRIGO is lieved to f/
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With regard to the statement prepared by RIEG LARDNER, JR. for "The
Hollywood 10?, LAWSON e' ressed satisfaction with it as drawn. This state-
ment read as follows: b?

"It loo like the notion Picture Producers Association

made a very bad deal when they agreed to blacklist IThe 10'

in exchange for a premise to lay off Hollywood. We believe
all such deals and defensive attempts simply play into the

ands of the misinformed fanatics who concoct these red lists.
As long as Hollywood is good for a headline and movies try to,
however tinidly, deal with social problens, the picture busi?
ness and the people who work in it will continue to be attacked.
We still feel the only sensible American answer to the smears is
to disregard their absolute content and concentrate on challenging
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WARD expressed the opinion that this issue is extremely
important and suggested that he and get together again on the mate
ter in the immediate future. The two planned-to discuss the matter fur her
privately just before the forthcoming executive board meeting of ASP. u,

On June 9,,1949 LAWSOE was asked for a statement by the United Press
regarding any comment on the appearance of his name in the FBI report intro?
duced in the trial. LAWSON said he had no comment to make since he
is one of "The However, on the same day LAWSON gave a statement to 513?
Los Angeles Editor of the Daily People's World, which in effect stated
that he, LAWSOH regarded this as another step in the outrageous government
machinery in the ecurts and kzgislatures to attempt to undermine the Bill
of Rights; that the whole offensive is closely related to trial of a political
party in New York and the fundamental rights of the American people; and that
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On June 28, 1949 information was furnished by Los Angeles e~3 concern~
ins decisions reached by JOKE HOWARD LAWSON and HANNAH DORNEB, executive
Secretary of the National ASP headquarters in How York. Screen writer ALBERE
from Hollywood, was scheduled to be in ?ew Yerk_on June 27 and June 38.
1949 in connection with a mass meeting to be staged by the Civil Rights Con~
gross in New York at ?adison Square Garden. ASP, New York. wanted LALTZ to
appear at a gathering which ASP was planning at or about the same time
as the CBC rally. The ASP felt that it was very important, at the present
time, to get together all of the prominent people who had been mentioned on
American Legion lists, the House Uh?Anerican Activities Committee list, and
as a result of the disclosures of the FBI report in the JUDITH COPLOI trial

The idea behind the ASP plan was to get all these people together on
some kind of an affirmative counterattacking statement. ASP wanted ALBERT
LALTZ to work withethese people in how York to help get the thing started.

ASP was planning'a full page advertisement for the ?ow York Times in the
form of an open letter to President TRUMAN calling for the removal of attorney
. General CLARK and the formation of a citizen's committee to investigate the

r31. 

ASP Headquarters in ?ew York regarded this as extremely important and
LAWSOE was in agreement. LAWS thought th 3 might be the "turning point
in this thing and a lot could be done". 

Apparently ASP had lready contact a few important people on the
matter, such as monument and all of when
were tremendously enthusiastic about it, according to HAHEAH PORKER. It wast"
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back to Los hngeles so that a similar campaign could be started on the W083
Coast based on the smearing of individuals mentioned in the recently released
Them Report. memo-I tomes felt that it was very important that 
range to be prose at the ASP gathering iCh apparently was be held at
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CBC rally at Madison Square Garden on June 28, JOHN HDWABD LAWSOE discussed
the entire ASP plan with him. Lit-recs insisted that mm should arrange to
attend the ASP gathering while he was in New York, even if it conflicted
with his commitment to the CBC. LAWSOH felt that the ASP affair was by-fer
the more important and he.urged MALTZ to meet with the ASP people relative
to the ?inauguration of a campaign on the FBI thing", the contemplated ASP
open letter to President TRUMAN, and the demand for the removal of the At-
torney Genern1.. LAWSOE pointed out to LALTZ that in New York already
had a great many important yoople "steamed up on the thing? 1) 

In regard to appearance before the CBC rally a Madison Square
Garden, LAWSOK told that he had been over the speech LALTZ intended
to give on that occasion and that ho regarded the speech highly. However,
LAWSOE suggested that might ?sharpen his attack" a little more on
TRHBAF in the speech, where reference is made to the President's recent
statement regarding the alien and sedition lows. IAVSOT suggested that
EALTZ might-point up a little more comparison of the President's state-
nents in this regard with what he Was actually doing about it. LALTZ felt
that agiiagwes?well taken and indicated he would correct the speech


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gone to ?ew York and was in touch with the ASP geople there; further, that
MALTZ had requested ASP in Hollywood to furnish him immediately, inx?ew York,
the home addresses of (File director-producer); JOHEA.HUSEOF.
(writer-director and independent producer); BUREV (film actor-
producer); (film director): and smeum. (a comparatively
new indegendent film producer). informant'had no exact information on the
purpose of request from how York, but indicated that ASP in Hollywood
had complied with the request. Informant suggested, however. that ASP in
New York night desire authorization from the above individuals to list their
names on the open letter to in the contomylatod advertise?
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shortly after his return. HERBERT BIBERLAE would also attend this meeting,

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(lgiugg the same date, Los Angeles Tfilreported that ASP in Hollywood had
a?n_ on received a notice from New York on the FBI campaign.

ALBERT EALTZ returned from New Yerk on June 29, 1949, and.arrangenents
were immediately made for a nesting at his house with LAWSOH, BIBERMAR,
LARRNER, BEN EARGQLIS and others. Los Angeles said that MALTZ charac-
terized his trip to ?ow York as very successful and Said he had brought
back cheering news. In New York he had made three speeches and the big
meeting at Madison Square Garden was a very good one. EALTZ brought back
so much material for discussion that he felt the meeting at his house for
July 1. 1949 should be moved up in time and everyone should be there promp

Informant learned from KALTZ that ASP and "The Hollywood l0" will
definitely support the "Bill of Rights Conference" to be held in New York 
July. MALTZ told informant that as a result of the Supreme Court's reversal
of the perjury conviction, attorneys for ?The Hollywood
10" in the East feel certain that ?The 10" can now go back into United States
Circuit Court of Appeals and get an automatic dismissal of their contempt
case. feeling on this is that it would constitute victory on a tech~
nicality rather than on basic-issue but that perhaps they had better
take what they can get ll?,

MALTZ called a ting at his hone on the evening of July 1, 1949 for
the purpose of reporting to those eoncerned on what he had learned in New
York. From a physical surveillance on the EALTZ residence on that date, the
following individuals were personally identified by Agents h. BRIGHT
and BERNARR M. PEACEK as they arrived and went into house: 

erasures. writer and one of "The Hollywood 10"; RJEG LARDEER JR., screen 
writer and one of "The Hollywood JOHN HOWARR LAWSON, writer and one Of
"The Hollywood 10"; Attorney. An unidentified woman
accompanied LARDRV . The automobile of HERBERT BIBERHAH Was identified in
front of residence at 6 P.h. Although BIBS use himself was not no-
tually observed, it was learned fre 0s Angeles T-15 that EALTZ had asked
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In discussing the general situation wit 'n the motion picture
industry at this time, os Angeles stated th .he situation "is quite w)
peaceful now", so far 3 Communist agitation within the motion picture
industry is concerned. The informant went on, "it will remain so only as
long as it is evident to the Communists that no open program can succeed."
In the informant's opinion the Communists in the meantime will continue to
foment discontent where they can, and that the only way to solve the problem
is for the industry to formulate a positive program. 1

In speaking of Communists and fellow travelers within the industry a!
at the present time the informant continued that only a few persons in the
industry have bucked the Communists, and a great'deal of credit should go kg?
em to them. He continued, "the persons with whom.we are really concerned are if

,those who are knowingly promoting the Communist line and program. In the 
informants opinion the most dangerous of these are those persons whose names 
are not too well known but who, nevertheless, "do the spade work which
f? makes the success of the Communist program possib Among those I think
we should watch carefully are persons like LLO GOUGH, MQRELY and 4
ANNVREVERE who, in my judgment, are the leaders of the Communist fraction 
in the creen Actors Guild." Informant went on to say that these stars who . . 
had 0 viously, knowingly and willingly lent their names to pro- -Communist 3
1 movements" were such perso as KATHERI BURN, EDWARD WBINSON, LARRY
an,? Ms wife BETT ARRETT, FREDERI CH and his wife 
(Of the above, LEOYD GB is a Comm st of his own ade
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According to this informant the Communists have "given up hope of
"dominating the industry in Hollywood" and are now out to belittle the
Hollywood product. Along these lines they are attempting to transfer the
affection of the stars and top production personnel to foreign and particu?
larly Italian production of motion pictures. It is new "fashionable"'to g)
to Europe to make a picture, particularly in Italy, and as a result, "they're
flocking there? where the film unions are completely dominated by Communists.
The informant drew a parallel between the present situation and that existing
a few years ago when it was smart or fashionable to join Communist fronts,
saying that "it's new fashionable to go abroad to make pictures." In the
informant's opinion the Communists will not hesitate to ruin the motion pic~
turo industry in this country if, through their efforts, they can succeed in
inserting propaganda and exercising control over the content of motion
pictures which are being made in greater quantity abroad now more than at
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On may 15,119h9 th depend nt Progressive Party staged a rally
at Gilmore Stadium for HENR ALLACE, and Reporter", a?
motion picture trade paper, carried the following story on may 16, 19u9=

"The 'People's'World?, local IDaily Worker', threw a hunk of type at

us last week for slipping an advance 'Connie?front"warning Sign

over that rally at Gilmore Stadium.for HENRY WALLACE. Nice compliment--
since not a singka Hollywood personality of any importance was suckered
into sharing a platform at the flop or even attending. As we
smell 'em, we tell 

median Motion Picture Industry Council) which is presided
over by CECIL B.?d ille, functions as the public relations organization for

productive and acting talent, each guild being represented as well as all
crafts. 

On June 15, l9h9 Los Angeles reported that Council in
its meeti hat week had been asked by a director, what
the pelicy of the Council would be toward those persons who had been cited
by the Tennoy Committee as Communists or fellow travelers, and whether or
not the Council should not defend these persons. The informant stated
that C. B. deMille, in his capacity as president,took a positive attitude,
asking WYLER whether or not he had read the new Tenney Report, and when
the latter reported that he had not, Mr. deMille stated, "Well, I have, and
I suggest you read it." The informant said that Mr. further con-y
tinned that he did not see how the Industry Council could set itself up'as
being critical of TENNEY's findings inasmuch as the Committee was put in
existence by the California State Legislature and had a staff of fullwtime
investigators; and that further, for an organization such as this to imply"
that it knew more about certain People and their actions than the 
Committee would simply make the Council look foolish.

 

This theme was then taken up by International Representatin
well as Y. Fawn new, Executive Vice President
Studios. The not result was that WYLER withdrew his suggestion"
and?the Council decided it would not concern itself with the Tenney Report.

During this discussion it Was brought out how some Hollywood
personalities get their names on certain lists through no fault of their
own and should be entitled to the protection of fellow workers in the

to informant, that he realized that this was true, but that he would take
the example of EAGLN, "who is sitting on the platform there with
you", continuing that all the lists such as he, FREEMAN, had seen,
name failed to appear. Mr. FREEMAN Went on, saying that he did
not understand how RONALD REAGAN could keep his name off the lists if the
assumption were true that.this happened to innocent people, saying, "either

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In speaking of thag?iittle Theater Movement' Los Angeles T-T 
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pointed out that many of the small theaters are organi and controll

by Communists,and continued, "through these organizations young persons

who showed talent were taken under the wing of the Communists and subverted
to their cause . . . If they took the indoctrination that pleased the
agents of the Kremlin, the road to stardom.was made easier, and once such
,a star obtained fame the Communists never let him forget the obligation
which he owed the Party. The informant summarized this situation as follows,
saying: "To quite a degree this is the answer to the question often asked,
but seldom answered, of how it is that stars will appear at functions for
the Communist forces and contribute liberally to Communist causes, when
other stars who are not a part of their program are reluctant to contribute
in proportion to legitimate causes."

ground for Communists, Los Angeles stated that there presently is a
plan to decentralize the theater and to cstablis theaters in every
state of the Union, one for adults and one for children. This project is
to be run out of New York City and Senator moomm?smss is one of two
Senators who is currently attempting to obtain appropriations from Congress?
to further this move. The name of the group is thea?herican National
Theater Association. Informant stated that there is a left?wing faction
promoting this cause which has its headquarters in the Hudson Theater
Building in New York City. The entire legitimate theater in New York is
controlled byy?btors' Equity, which, according to the informant, "is so
red" and which has a small right wing faction currently led by EDDIE NUGET
and ERANK FAY, both of whom are fighting the Communists. The informant
has attended Equity meetings when actors representing the right wing would
be unable to speak at all, being subjected to bees and cat-calls so that
their remarks could not be heard, thus making it impossible for the anti-
Cemmunists to speak.

In discussin the Legitimate Theater i ew York as a recruith1: 

The theaters in New York which provide the principal training
ground for young persons, according to the informant, are as follows:

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New York City. This gro correspondsmost closely Actors laboratory 
in the Los Angeles area according to Los Angeles re who had been (33"
nected With/the new 8 group are .LI CARL 
LEWIS, and
ANDY. The informant stated that of the above, IJWHB, a director,

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had been employed -Macfr in making screen tests for prospective
new talent. The Group Theater was started by severe persons, a ng whom are
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Commpnists,'according to Los Angeles T-h The informant continued that
MARY TARCAI ad been discharged from the :erican Repertory Theater in New
York City because she was enntionally unstable.

Thegd?efighborhood Playhouse . 

This organization is run by and is located on h?th
Street in New Egrk City. It is a large school and.maintains a summer stock
company called? reen Mansions. This School teaches the Stanislavsky Method
of Acting, and in speaking of the Communist infiltration the informant
said, "If you have an opinion of your own, you don't got a part." 

Theg?nerican Theater Wing.

The American Theater Wing at 650- Fifth Avon New York City,
is one of best schools of acting in New York City, according to Los
Angeles T- who stated that it has thousands of studen in attendance,
many of wh are indoctrinated with Gemmunist philosophies. The theater
the group uses is located in an old house_o th Street in New York City.
The American Theater Wing did "The Respec Prostitute", which the in?
formant described as "one of the filthiest things I have over soon." The
informant continued that this is one of the ways in which the young actors
and actresses have their moral code lowered by appearing in and being
familiar with plays that attack the meral codes.

 

?v Two other theater groups with which the informant was not familiar
are/Theater, Incorporated, and thcekmerican Academy. 

The Actors Laboratory.

 

The "People's DailyWorld" on page five of its issue of March 10,
19h9 carried a four?column article captioned, "From the Actors' Labn?
_'Monday's ?ero' a success." The article says in part:

"?Monday?s Hero? is the story of a Chicago working class mother who,
imbittered and wounded by a cruelly insensitive husband injected

with the free enterprise ideology which says that money and the making
of it is the all-important aim of life, divorces him. She determines
to raise her three sons in the light of her own standards of humanity,
culture and love."

  

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Angeles T-h) o.nr according to the paper, deals with the "disinte
effects 0

urgooisie ideals on the ?amjh':a ife. 
Lee .91 gobs 8 stated that - is having difficulties at

the prose time and is ?j1et hangingion" according to sources on the faculty.
The student body is changing and many of the students do not accept or eel
kindly tow the propaganda to which they are subjected iAccording to Lee 
Angeles a former student, the actors Laboratory has been seeki dug)
ground on e'thel Ietropolitan City Limits .on which to erect a playhouse.

The actors Laboratory continues 0 be the bes school for training in the
acting profession according to?s Angeles ml was written up in the 
I'Los nngeles Daily Mirror" of June 17, 19h9,b cause certain of the student
had been picketing the Actors lab. One of the picketersstudent at the school, was quoted as saying, "The lab is made up of a
school and a theater and the lat oer seems only to be used as a showcase
for professional actors and friends of the management who want to put on
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is has been reported previously certs-in persons -within the motion
picture industry have felt for some time that a school of acting should be
promoted by persons within the motion picture incustry who believe in he
America system as oppo dte the Actors Laboratory and its backers. Los
Angeles TnlO stated that che Century Theater, Incorporated, which is 
at 755 North LaCienega, a concrete-move in this direction. The theater
will fonction as a school and training ground for young talent and certain
welluknown Hollywood personalities, will @0350 part in the current productions.

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Los Angeles 11 stated th hatg Mckers of the now group are
raising 000,00 to match a like a 0to be advanced by the owner of
?the property, which will be used in cleVoloping a revolving stage and buying
necessary electrical and technical equipment. The group has collected
$18, 000.00 and the money is -ing ra lead by selling individ ls 25 shares
of stock at $10.00 a; share. Les Angelds T-ll continued that it is the in? 
tention of the backers to "d velop this into the theater gui of the west
Coast, furnishing good, solid American entertainment."

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The Committee of gzgee?which is collecting the ey for the
Theater is comprised of HED HOPPER, columnist, nd sin
directo rs . v? . .-

Both Los Angeles T-1o end T.11 said that hen the theote
function 't is the intention of certain promine stars and direc
to toke.port in the productions, both BARBARA and ROBERT TAX
having said that they would be willing to appear, as have other well?known}
personalities. According to the informants this will prove to be serious
competition for the Actors Laboratory.

'5?Variety" on June 2, 19h9 carried an article captioned, P.
Counsel Aid Asked For Plan To Train Tyro Talent." In this article the
statement'was mode that the Hollywood?Motion Picture Industry Council had
been asked' to support-a plan for training film talent in the studios.

Its purpose would be to provide a praotic training ground at minimum

cost; however,??25 hngeles stotedthogithis plan has not yet been acted.LgL
upon nor consi ered seriously by the Council, but that the Century Theater
will give the industry a chance to accomplish these aims. Informant con?
tined that ROY BREWER, International Representative of the I. A. T. S. E.,

has furnished cooperation of the unions in getting the new theater going.

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In speaking of Commun' infiltrat on within the Crafts and Guilds 
Los Angeles T-7 has stated the leaders of the Communist fraction in the 
en Writers Guild have be airly well exposed because of the trial of

the "Unfriendly Ten." The informant went on that the guild is presently
controlled by persons who are not Communists, as is the Screen Directors

Guild. The main struggle-within the sole remaining Communist dominated

union is taking place within the Screen Publicists Guild. This organiza?

tion is made up of publicists employed in the motinLpicture industry and '7



var?ous publicists employed in allied industries. Los Angeles T-7 said

the hose publicists employed directly by the stu 108 are presently seek?

in a N.L.R.B. election to have themselves certified as representing the
majority of screen publicists and will seek an I.A.T.S.E. charter. This

move is being fought by ese publicists who are employed in allied indus?
tries,tghd Los Angeles T?Ylfeels that the "legitimate" publicists will win 
cut.

"Variety" on April 13, 1919 pointed out that there are 130 pub-
licists currently employed in the studios, of when more than a hundred
have indicated a desire to join the I.A.T.S.E. 0?

July 6, 19h9 los Angeles T-l? reported that he Screen
Cartoonas 5 Guild had held an electibn June 28, l9h9 ich resulted in a
change in leadership from what the informant termed the "anti-Communists"
to those who are "always to the left."

HER ORRELL, leader of the pro-3C mmunis actions withi the
according to Les AngeleS?T-T, called Les Angelos and in- (Phi)
formed the a ter that BIL TLEJOHN uld be new busines agent of

the?Screen Cartoonists Guihi, and further told the informant that LITTLEJOHN
had agreed to run for office only at the personal urging of SORRELL. The
informant continued that the votes in the election were split 250 for
LITTLEJOHN and 150 for the present regimes Of this latter figure, 1h? votes
care fromr?isney Studies alone, and the workers in that plant are consider? 
ing with swing from the Screen Cartoc ?sts Guild and forming their own

loeal. Los Angeles T?le continued th pproximately one hundred persons 
were at election meeting who had not attended a guild meeting in years.
Under its by?laws a person who was once a cartoonist and a member of the

Guild, can continue active in the union regardless of his employment, simply
by_paying the dues of twenty-five cents a month. The informant feels that

the Screen cartoonists Guild has been recaptured by the leftists and that

in all pro ability (Communist Party member according to cs
Angeles T-h will be back in as business VK

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ThexMetien Picture Alliance:

The new Cemrsunist line, so far as the Motion Picture industry is con?
rned, is to be exposed in amphLet soon to be published by the MFA,
according to Los Angeles Informant said that this document will con-C35
a detailed analysis of Communist success in having pictures made
in Italy and other foreign countries where the industry is dominated by the
Party. The MFA is continuing to grow in numbers and on June 29 put on a
programi i llywoed at the American legion 1 which was addressed by 
ELIZABET Angeles T?1e said that he MPA is financially in 
better shape than 1 as ever been, as evid by the fact that the organ -
action has been able present and Miss BENTLEY and pe db
them their expenses. Les Angekns T-V feels the the MFA is becoming a
positive factor and 1 play a more imperta role in the motiOn pictu
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This organization has not made the pre- see in that it 
has enjoyed in the New York area, according to Les Angeles who said ?3
that GEORGE EUGENE LYONS and ISAAC LEVINE are a ve members.
In addition, seamen BARUCH has made a donation but nformnt T?mc on- 
tinued, in the Les Angeles area the group is being com ated by thet?nti?
Defamation League. In the informantWS opinion, the latter organization
555??eeh low on work" and in order to keep up its personnel and continuing
donations, it has set itself up as a sort of censor and so far has not been
in accord with the aims of the American Jewish League against Communist.

The?nemn Lodge of B'nai B'rith:

The above organization comprised of entertainment personalities
has been formed as a public relations club to combat the inroads of
Communism a propagate for principles of Americanism according Los
Angelcs The Cinema Ledre is headed by ALBERT S. ROGELL, and among
its members are included SAM BALABAN JOHN M. STAHL, 
UYLER, HENRY GINSBURG, JULES .IHITE, JACK BENNY and HARRY IEAISLISH.

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MYRON C. FAGAN, National Director 

1257 North Sweetzer Street

Hollywood, California.

Mr. FAGAN advised this office on June 22 that his organization was
expanding and groups were being formed in the key cities of the United
States. He said that the Cinema Educational Guild was issuing news
bulletins which were in demand all eVer the country. He made available a 
copy of one entitledgp?Moscow Marches On In Hollywood." He said this one
had been reviewed in magazines and an the radio in Detroit, Michigan,
'Wichita, Kansas and, he had been adVised, by the Lutheran Home in Saint
Louis, Eissouri.

Mr. FAGAN said that his organization was continuing the advocation
of a nationwide boycott of motion pictures having any Communist connection
whatsoever, through either producers, directors, writers, or actors. He
said-the organization would continue to publish bulletins and would be
active in promoting legislative measures of an anti-Communist nature. He
specifically mentioned one being adwocated in the California Legislature
which favored adopting the/Uhited Fedoralists, Incorporated movement,
which was being protested by the Cinema Edueational Guild.

 

Mr. FAGAN is known to be preparing a pamphlet in which he intends
to publicize motion picture stars byiphotograph, which he had named in
proviOUS pamphlets as persons who had "fronted" for the Communists in
Hollywood. These individuals have been referred to in previous reports.
It consists largely of those who have been named at one time or another
by the California UnwAmerican Activities Committee.

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The Daily People's World issue of June 9,1949, page 5. described
"The Red Menace." as an anti~Gommunist prepaganda film produced by HERBERT
which Opened on that date at the Paramount, Hollywood and Iown

?l?oim theatres, Los Angeles. The article described ?The Red Menace" as "stupid
melodrama,? end "a hasty collection of hackyned 1163?" It was stated that
Progressives could not "laugh off? the film, as it was a major propaganda

more of the Hollywood and.Wall Street axiso The Daily People's World called
for the following steps to be taken against the film:

3 (1) Phone calls of protest to the Paramount theatres in Los
- Angel es

Organization and full support of picket lines in Los
Angeles and wherever the film shows

i (3) Immediate calls to managers of local theatres warning
against the showing of the film

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?Ther?ed Menace" it was ?urther-stated, must be exposed as an
in? to Democracy as well as the dommunist Party.

3 "The Red Menace" released by Republic Pictures was widely advertised
asgan anti?Communist motion picture.

5 The Hollywood Reporter of June 20, 1949, revealed that the Republic
President, HERBERT J. YATES, had carried his fight against Communist publica?
tions by filing a $200,000 copyright violation suit against the Daily Worker
ianew York, over the weekend. He filed a similar suit two weeks ago against
th? Daily Peeple?s World, described as a west Coast mouth organ of the Communist
Party, for its reprint of substantird portions of the script "The Red Menace,"
without permission. The Eastern papers carried the same material.

aos'Angeles reliability, who is familiar with the
Communist movement in th motion pi re industry, said that one of HERBERT
subordinate employees atf?ggihlic Studios had secretly removed
po tions of the script and made it arailable to the editor of the Daily Peeple?o
We 1d, and portions of the script were published prior to the release of the
pidture.

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The various Los Angeles ?ewspapers gave considerable free 
publicity to the picture "The Red M_nnce.? Indicative of this publicity,'?
was an article appearing in Times on June 10, 1949, written
SCHALLABT of the Drama Section. He said "'The Red Mencce' will
do" more to arouse the public to thedxngers of Communism than any other
pi?ture-ever made, and is more pertinent for instance. than thenliron
CuFtain,? which 20th Century Fox exhibited a year and a half ago." It
denls with an.American situation. 

i The film, according to . article appearing in 
Hehsenger of June 10, 1949, ?is ine equate." This newspaper elaborated by
saying the film was inadequnte to deal with current trends, and that this
co caption is rather childish, and the story develops into the pattern of the
?c iche? gangster films. A.prctest was made in this article against the
so can writers ALBERT and GERALD GERAGHTY, saying that they had no
by iness to point out the racial origin of the subversive elemaits depicted
inithe film, and labeled four out of five principal characters as a negro,

?ew, an Irish girl and an Italian;

According to an advertisement appearing in the Los Angeles news?
papers. ?The Red Menace" was produced behind closed doors, without disclosing
the true character of the film until its release.

5 The Daily People's World of May 20, 1949, page 11, under the
oo?umn ?Hollywood Bent," recommended the following motion picture films!

(1) The/gs +Up

(2) eaa?zmpion
(3 
Home of 3 the Brave

The article mentioned the above listed pictures were the only
ones currently showing which were worth while seeing.

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Mrs. WILLIAM A. BURKE, President of the Southern California Motion
Picture Council, Inc., 359 North Bronson Avenue, Los Angeles 4, California, ad?
vised that her organization had reviewed the picture "Home of the Brave.?
re eased by United.Artists, produced by STANLEY KRAMER, and directed by MARK
a son. This picture was described?by Mrs. BURKE as 100% propaganda. of 

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equality for the negro, but the propaganda injected will only arouse more
gracial agitation, seemingly the purpose for its injection.? The original
gstory is the curing of a war shocked negro soldier by an eminent Jewish
@doctor at the base hospital, but through the use of flashbacks is.shown

gthe purported causes that led to the soldier's paralysis, with the treatment
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The Daily Variety of April 19, 1949, discussed the production,

inHome of the Brats," described as dealing With the negro problem, and

., pnmhaSized the fact that it was financed 100% without the help Of a bank.

financed the film with his son ROBERT as associate producer

bf Screen Players who produced the picture. STILLMAN was also identified

3? he Vice~President and Treasurer of the company? The article mentioned that
had disposed of his homet in New York and Miami. and was Presently

?i Puilding in the Bel Air Section of Lee AngeleS. It said the picture was

,wlr 20th Century Fox release.

2 The Hollywood Reporter of April 7, 1949, identified STANLEY KRAMER
he the chief producer of "The Oh lion" and the "Home of the Brute" pictures.

It further mentioned that down attractive offers from 30th

dentury Fox and Universal Studiosinn we "stick with the Independents."

  
  

   

Angeles.mmlz said thot 4BR wrote "Home of the Brave,?
and that ROBERT STILLMAN end KRAMER, who produced it, were believed
to have had differences regarding 'inencing and that STILLMAN was rumored
to have "pulled out? of the financing of the picture and KRAMER "carried
on alone;" Informant had no specifi i ormation in this respect.

 
  
    

Los Angeles ELJB said the? little was known in the motion
picture stry about either or STILLMAN, except for the fact that

STILLMAN was reputedly a very wealthy men, having made his money in some
other line of activity.

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. Concerning the film "The ?hempionn produced by these individuals,
starring the actor and which was directed by MARK ROBSON,
informant said that particularly RQBSON was a strong Communist suspect, and
that this suspicion on the part of informant, was based on 

association with screen writers who had been officially cited as Communists
including members of the "Hollywood 10."

    
  

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KEEK DOUGLAS was identif ?d bygg?g Angeles hoving been
born in New York City, De mber 9, 1916, is of Russian extra ction; his
cdrrect name being IS IELOVITCH. Informant did not know anything
about KIRK DOUGLAS to this country, but was of the Opinion that
the whole'het-up" 01' the groqp which produced ?Home of the Brave? and 'The
Champion" were sympathetic to the communist cause?

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RKO oducer was DIG m, who was a close associate of DORE
3'3 and when the latte; went to Met Studios?ns executive

9- 3 pr ducer, GOLDSTONE also went to MGM Studi The screen story for the
picture was written by and was directed by ROBERT
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?a3; 3f" 3 Informant did not know too much about GOLDSTONE, but believed
*p he, as well as ART COHEN, was friendly with the members of the motion
pi ure colony who were pro~Communiets if not regular Communists. BEBEBT
was not believed to be porticu rly pro?Communist, but was known to have
ied a girl by the name of RAERI who had a reputation of being
3 Cb istically inclined. Concernijg PATRICIA DOYLE, on exvactress- informant
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The Los Angeles Daily Mirror of Mhy 11,1949, discussed the
GOlumbio production ?we Vere Strangers," and mentioned that it had been
protested by the Los Angelcs District California Feder.tion of Womens

Clubs ?as a piece of cleVeIly desigded propaganda to advance the Communist
Party line.? The article further mebtidned that Mrs. H. MILES WILLIAMS,
Motion Picture Chairman of the Worsenm Club, ho.d sent a letter of protest

to President Q?w651umbie.rictures, Inc. onting the letter, the
art ole said, "We are shocked that this picture is released for world

 

 

dis ibution at a time when the Co ist Party is attempting to persuade the
3 pe 16 of other nations, particularfE those of Latin America, that the United
ii; 3 as is an imperialistic nation on its enemy." The film deals with the

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iStrengers" was a strange entry for a motion picture company to put 0n
gthe market at this time.' It further described it as the ?heaviest dish
pf 'Red' theory eVer served to an audience outside of the Soviet." It is
story of "violent Cuban revolution with a dynamite tension plot and
hssinetion to overthrow the governments" The film was further identified as
"shameful handbook of Marxian dielectics."

 

JOHN QQSION, writerapreducer of "We were Strangers,? was mentioned
in the Celifbrnie Un?dmericen.Activities Committee's official report for

1948, on pages 240 and 241, as active in sponsor a dinner rally for the
tenefit of the "Hollywood 10" Sponsored by th .eedom from Fear Committee,

one of the latest Communist Partyifronts, at a dinner held at the Beverly
Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Galifornia on 5, 1948.

JOHN GXRFIELD, actor, is mentioned on six different occasions in
donnection with Communist sponsored and dominated activities in the California
unquericen Activities report of 1948, on pages 1985 240, 251, 855, 358 end
332.

i Mrs. alsoiknown wife of actor

JPHN identified as elmem of the L0 geles County Communist
Pfu'tr. Hollywood Cultural Section, 1b os Angel?s m?4 aslfovember 1943.

?(Immacom 
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produced CnRadio Pictures, 1nd,, Just about finished, and is.scheduled

relees? in the immediet ?future. owner of EEO, is reportedly

'very happy over the pictur., which has been written and rewritten and made

into a story. 

The Hollywood Reporter of May 6, 1949, mentioned that a "Red?
empo in the form of a film was presently under production
niversel International Studies, by who was both producer
nah writer of the film. Ehe theme is to deal with the adventures of a United
Sthtes citizen in South America, stumbles upon a "red" mechanism there.
3 The Hollywood ?eporter of May 16, 1949, publicized a film to be
prpduced by the Metro-Goianreristudios entitlewmunt." This film
was to be a semi?Momentary film a icting the activities of the Roy-'11 Canadian
ted.Police, in connection with he Communist spy ring which was exposed
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with the film releases of interest discussed above, a majority of them
are known to this office, but knowledge of definite Communist Party
affiliation is lacking at present.



 

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Communist infiltration into the Guilds, Actors uity, and A.F

R.A. It is 
noted thatl Ihas been recdmmended by 03 Angeles 
as a reliable source probab familiar wi the legiti-
mate stage situationi Ishould be interviewed for information of
value regarding the Little Theater vement in New York, particularly the

New Studio Group, the Neighborhood ?layhouse, American Theater Wing, and any
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cultural elements in the motion picture industry, including the organizations
thrpugh which the Communist Party is believed to be working.

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loyalty.

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and making certain inquiries of his own, 

or the part in the movie, having obtained author-
SCHARY pointed out that in the course of his conversa-
he had arranged to have her execute an affidavit concerning her

SCHARY

such as his to know

stated that it was extremely difficult for men

in positions
particular individual.

He pointed
and could 
involving

 

any assistance
of?56?reegm

out that
ouch for eir loyalty,
so to what action he
Eh? Bereaensould give him i

df'the confidential nature of 

prominent individuals in the industry well?j


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reputations. SCHABY cited as an example a took, ?Red Treason in HollywoodV, put
:3 out by MYRON 3f the Cinema Educational League, in which SCHARY himself
is cited as a Communist. SCHARY pointed out that on an inside cover of the book
it was a photograph of the Director and that many people on cssusl reading gained
I the impression that the Director was endorsing the book. I pointed out immediately?
to Mr. SCHARY that the Director's_picture was placed in this booklet completel
j?i Without_Mr. "setters autnority and that I had personally discussed this matter
3 3 witH?FKdl??a?d?l??i?ted that he withdrew the picture from the books which has
lji? been dang; further advised Mr. SCHARY that FAGAN has no connection whatsoever,
I

3 directly or indirectly, with the FBI.

SCHARY stated that a prominent personality such as is

3referred to in EAGAR's book as a Communist. SCHARY stated that he knows

ZEDANNY KAYE very well and that he is no more political than the draperies hang~
:ing on the wall. SCHARY advised that he had considered bringing suit against
and had discussed the matter with Attorney MANUAL SILVERBERG. SILVERBERG
shad recommended that he not dignify FAGAN by bringing suit against him, and
gaccordingly, SCHARY stated he had taken no action.

SCHARY stated that in 19h? when the House Committee on Un-Americsn
Activities had scheduled hearings oncerning Co unist infiltration_e? the
motion picture industry, EDWAR YK and nod?
approached him at RKO Studios where he was then associated, concerning these
Hearbigs. SCOTT, and CRUM argued to SCHARY that this hearing was the

rung way to approach the Communist situation in Hollywood. SCEARY stated that
pointed out to them that those who were not Communists have nothing to hide,
that he could offer them no support in opposition to the hearing. At this
int EDWARD stated that he was willing to sign an affidavit that he
?no not then a member of the Communist Party.

SCHARY advised that he was in Washington at the time the House Comm
ttee an Un-American Activities hearings were held. He stated that he was pres?
at the hearing when JOHN first of the "Hollywood 10" had testi~
He advised that he had been acquainted with LAWSON for a period of years
tow him to be a very able men who could argue calmly and well under adverse
hions. He said that he, himself, had argued with LAWSON on more than one oc-
at various meetings at Hollywood on various issues. He said he was extrew
rprised to see LAWSON more or less blow up in the face of the questions
asked him snd.was forced to the conclusion that this was a studied so-

a part of LAWSON to create a definite impression. He said shortly there?
Committee for the First Amendment was armed and a number of Holly~
"'"ties, including and momsr'sosnnr,

on to protest the action of vhe House Committee. Shortly after
.nis group representing the Committee for the First Amendment,
at his hotel room and stated that they

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which he was present the tsei?onnsnistecdefinitely took over and that he,



 

desired to immediately call a press

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the representatives

wrong with the action of men like LAWSON and that he

representatives of the Committee f0
they were merely being used by the
that the representatives
regarded his advice, made
and private discussion.
HUMPHREY BOGART and his

At this point sonnet torne
tioeissuh?mela" PL

in the radio on eiggiaion 

miserably because it has failed to
a member. SCHARY pointed out that

tions in 19h3,,19ht and 19h5 in a period when the United States was allied
under any circumstances consider such an

with Russia, who would no longer
affiliation in 19h8, lens and 1950.
felt this book did a disservice to
Communism-

.SCHARY tainted to his own

3132s? as "so? 

the Inderes?e?t Citizens?

as well as others; seeing

that time one or the individunlo
resolutions and actions by JOHR EOHARD

no attempt was made to
other than as specifically noted.

Comylete information cones
Educational League has previously 

advised that
of the speakers at a meeting spouse
ting the publication

Council protes

 

of the Committee for

a press release,
He said that it was some time later before men like
Wife realized that

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conference and make a release protesting 
SCHARY stated.trat he had pointed out to 
ed him that there appeared to be something 
recommended that-the 

the First Amendment take no action; that 
so?called "Hollywood 10.? SCHARY advised 

the First Amendment, however, dis?
various public



became involved in

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they had been used by the Communists.

dwtgewoonyersstion to the recent publica-

4. ?rs.
?Q-w 

'In this ?Y?pointed out ;g
is set forth in this book concerning the t?
the publication has failed
Which the individual was
were active in organiza-

   

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ticn With it.? SCHARY recalled that at
fron.the floor who had opposed certain
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coming to the office he must have been aware of the confidential nature of
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Comrade ALBERT who

l9h0 and was supposed
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Washington
to this

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about 1938-
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and JOHN a. HCTERNAN,
were

Both eulogized NELSON, and

concentrated on showing the

NELSON in Pitt

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ured DALTON 

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concentrated on charging the U.S. Govt.
and Voice of America with propagandizing

Jith "The Big Lie" in its
:planation of the deterioration
:ional relations between U.S.

2. Recent info received indicates
Iood ASP may be planning to promote
lent motion picture company

?he talent of "unfriendly" HCUA
UOPWA, ousted CIO union, now

has been defeated in efforts
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Party in

Investigation of Communist Party Infiltration
Into Motion Picture Industry by HCUA

Communist Infiltration of Cultural and

Communist Influence in Motion Pictures

Communist Infiltration of Hollywood Labor

 

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Communist Party in Hollywo
the movement in l9u8, rece
observationsof interest re
in attempting to infiltrate
along with also
in Hollywood up to 1947, he
data regarding Party people

1951.
moveme
and 19
in the

task 

of the

T-BJ

he recollected that 
nt in Hollywood and 
38, an individual who

HISTORY OF COMMUNIST PARTY IN HOLLYWOOD

for some ten years an active member of the

od before he disassociated himself from
ntly furnished additional data and
garding the Communist Party's activity
3 the motion picture and allied industries.
a one time member of the Communist Party
1ve also furnished brief identifying

both in Hollywood and in New York.

It is recalled that during a contact with T-o in March,
luring the early years of the Communist

he motion picture industry, about 1937
was apparently a very important person

Party came to HollyWOod and took V. severely to
or the manner in whic

cultural movement in

he was handling the organizing efforts
the Party among the intellectuals.

None of the Party members in HollyWOod appeared to know very

much a



active
unders
obviou
JEROME

bout this individual
'in the Steel Workers

tood that he was a re
that 1

that ComradenLBERT

other than that he was known only as

had been in Moscow and had been

Union somewhere back East. It was
presentative of the Comintorn.- It was
Mas known to and respected by J.

who had been sent out by the Party in New York to help

organise the Party's movement in Hollywood.
obvious

However, it was also?/?
far outranked JEROME and that he was

(dissatisfied with the way JEROME had been handling things.


May 2h,
Comrade
Les Ang
however
the org

1951.

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ComradelLBERT once remarked
Hollywo
recalls that 

Los Aug-les, but one which 
headquarters office of the 

people merely because he found it interesting.

This particular phase of the Party's history in
rod was taken up agair

1 with T-3 during a recent contact on

Informant advised that to the best of his knowledge
ALBERT came out to about 1938 and_was in the

for about two years. Apparently,

his prime mission to the West Coast was not to help in
anization of the Party in Hollywood.
T-3 recalls that during a me

As a matter of fact,
eting with the Hollywood comrades,
that he had come out to meet wit? the
T-
aintained a small office in downtown
as not connected with the county

Jcal Communist Party. T-3 himself

never had any contact with ComradeALBERT's office, although he

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recalls that Screen Writer of the Party?s Hollywood
Section, did occasionally go doWn to ComradanLBERT's office along
with V. J. JEROME. ComradeiLBERT definitely outranked JEROME

and was reported to the membership to be a Comintern Representative
or "Cl Rep," as the term was known. This in itself would rank
Comrade above any American leadership of the Party. T-3
rspecifically recalls a large meeting of the Hollywood Party members
some time about 19h0, which was held at the home of Film Director
in the big gymnasium connected with the TUTTLE
residence. Comrade ALBERT was present and made a rather 
address to the Hollywood members at that time. Part of his talk
was on the subject of of Italy, whom Comrade ALBERT
charged with being a Trotskyite. T-3 recalls that neither Comrade
ALBERT nor the Communist Party itself liked SILONI's recent book
entitled "Bread and Wine." T-3 recalls further that Comrade

ALBERT was also present at the Hollywood Section convention of the
Party, held in 1939, where he talked at length on the Communist
Party's struggle to strengthen itself in the Labor Union movement.
He discussed the Party's ups and downs in these efforts from the
days of the old Trade Union Unity League (TUUL) up to that time.

 

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T-3 was never in a position to be close to Comrade

ALBERT and he never did knaw the man's real identity in spite of
?the fact that out of curiosity he tried to find out from others
?whe the man really was. Tu3 believes it was Playwrite RENAUD
Hollywood Party member at that time and now in New York,

who once suggested privately that he believed Comrade ALBERT

might be identical with said to be a ?big wig" in
Party circles in New York and a writer for Party publications.

never knew of RUDY BAKER except by reputation, and informant

never did find out the real identity of Comrade ALBERT although

he remained curious about him even after ALBERT had left the
HollyWood scene.

T-3 recalls that Screen Writer was a member
of the Hollywood Section Committee of the Communist Party in l9h0,
and SALT once told T-3 about how important a figure Comrade ALBERT
was and what a wide range of subjects his knowledge and experience

covered. However, SALT did not identify ALBERT further, even if
he knew.

 

. . In regard to Comrade ALBERT's criticism of the manner
in which V. J. JEROME was handling things in Hollywood, T-3 recalls
that at that time, 1938-1939, the Communist Party movement in

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Hollywood was still in the early stages and was just beginning
to make progress. V. J. JEROME had been teaching a mixed group
of Communist Party members and non?Communist Party members among
Hollywood intellectuals and informant recalls that some of these
classes were held at the home of Attorney it that
time the principal topic for discussion in these classes was the
Party's activities in trying to re-organize and control the
Screen Writer's Guild in Hollywood. Comrade ALBERT thought V. J.
JEROME's activities in holding classes for a mixed group of this
nature, where certain people other than actual Party members were
invited, was an extremely hazardous and bad idea for security
reasons. -3 recalls, for instance, that Film Writers LESTER

LE and - DORE had been invited to attend some of these

. classes, although neither COLE nor ENDORE had actually joined the
Communist Party at that time, although they did come into the
Party a short time subsequent thereto. Comrade ALBERT criticized
JEROME severely for using bad judgment in this regard. To the
best of T-3's recollection, it was not long afterwards at JEROME
returned or was recalled to New York and that JOHN HOWAR 
appeared on the scene in Hollywood and became the Party's top man
among the Communist Party cultural groups from that time on.

 

During a subsequent contact with a number of photo-

graphs were exhipited to him, among which were several of RUDOLPH

LUM, alias alias RUDY BAKER, who has been identi-
ed by confidential sources of the New York office as a former
Communist Party functionary, organizer, and reported G.P.U. Agent.
One of these pictures T-3 identified as being in his opinion that
of the individual who was known in Hollywood as Comrade ALBERT
between 1938 and lake. T-3 was not so certain regarding other
available photographs of the same individual, although he thought
the likeness with Comrade ALBERT was marked. states he has
not seen Comrade ALBERT since the early days in Hollywood and
never did know what became of him after he left here.arx

However, recalls that he did hear of Comrade ALBERT
indirectly some years later when T-3 had some occasion to visit
Washington, D. C. Although informant did.not see ALBERT that
0 cas on i was mentioned Iwife of
of Hollywood, who was at that time stationed
with 088 in Washington. ?his was about 19kt during the war.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a Bothl had been Party members in Hollywood,
_and when went into 088, his wife had gone to Washington
where in she was working as Secretary to some Congressional
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as having ab
secretary of Party organi
such a jOb satisfactorily
working for the Congressio
maiden name. At any rate,
was a member of a secret 
0., at that time. She
. mentor or adviser to this
ciployees was an individue
omrade ALBERT referred tc
some years before 

 






In connection wi
in Hollywood, it is noted
obtained from T-9, it was 

- A eX-party member
to testify before House Cm
April, 1951, and beggedl:
Committee and identify the
the Party movement in Hell;

With respect to 
identification from photogx
BLUM, alias RALPH BOWMAN, a
from personal recollection
probably he to hS years of
like skin, and having a 811
supposed to be the CI Repre
China and Indo China, and 
work among steel workers in


In discussing the
Communist Party movement in
T-3 observed that the high-I
strength in the motion plot}
the years of the recent worI
probably numbered amongc
estimated 100 to 150 Writers
Writers were generally looks
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T-3 does not now recall.

th 
that, according to information recently

vwood.
Jomrade ALBERT, who, accor

~aphs,
Llias RUDY BAKER, describes ALBERT

at its members in Hollywo

b6
b7C

Informant characterizes

ways been an excellent organizer and

ations, and was one who could hold down
He does not recall whether she was

nal Committee under her married or

I Ihad been transferred and

ommunist Party Branch in Washington,

once remarked to T-3 that the political

secret Party branch of Government

1 whom she believed to be the same

by T-3 as having been in Hollywood

 

Iwho is currently back

Iwho went to
in Hollywood who was under a subpoena

nmittee on Un-American Activities in

not to cosperate with the so
various individuals she had known in :0

b7C

ding to T-3's
may be identical with RUDOLPH

as being a rather slight individual,
age in 1938, having thin parchment?
accent, probably Polish. He was
sentative for the Far East, including
as or had been active in CI organizing
the United States before coming to

subject of JOHN HOWARD LAWSON and the
Hollywood in general with T-3 recently,
vater mark of the Communist Party

1P8 industry was undoubtedly during

Ld war. He estimated that the Party

od an

alone, and he recalled that the
upon as the most important and
arty.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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With reference to JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, concerning whose
top status amongst the Hollywood Communists there was no question,
according to T-3, informant recalls that just about the time the
Communist Political Association of the war years was to revert to
the Communist Party, USA, and the latter?s militant program, Film
Writer had a joint assignment along with another
Film Writer to do a film production for the Office of War Informa-
tion, which was to deal with the United Nations Organizing
Committee. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON wanted the then BROWDER line of the
Communist Political Association followed in doing this film, that
is, the film should have for its theme how the world was going to
flower and go on ta great things because of the United Nations,
etc. T-3 explained that this was Party line

in the days of the "e

nlightened capitalism."

However, Writer UNNE of OWI desired a more con-

servative approach to the 8
know, but we hope the Unite
It was the subject of some
mobilization, and finally,
in to decide the matter.

ubject the film, that is, "We don't

Nations will work and do wonders, etc."
discussion i the Hollywood Writers?
Writer MORRIE ISKIND of DWI was called

At this point, explained that Writers PHILIP DUNNE

and MORRIE RISKIND were nev
while Writers LEONARDO BERG
LAWSON, very definitely wer

At any rate, MORR
thesis, not necessarily for
would be difficult to write
was decided to approach the
suggested by PHILIP DUNNE.

er members of the Communist Party,
OVICI and, of course, JOHN HOWARD
important Communist Party members.

IE RISKIND decided against the LAWSON
political reasons, but because it

the film the way LAWSON urged. It
film production along the lines
However, recalls that JOHN HOWARD

would not give up even after the decision was made. He
followed BERCOVICI and the two writers who were
to do the film, to San Francisco, and tried to persuade them as
Communist Party members to follow the LAWSON ideas of what the
film should portray. In View of the decision,regarding the matter,
that had already been reached, however, the two writers did not

follow LAWSON's ideas.

T-3 himself was in San Francisco during the days of the
United Nations Conference as an observer. STAROBIN, Writer for
the Communist Party's "Daily Worker," from New York, was also in

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private conversation, STJ
HOWARD LAWSON was "way 0:
that all was not well wii
his conversation, STAROBZ
American Communist Party
not realize until afterwe
so-called DUCLOS letter 

While at the Se
occasion to talk with MAD
Communist newspaper 
Nations Conference. MANG
which was just a few week
that the then position of
ridiculous. To prove it,
that appeared in the DUCL
resulted in the scramble
Political Association to
Communist Party, USA.

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in New York and later in 
this source named the fol:
would consider were the C:
and intellectual elements
exper'ence as a member of
HERBER IBERMAN,
and DALTO

Party's rule and attitude

contemplating 
Such 

were always doing.
Communist Party clearance
If the Part
individual, he or she was
the
which would be taken under
Party. T-8 recalled that

was the fact that 
to ask a great many question

generally be in a position
membership and activity in

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T-8 observed inc

Party member might app

During a

AROBIN told T-3 confidentially that JOHN
ff base" in his thinking at that time and
th the American Communist Party.
hinted strongly that changes in the

During

were soon to come. states he did

1rd that STAROBIN undoubtedly knew the
ras on the way.

Ln Francisco Conference, T-3 also had
Foreign Editor for the French
manite," who was also covering the United
INEN told T-3 privately at that time,

before the DUCLOS letter was issued,

the American Communist Party was

MANGINEN gave T-3 the very same arguments
OS letter a short time later, which

on the part of the American Communist

junk its program and revert to the

contact with T-B, former Party member
iollywood for some ten years up to l9u7,
Lowing individuals as the ones whom he
:mmunist Party leaders among the cultural
in Hollywood, based on his knowledge and
that section: JOHN HOWARD LAWSON,

.LT, ARNOLD

identally concerning the Communist
toward a Party member who desired or was
is, as a number of them in Hollywood
embers had to, or were supposed to get
before going to a or

member intended to consult such an

to be dropped from the Party. Afterwards,
1y for a renewal of his membership,
advisement and consideration by the
what the Communist Party was afraid of
and necessarily have
of the patient or client, and would
to find out all about the patient's

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T-3 has recently identified the following individuals as
-having been members of, and active in, the_gommunist Party in the
past in Hollywood, within the experience and knowledge of this
informant, although T-3 cannot state of his own knowledge just
what eir Party status may be today:

 

 

recalls that BELFRAGE, a writer, was a member of
the Hollywood Communist Party prior to World War II. He later
went to New York City.

HAROLD ELEMSON

states that SALEMSON was or claimed to be a writer
of sorts, and was a member of the Hollywood Communist Party during
the war years. He had some sort of official position with the
Screen Writers Guild. be

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according*to,Tr3. and is at ?l
of ADRIA of th

Holl?b??5 Although ADRIAN SCOTT was am>hrty member I

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always careful not to become an actual Party member.



According to T-3, GORDON was an active member of the
Communist Party in Hollywood during the past war, and for a time
was assigned to the same Party branch with T-3. He was a member
as far back as the late 1930's. GORDON is employed in the motion
picture industry as a Reader, and T-3 believes he is still head
of the Story Department at MGM Studios.

JERR. 

 

T-3 identifies SACKHEIM as a writer who was once a
story editor in the film industry, and recalls he was a member of
the Communist Party in Hollywood as far back as 1937--1938.
Informant believes SACKHEIM is still in Hollywood but may not
still be active in the Party.

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LESTEMULLER 
FULLER is a Film Writer in Hollywood, who, T-3 states, a

was in the Communist Party movement up to about 19h5 or 1946.
However, T-3 is sure that FULLER has now quit the Party.

ALLEQEQORETZ

BOHETZ, a Writer, was a member of the Communist Party,
to T-3's knowledge, as late as 19h6. Informant recalls that he
once approached BORETZ as a Party member to try to get him to
donate $500 to the Party. He does not recall that BORETZ made the
donation. It is T-3's opinion, without having anything specific
upon which to base it, twat BORETZ too may be now out of the a
movement. a

 

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T-3 identified Ias a Film Writer who was still in
the Communist Party in Hollywood when informant himself quit the
movement. was characterized as having been a very solid
and loyal Party member at that time and one who would remain so,
in T-3's estimation.

T-3 recalls short forl I I I
was a member of the Communist Party in Hollywood, and was a Partv

member in New York before she came to Hollywood. 
ilm Actor VANFHEFLIN, Who, according to T?3's best information,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never was a Party member himselfl Iis or was the wife
of a musician in the studios namedl
ELL LOTTML IVAN

 

 

SULLIVAN, an Actor, was a membe
Communist Party in ollywood before the last war. He was commonly
referred to as LIVAN. He went into the armed service
durin. th- erwards he stayed in New York. I I
also a Party member,  I
a Communist Party member and Writer named _5x STER. LOU
AMSTER left Hollywood a few years ago and returned to ew York
where, according to T-3's latest information (1948), AMSTER was
doing rather well for himself doing translation and film title

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work on foreign film productions in New Yorkthatl Ia Hollywood Agent, and
his wife were both mambers of T?3's Communist Party
branch in the late war years, about l9hh?-l9h5. Informant does
not know doing in the film industry now.

She was the.wifewal Ia motion picture
cameraman. T-3 recalls thatl Iwas a member of the

Part in Mood during the war years.and he thinks possibly
I was also; Iwas much the stronger

character of the two. Th are now divorced and T-3 does not
know whatl [is doing now.

 

 

 

 




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Both writers in the film industry, according to 
who were in the Communist Party movement in Hollywood as early as

1939.



 

A a screen writer, was, along with his wife

a membe?or the Cultural Section of the Communist Part in
Hollywood, according to who seems to recall that

held some minor functionary post for a time like Chairman of a
Writers Branch. It ma noted with reference 
also identifies] as having been Chairman of a Communist
Party Writers Branch in as late as lQhT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Universal Studios in Hollywood; 'She was a ?Ember of the Communist
Party, within T-3's recollection and knowledge, and at one time
held the position of Executive Secretary ?of the old Hollywood
Anti-Nazi League. T-3 states that he is certain thatl I
quit the Communist Party about three years ago, and that her present

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husbandl Irieve"a was in the Party. In earlier years i
LOU AMSTER, heretofore identified as 
a former Communist Party member in Hollywood, now in New YorkHollywood Writerl T-3 a
recalls that was a member of the Party in the early days
in Hollywood but has not been a 1ember for the past six or eight
years. Her husbandl never was in the Party, within
T-3's knowledge. In regard tol lit may be noted that 
T-9 has also identifiedL  as a former Communist Party 
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T-3 recalls that about 19h7-19h8, the Hollywood Section i
of the Co unist Party at Los Angeles was divided into three sub- _a
sections ultural, Community, and Industrial; that an individual
named JO TAPP was the over-all section organizer and responsible
to the County office. However, none of the cultural people,
particularly the writers, wanted to take on the responsibility of
being Organizer of the Cultural Sub-section. A faction among the
writers felt that their 'ob as Party members was to write rather
than to undertake functidnary duties. Among the leaders of the
faction holding this view were Writers WALDO SALT,
and ARNOLD MANOFF. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, on the other hand, insisted
that the writing members of the Party should undertake more actual
Communist Party work and hold functionary positions. Finally
MANOFF went to New York and saw MAersiss of the National
Committee, as a result of which the Communist Party in New York
sent SID BENSON out to Hollywood to work with JOHN STAPP as the
Organizer of the Cultural Sub-section in Hollywood. BENSON was
supposed to be an important figure but he failed in whatever
mission he was sent here for and returned to New York a year or
so later. T-3 states that BENSON was an old time Party Organizer

and had held an organizing post in some southern state, possibly
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states that he is surel Iwas a party

member as late as 19h8. He believes she came into the movement

about 19h7. Although she was never a:member of the party branch

with who has never been in a party meeting with her, he is

sure she was in the movement from the way she talked. In 19h8

I ,was employed with an unidentified documentary film group 

in New York. T-3 recalls seeing in 19 8 when he himself bf

was in New York on a visit and at that time told him that b?c

_the Communist Party National Committee had asked her to obtain

a writer to do a documentary film on the ?New York ll".

approached T-3 on the matter and T-3 turned her down but recommended

that she contact writer MAURICE RAPF. explained that he

himself was getting out of the party at that time and wanted

nothing to do with it. He does not know whether MAURICE 

was actually contacted or not, but states RAPF was in the

Communist Party movement in Hollywood in the early days and is

now living in the East.

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In connection with  I mentioned above, 
recalled an individual by the name of  who he said
was doing documentary film work similar tol Iin New York in
19h8. He is not sure, however, that  land would 36
necessarily know each other; however,T-3 recalls that  Icame i?c

 

over to the United States from Holland right after the last war.
He was in Hollywood for a time as a technical advisor on a

couple of pictures. stated that was a Communis and
he recalls being in a few party meetings with him. 

presumably still in New York, although T-3 has no recent information
concerning him.

states this individual was with OWI during the war
and was in Hollywood from New York ab ut where met him b5
after the war. He recalls a film cutter number cf OWI meetings in Hollywood. Informant
is surel was a member of the Communist Party, although this
is not based on attendance at any closed rarty meetings with him
that he can recall; however, he met ?at smaller meetings with
MALDO SALT aside from DWI meetings and WALDO SALT told that

was an "all right guy", which to T-3 clearly meant that

 

 

 

 

 

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okay from the Communist standpoint. WALDO SALT, it may
be noted, was to T-3's personal knowledge a member of the Hollywood 3
Communist Party as far back as 1938 and in later years was regarded 
as one of the leaders in the movement in Hollywood. In further
reference tol recalls that although he was
originally a film cutter with OWI, he eventually rose to a sort
of director with the film production ?The Quiet One?, which was
produced in the East. be



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identified[ Ias a playwright who is still
in Hollywood and who to T?3's knowledge, has been in the
Commun st movement a long time.

 

 

 

    

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T-8 identifies ALLEN LEWIS, a playwright, as being a
member of the same writers branch of the Communist Party in
Hollywood with in 19h7. Informant redalls LEWIS as a ?rip
roarine Red". According to best information at the present
now in MeXico ?for the duration?. He was a member
of T43's last party branch boforo informant quit the mOVement in
lQhT. Other members of this writers group were 
Isas?l?ssNNART,  land his VICTOR

In further regard'to ALLEN LEWIS, T-3 made the-
?robservation that it was LEWIS who, with writerl I
also a Communist Party member, was largely responsible for
wrecking the Actor's Laboratory at Los Angeles by making it
openly a political vehicle.

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gas.r,lDMUNDs BOOKSHOP

This bookshop was originally owned and operated by one
LARRY EDMUNDS and is still operated in Hollywood. Both and
T-B agree that the EDMUNDS Bookshop was and probably still is
a Communist Party concentration point in Hollywood where Communist
Party literature used to he picked up within their knowledge. A
few years ago LARRY EDM the.owner. killed himself but he
left the bookstore to one Iwho operates it now.
and T-B both identifi Ias known to them as a nartv
member in the past. and his bookshop will not handle 
any books or literature ich are anti or unfavorable to the
Communist Party. once remarked to that he was
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According to both] Ia motion picture
soundman and his wife, were still party members at the
time T-3 himself quit the movement in states that
is in New York now. He ecalled seeing in New York in
the spring of 19u9 at the time of the Cultural and Scientific
Conference for World Peac put on by the National Council of
ASP. At that time urged T-3 to attend the peace meeting. b6



According to LESTER KOENIG, a writer in Hollywood,
was a member of the party as early as the late 1930's, but quit
in about lQhS. Informant believes he is now associate
producer with motion picture producer MIL NYLER. UYLER, himself,
never was a party member within T~3's own knowledge and experience.

 

 

 

 
 
 

  
   

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Both T-3 and T-E identifyl Ias having been
a member of the Communist Party in Hell od within their
knowledge and experience. T-B Iew York prior
to 19h2 where was a member of the party, although at that
time sne did not know] Ito be a member if she actuall
was. T-B was later transferred to Los Anseles and met 
again in Hollywood, at which time was a member of the 3b
party. T-3 simularily identifies and recalls that she
was in the same party bran wits him at one time during the
hO's believesl husband, an engi.eer named
was also in but this is not based on actual attendance
at a branch meeting with him. working for an aircraft
factory but was terminated, probably for security reasons. It
was Tails understanding that when he got fired from this job,
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According to CAMERON MCKENZIE was sort of a
financial expert in New York who once was president of a railroad.
~3smma3through personal knowledge that MCKENZIE was a member of
the Communist Party in New York prior to 19h2  I
I which fact T-B desires to be kept confidential 
at this time. According to T-B's last information, MCKENZIE is 3b


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now connected with television in New York, in what exact Capacity
he does not know. MCKENZIE was out in Hollywood from New York
about two years ago and remarked to that he was still in the
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T-8 identifies PETER LYONS as a radio writen-and one?
time president of the Radio Writer's Guild in New York. Tad

recalled that IYONS used to come to Los Angeles on Communist
Party business, exact nature of which informant did not know.
He is related in some way to CAMERON MCKENZIE, mentioned above,
and T-B believes that and MCKENZIE were both grandsons of
the elderly Mr. the founder of the McClure Magazine
in New York. T-B recalls thatl  mentioned above,

.3 at one time the girl friend of LYONS in Few'York before

came to Hollywocd. It is noted that T?3_agrees with

T?B-in identifying PETER LYONS as a party member in New York. be

b7C

?*Tr3 identifiesl a Hollywood writer, andE::]
who is generally {nown as as both being
members of the Communist Party in Hollywood 1 in T?3's knowledge
and experience. I  came to Hollywood from New York
about leZ?aecording to recollection.

AME-1E 

T-3 identifies DREHER as a prominent cutter in the
film industry and radio writer who was a member of the Communist
Party in Hollywood; however, states DREHER has disappeared
from the Hollywood scene so far as he knows and he does not know
what DREHER may be doing or where he is located now. In connection
with DREHER, it is noted that the lets-so issue of the international
Motion Picture Almanac lists one CARL DREHER as an engineer born
in Vienna, Austria in 1896. Heivas educated at City College of
New York, class of 1917. From 1917 to 1923 he was a wireless_
operator for Marconi Company, RCA and others. From_1923 to 1928
he was broadcast engineer in charge of WJZ and WJY (RCA), New
York and Chief Engineer for RCA Photophone. From 1929 to 1937 he
was in charge of sound for RKO Radio Pictures.

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identifies WALTER as a negro party member
from New York who came to Los Angeles from New York after the
war to raise money for a negro veteran's organization. T-B
knew GARLAND in New York through a party member named

This was prior to 19? when T-8 was transferred 
to Los Angeles and at that time was Section Organizer a
for the Communist Party Westchester Section in New York. T-B i

states that he learned last year indirectly from a Communist 
Party source thatl Iis currently ?on ice", by which term
is meant that he has been withdrawn from open activity and is
beino; saved for a reaponsible position with the pa ,rty if the
Communist Party leaders should be picked up. {?Tng



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b7c

T-8 identifies this individual as a member of the
Communist Party in New York prior to 1943 when T-B left New York
to come to Los Angeles. As a matter of fact, it was T-8 who
originally recruitedl the Conmunist Party in New
York.  husband, was a commercial artist
in New York and was not a member?bf the Communist Party. As a

ma??er_g?_faet_?e was anti~Communist Party. When last heard
of she was a Section Organizer of the party in {-44 

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T-3 states thatl Iwas in the Communist
movement in New York when was in the New Theater League
in New York in the 1930's. She was in the movement even before
T-3 joined the party in Hollywood in about 1938. He brother
was a party member too, altaough T-3 cannot remember his name.
Informant has no reason to believe thatl Iwas related
in any way to V. J. JEROME. ?ea

 

 

 

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up to a year or so ago a member of the Story Department of the
William Morris Agency in Hell wood, was an old-time party member
who would bear watching. Iis said to have left Hollywood
in the last year or so and is now located in Europe where 

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suggests lie might make party contacts and return to the United

States. Ihen the Morris Arencv merged with the Eerg-Allenberg
Aaoncy, a year or ousted and he left
hollywood sometime thereafter. rate bright, cold

and loyal to the Communist Party. be



 

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According to Tm}, screen writer LEONARDO EERCOVICI, 
with whom is well acquainted, was probably telling the truth
when he testified before the House Committee on Un-American 5
Activities recently that he as not now a party member. T-3
stated that BEECOVICI was, at one time, very definitely in the
party movement in Hollywood, although he does not believe he is
actually a member now. At the same time BERCOVICI may not be
entirely anti?party either. With regard to the recent suicide
of wife FRANCES in Hollywood, T-3 states this
unfortunate occurrence had nothing to do with the House Committee
hearings or with politics. The BERCOVICIS had been having
domestic troubles for quite somethma.zy?g



Both T-3 and T-3 identifyl Ha woman) as 1b?
being a member of the Hell wood Communist Party in the lQhO's. 
Neither could state as to Iexact status or feeling now.
She was at one time an assistant toI Ia Communist

Party member who was Secretary of the Hollyweod Writer's
Mobilization during the war yea 

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. T-3 and both identify] Ias being a
member of the Communist Party in Hollywood during the war years
and Secretary of the Hell wood Writer's Mobilization at one time.
There were rumors that had some political differences bin
with the art* but and T4 both doubt that she is out of the 
from Europe in redent months and 
yand recently saw her having lunch with and ELEAI.IOR
y: OWITZ, which to informants is a rather clear indication that
is probably still in good standing with the party in
View of the. act SONJA DAHL (Mrs. and ELEANOR
(Mrs. MURRAY OWITZ are both old- time members of the Communist
Party in Hollywo d. 

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states that Iis a scientist and member 
of the faculty at the California Institute of Tecdiolog 
Informant does not know dtfinitcly that is or been a 1

 

member of the Communist PaLrty, although T- 3 suspects 11e may be.
He sed this on the fact that in early 1948 JOHN HOWARD hiJ ON
HAP OL. NR and Te3 met withl Ifor the purpose of setting

up the West Coast counterpart of the Cultural and Scientific
Conference for World Peace, which was later held in New York.

T-3 explains that this meeting not a Communist
Party meeting as such, but was one of those tacit gatherin3s

where it is assumed that everybody present was a party 1.1em mber.
T-3 pointed out that JOHN HOWARD LAWSON was the leader of the 3?
party in Hollywood cultural groups and was a man who gave an Pb
enormous amount of his tire to party business. b7c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Between them T- 51nd T- Bid??i?r both1 I
and his wifel I as members of the Communist Party. T- 3
knewl rag a party member in HOlewood. immediately
after the recent war. states bothl Iwere members
of T- 8's party writer's branch in 19h? in Hollywood. Both are
now be lieve to be in New York.



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INVESTIGAT
IN THE MOT
HOUSE COMMIT

On May 26, 195
learned from a source wh
Committee on Un-American

wife of Motion
before the Committee cone

ON OF COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
ON PICTURE INDUSTRY BY THE
EE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES

advised that he had recently
?ch he considers reliable,
Activities plans
Picture, Actor JOHX
erning her?knowledg

that the House
{asiubpoena Mrs. ROBERTA
I to testify
of Communist activi-

 

ties in Hollywood. T-6 said he had received information indicating
that the House Committee on Un-American Activities is in posses-
sion of a Communist Party membership card for ROBERTA GARFIELD,

and that the Committee plans to confront her with this evidence

on the occasion of her appearance under subpoena.

In this connection, it may be noted that in the daily
newspaper column of New York Columnist VICTOR RIESEL, which

appeared in the Los Angelo

wrote that "If Hollywood 

it who held Communist Part
Book No. h8,917 in lth, i
Section of the Los Angeles
itself one of the great hu
it may show why a great st

Columnist RIESEL

referred to nor did he dis

T-T, in May, 19M
member, designated only as
Association membership car

before that, 19h3, held Cor

25,192; further that as of
Club or Group of the Nor
Assembly District Club.

Un-American Activities, at

a Communist Party member at

In regard to the


identical with ROBERTA GARE
recently testified under SL

GARFIELD was never in the 
the knowledge and experienc
GARFIELD may have flirted 
may possibly have been an a

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Daily News for June 7, 1951, RIESEL
an get the Justice Department to tell

card No. 25,192 in 19h3, and Communist
ssued by Branch of the Northwest
County Communist Party, it will get
man interest stories of the year, for

ar perjured himself."

did not identify the great star he
close the source of his information.

5, reported that a Communist Party

ROB G., held Communist Political

i number h8,917 in lth, and in the year
nmunist Party membership book number
19h5, ROE G. had been transferred from
:hwest Section of the Party to the 57th
1e referred to by T-7 may be
wife of Actor JOHN GARFIELD, who
proena before House Committee on

which time he stated he had never been
.d did not even know any Communists.



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GARFIELDS, T-3 advises that JOHN
ommunist Party in Hollywood, within
of T-3. Informant thinks ROBERTA
ith the Communist Party movement and
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could not so state speciJ

sat in a closed Party meeting with her.

GARFIELD is a Hollywood 
most of his time in New 



ically based on recollection of having
states that JOHN

ilm actor and a gobd one, but spends

ork now. believes he would certainly

have known it if JOHN GARFIELD had been a member of the Communist

Party?~at least in Hollyw
splendid and successful a
that. Nevertheless, T-6
reported statm
Activities that he did no
or know anyone who was a

ood. He characterizes GARFIELD as a

ctor but not too intelligent aside from
states he finds it difficult to believe
nent to the House Committee on Un?American
know anything about the Communist Party
Party member.

In a double page space purchased for that purpose in
the Hollywood Reporter, motion picture trade publication, for

May 29, 1951, was printed

what purports to be a letter

written by ALBERT MALTZ to the Editors of the Saturday Evening

Post. The subject of the

MALTZ letter to the Post is the recent

 

\\Srticle prepared for the publication by Film Director EDWARD

 

 

recent witness be
Activities, to whom 
the Communist Party in Ho]

zfore the House Committee on Un-American
TK disclosed his career as a member of
.lywood.

In regard to ALHERT MALTZ, T-6 has identified him as a

loyal member of the Commur
own experience and knowlec
recalls that about 19h6 MA
Party did not agree, with
severely disciplined MALTZ
which clearly showed that

List Party in Hollywood, within T-6's
.ge of the movement there. Informant
LTZ wrote an article with which the
the result that the Communist Party

with the result that recanted,
he would remain loyal to the Party.

In his letter to the Editors of the Saturday Evening

Post, attempted to 
apart step by step in an 
to be completely unreliabl
his letter to the Editors

"This is the man of co
in your pages. What

ake article in that publication
ffort to discredit and show him

in everything he says. MALTZ closed

by characterizing as follows:

nscience who now tells his story
conscience? A conscience that was

quickly and cheaply refurnished by h% months in prison

and is now a commodity for hire.
swears he speaks the truth.

This is the man who
What truth? He has lied

and defiled others with his lies; he has traduced the
good principles for which he once stood; and now he buys

his way back into the

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careers of 30 others.

and the prejudiced,

points out
with the Communist Party

Who, but the blind, the stupid,
will believe anything he says?"

based on his own considerable experience
and its tactics, that the MALTZ letter

is consistent with the Party's tactics of trying to discredit

anyone who is against it,

and particularly those who were Party

members at one time and who have turned against the Party. A few
days after the MALTZ letter appeared in the Hollywood Reporter,
a full page statement was issued in the Hollywood Daily Variety,

also a trade publication,
statement was issued over the na

in?maasmsusc-aomstaiss?eaw, JA

in various apacities with the motion picture industry.

connected
This statement, which is

in its issue of June 6, 1951._ This
of I. 
.DALES, and ALEXANDE MPNER, all

captioned "You Can Be Free Men Againl,"

was in reply to the MALTZ letter to the Saturday Evening Post.
It points out that the Cammunist Party is now trying to destroy

EDWARD for break:
to the proper Government
is not the first eX-Commi
"scoundrel" and "perjure:
leveled by the Communist
as KOESTLER, LOUIE
CHAMBERS.

with the Party and exposing its secrets
agencies. It points out that 
inist to be called "faker" and "liar" and
that these same accusations have been
Party against such militant ex?Communists
3 BUDENZ, ELIZABETH BENTLEY, and WHITTAKER

The statement thereafter goes on to say:

?In each case,

the records of these persons show

that their disillusionment with Communism came slowly,

 

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but with it came determination to help destroy the 

menace which once had trapped them.

The attack against

merely confirms what veteran fighters against
communism already know, namely, that the party has been

hit where it hurts.

"Any american who associates with the Communist

Party is befouled.

He is befouled, not by the person

?who exposes himjoining a traitor-

ous conspiracy against his own country.
S. Supreme Court decision upholding
then a story which should interest

confirmed by the U.
the Smith Act. Read

This has been

you, a story of a person who finally realized that he had
been besmirched by his association with the Communist

Party and who sought
slime to cleaner ground:

 

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"We are just at
Hollywood who have 
tration and failure
picture capital. 01
EDWARD at hi
to rehabilitate hims
We questioned him at
him that we were not

few of the many loyal Americans in
elped bring about the complete frus?
of the Communist Party in the motion
February 2, 1951, we met with

8 request. told us he wished
elf and he asked our advice and help.
length and searchingly. We told
interested in him personally or

whether he ever got a job again. We made sure in our
own minds that it was not principally economic pressure
which had led to want to come clean, although,
of course, that had something to do with it. We made
sure that really trying to escape the

 

Communist trap.

1

"The advice we gave was tough and drastic.
No one without courage and sincerity could have followed
that advice. in appointment was made for with
the F.B.I. Another meeting was arranged with investigators
for the House Committee on Un?American Activities. We
suggested his voluntary appearance before the committee.
We suggested a magazine article. In meeting after.meeting
with we watched the man change and gradually lose
his fear that for the eX?Communist there is no road back
to decent society. We watched as, with his intellectual

blinders removed, he

slowly realized with growing anger

the truth and the enormity of the Communist conspiracy

against our land. We warned him to expect vicious attacks
by the Communist Party.

"Not one item of fact in the Communist Party line
attack on EDWARD was unknown to us nor to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation nor to the House Committee

on Un-American Activi

ties. himself told us the

facts, in proper sequence and perspective and not perver-

tedly twisted to serv

the Communist Party line. The one

thing we could not know in advance, of coursethe attack

claim that ha
ground. We are certs
that. This BIG LIE 
for a collection of 

on namely, the unsupported
said Progressives must go under?
in never said anything like
as fashioned as the supposed 'clincher'
elf-truths and distortions in time

and fact. The BIG LIE is an official technique of the

Communist Party.

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"The attack on
it came as no surpri
Party operates. But
its effort to destrc
it would be a victor
for emericanism.

 

"We will be sur
by the Communist Par
the guts to stand up

to the proper government agencies.

desire and time for

tentacles of the Communist Party.

But there seeking 
free men againi'"

 

was not unexpected and
se to those who know how the Communist
the Communist Party has failed in

EDWARD Were it otherwise,

for the Communist Party and a defeat

prised if there are not other attacks
ty on other former Communists who have
and be counted and to tell the truth
It takes courage and
an American to work free of the

And it takes help.

ut. To any Communist Party members
hat way, we say: 'You too can be

 

According to an

addendum beneath the above statement,

the Motion Picture Industry Council, composed of Hollywood's key
guild, union and management groups, endorses the above statement

in accordance with the MP

10 policy announced March 21, 1951, of

urging all persons subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un?American
Activities to tell the whole truth, and of offering "commendation

and encouragement
who have repudiated party

to those former members of the Communist Party

ties and who join their fellow Americans

 

 

in the fight for freedom."

T-6 advises that the House Committee on Un?American
Activities presently has a list of eighty-five individuals who
have been identified as Communist Party members by previous wit-
nesses. The Committee is considering the issuance of subpoenaes
for a number of these individuals and plans to have these people
testify at future hearings to be conducted during August or
September, 1951, in either Washington, D. C., or Hollywood. It
is T-6?s information that these are tentative plans, however, and
that it may depend on the volume of other Congressional business
on the various Committee members.

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CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL

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GROUPS

Southern California Chapt r,

National Council of Arts,
Sciences and Professions
(Hollywood ASP)

 

On June 8, 1951
and rally at the Embassy
was widely advertised bef
Communist news organ for
to the general membership
other organizations with i
information which T-l rece
would be the first Los An;
months of political impri.
playwright, and member of
discuss informally his pri
Washington hearings and t1
Along with TRUMBO as a fez
writer PAUL JARRICO, a rec
on Un-American Activities,
Inevitability of Peace".

SA ANDREW J. DEC
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Hollywood ASP organization

meeting with the statement
which has no use for weak
is a fighting organization
HERBERT BIBERMAN as his 10
in ASP who would call the

It may be noted
by as well as other co
as having been one of the
Party movement in Hollywoo

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which ASP collaborates.
aived from the ASP office,
geles public appearance after ten
sonment of DALTON TRUMBC,

1e emerging people's
1tured speaker would also be screen
:ent witness before the House Committee

the Hollywood ASP sponsored a meeting
Luditorium in Los Angeles. This meeting
re hand in the Daily People's World,

he West Coast, and by circulars mailed
of the Hollywood ASP as well as to
According to
this rally

screen writer,
the "Hollywood 10?. TRUMBO would

son experiences as well as the new
culture in America.

who would address the rally on ?The

was present at the ASP rally on

on this event was also furnished by

.88, Vice?Chairman of Sciences for the
served as chairman and opened the
that he was proud of the ASP organization
and Spineless organizations; that ASP

with a fighting audience. He introduced
ng-time friend and colleague and leader
meeting to order.

1

that HERBERT BIBERMAN has been identified
nfidential sources in a position to know,
more active members of the Communist

for many years.

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The gist of BIB RMAN's remarks opening the meeting
was that those present at this rally were far ahead of their
time. He recalled that en he was in Federal prison as one
of the ?Hollywood 10", a ellew prisoner told BIBERHAN that he
was like the early Christ'ans ahead of his time - and had no
business being in prison. Thereafter, BIBERMAN continued to
draw the parallel between the early Christians of Home in 
day with what he said was going on in this country today.
NERO, the Roman tyrant ch rged the Christians with being subversive.
In NERO's view they were angerous because they were against
corruption and in overnment. NERO had to liquidate them
to hold his power in Rome. He did it in the name of security
of the State in the same way that minority groups in the United
States are being persecuted today. When the ?oman philosopher
SENECA told NERO that Rome was committing suicide and begged him
to stop the drive against the Christians, NERO ordered SENECA put
to death. 1

BIBERMAN told th rally that the tragedy of our time
is that we will all die un ess we live according to our principles.
He told the audience that they there tonight were a little early
with their ideas and he pointed out that it is easier to die for
principles than to live by them.

lie is a lie", he said, ?whether spoken by a
Roman fiddler or an American piano player". The obvious
reference here was to President TRUMAN and the audience received
remark with laughter and applause.

BIBERMAN thereafter touched upon what he referred to as
the "big lie" that those in charge of the U. 3. Government are
trying to cram down the threats of the public. BIBERMAN told the
audience that the charge of force and violence by the progressive
movement is an old old lie; that we have alternatives and
principles and we will live according to them. He said we owe
a debt to the ASP Council crganization in that ASP affords
a weapon against militarization and black-listing as well as the
"big lie". Thereafter, he announced that in the name of American
liberty he was calling this rally to order and he introduced
writer PAUL JLRRICO as a fabulous man of the studios, co?author
of the motion picture "Song of Russia" and many other notable
Eilm productions. PAUL JLRRICO would address the rally on
The Inevitability of Peace."

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in Washington.

ed PAUL as one of the early
arty movement to organize among the
groups in Hollywood. He was a recent
ommittee on Un-American Activities

It was JJ RICO who, according to T-3, went to

film writer and former Couaunist Party member RICHARD COLLINS,
who was also under subpoe a before the Committee, and begged

COLLINS not to cooperate

Party in Hollywood.

ith the Committee or to reveal anything

concerning the personalities and fellow members in the Communist


PAUL JARRICO re
audience as he got up to
the statement that the qu
World War between the
that the present war in 
however, that it ish?scon

eived a standing ovation from the

-peak. He opened his address with

stion is whether there is to be a

U. S. and the U.S.S.R. He maintained
rea is not a "limited" war. He said,
ention that a war between the U. S. and

the U.S.S.R. must be prevdnted and that it will be prevented.


Thereafter, he jiscussed what he said were the causes

of the in
and the U.S.S.R.

ernational relations between the U. S.

In the United States, he said, there is an

official explanation which the President proclaims, the Congress
legislatn3inM3the law, and which the Supreme Court upholds.
Moreover, the official explanation by the U. S. is continually
being mouthed by the American press and radio. He said the

accepted American View is

typified by the Voice of America which

puts out its propaganda along the following lines and proposes

to make the world believe

country and that we have fought two world wansfor it.

that our country is a peace-loving
In both

wars our strength was decisive; however, a new enemy has arisen

to try to rule the world.

right with U. 8. did and material.
trade?with the Russians at Yalta, That was a mistak .

In the past war the U.S.C.R. did all
However, F.D.R. made a "bad
TRUMAN made

another deal with the Russians at Potsdau. That was a mistake.

We disarmed. The U.S.S.R

. meanwhile increased its armament.

The U.S.S.R. operates a Fi th Column by means of its Communist

Parties in all countries.

the UN while its Fifth Columns continue to operate.

The U.S.S.R. has continually obstructed
The U.S.S.R.

was deterred for a time by the U. 3. Atomic Bomb. So, the

U.S.S.R. stole our Atomic

Bomb secrets. By 19h? HARRY TRUMAN

announced tlat we would confine Communism. We, thereafter, sent

aid to Greece and Turaey,
and later by the Atlantic

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followed by the Marshall Plan for Europe
Pact. Meanwhile the U.S.S.R. secured

 

 

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its greatest victory in Far East and moved on China through
a satellite. Only if peace?loving nations stand together can
peace be achieved. The 1i es are drawn the U.S.S.R. on one
side with subjugated countries and on the other the U. S. with
all the free nations of tie world.

JJRRICO stated tiat that is what they are saying in
this country ?from TRUMAN on up?. After completing his quotation
of the American official planation put out by the Voice of
America, JQRRICO said, have been listening to the Voice of
America, sponsored by free enterprise, which makes more damn
things."

Thereafter, JLRRICO charged that the only thing wrong
with the entire official explanation as put out by the Voice
of America is that it just simply is not true and ?to put it
diplomatically, they are all a bunch of liars".

Thereafter he Confined the rest of his speech to what
he claimed was the true facts about the<ianm1n?en of relations
between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. He went back to World War I
which he said was strictly a business war on both sides; that the
United States could have just as easily have been on the German
Kaiser's side in that war had the Kaiser owed us billions of
dollars like France and England did. He said we claim to be
a peace?loving nation and added that the people are,but the
Government is not. He charged that you can go to jail for your
opinions in the United States-and he pointed to the case of the
"Hollywood 10" as an example.

Thereafter, he asked what about Russia. JJRRICO said
he himself is not at war with Russia and until Congress declares
war, he reserves the right to discuss whether it should; that
if this be treason, make the most of it. He said Communism
is the opposite of Fascism; that Fascism is the extention of
Capitalism while Communism is the extension of Socialism.
Socialism is the opposite of Capitalism and all Communists are
militant proponents of Socialism.

Imperialism, he said, is a child of Capitalism and
the profit system. Capitalism must have markets outside of its
own boundaries and it must exploit other peoples to continue to
exist. By contrast,he stated,under its system, the U.S.S.R. does
not have to exploit other peoples.

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He said that So i

the U.S.S.R. was born out of a desire for peace.

5

alism has always opposed war; that
He charged

that former President HER ERT HOOVER refused not only famine

4.

relief to the Russians, 



also refused it to those who refused

to fight the Russians; that he could remember with shame when

the U. 8., after World Ha

I, joined other nations in sending

troops against the Russia after their revolution.

JARRICO told th
of collective security to 
1930's when Russia was trmi
in common security agai 
Russian effort failed and

a

War. When
made a pact with HITLER an
Speaking of the 2


C1.

and has

ahat happened?
Western point of view, HITJER and Fascism use all right
long as HITLER moved 

rally that we owe the first concept

he U.S.S.R. and he pointed to the

ng to get all nations to ban together

rising Fascism in Germany. The

Munich! From the

so

The Western nations wanted a

he U.S.S.R. realized this fact, they
"doubled?crossed the double-erossers".



harge that the U.S.S.R. is?imperialistic

set program of expanding its territory, JARRICO pointed

 

out that the Baltic countries of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
were originally torn from Russia after World War I and that in
taking these countries back the U.S.S.R. was merely recovering

 

what was lawfully theirs.

He stated further that the so?called

Satellite Countries which American propaganda charges have been

o?errun by the U.S.S.R., wc
had been no Russia. He
United States which has int
country moves toward real i
efforts in Burma, Korea, In
of this he stated is due to

cha

uld have gone Socialist even if there
rged that actually it has been the
ervened wherever and whenever
reedom and he cited as examples U.S.
do China and the Philippines. All
American imperialism. He said the


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U.S. can perhaps delay the movement of these countries toward
real freedom but that it cam never stop it. At the same time
the U. S. is sponsoring France Spain and Marshal TITO in

Yugoslavia. 

 

Again speaking of the subject of peace or war, JERRICO
stated categorically that Russia hates war and in reply to his
retorieal question ?Is Russia afraid of war", he stated,

You are damn right Russia 1 afraid of war. She is afraid of
the Atomic Bomb and what is more she is afraid of having to use
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STALIN, he saidy has repeatedly stated that Capitalism
and Communism can exist tdgether without war. Let them both exist
and let the people of the world choose between them. Alf American
imperialism cannot solve its problems without a third world war,
it is through. The peopl of the world will not allow it.

Russia will not start a and the U. S. cannot win it.

 

JARRICO closed His speech by quoting from what he 

said was his statement be ore the House Committee on Un-American 

Activities in Washington ecently. He, thereafter, told the a

rally that our fight agai st war is inevitable and we shall not 

fail. JARRICO again received a standing ovation as he sat down. a
1

Following JARRICO, HERBERT BIBERMAN again addressed
the rally briefly, referring to Monday, June h, 1951, as "black
Monday", when he said the Supreme Court handed down a number of 
far-reaching decisions. He referred particularly to the court's 
decision upholding the conviction of the eleven Communist Party 
leaders and to the decision which sustained the lower courts in
upholding the loyalty oath ?n=county employees in Los Angeles.
BIBRRMAN asked those present at the rally for permission for the
Hollywood ASP organization to send a sharp demand to the Supreme
Court in their names for a rehearing in the case of the "New York
11". The rally granted him this ermission without a dissenting
voice. BIBERMAN followed this with a request for similar
authorization for ASP to send a sharply worded demand to President
TRUMAN that the Supreme Corrt grant a rehearing involving the
case of the Los Angeles co nty loyalty oath. This authorization
was likewise granted witho dissent. He, thereafter, instructed
and urged each individual resentzt the rally to send individual
communications of a simila nature to President TRUMAN.

 

 

Thereafter, introduced screen writer DALTON
TRUMBG as one who had been jailed, but who remained untouched
and unbowed. He eulogized TRUMBO as a great writer who wrote
a fine pamphlet in the case of HARRY BRIDGES, another great
pamphlet for the "Hollywood 10? and the author of that great
novel against war, "Johnnie Got His Gun".

 

DALTON TRUHBO's address was principally an analysis
of the recent Supreme Court decisions on ?black honday", June h,
1951 in light of the Constitution. He charged that the U.S.
is no longer governed by written law, but by police decrees and
judicial interpretation.

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He made a genenal attadk on the opinion of Chief Justice

VINSON of the Supreme Co rt in the case of the ?New York ll"

and he charged that in ery respect the Supreme Court on June h,

1951 had violated every aution placed upon them by the ten and

women who framed the Constitution.



He said that the real attack has never been against
the Communist Party but ather has been made against free speech.
He referred to the Court's decision as Constitutional betrayal.
At the same time he praised the opinions rendered by the two
dissenting judges. TRUMB said he believed that the dissenting
opinion of Justice BLACK pf the Court implies that the Justice
urges the people to cry 0 against the Court's decision . He
charged that we stand on he threshold of Fascism in the U.S.
and that the Department 0 Justice stands ready to arrest tens
of thousands of citizens.

Referring to th? year he spent in jail as one of the
"Hollywood 10?, TRUMBO sa that while he was in Federal prison
at Ashland, Kentueky, he id considerable reading on the State
of Kentucky. He cited a umber of statistics to show the
utter backwardness and il iteracy of Kentucky which he said is
second in this regard only to Congressman RANKIN's home state
of Mississippi. He point out that the leading men from Kentucky
are such people as formericongressman ANDREW W. MAY, Vice?President
ALBIN W. BARKLEY and the Honorable HAROLD BURTON of the U. 3.
Supreme Court. He charged that these men are big in Government
and are trying to make ov?r the Government in the image of their
home state.

In referring to the House Committee on UnuAmerican
Activities, TRUMBO charged that as a result of the Committee's
19h? hearings and the impr?senment of the ?Hollywood 10", the
content of motion picture0 have changed; that the American
screen is the closest portrayer of force and violence today;
that the film industry has been intimidated by the House Committee;
that the firm is being uti izcd by the Government to prepare the
people for war. 1

He said that the men and women who recently have
defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in its
cultural hearings, need not lose their careers as actors,
actresses and writers; that they should and must continue to act
and write wherever they can to bring the truth to the people,
even on street corners if need be.

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He said that th channels and means of communication.
must be kept open; that final tragedy will be for Fascism
and the final victory for the people. He quoted ALEXANDER a
HAMIBTON to the effect th the will of the people is superior
to both the Congress and he Supreme Court.

During the rall the usual plea for funds was made.
Individual contributions ere announced ranging from #250 down.
The total amount taken in was not announced and the individual
who handled this phase of the rally stated that it was unfortunate
that in these times donor and contributors must necessarily
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On May Bl, 1951 the local chapter of the Civil Rights
Congress held a public meeting at the Royal Palms Hotel in Los
Angeles. Announcements circulated re rding this eeting listed
two principle speakers, on being ALV ESSIE, nkwriter and
one of the "Hollywood 10" nd former member of the A wsham Lincoln
Brigade in Spain. The sec nd speaker would be JOHN T. TERNAN,
attorney in the STEVE NELS case who had returned to Los Angeles
during a five day recess ht the Pittsburgh Court where the case

  
  
         

was being tried. The annoxncoment contained the additional
comment that NELSON former officer in the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade, who fought HITLER and FRANCO in Spain, is now on trial
on charges of advocating overthr _of the Government by force
and violence. He and two there, and 

are victims of the brazen ttempt to railroad three American
patriots by bold frameup i the U.5. court."

Reporting agent ogether with SA IRVING T. WEEKS
were present at this meetilg wh'ch was rather poorly attended by
not more than 200 individuals. It was noted that the chairman
of this function was MARJOR OBINSON, the Executive Secretary
of the local Civil Rights Congress chapter, who was identified
in 1947 by T-h as a member of the local Communist Party at that
time.?
The Civil Rights Congress of which she is currently
the secretary, is an organization within the purview of Executive
Order 9835.

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that the No. 1 case of in crest in the country is still the 
eleven Communist Party le ders who were convicted in New York a
City:under the Smith Act ind whose case was, at this time, under

 

She opened the Eeeting by informing the audience

appeal to the Supreme Cou t; further, that secondary only to

the case of the?New York 1" is the one involving STEVE NELSON 3
and other defendants curr ntly being tried in Pittsburgh. i
She introduced ALVAH BESS E, screen writer and member of the 
"Hollywood 10", who had b?en recently released from prison.

ALVAH BESSIE ha been identified by as a long?time 
member of the Communist rty in Hollywood within this informant's a
Knowledge and experience ?n the Communist Party up to 19h8.

BESSIE opened w?th a brief eulogy of STEVE NELSON,

whose place as a speaker dt this function BESSIE was taking due

to an automobile accident in which NELSON had been involved

recently. He said that actually no one could take NELSON's

place; that NELSON is the ind of individual who usually takes
someone else's place. BESSIE recalled that both he and NELSON
had fought in the Spanish ivil War in the fight of Loyalist
Spain and he recounted var'ous examples of heroism and leadership
which NELSON had exhibited in the Spanish Civil War.

Thereafter, BESS went on to criticize the leaders
of this country in attempt ng to bring us into a third world war.
He said that in order for hem to do this it is necessary
for them to properly condi ion the people, which they will
attempt to do through the ewspapers, the radio and motion
pictures. He cited as an xample the recent picture, Was A
Communist For The pointed out that the people are
furnished with only inform tion which big business wants them
to hear. He mentioned as example of the control of information
the manner in which the pr sonrwhere he was confined selected
the stations and the radio programs which the prisoners were
forced to listen to whethe they wanted to or not.

 

  

. Following ALVAH ESSIE, the chairman introduced BILL
as one who is part of the labor movement. WHEELER, whose

full name is WILLIAM GILMO was identified in 19h?

as a member of the Los Angeles ommunist Party at that time by

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WHEELER read atrepercd speech to the audience which was
devoted almost entirely tb eulogizing STEVE NELSON, with whom
he claimed to have servedyin the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during
the Spanish Civil War. In connection with his Speech, WHEELER
took occasion to make a plea for funds for the Civil Rights
Congress. 

 

The featured spiaher was attorney JOHN T. 
counsel for the defense 0 STEVE NELSON in the trial in 5
Pittsburgh. It is noted hat according to information furnished a
by JOHN T. Was a member of the Hilshire?Fairfax
Club of the Communist Par of Los Angeles during the approximate

period to lgh?.

MCTERNAN opened by commenting on the immense steel
enterprisesin Pittsburgh, which he stated controlled the entire
area. He remarked that if such companies U. S. Steel and
Jones a Laughlin Steel Coiaany and others were removed from
Pittsburgl, there would be nothing left but the current Nesta
enterprise. This is the ly company, he pointed out, that had
successfully withstood the1efforts of the unionsto organize in
its plants. He said this is considered significant in view of
the fact that the Governme had appointed PERLA WESTA as Ambassador
to the country of Luxemborg. In Pittsburgh, he said, the policies
of the big papers as well as the two major political parties are
always identical; that whi_c the Republican Party sets the
actual policy, the Democratic Party has ?1e patronage.

Thereafter, went on to discuss the trial of
STEVE NELSON and the other defendants in Pittsburgh. He told
of the manner in which Judge MICHAEL S. MUSMANO, in whose court
the case is now being trie?,had himself instituted the proceedings
against the defendants; had first brought about their indictment}
and then personally caused their arrest on the same day that he
personally had engaged in a raid on the Communist Party Headquarters
along with MATT CVETIC. considered it highly unethical
for Judge to be connected with the trial in any way in View
of his previous action. He was critical of the fact that in the
selection of the jurors who would hear the case, he, was
not permitted to ask if any of the prospective jurors miaht be
prejudhmd if it were disclosed during the trial that one#or more
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alleged that after the trial began Judge

NUSNANO himself was calle

 

as the first witness. When MCTERNAN

questioned the Judge as to his ethics as to partici sting in this

case; the Judge commented

that he did not have to worry about his

ethies as they were extreaely high and moreover when he participated

in the early stages of th-

MCTERNAN told 

characterized as a fraud
trial.

   

case he was acting as a private citizen.

l6 WGOtins that the second witness in the
C?sc?was MATT pail

informant of the FBI whom 
nd a fake and was proven so in the

According to NCTERNAN, the next witness was MANNING

JOHNSON, who, in the cros
in the earlier part of th

The next witnes
charged with lying to the

cross examination of CROU 

examination by MCTERNAN admitted that
trial he had perjured himself.

was PAUL CROUCH whom NCTERNAN also
jury. As related it, his
completely deflated and repuiiated

CVETIC's reliability as a witness.

MOTERNAN then al

leged that there could not possibly

be a fair trial in the court where the NELSON case

w.s being prosecuted in vi

ew of the very strong anti-Communist

publicity which has been appearing daily in the local press.

He stated that as a matter

of fact on the same date the trial

was Opened, the world premier of the film Was A Communist For
The was held in Pittsburgh in connection with which the mayor

of Pittsburgh on the steps
to MATT CVETIC, on whose 
picture was based.
for an injunction to preve
particular time was denied

MCTERNAN further
NELSON case had been gotte
trial and that they were 
during the course of the 
attempted to convey to the
in which the STEVE NELSON
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of the courthouse gaVe greatfhenor
Xperionces in the Communist Party the

MCTERNAN said his application to the court

at the showing of this picture at this

charged that even the jurors in the

to prior to the commencement of the
van being influenced by the Government
rial. Throughout his speechg 
audience that the manner and atmosphere
trial was being conducted was a frameup

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Tell advised on
been received revealing th
Professions Council are en
an independent film produc
individuals who declined 
Un-American Activities as

Hollywood. In this regard
concern would be headed by.

10", who received a Federal
ion Un?American Activities in 19h7; GALE
SONDERGAARD, wife of and a motion picture actress who de-

before the House Committee

clined to testify before 
concerning her Communist 
picture screen writer who

House Committee on UnaAmer

Party activities in Hollyw od during the 1951 hearings;

OCH, a motion picture 
unfriendly 19" witnesses
House Committee on Un?Ameri

ST INFLUENCE
MOTION PICTURES

une 12, 1951 that recent information had
the Hollywood Arts,Sciences and
eavoring to promote the establishment of
ng concern employing the talents of
testify before the House Committee on

0 their Communist Party activities in
T-ll stated that the proposed film

HERBERT BIBERMAN, one of the ?Hollywood
prison sentence for failure to testify

The following we; prepared by SA JOHN M. CASHEL.

House Committee on Un?American Activities
rty affiliations; PAUL JARHICO, a motion
ikewise declined to testify before the

can Activities regarding his Communist

and HOWARD

en writer who was in 19h? one of the

rho were subpoenaed to testify before the

can Activities during its inquiry into

the activities of the Communist Party in Hollywood.

According to T?ll
picture production faciliti
for the productions which 
in that country. If such 
group in Mexico, it is indi

this group plans to utilize motion

es in Mexico if satisfactory facilities
hey desire to undertake are available
acilities are not available to this
cated that they may endeavor to lease

motion picture production space in Hollywood in order to produce

these independent films.

According to T-ll
produce three pictures, the
Scottsboro Boy", a story of
point of a great deal of Co
Following this production 
named or, according to T-ll

the group at the present time hope to
first of which will be entitled ?The

the Scottsboro case which has been the
mmunist agitation over a period of years.
he group, which as yet has not been

inborporated, will undertake a

production entitled ?The Diplomat" and the third production will be

entitled ?Rip Van Winkle".
is not known to T?ll nor is

The theme of the last two productions
there information available indicating

the identity of the individuals who will write, produce and direct

these independent pictures

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T?ll further explained

that information has been

redeived by the Hollywood lotion Picture Industry indicating
that this group, upon compl tion of one of their pictures Will,

undoubtedly,

order to obtain a release the picture.

contact the major film distributing companies in

In the event that

all major companies decline to release a production for this a
group, the group plans to t.cn bring about legal action.charging
conspiracy on the part of tee motion picture industry distributors

to deny them distribution cilities for their production.

Such

a suit would cause the moti picture industry embarrassment and
also would allege that such a conspiracy, if existent, would be
a definite violation of the U. S. Anti?Trust laws.

T-ll mentioned this action on the part of the

Hollywood ASP and these ind
executives of the Motion Pi
York and that the motion pi
been alerted concerning any
proposed to them by anyone

distribution, or studio spa


T-ll stated that

viduals has been made known to the
ture association of kmerica in New
ture executives in Hollywood have
business propositions which may be
the group for production finances,
e.

'efore any production could be under?

taken by this group, it wou undoubtedly be necessary for them
to arrange satisfactory and substantial financing with the

personalities involved. T?l
difficult for any group
support from any of the

banks which make

loca
loans to me

adviSed that
of the division of the Unite

such

1 predicted that it would be quite
as this to obtain much financial
1 major distributing companies or
tion picture producers.

COMMUNIST INFILTRATION
OF HOLLYWOOD LABOR

iuring the past month representatives
1 Office and Professional Workers

of America, which had been expelled from the 010 because of the

Communist influence prevailil

1g therein, have endeavored to

organize the eleven office employees of the United World Films

Company, 73h6 Melrose Avenue.

Los Angcles, a film distributing

group which is a subsidiary of Universal?International Pictures,
Inc., Universal City, California.

T-12 explained that
16 millimeter films for hon
recently been distributing sc
Universal?international Pictu

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United World Films distributes
10 and educational showings and have
me television shorts produced by

res, Inc.

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Some recent agita

tion developed between the office

employees of the United World Films to affiliate with an

international union.

lone of the office employees

consistently urged the grozp Ed?select the UOPWA local as their

bargaining agent.
objected to having this uni
employees. However, the St
which group represents most
with the motion picture ind
Labor Relations Board elect
for this group of employees
according to suggests
of Theatrical and Stage Emp
the controversy to determin
desire to select that organ
preference to the UOPWA.

T-12 advised that
its efforts to organize the
has as its business agentl
alleged to have been active

T-h has identifie
member of the Communist Par

also mention
active among the employees
has been identified

The mane

gement of the United World Films, Inc.
on as a bargaining agent for its

udio Office Employees Union (AFL)

of the office employees connected
ustry, declined to enter in National
ion to determine the bargaining agent
. Thereafter, the studio management,
that the International Association
loyees, an AFL affiliate group, enter
whether or not the employees might
ization as a bargaining agent in

the UOPWA local, which was active in?
workers at the United World Films,

la labor leader who is

in the Commnnist movement in Hollywood.

 

dl Ias having been a by
-, - 
ty in Hollywood in May, 1937. b7o

 

3d thatl Iwas the most

group who supported the UOPWA.

is a member of the Communist Party

in Los Angeles County in May, 19h? by T-h.

T-12 explained that the National Labor Relations Board
held an election among the employees of the United World Films, Inc.
on June 8, 1951 for the purpose of determining which union 
would be the bargaining agent for employees of that concern. As
a result of this election the IATSE was certified as the newly
elected bargaining agent for employees in this concern. 
advised that indications were given that the Communists were
taking advantage of the situation at the United World Films in an
effort to gain a foothold in the motion picture employees unions.
This source explained that the Communist influence in studio unions
has been quite satisfactorily dissipated by the activities of the
anti?Communist groups in Hollywood during the past a years; however,
this situation gave the management and union groups an indication
that the Communists will continue in their efforts to infiltrate

into Hollywood labor.

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Two copies of thi
information to New York in

3 report are being furnished for
View of the interelntion between

 

 

Communist Party cultural acrivities in New York and Los Angelos. i

a The attention of dew York is called to the list of 

names together with brief i ontifying data set out in the section i

under {istory of Communist arty in Hollywood. It is noted that 

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among these names are those of a number of individuals identified
as members or otherwise conFected with the Communist Party in New
York. 

THE LOS ANGELES OLFICE
AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORN A: Will continue to develop

and report additional investigation concerning tne Communist
infiltration of the motion picture industry.

 

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INFORMANT PAGE

SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT under suitable pretext as
a member of the Hollywood ASP under an assumed

name 

CNDI LA CD
BERNARR M.

 

dates;

CNDI LA 3200 to SA MARCUS W.

63 to SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT and SA
PTACEK on 6?8-51.

to SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT on the following

E-lh-?l; 3?30?51; 
6?11-51.

Ib2
. a A b?D
BRIGHT, ETAL 1

in May, 1947.

I :1 to SA IRVING T. WEEKS on 5?95-51.

 

6?8-51.

to SA JOHN M. CASHEL on 5-26?51 and

CNDI LA 2930 to SA JOHN VICARS, RTAL on 

Ito SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT and SA ROY

ANDREW PETERS on 1?16?51 and to SS BRIGHT on b2

5?2u-51.
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Special So]
on 

Mr. EMMETT
Tniversal-J
California



to SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT on 

to SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT on R-l7-51.

?vice Contact No- 2 to SA JOHN M.

31.

CASHEL

ULRD, Labor Relations Counsel for
International Studios, Universal City,
to SA JOHN M. CASHEL on 6-12-51.

REFERENCE

Report of SA MARCUS M. BRIGHT dated May 18, 1951 at
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Ladd
as Red Prone Opens 
. Rose 
Will Ask Quashing of Subpoenas Today . Tracy
. Carson
01?: Ground Inquiry ls unconstitutional 
By Associated Pres! Gur 1?19 a
I Ammvu far 19 actors. writers and pro- . Harbo
Ed -- ers announced esterda the will as sk the ouse Hendon
ican activities committee to quash subpoenas Jones
tines- clients when horse usmw? . Leonard
tee ppeng its movie invese- the federal courts since, he 00112 The HOHYWOOG group 8.150 IE- I . 
Itig?ation today. tended it involves a. violation of 19 .gng- 
Glam Violation airtight: constitutional rights. ngiharl $031133 :38 1113 3c ?1 Mr - Quin? Tamm?
I . 11 . 
The announcement was made Kenn rmer attorne eneral ?1 5' Ml: Name
. 3 01 California, said he assumed the Gandy
its. news conference by Egbert OWM motion .. . .. .ar 
Kenny and five associates rep- He was not prepared to say what the non emu? ?mum 3'1 t1: 
esenting the 19 prospective w_i_t- he will do it the committee re- 1311132131? 11 we: 3r; .
Leases in the committee probe of fuses t9 recognize him to make it" 33:33? ii 575 111er 
licked communism in Hollywood Attorneys Not to Testify 1" 
Ehe mes? at Chairman Thoma (R) .- 
(puld viola; th ir 6mm Jars-?" ?alread he: anntouncivcvl ?I-Ienre 
titutional rights. ?3??th 5' 111 03 "Em as sent into a 11ngch
Easy" 'In' "dicated that shoul imd 9:5 9 P9 i we av with WEE I, healed 35 
committee overrule his in or a a bY 39me 
- the case might be taken - . - ?ogging the 0? 
. c. . . to work . 
.., a: . . a . 0 show, during two
can -uestion1n or
4415 an 
-, Wu [539501;-

(I are mi; to rea 
4131011 th doctrine. 
.the 937111? arid his :ESOCiatess' 32:1 Hearing ?Props? set Up I
gr: Lewis Milestone director; theffaucgs?rgom inhth? 3111 
alton 'I'f??Fum amass "m ouse 0 Ice 11 ing, ere 
mmr? hearings will be held, the ?props?;
jr., Eva? Bessie, ?i were being put in pllce. Newml
at ?to cameraman set up batteries 
HOW_1_aa__rdl oc 0353,34? cameras and floocllights; radio: EQORDEB
Wa 0.3 and television lines were laid out: 3 .
t?E'I'Kdria ert ?ber. reserved seats were marked "or: ?3 Wm 
amuel Ornitz mm for approximately 100 news report- 
1rec enny as coun- ?65
sel for the 19 are Bartley 3
Crum, San Francisco; Martin 3' ,5
Pollinper, Washington; Ben Mar- . 
go 5, Les Angeies; Charles Kata, Wat? 
?Los Angeles, and Samuel Rosen? a ?9 Sam? state- 3 
. wein New York ment on just what the trio of
xe?n ?rst as:- 
- newn a com 3
WWEL members plan to quit them abou 5?
WW - the three pictures which he.
ome mi Iaroused widesg?ead criticism
"Mission oscow, r?Nort .L 3
he (:31ng ecu: and "Song of Russia.? p.331 
I I I 
is} \If If: 
ALL swash/33? 55*
it If . 
{hail?g 
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Viv

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mugs {tart
?y in Capital

gun-1 c. an Inter
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. ?Lar1%arks, star of The
Story, and 18 other actors, ters, directors and
producers announced today they will demand tomorro
that the House Un-American fommittee? probe of Co-
munism in Hollywood immedia ely be cancelled on grOun
it would violate their constitutional rights. . 
Attorneys for the ?lm notables i re commitied
chairman J.- Parnell Thomas 
hooed inVestigation was unlawful because it directly vie-v.-
lates constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech.
'17 A Eoup of prominent 
bovie stars Who are not
{cheduled to testify, is-
sued a statement stating
=they were "shocked and
fauna; at the commit?
jtee?s attempt ?to smear the
motion picture industry. 

 
 

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me have since been convicted for

.5ler has been convicted for contempt
R-NJ), charging the baily- Igand passport vioiation.

    
    
 
  
   
   
 
 
  

lh'hoow circus-style.
in some congressional observors they . .
31. aim to rovide the most sen- 
. of the District of Columpia, 

. Etched led as first witnesses are

84899

tice that attorneys for witnessee'e.
would not be allowed to make; mo-

(ions, or otherwise address them.-
lves to the committee.
Other spokesmen for the com-
mittee let it be known that any
opinion disagreeable to the body?s
narrow and reactionary views on
politics, economics, art and pa-
Itriotism would be sti?ed.

They ci as precedent the com-

  

unist Party Secretary E11.
lips. LeoWosephson, Tren-
5,6011 attorney, German Gom-
munist arid Ger-
.ihart?s '3 ollywood composer brother,
Dennis }and Joseph-

:contunpt of Congress in defying the
icommittee?s authority. Gerhart Eis-

Brother
has been detained on com-
.orders for deportation pro-

  
 

"they were ?may .
in spirit and purpose. hi ?t

adio station owner in the - 1
States. 

_?We regard the present inquhy.

declared, ?as an unwarranted: 13-
tempt . . . to deprive all 11mm .
of the bene?ts of freedom otspeah'.
press opinion, religion and an?
science, in violation of the Bill of
Arms -
other attorneys appearing in be?
half of the the 19 movie celebrities?
are Charles atz of Los meter
and Samue nwein of New York
City.
Crum said that, although they
were retained only, by Parks and
his 18- associates, they were acting
in the interest of the entire in?ue-
try. .. 

Parks my 110th a.

 

The Hollywood hearings have been
According

nal witch hunt spectacle in the .

IacE. arner, vice-p1es1dent Io!
earner Brothers Studios; .

  

witness until 'next week at least. 
But the Lulyc?rs Guild, which iI -

 

thinorrow night.

Other" speakers include
Nanny Cram, miner, Jr.
.. em, writer 5911'pr .

 

 

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. d, reducer and director, L259,
ms Hiyayer, president of Metgyb k. director of the current

annual -I which attack! anti-

. .Arnon the signers were whose

Mayer

 

   

 

 

(18111,: . whose annual earnings topped na?I I and Adrian mm- pro-
pride, [pg 1 i tional salary lists (or years. '11: of 

ifi gmego? 9?sz?! Committee members plan to quiz Thethe trio on three 1?11 3 they made?Z sought-'10 

I Burgess i? Kym? scribe 19111111 is orthodox in matters

I . of mum W- or-

are, Marsha ng subcommittee hearings art, 

1y this year, it was asserted that cannotiogeopinion,
ammunist pressure channeled

5through the White House and
any General R0

voiced by the late President Roose-
one Of Parks laWyers, said if the committee re- i

. int-115711111131 Paum?enried.
.1?fmner California 

DAVIES
Called as Witness

   

operate with the
retained Paul

 

    
  
  
  
     

       

  
 

volt- was behind production 'or
Ejects the ?Quash? motion, he will insist on the right 1305*? em? 1: 
- Nearly 40 prominen 
moss-examine Witneasm. He added that he will ms;- most or them screen ?momma?, ..
his clients to go on the atand, .Mt answer only ?pertir mm been subpenaed thus tau-.41:
Ioopstitutional questioner?- 3" the motion picture inquisition.
_Kenny declined 113 say. just what type 0f ?1313?: $81.13;? ?2.33; 1.11
he! Wnuld incMe ?le ?pertinent" cajgory He state night with their lawyers Bartley- O.
thetaassues Would have to be decid they arise mum at San Francisco. one or the
med little chance, however, that _Wentilgl LII. 11111112521): 1aides 11in the
1 pres enia ca ~61?
elder Kenny? plea. _He already has served no- 3?1 Martin opp? or this
who ser 
i 1 NW A in?? server at uernberg trial- rIepr?sent the industry's:
5 {11:1- .111?171361. uni-Ni Kenny reiteratedhis former chme?mmd both he
that the real motive behind I the {mad- aid the 50mm; .
the-Ml! Ui Lei: fin-D _mq was the Mmition of cenI. I Mmmun?sth a?
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Fired by Studio

As Hous
Rmmner, Jr.;

.Odets, Loveryon
Trumbo on List

The names of 16 screen writers
dismissed by Warner Bros. stu-_
dios as ?uh-American" were dis:
closed today as the House Com-
mittee on Un-American Activi-
ties got oi! to a Stormy start in
its inquiry into Communist in-
??uence in? Hollywood.

The names were 9 ntained' 1n secret
teatimony of Jack L. arner before
the Committee last May in Califor-

. . They were made public for the
first time teday when Mr. Warner
took the witness stand.

Nine of the 16 already have been

 

subpoenaed by the committee. They .

were among 19 Hollywood personali-
ties who tried .unsuccessfully,
through their attorneys, to have
their subpoenas to appear

This maneuver failed after
chhange between Chairman Thomas
Md their lawyers

.11 capacity crowd in the old House;
Of?ce Building caucus room sat on

the edge or their chair ex- .
change between RobertWenny, 
one of the battery of attor eys for;

the 19, and Chairmsm Thomas
Mr. Thomas agreed to accept a
brief in support of the modem to

quash the subpoenas and hal the.

investigation but he refused
iny argument.
List 91 Men Fired 15 ran. 

Mr. Warner, in his Ho?'ii?w?od" 
?mo'ny,
estimated that 95 per c112;
mun in Holly . 
among the writers.
esofthemen ..
. read aloud 
amuse-1. Robert E. Stripimg,

er, 

   
 

 

  

Ken nny told reporters .
morning session, that it was ?abso- 
lutely untrue? that the men name . 

  
  
  
  
  

   
  
   
    

which he heard nan-?a 

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Firing nem? ?lmy. .
1 . defense of his meats M1
after thi:

 

by 'Mr.,,Wnrner.were Md from 
studio. He? said the majority 
the writers mauled by Mr. Warn
have been offered jobs at Warn 
Bros. ?time and time again? an
have turned them down.

Every seat Was taken in the big -
ceilingcd old room, which accomm -
dated approximately 400 spectator.
Half. a dozen newsreal cameras we 
trained on the witnesses and stil
photographers, more than 30 stron 
had to be warned by Mr. Thom 
not to block the view of spectato 
as they massed beside the witnesse .
At the end of the morning session,

correct"
1 never 'was in Russia and" could not
i say, but had considered it accurate;

[book was correct.

if

 

 

r. The as nounced that A?nln
enjou,Wo?et and A?i?an
ace the ittee tomorrow. 

Corrects Testimony on Davies. 1
During his appearance Mr. Wa-
ner told the committee he wante

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to correct a portion of his Holl 

quashed! wood testimony, referring to 
the start or the hearing today i circumstances under which his co 
a sharp; pany decided to produce ?Missio

 

to Moscow.?

He, declared he was in err 
when he indicated the suggestio
rags; have been made by Jose


avies, former Ambassadb?? 

nurse; and author of the book 0
which the ?lm was based.

?My brother conta
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he considered the film ?factually
Mr. Warner replied he

at the time, insofar as Mr. 'Davies?i

Mr. idling then read excerpts
'from Rise a book
by QueM??o?s, desiribmg the
picture as airing portrayied "a Bus-
sia. that none of us had {ever seen.?
1 Brief Is Accept .
?5 Accompanied by Bartle?y Crum
ianother member of the legal staff
!for the 19 ?lm industry ?gures who
isought to have the subpoenas

 

are
?at this time" Mr. Tim at

   
   

"You may not ask one j?

?rmly. ?But please be seated.?
The hearing began 
10: 36- 8.111., with Mr. Thomas? mean.-
ing statement, in which he exprmi
the committee conviction that 
Communist elements were at. 
in the film capital, but emphasised
it was not ielt the majority of 
industry had been a?ected. by 
e?orts. .

"We want to know, 1&3th
continued, ?What strategic podt?t;
in the industry have been 139%.
by these elements whose loyaltjifi
pledged in word and deed to $11
interests of a foreign power "7 

From preliminary investigations
Mr. Thomas saidfthe committee ?fe

 

?quashed Mr. Kenney advanced
toWard the Dais as soon as M1.

Thomas had ?nished reading hiainto the motion picture in

opening statement, which explain
the reason for the investigation an
which included the declaration,

learned that Communists have but
?consider-able success? in wedding}

   
 

But that. he. added, is no ca
ondemnation of the entire ind- 
?With such vast in?uence are

??there is no Question that there arejthe lives of American citizens a

3Communists in Hollywood 

commiitze askin the 
:Egiash?d. Mr 5 ubpoenss be?
oug "the most order] we. 
begin the investigation aiivoulg b:
to dispose of the motion. Chair-i
man Thomas interrupted him to
ask his name Mr. Kenney gave iti
and Mr Crum.
gun Thomas told Mr. Ken-1
. witnesses would not be
till next week, next Mon-

 

  
  

day at earliest. 
brig 1 said the

be received and taken?

. i 3' under ligatisement.

tnney attempted .to pur-'
thb'M?matter but Mr Thomas,
oing his avel, said:
iscuss the matter fur-
you present your wit?a

Hearing Begins 
Mr'. Kenney again began to speak.

Mr. Thomas, displaying irritation?: I

. After identifying himself as 1111-1119 continued
attorney for the 19 and recalling in fact it 15 .
he had ?led a telegram with the

Kenney said hei

the motion picture industry ex
?it is not unna . .

 
 
  
 

vei sive and

A total of 40 vi 
3cailed by the -
lawyers for only 19 of these 111 .
were involved in the attack mi rs;
subpoenas-
McNutt Request Rejecte?v.? 1i

When Mr. Warner took the stand;
1&8 was accompanied- by .
l} cNutt former Ambassador
Philippines, who told the . .
mittee- he represented thc?MBt
Picture Association of America- . .
the Association of Motion Betti; 
Producers. 
Mr. Thomas asked him it 
represented in any way the 19 ii
vol-red in the subpoena chasm
move.

 
 
 
  
  
 

 

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?then explained that the committee.?
.had established ?certain procedure"i'
and commented: -

?You, as former attorney general;:

 
 
  
 
 

  
  

  

gi- . in the state or California, should
{know the necessity for preserving

 
     

 

9 do not,? replied Mr, McNuttJ
aMr. amas then told him she.
would be permitted to advise his
clients only on. questions of con-
stitutional right. 

- Mr. NcNutt asked for permission
to cross-examine witnesses. Mix;
Thomas replied that was counter toL
the policy of the committee, and i
7"you are no different anyt
,?her attorneys who have appearedi A
- is yeah? . .. - 
Mr. Warner, after answering rou-j b?altz? 1.3.13.3: oivt?he ,lri?lnest.?
tine questions, asked permission to, dlziD 5y ti on? prge

read a statement when Mr. Striplingi an ?us 00; be; nyl.? 
asked him; ?Since on have been; 0 1" e" -
in?olfywood, has there ever heenl Meanwhile. a telegram of {Finest

writers attempted to inject Co u-
The list fol ow

Mr. Bessie?J'I?he Very Thought of
You." 

Mr. Kahn??Her Kind of Man.?

Mr. Koch??In Our Time."

Mr. Lardner??The Kokomo Kid,?
but Mr. Warner said he didnt put
any message into that.

Mr. Lawson-n??Action in the
tlantic.?

 

?pp?m When Communists in?HIrom a group of Hollywood leb-
fund Erities not under subpoena re?

Snueets ?Test-Removal Fund.? leased-t .

In his statement, Mr. Warner de- 332),: Emissiizeigg?ed as 1' eri
4 gafai?gl can citizens who believe in coqsftitu-
etc/tenant; tn assesses:slursas
01.112331; ?mung attempts ?f the 1'10??
be "happy to subscribe generously! mittee on Un-American Activi'ies to

.. Fsmear the motion picture industry.

to pest-removal fund to ship ?We hold that these hearin are
Russia ?people who don?t like our undemocratic because' 
American syste mo?f Government .l1__Any investigation intc
land preferthe communistic 
to ours.? 

He, recalled that in his Hollywood
testimony he stated that ?certain
peciile "whom we let go"
sequently hired by othe

 

 

the

contrary to the basic principles of

our democracy. 
?2--Any attempt to curb the free-

were 3?11" dom of expression and to set arbi-

studios, tra st . .
he emphasized that ?the pro- ry an ar 5 of Americamsm is

bu
lingers who hired the men we? 615- and the letter of our Constit tion."
Ch l'E?d are 8005 Americans. The signers were listed as Pau?
When Mr. Warner ?nished hiSlette Goddard, Henry Fonda, reg-
statement. Mr. striplins repeated ory Peck, Van He?in, Myrnai Loy,
his question about Communist 1n- Katherine I-Iepbln'nl Burgess Mere-
?ltration in Hollywood. dith, Ava Gardner,
have never seen a Communist Guire; Eddie Cantor, Norman Cor-
and I wouldn't know one if I saw win, Cornel Wilde, Marsha Hunt,
*him," Mr. Warner replied. Paul Henreid, Barry
Group of Pictures Named. Sheppard Strudw' k, William Wyler,
Then Mr. Stripling started read- Anatole Litvak, Je ry Wald, Norman
ing from Mr. Warner's testimony be- Krasna, John Huston, Philip unne,
fore the committee in Hollywood Doris Nolan, Sheridan Gbney,
Several times, Mr. Warner intern Richard Conte, Julius Epstein,
rupted to change the word ?Com-l John Houseman, Collier Young.
munist? to ?uh-American." Mr Court Test Threatened. 
Thomas obserVed there was little Disclosure of the legal malieuver

 

 

 

di?erence if the person is Com-to quash the subpoenas cam first
munist or Fascist as long as he i: at a press conference yest rday,
lip-American.

Mr. Warner said some at the with Mr. Crum, Martin Pop er of
writers he named had worked for Washington, Ben Margolis; and
?eight 'or 10 months on a picture Charles Katz of Los Angeles and
sometimes and had not produced Samuel Rosenwein or New York are.
any hing, attorneys for the 19 who attacked
Warner Was. then sake tcthe subpoenas. Mr. Kenny saidhe
name the pictures in which ese would take the demand to oeurt if

 

 

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Com- 1

91?? political beliefs of the individual is 



in itself disloyal to both the *spirit .

Dorothy Mc- 

Sullivan, 

presided over by Mr. Kenny' who 

 

The 19 movie men protesting
the subpoenas are Larry Parks, who
starred in "The Jolson Story." and
these writers, producers and di-
rectors: Lewis Milestone, Dalte' 7? 
Trumbo, Albert Maltz, 7 
Adrian Scott, John How- 
ard Lawson, Ring Lardner, jr.; . -
Alvah Bessie. Herbert Biberman,
Berthold Brecht. Lester Col Rich-
ard Collis, Gordon Kahn, award
Koch, Samuel Ornitz, Irving Pichel, .)
Robert Rossen and Waldo Salt. 1' 

Parks Among Earlyr Arrivals.

Mr. Parks and 18 other witnesses
represented by? Mr. Kenny and his
associates were among the early ar-
rivals at the hearing. 

Despite the Hollywood reputation
for colorful clothes, this group
looked like so many businessmen in
3 conservative sack suits. Mr. Parks
was dressed in a plaid jacket and
,light gray trousers. He chewed gum,
fappearing interested but unper-

 

turbed. .
Beside him in the front row of
spectator seats sat Mr. Pichel, for-
mer actor, now a director. He wore
La dark gray sack suit. Beyond the
two of them sat a. battery of lawyers.
A squad of. policemen and, re-
wportedly, some Secret Servicemen
were on hand ito keep-order. At the
start, their job was not too dif?cult
ysince crowds did not begin to form
;~'until after 9 am.
First to arrive was a_ woman
lawyer from; California, who, said 
she reached the scene at 8 am. She
said she knew none of the witnesses
bllt?hai? co?me? to'Washington ?bee- 9 
?cailse er the principles involved}? 9 - 9 45?th
. ?It's going to be on inquisition,?
?she declared. 

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Hit Red Quiz
As Unlawful

. .1 Attorneys to Aid:

subpenas forI
L?rr Iarks and 18.
I ?IOthersIe eQuIashedI

I Attorneys for 19 1151in0611

personalities said yesterday that
as soon as the House Un- A

  

 

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this morning, they will ask thatI1.
,susge?aas against their clients he
Lonashed.

The lawyers charged that the-
Investigation is unlawful because
seeks to -"Icontrol the content1
. motion pictures through can-1
., and political intimida-

 
 
  



hearings?c re .t with
It'eIlIe'visionI and newsreel cameras?m1

 

  
 

- ?lm notables who are not
.ched'uled to testify issued a State-T
merit in Hollywood saying they
Were ?shocked and outraged? at
this attempt ?to smear the motion
picture industry.?
The. signers, who called the in-
*vestigIation ?undemocratic? . andi
:l?dislo?yal? to. the Constitution,
were said to include Paulette God-T
derd, Henry Fonda, Gregory
Van ;HIe?ih, Myrna Loy, Katherine!
lephurn, Burgess Meredith, Eddie
Banter and Cornell Wilde.
Announcement of the surprise
legalistic move for dismissal of the
:ubpenas was made at an after-
noon press conference here by
Robert W. Kenny and ?ve asso-
:iates who represent Actor Larry
Parks and 18 screen writers, di-
ectors and producers. A telegram
erving notice of the motion and
ontaining the grounds was sent

31111, - arms (11. .1.) a 
na'nof {Io investigatin . ..
Ken'f said. . .I

QRQT Ii.

  

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. re Bartley C. Crum who was .aI
k?iemher ot the Anglo-Americah?

   

  
    
  
  
   

night, a group of promi- I

Alva Bessie, director-producei
iberman, dramatist Bern

echt, writer Lest lo

117 Re RichaIr llins, wr' (Egg;
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motor-producer Samu r'nitz,
director-produ Irving ichel

 

writ
Wald
?ne nwllitile, other ?11%

mi"?

g?Limited to Advice . i .
Wines already has announc I
that attorneys Will be allowed 

utter nothing at the hearings 
1IadincIeI to their clients.
former California attorney gener
said he didn?t know What thela
31ers Would do if Thomas 1:11:11

to recognize him When he rises Io
make the motion.



the committee?s: constitutionalitII

Kenn - 1

7 er Howard Hughes.

If the cornmi . 
. tee hears the motion and overrul s[

. 1 it, h? sense. then the question 

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Lawyers Fight Inq

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apls?ms 11an 1111111111 111 the. Want and Louis last:

curtain of what may be a show at .bf?i.
1 leaSt as spectacular as the recclr?t er; 15,1110? $111115;ng if): bemhear?'
1 bui - is 
. hearings involving airp ane on subsequent days 

.0 11

Chairman. Thomas went into a lor, Gary Cooper, 0 . II 1;

1Sabbath. huddle with his staff and gomery and Ronald Rm alt;
iannounced the committee is ready. The National Lawym 

?This is going to be an orderly called a public meeting. for:

hearing,? he said. .

ho es to Prove th auditorium to stage. an 6i

.I hive in?ltrated Holly how, Scheduled ma}. . 

    
 
     

 
 
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

might be taken to the courts. .-

Kenny said he will insist that 
be allowed to cross- examine. wi -
masses and will instruct?his client

  
   

to answer only ?pertinent constit - -:

tional questions. 
.Kennys associates, all of who

 

?ommittee of Inquiry on. Palestin 

?ICharIes J. Katz and Samuel Rosei

Parks, their clients ar

  

he now succeed in ark?s? lawyers Kenny and-I1

Igfgagfn?hadottr?ie through the ??ner, and other Witnesses.
- screen. He also hinted that some
Communist propaganda in 
particularly in ?Mission to Mos-1
cow?-?-?was attributable to IWhite1l
House pressure. 1 i

Paul V. McNutt, former High!
Commis?sioner to the Philippines]
and another of the attorneys for the
witnesses, conferred with cllents.
He has been engaged by the Mo-
tion Picture Association of Amer-
ica. which is headed by movie
?czar? Eric ohnston, another of.

 

 



 

 

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Lewtl?ha?lestone director of 1
Qu'i the Western Front ?1
Daltor?1umbo author of "Thirty 1

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director" and pro

ducer

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said, '11. be Jack Warner, si-

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Special to T111: New 20111: T111115. 'h 
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19?The Menjou, Ronald Reagan an ry 

House Committee on Uri-American
Activities will start hearings to-
morrow to determine the degree of
penetration if any, of communism
into the film colony and its out; ut.

During the two or three weeks
of the inquiry, the committee will
seek to demonstrate that Ccm-
munists gained a foothold in the
motion-picture industry and that
the White House, under President
RooseVelt, exerted its influence to
promote the production of films
containing ?flagrant?- Communist
propaganda:

Representative J. Parnell Thomas,
Republican of New Jersey and
chairman of the committee, met
oday with his staff of technical
xperts, headed by Robert 
tripling, clerk and chief investi-
ator, to check arrangements for

inquiry in the caucus roomi of
the old House Office Building

Batteries of floodlights Ind

 

 

newsreel cameras were being set
up and lines laid for radio nd
television broadcasts. Seats weret
reserved for about 100 newsrhen
and Capitol police were instructed
to limit spectators .toa about 400.

Close to fifty witnesses ve
been subpoenaed. Scheduled to
testify tomorrow are Jack 
Warner, vice president of Warner
Brothers; Louis B. Mayer, presi-
ent of Metro- and
Sam Wood, independent producer
.and director.

Among those who will testify
ater are Gary Cooper, Robert Tay-

lor, Robert Montgomery, AdOIPhJohn Houseman and Collier Young.

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Parks. So far only one woman as ?1

been called, Mrs. Lela E. Rogers, 'igeig'lijinn 1.1111111"-
a. film writer and producer and the .. 1 .1 

mother of Ginger Rogers. 

Counsel for nineteen prospective 3* 2 
witnesses will ask the committee 1? --
tomorrow to quash their subpoenas
on the ground that it lacked ?Con- 14
stitutional power to censor politi-
cal, economic or social ideas? and
was barred by the Constitution
from ?inquiring into matters of
thought, speech or opinion.?

A possible appeal to the Federal
courts if the request is rejected
was indicated by the lawyers, who
included Robert W. Kenny, for-me
Attorney General of California
Bartley Crum of San Francisco,
Ben Margolies and Charles Katz of
Los Angeles and Samuel Rosen-
wein of New York. Among their
clients or . .
Ring Lardner Jr., writer. 

This group made public a tele-i
gram from Hollywood personagesi
not under subpoena statingr that?
they were ?shocked and an aged'
by the attempt to smear the mo-
tion-picture industry.? Amon the
signers? Were listed the folio hg:

Paulette Goddard, Henry Fonda,

Gregory Peck, Van Hef?h?, 
Katherine Hepburn, Burgess
redith.Ar1L?ar.dn Dorothy Mc?

Guire, Eddie Cantor, urinah Corwln,

Cornell Wilde, Marsha Hunt, Pa. 
Henreid, Barry Sullivan, Sheppa

ru wf?k, William Wyler, nato
Litvak, Je'rry Wald, Norman rasn
John Huston, Philip? Dunne, Dor?

Nolan, Sheridan 'Gibney, Rich 8.

   

 

 

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1?00 determine once and for al-

"egal Muddle
Ikely as Probe

Of FIlms Opens

Lawyers Ask Quoslting

Of Subpoenas for 19
HollyWood Witnesses

BULLETIN

Chairman Thomas of the
House Un- American Activities
. Committee charged at the out-
set of the movie hearing today
that ?there is no question that
there are Communists in Hol-
lywood.? What the committee
wants to know, he said, is ?the
extent of Communist infiltrar
tion in the Hollywood motion
picture industry. 

 

Legal e?orts to quash the sub-?
,enas issued for 19 witness??s
reatened to muddle this morn-
g?s opening of the public 
stigation of Communist in?u?
ence in Hollywood by the House

Committee on Un- American Ae- 

tivities. .
Six attorneys

ducers were ready to ask that the.

subpoenas be quashed as soon as.
It was scheduled. 

the hearing opens.
to begin; at 10:30 am.
A total of 40 witnesses have been

?calied by the committee in its an-
nounced effort to prove that csm-

munists have managed to piknt
anti-American propaganda in Ain-
eriCan movies But the lawyers for

19 of these witne?. es attacked the
subpoenas in the action planned for .
today.

Cimmittee Chairman Thomas al-

ready has made it clear that gt- I
,torneys will nOt be .permitted to

make statements.

In the event the attorneys can-310m Conte,

hot get committee recOgn?ition, they
have indicated they will take their

demand to the court.

Warner First Witness. i311

Led to open today?s hearing 

four-page statement in whic
1 is expected to emphasize that
committee is after the facts

- c1111 citiZens ?who believe in constitu-

representing 19 i 1
movie actors, directors and pro? Wl

whether Communists have ained 19 3011111701111 ?gures in associati
lfoothold in the movie .capgital: With Battles Crum, authcia 
?iseheduled to face the 'c 1111111ttee ?Behind the Silken Curtain?; -
the ?rst' witness was Jack L. tin Popper of Washington, N13
anner, vice president in charge Hargohs and Charles Kata of
production for Warner Bros,
many which produced ?fMis- New York.
to Moscow.? They represent Larry Parks, who
Warner will be followed to the starred 1n ?The Jolson Story,? and'
533 Elm Wood director ?nd these writers, producers and di-i
?Mugging, Louis B. Mayanw. rectors: Lewis Milestone, Dalton
f,den't of Stu- Trumbo, Albert Maltz,

  

 

 

provided in the 53113115 ard Lawson, Ring Lardner,
.16, Old House omce 3355131
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a ?rst-come, mat??. are collis, Gordon Kahn, Howard
mm Koch Samuel Ornitz, Irving Pichel,
A special Witness platform has Robert Rossen and aldo Salt.
been before the 'horse- Regardless of the outcome of his
shoe-shaped committee dais. A 6192- motion Mr Kenny said he will ad-
5311 tables have been set aside for vise his clients to answer ?fully and
newspapermen radio lines heme been frankly questions which are consti-
inst led and batteries of ?ashlights? tutional 

31.117.73.301} 8613 1111- The committee was advised of the
Ecumed Celebrities Protest. legal plans in a telegram in which
.Me?anwhi?e, a. telegram of protest the attorneys charged that the com-

from a group of Hollywood oeleb- mittee is ?without constitutioinal

ri?es not \under subpoena Was 1'0 censor the 13011131031 800-

leased. 1!,nornic or social ideas of the Amer-

The message read: Itcan people.

"We the undersigned, as Adheri- Sees Broader Threat.

Mr. Kenny contended that 
Committee is prohibited by the -
slice ed and outraged by the con- stitution from ?inquiring into -
timrtea?empts of the House 0911- ters of thought, speech or opinion".
111111an Un-American Activities to ,and that, "having no lawful legis??
31111139: the motion picture industry. iative purpose, is seeking by its acts

We hold that these hearings are Zand ,conduct to sti?e free thought
undemocratic because: a pres on 
. i investigation into 1the. committeefs latest investi-
eliefs of the individu?a'i is gation, Mr. Kenny declared, is
1:51 to the basic principles of ?hnly the ?rst step in an unlawful
1 attempt to destroy the constitu-
ennui}, attempt to curb the free- ticnal guarantees of free thought
for expression and to arm-1,: and free avenues
. .3 standards of Americanism is 
antigen disl?oyal to both the spiriI Wh?e dimmed now?! the motio

- the letter of our Constitution picture industry, he warned, the
signers were listed 3,5 p3?- committee?s subpoenas "were 1
Goddard, Henry Fonda, Greg?- tually directed as well in spirit 111%

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Edward?
Adrian Scott, John How- 

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?Soximately 400 spectators.- Batheid Brecht, Lester Cole, Rich?I.

  
 
   
    
   

to
Chairman Thomas said he plan-tat. a press conference yesterd'

Peck Van He?in, Myrna Loy
i. '?s?lne Hepburn, Burgess Mere-
- ,s Asa Gardner, Dorothy Mc-

He, Eddie Cantor, Norman Cor-

purpose to every newspaper pub-
lisher, book published and radio
station owner in the United State

and every American citizer?

 

Co'rnel Wilde, Marsha Hunt

an} Henreid, Barry 81111111111121

ppard Strudwick,WilliamWy1er;
is Litvak Jerry Wald, No?nan

asna, John Huston, Philip

Doris Nelan,

Julius

John Houseman, Collier Young.

aftKenny Reveals Plan. 

Disclosure bf 1 the? legal maneuv
{wash the stibpoenas .came 

 
 

chided over by Robert W. 37..
oriner Attorney General of i?
drills. Mr. Kenny represents he

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Who reads a neWspaper, sees a
mbvie or listens to the radio.?

The news conference was spon-.
Scre'd by the National Lawyersi
Guild which has billed a rally t]
8 111310131: tonight in the Natio 1
Press Club auditiorum. La.

Paths and other prospective -

messes are scheduled to speak.

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IN EeBuRi
turned leadml

,role in the MGM ?lm 
inaughter because the script call
for read a line favorable
Herbert Hoovei?f? aBarbara 
who adores Herbie, got 

Ethel Waters contracted to 20th!

Century Fox . Orson Welles?
movie Macbeth electri?ed a prevue
audience in Hollywood recently .- . .
Tom Pedi, who did such a. good
job as the bartender in O?Neill?s
The Iceman Cometh signed by
Universal- International for a fat
part in Up Central 
Middleton will be Abraham Lincoln
in Warners? Christopher Blake . . .
Sc een Actors Guild executive con-
de ned the Memphis, Tenn. ban on
ley, Hal Roach comedy With an;

. in rracial cast


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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
The Scarlet Letter being reimadil
with Hedy LaMarr . . . Pat? O?Brien
jwants to do The Life of John Mo:-
:Graw, the baseball Giant. {511111101
Bus, an original story by Betty
Smith. will be produced on location

in Georgia. Will it be 11. Jim Crow 
Jbus? . . . Return of R111 Tin Tin

 

PAT 
We do John McGraw . . .

leade?r John Philip Sousa, o? to
1 England 'to star in an independent

:woon?

arfhunced by 

stars Rin Tin Tin
of the famous movie -.
cidentally, Collies have 
popularity from tenth to third p1 ce:
since ?Lassie? started romping. across 1
the nation?s screens . . .

I II 
i RACIAL TOLERANCE. is the
theme of Black Gold, story of an
American Indian and his Wife who
adopt a Chinese orphan . . . Walter
Wanger'?? new ijlm The Lost Mo-
s'ment based on the Henry James
novel The Aspern Papers . . . screen?
play by Leonardo Bercovici . . .
Sousa, niece of the late band-

production . . . Monsieur Verdoux

 

opens in London November 9 1 . .I
been Feuchtwanger, whose new?
novel Proud Destiny will be ?lmed
by'. Enterprise, has turned over his:
library and notes to the studio for
further study of the Beaumarchais-
Franklin era on the continent .
Charles Dickens? Nicholas Nickleb
by the makers of Great Expecta
tions is the next attraction at th
Little Carnegie . .

a 1: 

.WHAT THREATENS HOLLY-1
The House ?Un?American'
group says it?s the Communists?
But screen actor Albert. Dekkeri
says: ?Poor, unimaginative, thought-
controlled script writing menaces
Hollywood. Poor direction and poor

 


vacation committee threatens 

   
  
 

in the dead days of Hitler?s ins no,

acting of which I am proud to say
there is little. Extravagant sets
that belie the truth; interunion?
power wrangling over?so-called' jut-j
-isdiction?these are threats, really.%
The Rankin-Thomas visit-California 

lywood with its slander and sm r,
?yes and anti-Semitism_1threa ns
Hollywood and? the world as, en

 

enti?c, carefully cal?ulated,in
Remain? 

Ronald Reagan- -3512

 

 

  
  

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DAILY WORKER 

Date /0 ?'92 0? ?ff?
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-tra's Coming

would hate to disrupt
the Washington public school
system, start a riot in its own
marble halls, or get the clothes"
ripped off the underfed frame of
Frank Sinatra.
No word has been said about him
being among the movie luminaries

ists are hidden under Hollywood?s
tbed. Chairman J. Parnell. Thomas
of the House Un?American Investi-

- those bobby-soxers. He?s taking. no
chances. He won?t admit that Frankie boy is coming
and, in? particular, when. -

--Tha-t?s just as well. I know aboutthis from my

Hollywood reporting days. When Frankie first hov?e

into town and sang a concert'at the Hollywood Bo_wl,.

"he still hadn?t become 'a politician.


. was a crooner only, who looked hungry: under
the spotlights and who sounded scur to'rne.. -I

guess I was wrong, because the flatter the note the

louder the young ladies moaned. My mistake was

writing a piece in which I said I could sing better

myself; -- I invited disbelievers to gather under my
bathroom window any morning and listen while 1,

shaved. . . . 
They did gather there, but they didn?t listen 'respect- -

Iully. One blo'odthirsty debutante shouted that she'd
like to get her hands on my razor. 
Happy days in Hollywood! I mention ?em here

simply to show that Chairman Thomas is a cautious
Wm the twig): is concerned. Only lady

1? 

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Wang,

WASHING or: NEWS



.- Jr Ronald Reag?gii?3513

DATE f" 7. 

summoned to tell whether Commu- .

gating Committee, has heard about -

Mr. Tolson
Mr. E. A. Tamm__
Mr. Clegg
Mr. Glavin

Mr. 
Mr. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Rosen
Mr. Tracy
Mr. Egan
Mr. 
Mr. Harbo
Mr. Mohr

 

Mr. Penningtonw
Mr. Quinn Tamm_

    
 

he has invited is Mrs. Lela Rogers, Ginger?s blond
mother; Mrs. Rogers doesn?t like Communists and
she?ll be delighted to point ?em out for Congress. 

Only actors the chairman has announced as wit-
nesses are Gary Cooper, a cowboy; George Murphy, a
song-and-dance man; Adolphe Menjou, whoSe pants
are always pressed, and the Messrs. Robert Mont-
gomery and Robert Taylor, both ex?o?icers of the
U. S. Navy. These gentlemen are patriots. They?re
also long-time husbands, without a croon among ?em.

Rep. Thomas and friends have expressed extreme
curiosity about three. big-time movies, ??MisSion to
Moscow," ?The North Star," and ?Sang; or Russia,"
all of which extolled .the Soviets when produced dur- .
ing the war. It is only fair to say that'this seemed
to be the thing to do at the time.

These epics were produced, oddly enough,? by Jack

L. Warner, Samuel and Louis B. Mayer,

three of Hollywood?s leading capitalists.
i it 

movie was based on a book written by
the former Ambassador to Russia, Joe Davies,
Awho took his own cream? in his. own refrigerators
aboard his own yacht on his mission to Moscow. 
The mighty erected a complete Russian
city by the Santa Monica Blvd,'gas wOrks, populated
it with such people as Walter?Huston and Ann Baxter,
and hired the celebrated Lewis Milestone, to direct
his picture. Movie tans stayed away. in droves.- 
Mayer used Susan Peters and Taylor inrhi's Russian
picture. Everybody agreed at the time that it was a
pretty good movie. Everybody, that is, but Taylor.
He thought, to use a favorite Hollywood word, that it

stank. He still does. 

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Mr. Tolson .
Mr. E. A. Tamm__

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Clegg
Mr. 
7 . Mr. Ladd
7 - Mr. Nichols
Casi - A 
.. Mr. Tracy
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8: Glorlous Techmlawyers Mr- 
Mr. Egan
3? United Press
The House Uri-American Activi- Mr. 
ties Cor??itte?e apelrlis its Comr?iu- Mr. Harbo
sm?in- ywoo earings to ay
with attorneys for 19 film notables Mr Hendon

 

demanding cancellation of the it:
quiry on grounds it violates consQ.?
tutional guarantees of freedom 0:
speech. -
The lawyers, whose clients includ-
ed actor Larry Parks, also de
nounced the hearings as the firs:
step in an attempt to impose con- . 
gressional censorship on the movie - 
industry. Rep. Thomas Mr. Mayer
But there wasn't a chance that
Committee Chairman J. Parnell
Thomas (R., N. J.) would entertain
any move to block the hearings. He
was all set to brush aside any objec-
tions and vgall up the first witness,
??f?ng Bragg; S?ggiowesment 0f motion picture industry,? he sa1d,
After Mr Warner the committee :?they were actually directed as well
was set to question Sam Wood, pro- 1n sp1r1t angli purpgsekto bfvlell?); .
du and director, and 'Louis newspaper pu 15.1.1", 00 pu. 1s 

Mr. Jones

 

Mr. Pennington__
Mr. Quinn Tamm_

  
    
  
   
   
    
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

 

Mr. Kenny charged that the real?
motive behind the hearings was the 1
imposition of censorship on the film
industry.

?Atho these 5 na 5 were
served upon representatives of the

 

 

 

er, president of agte?aggatgitmn owner 1n the
1:1 yegigr?iezr?i?ogsthe nation 5 hlgh' Mr. Kenny was spokesman for the
battery of five attorneys represent-

ULL DRESS SHOW ing the 19 Hollywood actors, writ-

Altho Rep, Thomas had opposed ers and producers. The other law-1
any committee ballyhoo for the in- are Bartley C. Crum, former:
vestigauon, the opening day was aid of the late Wendell L. 
getting the attention of a Hollywood Martin Of the Nat1onal La 
?rst showing, yers Guild; Ben Margohs a

Newsreel cameras were set up on Charles J- Katz 015 L05 Angeles; a 
the dais, just behind the seats of the Samuel Rosenwein Of' New 
committee members. Extra tables Cit}!-
were installed for the pres's and a
separate little platform built so that
?still? cameramen could shoot the
proceedings.

Some 40 Hollywood figures were
subpenaed for the hearings thru
which the committee _sought to dis-
close any Communist influences at
work in the film industry.

Robert W. Kenny, former Cali-
farnia attorney general and an at-
torney for 19 of the subpznaed film
notables, in a press conference here
yesterday, contended that the case
involved constitutional rights of in-
dividuals. He indicated he might
appeal to the Federal courts if the
committee overruled his motion. At
any rate, he said he would then
-d and the right to cross-examine

 

tnesses and advise his clientsitto 
a swer only pertinen u- 
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WAWRALD SLEHW (W Mi)
Pears-SJ 

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Radio, 7 elevision

Will Open Red Film Inquiry Today

and Fiooalights

 

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19??The
House Committee on Un-American
Activities will start hearings to-
morrow to determine the degree of
penetration if any, of communism
into the film colony and its output.

During the two or three weeks
. of the inquiry, the committee will
seek to demonstrate that Com-
munists gained a foothold in the
motion-picture industry and that

Roosevelt, exerted its influence to
promote the production of films
containing ??agrant? Communist
propaganda.

Representative J. Parnell Thomas,
epublican of New Jersey and
hairman of the committee, met
oday with his staff of technical
xperts,. headed by Robert E.
tripling, clerk and chief investi-
gator, to check arrangements for
the inquiry in the caucus room of
the old House Office Building.

Batteries of ?oodlights and
newsreel cameras were being set
up and lines laid for radio and
television broadcasts. Seats were
ireserved -for about 100 newsmen
and Capitol police were instructed
3to limit spectators to about 400.
Close to fifty witnesses have
,been subpoenaed. Scheduled to

 

'Warner, vice president of Warn-
;Brother?s; Louis B. Mayer, presi-

Jand director.
Among those who
1 ter are Gary Cooper,

3

Special to Tar. le You: TIMES.

the White House, under President

Menjou, Ronald Reagan and Larry
Parks. So far only one woman has
been called, Mrs. Lela E. Rogers,
8. film writer and producer and the
mother of Ginger Rogers.

Counsel for nineteen prospective
witnesses will ask the committee
tomorrow to quash their subpoenas
on the ground that it lacked ?Con-
stitutional power to censor politi-
cal, economic or social ideas? and
was barred by the Constitution
fro "inquiring into matters of
thought, speech or opinion.?

A possible appeal to the Federal:
courts if the request is rejected
was indicated by e. lawyers, 0
included Robert enny, form
Attorney, General of' Californi 
Bartlenyrm-n or San 
Benign; golies and Charl tz
Los Angeles ?and Samu?r?lose -
main of New qu . ?Among"?their
ciie are Larr arks, actor, and:
R1 ardner Jr., writer.

This group made public a tele-
gram from Hollywood personages
not under subpoena stating that
they were ?shocked and outraged
by the attemptto smear the mo-
tion-picture industry." Among the
signers. were listed the following:
Paulet ?eoddard, Henrm?? onda,

 

 
  
  
 
  
   
  
  

testify tomorrow are Jack - . epburn,
. Redith, Av ardneri, Do .
1.29. Eg antor, No ?ma orwin,

ilde, ELI-I
dent, of an- -
_Sar?' Wood, independent produce .

. _4 REEF, err-Wald 
. uston, Phiifll?zbunne,

ll testlf
bert Ta . 
I Robert Montgome Adolph 

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To Washingwn Inquiry on Reds

Censor Films Mayer and WarherxAr?e Ready
to Testify at Opening Hearing Today

From the Herald Tribune Bureau

(2

subpoenas requiring their clients?
presence at the committee? hear- a 
ings, starting tomorrow, into a]-1
leg'ed Communist in?uences in the -
motion picture mdustry.. 

The attack on thetsubpoenas, on
the ground that the ?inves' ?ation

onstitutes an unlawful tempt

0 control the content of. otion

ctures through censor and

llitical intimidation,? was made

a telegram by the attorneys to
Representative J. Parnell Thomas,
Republicon, of New Jersey, chair-
man of the committee.

It Was sent as Representative 
Thomas anda'the committee 5 staff
prepared for the opening at 10: 30 a
a. m. tomorrow- or a dull-dress
public investigation of HollyWood, .
the ?rst since the late Wendell'
Willkie represented the industry.
in 19-11 at similar hearings con- 

he by former Senator Gerald
e, Reiiublican, of Nerth
Dakota. Mr. Nye, no longer' in the
Senate, headed a Senate subcom-
mittee which investigated Mr. -
Nye? charges that the industry 

Was injecting war propaganda- into i
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president of .1 
Mayer; Samoa, pro' deer and 13935? 
director; and Jack Lg?Werner, 
Vice-president in charge 'of pro-z: 
duction of Warner Brothers? stu-
dio. 

Neither Mr. eNutt nor Mr. 
The Investig Johnston, who 1132s said that the:
industry welcomes a fair investi?
gation, Joined in todays notice;

1 the sobpoenas. LThe

 

 

 

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19 

ActOrs, writers and Producers Charge Attempt to 

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 .-?Counsel for nineteen Hollywood actors, .
screen writers, directors and producers noti?ed the House Un-r
American Activities Committee today that they will move to qu?sh 

 

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(qontinue?d?_ from page One)

the following- writers, directors
and producers: Lewis Milostone,
director of ?All Quiet on the West-
ern Front" and many Other ?lms;
Bessie, Herbert Biberman,?
3 Berthald Brecht, Loster Cole,
Richard Collins, 
Gordon Kahn, Howard Koch, Ring
Lardner jr. ., John waard Law-
son, Albert Maltz. Samuel Ornitz.
Irving Pachel, Walso Salt, Adrian
Scott, Robert Rossen and Dalton 
Truinbo. None of these is sched-
uled to testify tomorrow.

The committee itself has not di-
vulged the full list or subpoenaed
witnessei/I In announcing that
- Messrs ayer, Warner and Wood
will be the ?rst witnesses. Chair-
. man mas said that the actors
involved robably will not be called
til about Thursday.

Mr. 'Warner?s firm produced
ission? to Moscowwhich the Thomas com-

ittee evinced. interest in sec 
testimony taken in Hollywood 1 
spring Mr. Mayer?s ?rm ma
5' ?Song of Russia,? another pr 
duction the Thomas committ
did not like
. Joseph E. Davies, Ambassador to
I Russia during President Roose-
velt?s tenure, who-Wrote ?Mission
to Moscow,? also is scheduled to
appear as a witness during the
hearings which are expected to
last four or five weeks.

There was no indication today.
?that any Witnesses 'will refuse to
testify.~ Mr. Kenny, and Mr. Crum
said at a. news conference this
afternoon that if their motion to
quash the subpoenas were unsuc-
oessfulmwhich it undoubtedly will
be?Ttheir clients?wiil appear and
testify. However, they will se is
he right ?of cross-examinati
which if precedent rules, also.
be denied.

 

  

 

 

 

Ronald Reagan-3517 

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In a series of se ret meetings,
left?wing actors, writers and
radio performers here have
planned an all- out campaign to
discredit the Congressional
probe of Hollywood, it 
learned today.

Many stage stars were in. itcd

st week to at least one mee

i held in a private homil-

ere a. campaign against on?
s-was outlined by left-wing
porters.

 

  
  
 

 

Communist Party ?whips? in
Equity are also lining up their
followers against the House
Committee on Un- American Ac-
tivities which opens its hearing
tomorrow in Washington on
Hollywood?s Communist propa-

ganda.

This carefully planned onen-
sive is said to enlist the aid of

all left- -wing contacts on the

stage, in radio and various other
outlets where a drive Will be
carried onto discredit the 'Con-

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Probe or Hollywood Reds

6s: $10115. 1947 

 

RonaklREagan-3518

to 'Smear Probe by

. gressional body.

Communists have always re-
garded Hollywood as a source of
money and a field for potential
Red Fascist propaganda. They
are timing their smear cam-
paign to coincide with the testi-
mony of the first witnesses at.
the hearing.

The Reds are particularly
worried because some of their
own comrades are certain to bed
involved 1n the testimony.

  

are such writers .53 John:
Lawson and Hit Bessie. our
son is known to have reporhI
on Communist recruiting")
Hall-Wood to the ?cultural cos
mission? of the Red Fascist 
ganization.

Bessie, a former writer for 

Daily Worker, was in Spa 
ing the civil war there. 4 ?3
been active in many Comm 
front groups. 

Both are script writers 

  
  
 

 

 

 

 

Already called as a witnesses Hollywood 1 (1y
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if? 
?myTHE MOVIES

0 Crisis-Making, Movie Due in' U. 5.7 i

.- Virginia bans ?The Burning Cross?

By HAROLD J. SALEMSON

- Federated Press

-ONE of the few ?lms ever-r 
ternational incident is Jeri 
donesia Calling. Two years ago,

missioner for the Netherlands 
East Indies, Ivens was barred
rom entering the waretom- do-
ain by order of Gen..I.-Doug1as
acArthur. He stayed in 
ralia and made his film there:

.Last month, .

to be shown at the?g-i n_r1_.

 
   
 

Gen-

Prague By
government had become so 111-1
censed its ambassador in Prague
of?cially asked the Czechs to ban 1
it. They refused. The film, was
shown was a terrific hit, and will-
be seen here soon. . .

Ivens, incidentally. well- known
as the greatest documentary pro-
ducer of them all, is now finish-
ing-a film for the Czech govern-
ment. . . .

Burt Lancaster and Arlene
Francis, former radio star, have
oined Edward G. Robinson in the

ast of All My Sons. The U-I

ublicity department says this is

iss. Francis" film debut. Ac?'

 

ally, she made a'very beautiful 00mmittee and 013311 Charles Love, Great .Expectati
corpse in a film called Murders Chaplin?s Monsieur Verdoux in lack Narcissus.

mthe Rue Morgue, shot at the Washington first- -run houses, ?13 .,
same studio 13 years ago Holly? United Artists booked it into @3331 a
wood memories are Short flock of neighborhood ?ma "vi- 
Orson Welles is going to Italy and Russell Birdwell moths ?1:1 w. 1 1 1
to star in Edward Small's Cag-l a new advertising 5 195% I 

-liostro. . . . Charles Korvin, just

HOLLYWOOD
ed to the level of an in-
documentary; I -
wh he was Film Co

 
  
  

Bogart en Action Nerd Atlan
tiqlle.?
ners? in 1942 and is now on first
run in" the French capital. . . 
A good yam?but unfortunately,
was scheduledl the French is wrong, and, as War-
here should know, the Parisian
of their Action in the North?
15 Who ?'utch Atlantic is Control vets Mur- ,1

mans 
1% ?1 -

*Film was made at War-

.cretly preparing a film version of

a 1 Trumbo?s magnificent
Johnny Got His Gun, which he
did several times on the radio be-
fore the war. It is one of the
greatest anti-war novels ever
written. . . . Hollywood will be a
deserted town come Oct 20: Most
of its best people, from both right
and left, will be answering Wash-
ington subpenas for the unAmer-
ican investigation. . .

Loew?s circuit having refused
to defy the House Un-American

?The Picture That Couldn't

5,190qu $0 '1 slow

a break. The film industry a
nounces it will fight this ban'
the hilt. It has, as yet, made

pronouncement about fighting 

universal release of The Burn-v"

ing Cross. In Latin America,

Cross?re will he known as Cross- 7

roads of Ha?tes- I very good
title.

Th?? New Films

The Trouble With Women
(PAR). Amusing piece of froth
about a professor who shies away
from women. Ray Milland, Teresa
Wright. Good entertainment

This Happy Breed If
it's still around, this Noel Coward
readaptation. or Cavalcade is
well worth seeing as an honest
and intelligent appraisal of
lower middle-class England, but
you?ll disagree violently with some
of its points la labdr.

Best Bets (previously reviewed)

onsieur Verdoux, Crossfire

Years of Our Lives, Son 

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back from European locations for, N013 bad \5 1

Berlin Express, has bowed out of The State 013 Virginia ha \1

the role-intended for him in Vic? banned Screen The Burn? l??j i? 39E 1pp' from
tor Stolo??s Journey Out 0! ins Cross. More power i30 the 619/ of the
Chaos, also to be -made in the film. Its message seems m:

Italian peninsula. . . . 
MORE DEBUNKING: A War-
ner press?release reads as fol-
flows, ?In a scene for To thew?
tor, partly filmed by Warners?

be reaching its mark. . . The

ity of Memphis has, unaccount-

bly, banned Hal Roach?s Carley,-

a comedy in which apparently,
Negro entertainers Wood

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6. it;
Clipped at the Seat of

13"?

first postwar overseas unit, Den- Government
,nis Morgan and Viveca Lindfors FI 

?t and talk outside a theatre i
W's.

Place Des Vosges,_ Paris.

33: marque is ?Humphrey
1.1. 
Nut 5 15.1?. 1?

and

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mittee on 011- A can Activities
1 charged that Lowel ellett, who
. during the war period served as
an administrative assistant to
President Roosevelt, coerced a

Hollywood actor into playing the
star?s role in a picture to which
the actor objected. because of its
alleged communistic ideology.

At that _time The Star asked
.Mr. M'ellett, now _a Star column-
let to relate his story of the?
alleged incident. . Mr.
preferred to wait. for the return
\of Chairman Thomas and his

 

subcommittee. from Hollywood, .

where they had been taking testi-
mony. '1

Mr. Mellett made himself
Emilable for the hearings twice.
He was not called and has not
been sumr'h?oned ?to the hearing
that opens tomor?rmv. For that
?reason he has furnished The
star with the statement origi-
nally prepared for the House
the -_major part of
which isprintedbelow:

wish to refute an astoun

  
  

charge made by the chairman at

he 131m: Una-American Summit
?45s reported by the press assoc 
1911's and published in many new .

  
  
 
  

the war-,1 caused motion
E. e. actor Ro r?ljf?aylor to
against his will a. picture
n_g 01 11315513. The charge
,according to the chair-
1111's statement to the press, on
acret testimamy Men by himself
as other members of a subcom~
lit-tee in Hollywood. \The chair-
?n was quoted as saying, ?This
eminent of?cial came here
?elm?ly on; or of his superior
also that Mr. ylor played that
aiding role.? lib named me as the
love-mment of?cial in question.
?The statement is entirely/untrue.
of Russia? was a. Metro-
picture. The idea
ciginated with MGM. MGM made
he picture. MGM selected Mr.
aylor for the star?s role. He
icepted the role and played it. If
1 doing this attended his own
inscience, that was a matter be-u
veen himbelf and MGM. 
?In December,?194l, shortly atteri
motion picture in-
ustry, because of its desire to co-
rerate in th war effort. in every
assible way, rogueste'd the President
1 name some due person with
110111 it. could deal. The President
tmed me.- I was then, and con?
sued to be, direc of the Cities
Government ports and, as
1111, co-ordinator. of Government
ns.. I was also an administrative

I aIls Thomas? Charge Untrue 1

8 note?Last It Award DIinner.
man Thomas of the House Com- .

ellett I

the, charge made that"

?In connection with my duties-i-
made a few trips to Hollywood. I
made one such trip late in the win-

  
 
  
  

to Russisy/Ad his experien

That's where Mr. Taylor
?ame in. The man who played that-
part, 15;. Ratoff said, must be 11..
ion; otherwise he wouldn?t be
very convincing as a conductor. Mr.
Taylor was a musician; Mr Baton

I said; he half studied at the Seattle

?ngervatory of Music.
here was the rub?Mr.
Taylor was. joining the Navy.

 

ter of 1943, at the request of the
producing companies,-

spring to speak at the annual Acad-
emy Award dinner. On one of those
occasions I visited Louis Mayer,I
production head of G-M, in his
cities. The purpose of the visit, if
I remember correctly, was to express
appreciation for a remarkably fine
short picture M- G-M had made, at
its own. expense, to be used in the
United War Relief campaign.

?Mr. Meyer said he would like
for me t9 meet Robert Taylor, say--
ing something to the effect that the
latter was unhappy about not being
in. uniform. He said? nothing about
Mr_ Taylor disliklng the partiCular
picture on which he was working.

 

when he was called in and intro-

he?d be happier flying~a Navy plane
than making pictures. With that
feeling, assuming his sincerity, it

was easy to sympathize This was
in 943, more than a year after

-P 11 Harbor. Clark Gable. imm'y

wart and several other st 5 had
naged to get into the Arm uch
ca lier. .

?As for Mr. Taylorappear in the picture, or?
suggest in any way that he should.
The statement by Chairman Tho 
that I did so on the order or an
unnamed superior con 0111 be in-

tended to smear the
memory at Pres 1?

?Early in M??r I ..
distance call .
told him to I.
to Washingbo - ..
business. M-G-M was making the
picture, .?Siong of Russia?
ture, M-G-M believed, would be
useful to the 'war effort, its useful;
3 ness lying in the promotion of a
better understanding of the Russian
Epeople.

?This was at a time when our
Russian allies were taking terri?c
from the Germans and
many people were tearful that the
Enlissian defense might collapse.
For himself, Mi?. Rato?f related, he

  
 

.Communism but loved the
ussi people. ?That, I believe, is
the re ?tion he has he

his many years? idcnce

country. ?e 43 .
Russian. - 
:IFilm? Discussed

The pic- .

  

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?At that point I interrupted?E?

talked. using my pencil as a baton,
his arms as the wings of an air-E
plane. He was putting on such aE
good show, in fact that I called myE
secretary. in to witness it. But I
interrupted to make a little speech
that I had made many times before.

told Mr. Eaton he must not
ask me to help Mr. Taylor obtain
a draft deferment; that our office
would not do that for anybody, not
.even for members of our own or.-
ganization, no mattbr how impol-
ant we might consider their work-
I told him I was sorry he had made
a useless journey to Washington.

    
    



?Mr. Baton then?interruptc'd me. 1
Nor did Mr. Tamar during the No draft deferment Was wanted, mission, I would like to offer 
brief conversation I had With him he explained. Mr. Taylor was get-l suggestion.

ting a commission in the Naval air

?'duced He indicated simply that force and Mrs. Ratoff wanted to committee is seeking to 

know if it was possible for him to
world on the picture until it wasE
time to start training. 

called the Navy and asked thatE
questio - I was told that it mi
be possi is, that the matter wo? 

be take up with the Los Ang?
of?ce a d. that Mr. Rato?
1116. be advised. In- 
,meantims I was asked to send the
Navy a note explaining M-G-M's
- is I did.

Note Cited.

iurnished me
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aylor .
the picture already has been shot,
but there remains several weeks
further shooting. -

'This picture has Russia
scene and the Of?ce of ar In-
formation believes that, based on
the script, which we haVe read, itF
will serve a useful purpose in
war effort. It has no political
plications, being designed primarily
to acquaint the American people
he ole of on of our llied
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tent to the Proud-Int. 

E5.

When

dramatistesplained, we; .

:11 Motion Pictures.
r3111 ??aw?v $23135:

   
  

floor, seized my hand as. it
it, and departed That was

 

 

picture from its like

. who wrote the original so

for the "picture then, it it
contained comnmnistie, _sf-
;it must have been creamy II
'v?ariety. I have told you 33'1"" . f'
oil?s sentiments one" I, -
Communism. Mr. Taylor ..
cently told the world- his. Kr. .
the producer, was 'at that ass the
highest-salaried individilal in Amor-
ica; he prides himself on his ne-
publican conservatism and he Was
Senator Taft?s host. on the latterls

  
 
 
 
 
 

to discuss and it really was an interru

ption recent visit to Los An 
various questions that had come up ior- Mr Rato? Was all over the picture could not havegbeen very.
I made another trip early in the o?lce, acting out the picture as he. Red -

Services Showed Film.

?Further indication of how the
picture was regarded at the time is
furnished by the fact tint the.
United states Army Mation Picture'E
Service?with which, incidentally,1
'had no connection??obtulned 1&2
prints of the picture for showing in
Army camps throughout. the United
States, Alaska and the Canal Zone;
the Navy obtained 20 prints to}
showing aboard naval vessels.
I ?That in bridal, is my recollection
of the incident involving Mr. Taylor
nd ?Song of Itussia.? 
"Now, with the committee?s per-

 

?If I understand carrectly, tbs;

   
   

what if any, subversive intiu be:
have entered into and are all -
the pictures shown in. dine in
theaters. I believe this- objective
can be achieved by taking the fol-
lowing fairly simple steps:.

?1 Decide which pictures contain
anything that, intentionally or 1111-
intentionally, might possibly serve
to undermine our American Gov-
ernment or our democratic way of.
life.

Trace the history of each such

IE

  
  
  
 

all the stages of II
Learn who first broached 1.
who prepared the 11111 rouglf .
Iwho
rewrote it, who edited 11,11? 0 pair-
ticipated in confersnces.
earning it. who directed the shoot-
ing and
I Who accepted the anal respon-
tom t-hb picture and put the
Dani?s limit. talent stadium:
into its production
"The committee?s wol'k; boil?;
could be greatly expedited it, luv?i
ing found that a ilvsn pictureE
acntains qualities it considers:
versive, it should prodeed 
to the third step 111111 
the responsibility where it . -
the very. clear fact is hill
"can be produced wit 4 

  
  
 

 

oval of the he?ad of theE
*5ompany. 

 
   
 
    
       
  
  
    
  

  
  
   
      
  

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Chute Last also were indications
. committee has been uild I) re 
. and Reel Probelae, 1

the committee is interested in ?an- 

 

Bio?Hear 3'Prodpcers~
?Al Opening Tomorrow

_1Thorl1c s Says Films
Followed Line'ir
to Testify tater

LOWE DENIES ask?l
ing aylor to appear in
Russian 1) ture. Page A-4

Three 'movie-
arn
cod?will face 3 House Com-
,ittee on tin?American Activ-
lities at the opening tomorrow of
a projected three- week inquiry
into ?alleged Communist in?u-
ence? in Hollyv?vood.

.eommittee Chairman Thomas
said last night he expects to show
certain movies followed the Com-
munist Party line. He refused to
name the movies in advance bu
said the hearings would cove? ?prop-
aganda in movies and personnel in
Hollyivood. -

. Mr. Warner is vice president of
iWarner Bros, which ?lmed ?Mis-
sion to Moscow.? The committee?s
interest in that ?lm is indicated by
the fact that former Ambassador
Joseph E. Davies, who wrote the
book on which the ?lm was based
is listed as a subpoenaed witness.

Produced ?Song of Russia.?

Mr."Mayer? is president of Metro-

the studio which
produced ?Song of Russia??a ?lm
which Actor Robert Taylor consid-
,ers Russian propaganda.
. Mr. Wood, director and producer,
reportedly is one of the founders of
fthe Motion Picture Alliance, which
called for an investigation of Com-
mifnist in?uence in the movie cap?
ital.

No movie stars are scheduled to
1* heard tomorr w, but Mr. Thomas

     
  

      
 

 

nether,
51'. Thomas promised some ?sur-
rise witnesses. 
harlie Chaplin, according to Mr. .l
1111's, has had a ?communication?

oess fer an appearance.

skew?W?
,Louis Bg/Iayer and Sam 


this hearing since last May,
when it charged that ?some of the
most ?agrant Communist propa-
ganda films were produced as a re-
sult of White House pressure. That
report following closed committee
hearings in Hollywood, proposed that

the committee subponea. CommM
lacto s, writers, directors and pro- BK

du?l's and "confront them in public

g?ssicr: 1..it11 the testimony and evi--
1 once ?againSt them.?

In announcing a. list of prospec-
tive witnesses, however, Mr. Th

 



being called to testify before the
committee should not be consid-
ered a reflection on their character
or patriotism.

?These persons are being brought
with the sole objective of obtain-
ing the facts regarding the inroads
the Communists have made in Hol-
lywood,? Mr. Thomas said ?Some
of the witnesses are friendly to
the committee's purposes. Others
are undoubtedly hostile. The com-
mittee wants to hear .both sides.?

Forty-three names were included
on, the list' of those. on whom sub-
poenas were being served, but? it
was learned that. some additional
writers and directors have been sub-
poenaed and some of those on the
original list have not heard from
the committee.

Johnston?Welcomes Probe. I I

Mr. Thomas said he wants to "set-
tle once and for all the question of
Communist in?ltration into the mo?
tiompicture industry."

On that score, Eric Johnston,
president of the Motion Picture As-
sociation of America, has noti?ed
the committee that his association
welcomes the inquiry as a chance to
?meet squarely any charges which
have been leveled against it and to
bring out into the open and. expose

 

less accusations Mr. Johnston
already has denied ?atly that the
motion picture industry has in-
jected subversive, .un?American
propaganda. into its movies.

Mr Thomas said he expects to
name the movies. 

"Mission to MosCOw? and ?Song

 

of Russia? both ?gured in testimony
taken on" the West Coast. While on

the coast, Mr. Thomas said Lowell

sistant to President Rmsevelt, was
responsible on orders from his su~
periors for the appearance of Rob-
ert Taylor in ?Song of Russia.?

Mr. Mellett, now a Star columnist,
denied the charge at the time and
issued a statement last night

 

to appear in the picture or

we committee to hold himself claring that he had not ask?d Mr
1131111 A ?brin

mt yet been called.
the 8am also are
let.- 

;suggeSted in any Way that he
?should.

.61?


., tion Picture Association.
emphasized that the fact they are;

ugly rumors, innuendoes and reek-l

Mellett, former administrative as- -

drian Scott Summon'ed.

other movie??Crossfire?- The pic-
ture's producer, Adrian Scott, and
director, Edward have
been subpoenaed to appear on the
same day. The list of. prospective?
witnesses. also includes Dore Schary,
is in charge of production at
the studio which produced
the picture.

In addition to the movie-makers,
a battery of legal talent will be on
hand at the hearings. Paul V. Mc-
Nu,tt former Ambassador to the
Philippines, Will represent the Mo-
Nineteen.
. prospective witnesses have
hired half a dozen lawyers to repre-
sent them, inciuding Robert W.

0

California and Henry Wallacepro-
ponent: Bartley Crum, author of
?Briaind the Silken Curtain,? and
Martin Popper of Washington. Also
representing the 19 are Ben Mar-
golis and Charles J. Katz of Los
Angeles and Sam Rose?nwein of New
York.

Mr. Margolis said he and his col-
leagues' 'certainly are going in up?
hold the Constitutional rights
these people and not permit any i
tasibn ?of these rights 

Most of the clients of the lawyers
arriwed last night at National Air-
port. They made :10 statements.
When questioned about the nature
of their testimony, the principal 
uresj said they would have nothing
to say until they conferred with
their lawyers.

Press Conference Today.

The latter had announc ie
they would hold a press co?oj
at 4 p..m today in the
Press Club.

Larry Parks, star of 

tention at the. airport termina.
complied with several requests for
lautographs. One fan proffered a
leaky pen: and followed it with a
handkerchief on which the "actor
wiped his hands

Asked for comment on the hour-
i g, he said he didn?t even know
1117 ere he ?was going and was ?Just
following the crowd.?

The group established headquar-
ters at the Shoreham Hotel, but
several in the party took up resi-
dence in other hotels .

Open Meeting Scheduled.-

 

i Mr. Parks, Ring Lardner, Jr, Mr.
and Mr. Scott wer
lpeoted to have more to say tom
night.
They are scheduled to .be jihad
by Producer-Director Lewis lic-
in ispeaking? at an open meet-
ing at 8 clock in the National Press

 

 

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lcuild ?lmed. 'a statement in

Kenny, former Attorney General of 1

1 room. A dozen press tables Were. Sit

 

skills?1 
son Story," was the only no 11$ 7
the Hollywood party to at 

ex-k


  
 
 
 

- aduitoriuni, 
an nal Lawy 
viting the public to the . 

it declared? 

1"The 1111- American Asthma

Committee has shug'ht 

 

scribe what is orthodox in i 
of politics, patriotism, social animal
nation, opinion, art. educ tion' ant,
science. It has branded all those
who depart from its prescribed 
thodoxy 

without fair. hearing to its victims

Threat To Liberty Alleged 
?By this proceSs, it has (1'th
a condition of hysteria and 
dation in Which freedom of speed
is titled and liberty of 111 Amer-14
lc is imperiled. 
.e Capitol hearing. will get tin-1'
way at 10:30 am. in an atmoi-
are which should make the My-
od contingent feel right at home
Witnesses will face a battery fl?
?ood lights, microphones, movie {lid
still cameras.

Capitol aides worked over the:r
,week end to complete arrangemen?
for bringing the highlights- of the.
investigation to all the pea ie who
won?t be able to get into th caucus:

  

 

up between the Witness stand!
up between the witness standla 

 
  
  

 

uipment. Extra-bright lights up 
strung in the chandelie 

and extra telephonesl were instalWlE?dl
in the nearby press room.

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. fa?! cmos- Says Films .
i: Followed 'Poriy Line?, 
i Shir: to TeSiify Later

LOWELL MELLETT DENIES ask-1

ing Robert Taylor ?to appear in
3 Russian pibture. Page A-4
akers?Jack L,
Warner Louis B. Mayer an
Wood?wili face the House (16111-
mittee on Un? American Activ-
ities at the Opening tomorrow ?of
ro'ected three week in uiry

 

    

?name the movies in a vance 
said the hearings would enve?r ?prop-
aganda in movies and persOn in


Mr. Warner is vice president of

rner Eros? w?lch' ?lmed "Nils-g
10% to 


fact that former Ambassador

Jose wo oe 

Produced ?Song of Russia!

Mr. Mayer .is president? .o'f Metro?
the studio which
joduced ?Song of Russia? ?lm
311111311 Actor Robert Taylor consid-
11?s RAJSsian propaganda. 

Mi?. Wodd, director and producer?
is one of the founders of
he Motion Picture Alliance, which

railed for an investigation of Com-'i


11. i

mist influence in the movie cap-

No mobie stars are scheduled to
heardqiomorrow, but Mr. Thomas
seme would be called lat in
:1 week. prospective 1?
?messes inc cudes. such lumin ries
Gary Cooper, Mr. Taylor, ert
intgomery, Ronald Reagan, rry

  

.Irksand Adel Menjou among:

others. ISO far tly
uasculine xce i ers?; i
WW
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Mess.?

(garlic ha lin rdin r.
than 11?
mmittceiahcl.

frg__m the g9

Disney .and gap), also are
in 6 list.


Charge Made Last May.
The committee has been building

Psi?Way,
en 1W1lms? were reduced as a re-

killing Tommi?

?Wine?has. lile'ed
is ted as a subpoenaed witness. -

1 timony and evi-
ce again them.? 

 
 
 

Witnesses; however, Mr, 'I?hg?mas
he

committee should not be consrd-

- ir ar cteru

Win-?aw.

?These persons are being brought

ctive of obtain-



 

lywood" Mr. Thomas saic.

of the witnesses areofri

 

eny

01'. ree names were 1n

poenas were bem served Bu it
was learned that some 0 1
11:11 er cc ors a 
poenaed and some of hose on the
mal list have no hear om
1W
Johnston Welcomes Probe.
Mr. Thomas said he wants to ?set--
tle once and for all the question of
mmunist in?ltration into the mo-

1
11 picture industry.? I
.On that score, Erig Johnston,i

esident of the Motion Picture As-
. iation of America as ed
committee that his associgtion
we comes the in uir as a chan . to.

"meet es 

 

hav? be inst it anc[_ to
?brin out .1)er

 

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in readiness for an appearance but
as no .

  

jected


subversive,


1111 -American

name ies.

?Mission Mescow? a__1_1d ?Song

taken on the Weak Coast. Whi on
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sistant wyyas

responsible on orders from his su?Song of Russia.?
Mr. Meilett, now a ?tar cqun?giist,
domed the charge at the time and
issued a statement last night; de-

:EIarinathaLheMad no Mr.
er Ln the picture or

 

suggesteLin. any. mthat he

should.
Adrian Scott Summoned.

There also were indications that
th?W?-

ture' pro MW
direc?rz have
1) en subpoanaThed tg__ppe_ar on the
5 WEEK:

The list of rgs?-eEtive
tnesses also includes Dore Scha?ry,


mam

th .-pictu_re. 
if 1373 

11st of prospec-
hasized that the fact they are

W.
sing the facts re ardIn the inroads
the Commymists have made in 13101?1
t'?e committee?s purposes. ?t?ersi
are un ubtedl -4
m1 ee wants to hear both sides." 
ed

on the list of those on whom sub-

lready has denied ?atly that
motion picture industry as n- .

Mr. Thomas said he eitpects to ,1

i
i



?Some 3

In-addition to the movie-makers,
amt legal'talent will be 11
hand at the hearings. Paul V.
Nutt, former Ambassador to t: 
ine 
tion ciation.
of have
hired half a dozen lawyers to repre-
sen them, no 11 mg 0 er
Kenn, former Attorney General of
Ca 1 enr lac?ro-
ponent Bartl. Crum, author of
?Bani rid
Martin Po er of Washington. Also
representing 19 are Ben Mar-

30111311119
An el enwein of New

m:kwMargolis said he and his col-?
leagues ?certainly are going to up-

hold the Constitutional rights of 

these people and not permit any in-
vasion of these rights. 

Most of the clients of the lawyers
iarnived last night at National Air-
iport. They made no statements.
When questioned about the net 
of their testimony, the principal -
ures said they would have nothil
to say until they conferred wi
their lawyers.

Press Conference Today.

The latter had announced earlier
they would hold a press conference
iat 4 pm today in the National
Press Club.

Larry Parks, star of ?The Jol-
Story," was the only member of
'the Hollywood party to attract at?
gtention at the airport terminal. He
'complied with several requests for
autographs. One fan proffered a
leaky pen and followed it with a
handkerchief on which the actor
wiped his hands.

comment on the hear-
iing, he said he didn?t even know
?where he was going and Was ?just
following the crowd.? .

The group established headquarr :r

ters at the Shoreham Hotel, but
several in the party took up resi-
dence in other hotels.
Open Meeting Scheduled.
Mr. Parks, Ring Lardner, 
and M1. Scott were
pected to haVe more to say to 

   
 

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Mr Ladd

Mr Nichols

Mr Rosen

Mr Tracy

Mr Carson

Mr Egan 
Mr Gurnea

Mr Harbo

Mr. Hendon

Mr Jones

Mr Pennington__
Mr Quinn Tammh
Mr Nease

Miss Gandy 

 

51.90 [as {in his.

Club aduitorium, sponsored by the
National Lawyers Guild. .In I
. ting the public to the meeting; 
11d issiied a statement in :11
i declared: ?v

  

  
 

I'scribe what is orthodox in matte I,
iof politics, patriotism, social- or . 
zation, opinion, art, education and
science. It has branded all those
who depart from its prescride or-
thodoxy as ?un? ?American? ?1
without fair Roaring to its victims.
Threat To Liberty Alleged.
al?y this precess, it has created
dition of hyste1ia and. intimi-
dation in which freedom of speech
is sti?ed and liberty of all AmeriQ
cans is imperiled. 

?The Capitol hearing will get un_-
der way at 10:30 am. in an atmos?
phere which should make the Holly-
wood contingent feel? right at ?home
Witnesses will face a battery of
?ood lights, microphones, movie and
still cameras.

Capitdl aides worked over the
\week end t6 complete arrangements
for bringing the highlights of the
investigation to all the people who
won?t be able to get into the caucus

A dozen press tables were set
between the witness stand a
i between the witness stand a.


 

 

as lined with tables for "rad

uiprhent. Extra-bright 
is rung in the chandelie
land extra telephones were installed
'in the nearbv press 



 

  

ersonaiitzes summoned to

tee on Uri-American Activities
will speak at an opeIL meeting
scheduled for 8: 30- temoi'row

in the auditorium of the National
Press 1 ing. A
The 

  
     
 
 

of the met; - announced

Ethat other akers would include
1 Ebert W. grimy, presideIift
u11d;Bartley .

rum, San Francisgo e11? on;
and ms

ryk, director, and Aw
proauction man. . 

testify before the House Commit 

 

 

 

7/13-

Mr. Tolson
Mr. E. A. Tamm_

Mr. Clegg
Mr. Glavin
Mr. Ladd
Mr. Nichols
Mr. Rosen
Mr. Tracy
Mr. Carson
Mr. Egan
Mr. Gurnea
Mr. Harbo
Mr. 

Mr. Jones

Mr. Pennington?
Mr. Quinn Tamm?
Mr. 
Miss 

 

    

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ll LeftiStWar 
011 Movie Probe

By DAVID SENTNER
N. Y. Journal- American Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON Oct. 17. ??-The leftist propa? ?5
ganda war has been opened against the 1nquiry into 1
Communist influence 1n Hollywobd which begins next 

onday before the House Committee on Un?Ameri- 

11 Activities.

Eighteen screen writers, producers, directors 1

and actors who have been sum-

moned to appear before the 

hearing released an open letter
to the motion picture industry
on the so- called issue of ?free-
dom'of the screen. from political
intimidation. and censorship.?
The signers all have official
ecords of_ affiliations with Com-
unist front groups.

The . avowed sponsors of the
morn-"were attorneys connected

 

resigned from the National
LaWyers Guild he stated that
?It is ,now obvious that the
present management of the
guild is not prepared to take
any stand which conflicts with
the Communist party line."

LEADERS QUIT GROUP.

sm-JU. 8. Supreme Court Justice

Jackson. N. Y. supreme Court
Justice VPecora, former guild
lpresident, and former Lt. Gov.
Poletti of New York, were among


lprominent legal aces who re-

'signed because

 

.ldomination of the NLG.

-?festo attacking the Congressional .,

61530101)

The National Lawyers Guild
Internal %curity?-C.

Among those. signing the manl-

probe into Red tactics in the mov
ing picture industry Were the fol
lowing Hollywood ?gures:

Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biber-
man, Lester Cole, Richard Gol-
lins, Edward Gordon
Kahn, Howard Koch, Ring

son, Albert Maltz, Lewis Mile- I
stone, Samuel Ornitz, Irving
Pichel, Larry Parks, Robert 3.1.5-.
son, Adrian Scott, Waldo Salt,
and Dalton' Trumbo.

WSIGNED BY LAWYERS.

The open letter was labeled as

coming from attorneys Bartley C.

Crum San Francisco; Robert W.
Kenny, Benjamin Margolis and
Charles Katz, Los Angeles; Martin

'Popper, Wash'mgton, D. C- and

Samuel Rosenwein, New York.

The majority of this legal group
have specialized in defending
Communist defendants in various-
court actions. Most of them are
also afiliated With Red front or-
ganizations, according to the files
of the House Committee on Un?
American Activities.

Crum, vice president of the Na-
tional Law ers was listed

11 mg ?an apartment
cemmissioning cf Communists;
vice chairman of the Communist
front ?win the peace conference?;
signing a protest against a ban on
the Communist party; and a
sponsor of the American Slav
Congress, which supports the pol?
icies of Commissar Tito of Yugo-

 

slavla.

Kenny, president of the N10
was a. member or the committee
which supported the Communist

..-.. ..

tar-y of State A. A. Berle Jr.,

of Communist 

Lardner Jr., John Howard Law- .

i mocracy, affiliate of- the; Civi

Ronald Reagan-3524

 

party candidacy of Mrs. Laurence
McCormick when she ran for the
California state senate. 1
Kenny was honorary chai 
manof the Mobilization for De

Rights Congress, Which a recen
Heuse committee report brand- -
.ed as ?exploiting America?s tra- 1.
ditional regard for civil liber-
ties in Order to allow free play
for outright subversion. 

Kenney was also counsel for
William Schneiderman, state sec-
retary of the Communist party in
California. .

He Was called by Pravda, Mos-s
cow newspaper ?a sincere friend
of the Soviet Union.? .

DEFENDED COMMUNIST.

Charles Katz was attorney for
Sam Darcy, Communist state;
chairman for in a

court action charging fraudulentf

balloting. .

Martin Popper, .vice president .1
of. the lawyers Guild, defended"
Dorothy Rose Blumberger,
state secretary of the Communist
party of Maryland.

"Popper also endorsed the War
Department order (now rescind-

Samuel Rosenwein is purport-
ed to be one of the ?brain

 

trusters of the National Law-
Land. 

ed) commissioning Communists. .

 

 

 
  
 
     
   
  

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1947

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'McGuinness Challe

?Wi?rnesses Protest

Hollywood witnesses protest-

- in; their summons to appear at

a congressional inquiry into sub?
versive activities in the film in-

dustry met with strong challenge
last night from a spokesman for

5 the Motion Picture Alliance for

the Preservation of American
Ideals. . -
'He was James McGuinness,
mem com?
mittee and an executive of Metro-

Studios. -

McGuinness responded after

1 the Southern California chapter

of the Progressive Citizens of
America had staged a ?sendoff

rally? at Shrine Auditorium
,Wednesday night for 18 of the
actors, writers and producers

Subpoenaed to appear in Wash-
ington before the House un?
American activities investigat-
ing committee. The hearing was
termed an ?inquisition.?

CHARGES 

One of the rally Speakers ac?
cused MPA75 officers and mem-
bers of being ?friendly? wit-
nesses before the committee and

 

asserted MPA was attemptingto

Surrender the indu'stry?to ?un-
Arnerican domination.?

In his statement last night.
\Mchin 55 said:

i
K)

,5 


. ?pported any candidate for
any'politlcai office since it was
organized in February, 1944.

?Seme'members of the Mo-
tion Picture Alliance supported
Thomas ,Enpgwey in the last
presidential ca'?lpaign. Some

rmembers supported Franklin 

   
  
 

elano Roosevelt. What any
7! them did, they did as in-
dividuals.- 7

?Four members_ of the 25-
man executive committee are

?the blinders of the

y: 

 
  

  


at!

my

     
 
   

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are still legal parties and that
anyone ?may join 't em who
wishes to, or refrain om join-
ing it that is the i dividual?s
wish. i



?In its statemenigi of prin-
ciples, adopted at it ?rst for-

mal me 7 in February,
1944, th ted that. it 7
?believed 'in, liked, the

American way of life,? and fur-
ther stated that it ?found itself
in sharp revolt agaizqst a rising

 

tide of Communis Fascism
and kindred beliefs that seek
by subversive mean to under-
mine-and change is way of
life.? . .

?It pledged itselt 0 ?ght by
every means at its organized
command ?any effrt of any
group or individua to divert
the loyalty of the reen from .
the free America if at gave it
birth.?

?The position of II MPA as
to the content of otlon pic-
tures is officially ?hat motion
pictures should be roe for the
presentation .of a problem,
but we insist tha ideologies,
foreign or opposed 0 our ways,
must be clearly icntified as
such.? 

r" ?Its attitude on censorship
?is that it is ?una gammy- op.
posed to any poli?fl al industry
code, to any group. agreements
or any manner 0 forbidding 

 

 

force or pressure.?

EXPLODED

  
   
  
  

?When the Mo - .Pictqpo 
Alliance was to 2.: 
attack on it w_ 
laugh to scorn -

,there might be .
munist or follow
the motion 1) 
Tint conten?m'

 
 
 

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any political opinins to any- .
one by any form collective 4 

7,

would be 'farcieal? to note the
list of party liners who now
wrap about themselves the
mantle of defenders of the in-
dustry and of free speech.

?We wonder how they stand
on Vishinsky?s demand that
some American leaders who
opposed Soviet imperialism

should be put in chains and

that American newspaper men
should be jailed for warmon-

gering it they report the truth

of Soviet activities?? -
the noble defenders of
free speech who met at the
Shrine Auditorium want to
protest the only menace to
free thought in the world, why
don?t they go on record as
censoring andgopposing Vishi'n-

3: 



{his 

?995 
. Film if

sky for his iniquitous proposals 

to the United Nations??

 

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..

By the Associated Press

The call for ?Lights, camera,
action!? at a forthcoming investi-
gation of communism in 
was approved today by the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities.

Reversing a previous informal de-
cision to hold down publicity. the
committee was reliably reported to
have agreed that its hearings start-
ing next Monday may be fully pho-
tographed, transcribed, recorded and
,otherwise advertised. .-

There was no official announce-

lment of the decision. nor what

prompted it, pending the ex ected
week end arrival of Cha' man

Thomas.

But the stage settings for what
is expected to be one of pitol
Hill?s most glamorous and tu ?ultu-
ous public hearings are being put in
place

Press gallery attendants busted
themselves marking off spa at
special press tables reserve for,

note than 100 reporters.
j; .. Most of the remaining several
hundred seats in the his caucus
room in the Old House omce Build-
. I

 


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Stag Set Up for Full Publicitx 5
At Probe of Hollywood Reds 

?Zr/159 Levis?;

 



ing wiil be put on a ??rst come if?rst
served" basis Advance indications
are that the queue in the oorridorl
outside will resemble the bleacher
line at a World Series game.

In front row seats reserved forl 
witnesses and legal counsel will be
some of the leading men of Holly-
wood in the acting, producingl
directing and writing ?elds. Several
score of them are under subpoena. :5

To date no ?big name? actresses
have been booked to testify.

Eric Johnston, head the Motion
Prcture Association of America and
the Association of Motion Picture
Producers, has promised the indus-
try's co-operation ?so that this in- 
vestigation may be thorough, fair
and conclusive, according to the
best American traditions.?

In a prepared statement. he has
?atly denied that the industry'has}
put ?subversive un- American prop-=
aganda on the screen."

Undoubtedly, Mr. Johnston said
there are Communists or Commu-
nist sympathizers in Hollywood, and
?we neither shield nor defend
them,? but ?want to see them ex? 
posed.?

 

 

 

 

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Hollywood?s subversive activities 
?was termed an ?inquisition? last
night at a. sendoff rally in Shrine I 
Auditorium for 18 of the Screen
figureslsubpoenaed to WaShing-
ton next Monday. 

Lari?rks?, 'Genexl??ly and
Marsh spoke at the meet- -
ing Sp' sored by thWe. 
Citizens of America. 

Wmmam?a gm;
1e m, Francisco attor-
?514? ney, and PC President Robert 
!Kenn who ill be couns?T?f-or 
some of the riters, actors and.
irectors call by the Housewi-
American Activities Committee.

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I I 
Movue Red Charge
Hon 5 Un-American Activ1ties 
Committee Chairman Rep. -J. Par- a"
nell Thoma J.) today had
an appeal fro ericans for 
ocratic Actio no a
whole area of our creative life? be-
cause ?some Communists may" have
infilt ted the movie industry.
Lewenderson, chairman of
ecutive committee, and
Movie Star Melvyn Douglas, Cali 
ni ADA chairman, urged 
omas to oVerhaul his commit e'
cedures to avoid repetitio of
st injustices? and eliminatethe
ressive aspect? of its pending
Ho lywood investigation.




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Mr. 
Mr. E. A. Tamm
Mr. Clegg 
Mr. Glavin

Mr. Ladd

Mr. Nichols

Mr. Rosenm
Mr. Tracy 
Mr. Egan

Mr. Gurnea

Mr. Harbo

Mr. Mohr__
Mr. Pennington?

Mr. Quinn Tamm
Mr. Nease

 

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today will 1 7 00d lu-
minaries to ?by plane
and rail.

The film ear be-

fore the Jn-Arnerican Ac-

gtivities Committee in response to
subpenas purporting to be for the

.purpoSe of _ferreting 01?1t Comma--

nism in the film colony.-

The party? will take oi?! late to-v
day and will st0p over in Chi-
cago for- a rally with similarly
subpenaed movie and entertain-
ment personages there, arriving in
Washington Sunday.

Monday night another rally will
he heldin' the Washington Press
1 Club' auditorium, where groups in
:the same category from New
:York and Washington will join
the California delegation.

They will take with them a
resolution approved unanimously
by more than 5000 persons who
lattended a testimonial rally for
them last night :at the Shrire
Auditorium, demanding abolish-
?-1111ent of the Un-American Activi-

2., -ties Committee. 
1 The resolution was read by
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The rally, sponsored by the?
Progressive Citizens of America,
?raised several thousand dollars in
donations for a war chest to es.

the ?fight for freedom of expre 

sion? to the people via press and
radio.

Both Kenny and Cruni tom the .
Shrine crowd every one of their.

film clients has pledged to fight
to the limit for his constitutional
rights.

The Shrine rally was emceed by
?Gene Kelly, actor and dancer who
won?t be dancing for awhile be-_
cause he is on crutches with a.
broken foot. Evelyn Keyes and
Marsha Hunt, actresses who are
not among those subpenae?d, ad-i

- dressed the gathering.

Those making the trip by rail
are:
Alvah Bessie, writer; Herbert

-Biberman, producer: Lester Cole,

writer; Edward direc-
tor; Gordon Kahn writerr How-

Jr., writer; John Howard Lawson,
writer.
Albert Maltz, writer; Lewis

?Milestone, director: Samuel Or-

.nitz, writer; Larry Parks, actor;
Irving Pichel, director; Waldo Salt,
writer; Adrian Scott. producer:
lRobert Rossen, director; Dalton
Trumbo, writer.

Richard Collins writer; George
Pepper, writer; Helen Reichman?,
writer; Berthold Brecht, writer:
Ben Margolis attorney, and Mrs.
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The campaign of. calumny which has been directed a ainst the

motion picture industry in the past few years finally aroused I

2 Hollywood to a militant defense of freedom of the screen.
2While the snipings of. the re-

actionary Motion. Picture AI- that communigtic opaganda
liance for the Preservation or has been filtering in motion
?A?merican Ideals, and the witch- pictures.

hunting of California?s. Senator~ According to Dor Schary,
Jack B. Tenney were generally EKG?Radio's vice-pr sident in
dismissed In Hollywood as vilh- charge of production, and one of
flcatlon ridiculous t0 the subpena holders, the burden

answers the subpenaing of film of proof will be on the commit-
figures .to' the Thomas-Rankin tee. ..

Un-Ainerican Activities Commit- For what, to get, down to
tee hearings in Wa'shington next cases, does it mean by com-
week has stirred the town to munigtic propaganda?
action. To judge by the committee?s
. Disparate elements have brand of evidence, apparently
joined in the fight, alert at last it means any concern with con-
to the threat of a new kind. of temporary problems, any criti-
screen censorship. cism of governmental official-
2No finger of accusation has (10111,. or any attempt 'to make
been pointed at persons like characters on the screen into
John gyler, thinking human beings.
Anato vs er oung - ..
3 :nd Katharine Hepburn, 1121: ?$312,322? ??233,323,
2 he? earhead a cemmit e. - 
cal?gd Fights Back,? the Red smear. Why? Because

. . . it intimated that all politicians,
which ?3 determined to preserve are not the honest, upright soul?
face speech on the screen?accused," for they pretend to be . Bedause .

. . - .lampooned both tlte rabble

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toriu tonight have rj?o Ed to? Newspaper cartoonists. have

. . been doing it ever sin ce' Thomas
?ght the_slande: Hollywood Nast called attention to the
as a umt, not as indiwduals

. . 7 infamous Tweed. ring with his
protecting the? 3004 harness pungent drawings. In the 18703

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we? Parry Parks, Maltz and triot. Today, apparently, he i ,1 
if. irving Pichel?Will appear on would be called un-Am - ?n 11
7 tenight?s program in addition to and his modern count . . 

such non-subp'enaed speakers as

- a 1'2 t.
Norman Corwin,? Evelyn Keyes, may be nex on the bpen ls

Samuel ?The Best
31?: guilty, Years of Our Lives? was called
Robert Kenney. . subversive, too, and the pro-

. - ducer will be in Washington .to
p111)?? gig: ?12153 ask what?s Communistic about a-
thenwriters, directors producers study if the problems 0f ?tum'
ing ve erans. -
Adrian Scott and Edward
to Chicago tornorrow for an- producer ?and direc;
other rally and on Sunday tor respectively of Crossfire,
night these. artists singled out (the current picture dealing mm
1.01; attack will be- guests of the dangers of anti-Semitism,
honor at a. Washington, which is bringing in tremendous
rally returns, as proof. of its public
?2 . acceptance) have been sum-
cognittnee Ea: moned to defend themselves.
on 41 figures in. the motion . 13'? t0 be 
picture industry. Some of them, cernegi wit: the ?this :f 13?5??
members of the MPAFTPAI, 1"ng ceh. hppagen 3" fr 0?9:
have been called obviously as :30 ?20 did 
witnesses for the prosecution. and Hi In the same
Others, the studio heads, will 8 2 9 .

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subiect to? Samuel So
did Ring. Lardner Jr., who also
has been subpenaed.? Or maybe
the committee has unearthed
something subversive in ?For-
ever Amber,? which Lardner
adapted?for the screen.

Robert Rossen apparently
stirred. up trouble for himself

whehhe dared 'to suggest in a_

prize fight film, ?Body and
Soul." that Negroes have some
:33; in a democracy, and now
?the is preparing to produce
aid direct the Pulitzer prize
novel, ?All theKing?s Men," he
Mblyis courting mere. That
book; deals with an American
a subject that certainly
taboo it reactionaries
Wetheir way.

ing Pichel directed 
f' for?Benny,? a film which
to have made him suspect
it took iatirical jibes at

the}! town chamber of com-

 
  
    
 

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sonatede Ai??oison; in

"?Blood On the

meme. 
And Lewis Milestone directe
"All Quiet on the Western
Front," an anti-war film; ?Of
Mice and Men,? 9. film treating
itinerant workers with compas-
sion; Walk in the Sun,? a.
picture of men in_;battle, and
more recently "Arch of Tri-
umph,? a piece of fiction touch-
ing on the problem of European

refugees.

Waldo Salt probably got on
this list because he had the
courage to write a script (still
unfilmed) for "Freedom Road,?
a factual story of- a demOcratic
experiment just after the Civil
War. 

I can?t trace the committee?s
thinking in regard to Larry,
Parks, the actor who imper-
?The Jol-
son Story,". hilt Lester Cole
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7'if the United States had -

mained in the League of Na'
tions. 

Albert?Maltz wrote ?Pride of'

the Marines,? the life story of? a
blinded hero of Guadalcanal
which is supposed?to have been
dosed with propagandar Dalton,
Trumbo wrote ?Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo,?i but it was.his de-
velopment of a scene in ?Tender
Comrade,? in which four war
Workers come to the sensible
conclusion that four can live to-
gether in a house cheaper than
in single apartments, which put
the finger on him.

A long time ago John Howard
Lawson wrote a picture for Wal-
ter Wanger about Spain. It was
called ?Blockade,? and While it
sidestepped issues it gave the
impression that Franco wasn?t a
hero.

Lawson, who since then has

written ?Sahara,? ?Smash-up"

and ?Counterattack?, hold. 1'
subpena. So do Go?Y'don?r ,3 ..
managing editor of ?The Semen
Writer;? Samuel Orniti, the
novelist; Bertolt Brecht.) the?
anti-Nazi who was No. 5 on-Hiti;
ler?s list even at the time- of the?
Munich putsch, and who recently! .-
dramatized the career of ?Gait-i
leo;" Herbert Biberman, whni
directed ?The Master Race"?
and Alvah Bessie, who wrotnf
the original story for Errol?
?Objective Burma.? 

If these men,-or the studkn;
which employ them, can be in-
timidated, then the 
Washington next week will "in

  

accomplished their purpose. 

fear, as Adrian Scott once {at
it ?constitutes conservatismj?
the point of reaction.? 'Whattiif_'_
more important probably, fm?
the paying customer?s stisd-
point ?it can cause creat?i
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The ?House Un?American? Activities

Committee is getting ready. to blast- at
Hollywood again.
grage was just a warmsup. On October 20,
in Washington, the real cannonading
starts. . . .
What must be demanded of Represenh
tative Thomas and his colleagues is that,
since they?re determined to prod into an

ill-defined. subject, they at", least try to 

?conduct ?their inquiry in a fair, impartial
_-manner. 

The motion picture industry already has

suffered sufficient undeserved indignities 
as a ,result?of Redprobes. Moreover, de-. 2
. reams of testimony, nobody has 
proved Hollywood?s product-ether metrics

freighted with dangerous doctrines.
0n the contrary, "99 per "cent of? the
gstuff- ground out-by the motion picture
factories is nothing more than a glamour-

"-?-ized imitation of life designed to give Joe

Dashes: and i his. wife and kids an evening
. of dreams in ?a darkened auditorium.
?7 Motidniipicture?s are amass art; As such

they?ve; had to remain :close to mass

tastes. If you understand this you?ll be
less critical of the movies, more hopeful
about their fiutdre,for they will grow and

change as the people themselves grow and 

change. 

Undoubtedly, of course, there; areCom- I

munists employed in the. film industry.
There are Communists scattered through-

out the United States today and it would. 

be strange indeed if Hollywood. didn?t

. have its share 'of them.

But the essential question Chairman?-

Thomas 'should address the. forthcoming
committee inquiry, to is this Has the mo-
tion picture industry produced films

nos menus DAILY NEWS
DATED

- ?001 1 a 1947 

Last summer?s bar-

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loaded. with Communistic, subversive, un-

American propaganda? -
7 The Woods today are ?full of folks who

)scare easily, who look under their beds

2 at night, and who?re inclined to label as

_?Communistic? anything with which they

idi?s?agree?any statement or presentation

-_which causes their Lhackles to rise or up-
:set their serene, - wish-filled convictions
that the status shall and must remain
very, very (1110.

Some of these nervous people already

have given, testimony on this subject.
They?ve seen The Farmer?s Daughter as

Kremlin-inspired beoause it took a poke at

pastime, by
_,the Way, historically American to which

even The Wall Street Journal is now-and
then addicted. 

Or the bogey-ridden have become her-
ribly. exercised over?such movies as Mis-

sion to Moscow and So?a ofRussia, which

were produced during the Wartime period
of The Strange Alliance when America,

- ?generally shared ,a starrv4eyed hope of

continued relations.

But no one to date has cited a specific,
incontrovertibly' obvious example of, a
Hollywood film which has sought to warp
the faith of Americans in prin-

ciples of their-farm of government;-

. Unless the subject they?re. inquiring
vinto can. be more precisely de?ned, Chair-
man Thomas; and his buddies are goingsto
:ac'co?mplish nothing - except the staging of

a, three-ring circus thisggmonthn?a big,
- foolish show which will delight Soviet

critics, damage the" and-un-
dermine public confidence, in our most

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"c edian was advised that th:
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asked to allow ?those whose names
may be freely assaulted? to appear!
with lawyers and cross-examine
?their accusers.1
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The House Committee on Un~
American \Activities has ?ostponed
iquestioning of Charlie Chaplin,
originally scheduled to be one of
the early witnesses in its inVestiga-
tion of Communist in?uences in
Hollywood starting next Monday. M.

Mr. Chaplin was subpoenaed to
appear October 23, but Robert E. Mr. Quinn Tannin?.?
Stripling, committee counsel, said
yesterday he was ?advised Friday
that he would not be called until
the third week of the hearings.

Mr. Chaplin replied from Holly-
wood that he had arranged his af-
fairs to appear- as directed, and
Wanted to go through with. the
plans. .

Mr. Stripling. however, said the
comedian was advised that the
postponement stands.

Moanwhile, the committee. was
asked to allow ?those whose names
may be freely assaulted? to appear 
with lawyers and cross- examine,

?their accusers.

The Americans for Democratic .
?Action -'made the request in a let-
ter to Chairman Thomas The
ADA said that without the legal pro-
cedure it asked, the investigations
?can only strengthen the
very forces you purport, to expose.?

The letter bore ?the ?names of
Leon Henderson and Melen Doug-
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some . Comrhuni?ts have sought to . 
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By Lowell Mellett

Scheduled to Ibeg'm?neirt Monday
is one of the more?bizarre perform-
ances of?Ithe. House Un?American
Activities Committee. The? full-
dress "investi- 
gatipn" of a1?
leged commun-
ism in Holly-
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perform. TheSe' I
are the man? Lowell M?e?llett.
who really make the pictizres. They
determine what the movie- -gc_ing
public shall see-2 on the screen. 1
Their?s is the responsibility for (the
pictures? content and they are not
disposed to duck that responsibility.
As a. matter of fact, if the House
Committee has any sound reason
for questioniIngIthe Americanism of
American movies it would need to
examine nobody but these producers
company heads. Nothing cani
shown on the screen that they
not sanction.

So they have been subpoenaed, the
mums, Baileys and Ringling1
Brothers ?of the picture world, and
they will be On hand with their own1
ringmaster, Paul V. McNutt. T01
what extent the ringmaster will be
permitted to function will not be1
known until he makes the attempt

He has been engaged by the heads1
the major companies to serve as
their counsel, but the committee in
recent hearings has permitted coun-
sel to do no more than advise clients-
concerning,r i constitutional
rights. They cannot ask questions
or cross-examine witnesses.

However, there is little reason to
fear that the ,performers in this1
ring will Be unable to perform to1
their own and probably the Com-1
mittee?s satisfaction. They can1
demonstrate convincingly that they]

te communism as much or more1
an anbody and that they are
eping- communistic ideas out of
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Another-ring wilik'be given over

actors, writers and other Ho
. oocl artists who have express
ir fear thetcertain sinister she -
igans are going 'on innth 
Ico' ny. These are men {and women
who seem sincerely to beli?VQ that
Hollywood is honeycombed' with
communist cells. (Maybe they are
aright,?hut it doesn?t Seem-reasom
able.) ,On the important point.
however,??assuming the! committee
is concerned with_the important
point?these witnesses may have
dif?culty, no matter how sympa-
thetic they are handled by? the com-
mittee. . The important point- is
whether or not the a?lieged comi
mies areable to?get subversive ideas
into thepictures and thUs across It
the American people. It is not goin
to be easy to prove that they ca

  
  

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- And-then there is the third rin i
is is the on'e likely to provide some I
citement, for it contains the real
5 pects. -, These are the writers,
rectors and actors ?Who, 7 in the!
inion of the committee, have been
iSoning the innocent, minds of us
movie-goers. They are going to
have-?a bad time.? They are the-
Roman slaves thrown to the .lions,
with the lions, invthis circus, playing
for. keeps. . - . .
.Little Lawyers Can Do.
They. may or-may not have 'law?
yers to protect them, but, in? anyl
case, there is little that lawyers can
do. The suspects are not =a?dvised
of'what they are suspected. They?
;are not furnished with the secret
testimony against themselves. Th 7
annot confront or question the
ccusers. And over them. will .co
imtly hang the threat of co
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structed a grand jury in its duti 
have -

seed the intrusion of other age -
cies into the ?eld of the grand jury,
who undertakes. to participate in the
delicate business of accusation. . 
?These agencies Congressional
committees?have no such tradition
as that which,sancti?es the work f_
the grand, jury; They have no la
given responsibilities.v= They a? 
armed with em) ?safeguard agai 
'hempiegy clam .
9y he ,emno? rules 0; evidence, no
?hf probable cauSes. Rumor,
ossip, suepi?cion 'are admisesable in-
reciients? of their deliberations. No
??ziudi?ishi?t?bhnai esta??ds fready at
handA-rtoecurb: excessive zeal and to
protect those- cntitiedr?to protection
under our laws)? 
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today? by attorneys for several
Hollywood figures. 3

The objection to private ses-'
sions came in a letter to Rep. J.
Parnell Thomas, chairman of the
committee, which is scheduled to
start hearings next week in Wash?
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and it is our position that the
i 'estigation_ of the Hollywood -
motion picture industry is an at-
tack on the basic constitutional
rights of the American people,?
the letter said.

?It is not _too much to ask," the 
attorneys continued, ?that the
people of the United States be al-
lowed at every stage to know just 
what your committee. is doing,?
how it is carrying on its investi-
gation and how its members are
conducting themselves.? 
Clients of the five attorneys 1'
47/ were listed as Alvah Bessie, Her-
4/ Biberman, Berthold Brecht,

aester Cole, Richard Collins, Ed-
ard Gordon Kahn, -
lidoward Koch and Ring Lardner

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son, Albert Malta, "Lewis Mile-
stone Samuel Ornitz, Larry Parks, 
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roles! Rally Ove -

if n-American Ouiz 

i A group of well-known Hollywood
?gures are scheduled to join in a
protest next Monday night against.
the House Un- American Activities:
Committee as a. ?thought controi
agency.?

Subpoenaed to appear before the
committee as it opens an investi-
gation into the ?lm colony ?activi-
ties, screen writers, producers, di-
rectors and an actor will address a
meeting sponsored by the National
Lawyers? Guild,

Speakersa at next Monday?s meet?
ing, at 8: 30 in the auditorium of
the National- Press Building, F0 r-

teenth and streets N. W. are slated'
to lhciude Larry Parks, star of ?The
Jolson Story?; Ring Lardner jra,

ant or and screen writer; Le isl

1 Mil tone, producer- director, a d.

?Ed rd director.

was ?1 0 er speakers will be Robert

1 lKen of San Francisco, presid ti

of the National Lawyers Guild;
lBartley .C. Crum ,of San Francisco,

[vice president; Robert Rosson, pro-

:ducer- director; Adrian Scott,di1ec-. 5130?? ,4 I
tor; Dalton Trumbo, Albert Malta 6?05qu
screen writers, and Charles H. 
'Houston chairman of the Legal
Committee of the National Assncia-l (11
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g. ored People.

It was. erioneously stated in the
?rst edition or today?s Star that] a}
the meeting would be held tonight i z? 55? it"

The lawyers? group, in its invita?' J, 
tion to the meeting, charged that
?under the guise of investigation in
connection with pending or contem- 1947
iplated 1e elation,? the commi ee 3" ?g 18
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,pr cutor and propaganda agen 



I has sought to prescribe at
Iis thodox in matters of poll, 6?

pat tism, social organization, op 54)
iion, art, education and science,? thei ad" 5 0
invitation said. ?It has created a
condition of hysteria and intimida-i
tion in Which freedom of speech is
sti?ed and the liberty of all Amer-
icans is imperilled."

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Kearns investiga es Hollywo 

101: is not a ?appy
-one,? according to Messrs. Gil~


1 5' bert and Sullivan.

Congressman Carro??earns, (R., Pa.)
now thinks the song really- applies to
111111. 'For his lot, as chairman of a Con~
gressional sub?committee investigating
iabor problems, which looked so rosy in
July, has turned a murky grey by

plfember. 

The Hollywood investigation, with

ich he opened up his tour in August,
feed so promising a place from which

to begin. First of all, Hollywood is a

natural for. nationwide publicity. Sec--

ondly, the long, involved arid bitter labor
dispute in the motion picture studios

Was crying for solution.

   
 

Representative Kearns was con?dent
that he could stiaighten out the mess.
It would be a boon to labor, to manage-
ment and to the country .as awhole,
that heknew. And if, perchance, there
should result-a mounting accolade of
praise in his honor, the Honorable
Representative from would
be the last to run away from it. Quietly
and modestly, he. would ;inform the
press. that he had only done his duty.

The reporters would eat that up. The -

public would thrill touthe thought 01
a new-found. champion of the people.
Meantime, of course, 1948. would .be an
eventful year . . . in politics.

Where other gongressional sub-COM

inittees _merel?y investigated; and- then
passed the buck on to others, Congress-
mar Kearn- "was deeply'imbued With the

spirit of wantingto get things done.

 

Would, therefore, combine'in' his
-pe on, not only the duties of prober,

pa, excellence, but a 0%

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0 1? modern Poo-bah knew that th re
wer four main groups involved in 1e
Hollywood labor picture: the producers,
the IATSE unions, the carpenters, and
the painters, with theii- numerous affili-
ates. Mr. Kearns knew, from testimony
already at hand, that there was a close
tie- -in between the Hollywood Painters
Union, presided over by Herbert Sorrel],
and the Communist Party. But this
committee, he felt, had. nothing to do
with the issue of Communism. Thai.
was the job of the Un-AmericamActivi-
tie. Committee.

To everyone out here who has ever
looked ,into the matter, the nub of the
Hollywood labor con?ict is, and hasbeen
for a period of years, Communist in?l-
t1ation and Communist tactics to win
contlol of the motion picture unions .nd
talent guilds. No basic solution to the
over- all problem could ever be achieved
without coming to grips with the issue
of Communism in Hollywood. But Rep.
Kealns thought otherwise.

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.MARRIAGE, as iall of'us know, is
more than set. But you can?t very well
understand marriage by leaving so out
of it. Yet,? this, in a sense, was
Congressman Carroll Kearns' appr
to the Hollywood labor con?ict.

By virtue of this decision on his part,
placed a protective shield OVer the
Communists out here-eand I need not

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the point that?the Commu-

 

lab
mad the most of it. Day after
the ro~Communists took the stand to

recit their tales of woe and-tribulation,

attaching- the, IATSE, the producers,

and anyone and everyone else they
wished to take a crack at. Other wit-
nesses, too, with-their particulanpet
peeves or axes to grind, basked in. the
glare of ?the publicity which they were
getting. Great masses of?hear-say evi~
deuce, private opinions and sheer gossip
went into the record as the. hearings
rolled on, day after day.

The failure of Kearns and his advisers
to make a pleliminary sifting of wit-
nesses and their testimony as to their
background and reliability became the
subject of widespread comment. Per-

sonally, I- came to the conclusionthat

had decided that if he let "e ry-

.139 talk, and talk long enough, the

t1 was bound to come out.

said that Kearns let everyone 1k.

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tive heads of the They
a hearing, but only at the
tail end of three weeks of testimony,
and even so, with limited time. By then

the press and radio, and the public, too,?

were fed up with Kearns?- investigation.

Almost immediately'upon his arrival
in Los Ang?eles, Representative and M13.
Kearns were taken in tow by the top
motion picture producers. It was, after
all, their industry that was under
scrutiny. So they put their best foot
forward and gave the Congressman from
an opportunity to relax a
bitfrom'his arduous duties. Entertain-
ment, a ia Hollywood, had become a fine

art in motion picture circles long before

Howard Hughes appeared on the scene.
. A chauffeur-ed limousine was put at
the disposal of Representative Kearns
and his fa1nily??which cost the studios
about $1,500. Then there were swank
parties, plus interesting and restful side
trips, such as one to the race track at
Del 'Mar. 
Kearns discovered that the producers
were really a swell bunch of Joes. ?And
since he had broken bread with thorn,
7 he couldn?t very" well let a lot of nasty
cracks be made about'them by witnesses,
?7 could he?

The dilemma of Congressman Kearns
which had begun by his shielding of the

Communists was now enlarged to twice

its original scope.

Brickbats could only be let ?y at
Hutcheson and his carpenters, and at
the IATSE.

a: "at an

BUT Big Bill' Hutcheson is no fool??
and no Communist, mat-

ter, even th ugh he had played along
with Mix- the past two or three

years in Hollywood.? Big Bill is, and has I

.been for'a long meme Labor Chair-
man of'the-Republican Party. Kearns,
too, is a. Republican, and rumor haS?it

. Opening of his investigation is 

that he had been to?ld?in Washinsto

before the investigation beganjthiat 
must not permit too much adV'Erse?ic?riti
civsm to be thrown at Hutcheso? Hot
far. he heeded this injunction 7 

 

conjecture. But later on, as th evi
dence mounted to show the role 
Hutcheson had played in the Hollywoo:
labor con?ict (and that" if?- he wouli
withdraw his ?nancial and organiza
tional assistance from the?Co'nferenct
of Studio Unions?the spearhead oi
the Sorrell-pro-Communist organizatior
?thc strike wouid be terminated almost
at once), Kearns got word-from Joe
Martin, so, the story goes, to ?lay of!
Hutch!?_ 

By this time, there was only one or-

?ganization left to hang the thame. 011-

the 7 

But the testimony of President Ri
Walsh, of International Represen
Roy Brewer, of Attorneys 'Ma 
Levy and Michael Luddy, as we as
other responsible of?cers:x 
of the IA?replete with dates,x?facts and
records?began to make it look "more

     

?anc more as though the IA Was the one

organization which I had- yielded I time
after time to thepressure of the others
in order to keep labor peace ?in? Holly-
wood. Furthermore, Roy' Brewer, 
fusing to accept Kearns? ruling ?that
Communism had nothing to do with the
case, brought it in anyway, and docu-
mented his statements.

By this time, Kearns decided he. ,had

stun by the tail. His dilemma/was
now full-blown.? The plaudits and ac-

claim had grown to a whisper, while the

criticism had grown louder and. louder.-

Hollywood climate wasn?t so God site:
all?Congressman Kearns has called
off- his-investigation, packed is bags
returned the limousine wi Jinan:
thanks, and headed for- Chicago-a

sadder, if not-a wiser ?man.? -






. Taft-Hartley paper disaro?ing

?ght With fe110w_A ,ppwerspame 7 

outI today. This lsIthe Sonatina: threats to 714;; ,7 . 
. If Mr. Lew1s Is repudiated hypo home unless he. has-his Way. r" meme.-
the convention for his std?diti? 1 ?-Moeh..oi? the ~:Amnomcjajs belie A :5
the af?davit battle and decidest'mv :aouywoodjjmisdjc?onal 5131? ?:19 '39? 1?5! - 
take Itfie United Mine Worke es wrought much ill-will to r- ?e . . I 21314

gatioI from the meeting it: "5de tion the sa the erode- ?742?

be a cause of embar?zassm .{tenni?ned toughest: theyargument Cl 13131 8 from the E53311

W?ham Greet], AFL PreSId itjtt-I-fore further damage, is done; Star /0 7 315? 7

.. Green 15 one Of the Fi? gconvention opened yesterday I 

delegates F0 the con? $65 or welcome were made in 

UMW r? gnarl ?Warren 0: Californi ,4 
IIdelegates are bound by .. Lepham of San. Francisco 4? ?if 

I 7 numbef..91 NW 

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odayinMoyiePUniQn?DiSPute i
:Walkout? by utehew my ad Lewis I 
Retult From: ?U"C'lliswoh

state so3351:?: - . . 
'By James Y. Nemm minim. ?renews In is? 
Star Sfaff Correspondent It 7 - \5 8?5 91'- 'bT-ea'k? outright m- - e?c?re' manufacturers ax .

"Whammy - a - 

7551?." a r? - .3111 eculators, who, he held, a 
SAN Wilt In?ux; 3 Disputants Called In? "1 "geie?yU-presponsible for>record hi
The American Federation of Executive Council calledin' 
all sides of the dispute in Holly
Labor tog?? headed towe dI-g-f: Wood, where nearly 5,000?members
showdown ?1 the of craft unions, most of w?m?
h'elf-year-old Hollywood 11115131;

I are cfarpenters. and I
{studio jurisdictional dispute m5? for He said an attemgth wastheinz
which was billed as a. test They are .911 strike be?au?'mh?iaa?t?m inhaekflilgilbzlilsbt 0; $113: 11;;
power and in?uence ofthe??m mt?rnationll Alliance'of The~ y\ or boosts ?as the excuse
. wiletricat . 

newly formed of John; -4 i . - liar. price increases. I

halide} were given wor meeting - h'there is a. true relation-
L. Lewis, mine workers? md?ghet?which the carFentere-holdl?fpu??een wage- and price in-

ent, and William L. Hutchjeggnf "3",ais tful in their iur sdiction?Ang-i - .. -

goes of the carpenters. ?9 ?lling or a Special Exee??yetms' thus far all that American

'tion peo?ts had risen above the level

{if reason, and that pro?teering

mamdacturers and the speculators
am he smacked down. 

 
  
     

  
 
 

 

 
 

The Secretary said corpora- 

 

The Federation?s 66th was in ?mgai?glpgi?r: 
teeth that memo remade-yea mum he 
two years to settle the bitter imig magi), ech 

I I 'h Mew? I If?) I r. I 
aghogigigrew??gsgr? ilriie?irmg?g Mimi/111E the strike. Howeveh. agilews?a? statement'l?Naivef?
Mr. Hutcheson has hinted iti?liW?ands are recognizedIgIbazI?ZtIhe . .
?iless the dispute is settled toh?is f?g??l?lg?uc?zir aradorkarmgg musing" the FeIc-entI-Iwgtiohihy
?5 $112203 hi1: 134:?" (311.11: :30 T3119: i. like 95 as though names M8130 attirg?mmp: :3me
I I - . . Itho IA . I-, I. I . INI
?ip'bel?lfig 51:23?al??atr?itti?iisf?i? A. resolution will be submitted to and: mm?

  
   
     
 

   
 

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(Shim ?dumber mm? by the"(liar cent above 1939.

Icabinet of?cer said the re:
ction bwhich would have been
. . - .t d._y the Republican tax? 
11 members who A 4- cu
.I - .- 'vetoed' by the President?

linvaolved in the 00??va 'Ould have amounted to 
'gthyeal':gi'or the great mass of iit?ax?

to 
or the staining} -.
his; 1 ?mtzestw $113.39 ?it Ween 
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word from Washington on theft? alighe is defeated, Mr. 1111th . . . 
pected decision of the Nationelm??eave the AFL unless he ?de?ed, Would
Labor Relations Board in theigojna it employs a. delaying when to e? If you dont know how
troversial issue imlein'g ?gs goth things over for the tune It?? groceries, $30 buy, gal
of non-Communist af?davits by; Under their pact of mutul! ?$9.3m ask your wife. 
lo??icers. Federation of?cials Mr, Lewis and his milieu ti~ ?.{gen keynoted the ?conven-
a rul'ng .momentarily out. too. to gh?pleau 
Ward ?91?3ng genera] Form Mamet HM wheat for re-zlegct?ic; ell- ?ing:
?Eigglietd NA?yanoag'lial?e E33: arrayed gander Gangress who voted for the Taft?ame 11:41:13,! the ?ght such phwerf ':fecll- Act, -
am ruing re usmg 19! ?gures es-DanielIJ. Tobin ,j?ged'end shouting the 74-year
Communism egr?ef the teamsters-i?and" A, jrjlebortlehder blasted away 
. -I . I egny, ?se?cretery treasurer. I safe. and Communists in th
An interesting the Lew15,M?na, majority'ofirthecharacterized as rel-me arid

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ilm Stars Buck

i More than 150 national leaders in
.1 arts, sciences and profe ion;
will sponsor the conference 0 19111;;
tuml?eedomwand ,Civii. Liber .
to he held in New York Oct. 2
26 under the ouspices of the Pro-
gressive Citizens of America, gr
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"offi??e'd yesterday.
Sponsors include Rexford Guy
7?I?ugwe11, political science professor
at the University of Chicago and
former Governor Huerta $00;
?lm stars Gregor eck,- John 111'-
i ?eld, Gene?Keliy, Fredric ?it?arch
1. 'and Florence Eldridg arch; film
ectors Williamj?Wyler and John
pmweil;
rwin; scientists Dr. Linu
Dr. Maurice??iisscher and Dr.

 
  
  

 


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Movies Welcome Red
Probe. Says Johnston

United Press 
President Mel-luster; of the
otion Picture Association of.

America promised today the indus-
try would co-operate fully with the 
House Un-American Activities Com-
mittee in exposing any Communists
in Hollywood.

to Committee Chair-
gman J. Parnell Thomas (R., N. J.)
i said the movie mag-
nates welcome the forthcoming in-
quiry into subversive activities in
~the film capital.

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Mr . Nich - 

Mr. Rosen 

Mr. 
Mr. Curson

Mr. Egan 7 
Mn. GurneaLm 1'3
Mr. 

Mr. Hend'oh

Mr. Jones

Mr. Leonard?
Mr. Pennington;
Mr. Quinn Ta. 3 .
Mr. Nessa 3 

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on both reviews and on the ?lm itself.



Serious movie with a brain-
twisting "title, three high
priced actors namedRobert, and a

(a Tremendously

director, whose vowel-less

name hasn?t a single wasteful mo-
ment) is an expertly done shootin?

movie containingthe following items 3 

shotguns, slatterns, Semitism (anti,

that is), and slabs. The movie whines.
nimbly through conventional deteeis

tive mystery locales? smoke-choked
gin mills, late city streets, and all-

1 night movie houses?while doing a
super?cial cxpos? of anti?Semitism.-

2People have fallen on their noses at

5? the courage of Producer ?Dbre Schary?
111.11 . sang? tbr: handling 11111113331 111E

 

Wile, 13,; fryiHLlI?zr ?4 

there is a small

amount of straight stuff about a cer-
tain" type of Jew-hater, consciously,
or unconsciously, the producers steril-
ize the anti-Semite incident. First
they?ve not only made all but the
murderer unnaturally pure "of any
emotion about Jews, but there are
a couple of characters in this ?lm who
apparently never have heard of a Jew.
Second, they?ve knowledgeably made
the one person with any feeling about
Jews not only an anti-Semite but a
terri?c beast, a breaker of skulls from

?way back, and a congenital hater (his. 
il?the close up as well as He-

hatred of Jews is no diiferent in in?
tensity or quality from his feeling on-
any trait that he can either ridicule
or terrify to prove his %periority).

rosshre' A ?is Sent



Earlier, The New Leader presented a favorable review oi ?Cross?re? by
Joseph T. Shipley. With this dissenting review,
The New Leader, reassumes his regular reviewing assignmentsl
the former movie critic of The New Republic, and is well? as a particularly
perceptive movie observer. We are printing two reviews of this ?lm because of 
its unusual nature, because of what it sought to accomplish, and because of the
controversial reception it achieved. We welcome brief comments from our readers

Manny Farber movie critic of
Mr. Farber is

  
   

feet wide, from Newt York to 7711111.

vestok. It?s hard to believe the pro-
ducers weren?t cowardly in making

him so removed hope the audience

by his pathology that none -of the
. troubling, complicated], burdened-with-

13* ancient-roots, ambivalent feelings of

21? ?Cross?re,

[either Jevr or gentile in the audience 

 

- up. The underlying dis-
honesty of the movie is the supposi-

tion throughout that the trouble be-'

i tween Jew and gentile 15 not a special,

many?leveled irritant,
i but is like any other personal or group
preju ce..


 
     
 

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the director of
no es eippertly mediocre

gimovies, and this is line of b9313-

Earl actor so much as

War a cavity to see if' it was still
the1e,

He has put the lightning on

2. this story of a: busy little time" 1n our

 

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Station; capithf durin which a ew-
ish civilian '(?Sam ?neii is mur-
dered by one of thee loose- end sol-
diers he had met in a ar. The movie,
;as a result, has the1neatness of a

Chiclet, the tone of a nickel, the speed

of a hiccup; Dmytiyk?s movies are
beautifully paced from one strictly

rejevent moment to the next in order

not to cause the audi nce a breath-
space of let down. 0 feels that if
an his tongue

woul cut out the

 

 

Whole scene. Few othe directors use

gas the know-how to realistic ex-

'pressions out of actois hat are rarely

scan in ?lms and the to catch and

 

Who 1n the audience (1:9 entify
it .. 1 Ice es laid
will? we path. ten? 

Side to some nice ch nces to get a

Oad of facial adequa ies 

equacies.

gold them with a quiet camera. This

By MANNY 151111111511 





 

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The majority of these elm
are given over to a granite- -like por-
trayal of the anti- Semite (Robert

Ryan), as carefully planned a job as.
the landscape around a Robert. Moses
Parkway. Ryan seems an eager per-y
,son who loves to act and wants. to
.(pleaSe, but who appears to worry 'over
his muscle-bound body and the pos-
sibility that it might limit his great
desires as an actor. He turns in an
excellent slam-bang type job; each
time you see him is like hearing a
revolver shot with your ticket on it.
sum Levene, usually a good, very
Jilteable player, made me sguirmv as
he munched peanuts through one
nauseating scene. This scene

2"successfully to present a supposedly



'11

jew to a troubled young soldier in
bar It dishes out instead a ?sogg y,

and actor- Levene seems aware of
this and makes an occasional hopeless
jab to inject a warm, *humane, Jew-

ink quality into the scene. These jabs

.5 worse than what he is trying to

. olive: up. Few faces have been as

i hardened and ?attened as Levene-?s in
the-bar-room scene from harsh, head-
an lighting. There is a honey of an

extraneous character?a man ,in the

?litart?s apartment (Paul Kelly) who

i appealingly lies his way into the truth

land out of it again and again.
Kelly?s in?ection and pace are won-

,iderfully funny and touching. Robert
Young is handicapped by a pipe 111'-

. most as big as he is. man??a



is a clinker because it tries so un?

Wise, gentle speech from a Wise, gentle,

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v. J. Jerome



Probe to evealy

Stars' Red Aid 

By HOWA RUSHMORE
Hollywood tars whose . names 
appear on the Communist Party?s
?sucker list" ontributed as much
as $20,000 at?a single ?protetar-
1an? party such publication

Masses. .
1?0 heariritbe?ed 

 
    
  
 

were! ,..Ie9.11i.miss.iop?
eon..iea ammissarm?e
America}; It 65 was wined and

(?mw?in th omes of million-
aire filmla 11 figures when he
made trips 0 Hollywood.

These fact will be given to the
House Com 'ttee on un?American
activities no month when that
Congressiona group opens its 
probe of co unism in the movie 
industry, it (Eves learned today.
HOLLYWO 1) UNIT FORMED.

Not only did stars contribute
heavily to Red publications, but
under Jerome?s direction a. Hol?
lywood unit of the Communist

Party was-1 organized. At these A 

unit meetings, several well-

known act rs and actresses paid
astronomi a1 dues to the Com-
munist orfanizations and were

 
 
   

given cou ses in Marxist vo-
lutionary actics.
On one occasion, 
editor of $315:va $4955.93; flew 
The coast a (1 attended a party in
his honor iven by the Hollywood
comrades. North made a fervent
plea for ntributions to ,the of- 
??cial Red ascist publication and
collected :3 0,000. 
The co missar -in -residence
who guided the ac 'ties was
John wson, script
r,wocme mun't
headquarters here regularly
report on his success in ?re -
olutionizihg? Hollywood.
There may a1 0 rther te i-
mony on 1% Hollywood
composer, day denied
he was Communist when he
came to he United States with
the help of Mrs. Franklin D.

 
  

 

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Joseph llorthweditor 0

Int 91719.1 Securi ?byEgg,? 10m?

A for er Communist, who at-

eist' ?c ?tural commission? here,
has t?ol Government investiga-
tors Ei er not only _participated_
in the meetings, but was a.
enough figure to set;
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Of Hollywood Commie Today

Harms Eisler, Red Spy's Broi- er, 
Scheduled il'o Be First to Take Stand

By JAMES WALTER

The. House un-American activities committee will launch 


 

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23s campaign to smoke the Commies out of?ollywood?i - 
WW5 Eisler mov c010 
poser, g?wunist in?ltra- WEMMW . Harbo
- Mr. 
Wows?W - Brother, 
germid. . Mr. Jones

??anges, who spends part of his Mr. Leonard
time 1_n the community of the 
klieg lights and part in Manhat- 1" Pennington_
tan, was listed in the ?Great Mr - Quinn Tamm

Soviet for 1933? as
a member of the Communist
party, according to Rep. Thomas
(R) of New Jersey, committee
chairman.

Refused - Passport

Last spring?shortly after Ger-
hard was removed from a Rus-

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anns applied for a passport to
ance, but it was refused by the

tate department.

At that time he said he wanted
to go abroad to ?do some com
posing.? RecentlY, he was sub
poenaed by the government in th 
passport fraud case of his brother
Gerhard, who was convicted 
that count and also on a charge
of contempt of Congress.

our will be the
fir cornmi an to
find out just how uc ce
en exerted in the motion
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Welles to Testify

Among witnesses scheduled to
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day are former undersecretary of . ,1 I 5 
state Sumner Welles, George Mes- RECORDED .L?m -.
sersmith, veteran State depart- a 

ment career man and former am- i 

bassador to Argentina; Joseph 9 3 "abili-

Savoretti, assistant commissioner 

of immigration and naturaliza- - rs. 

tion; P. C. Hutton, second secre-

tary and consul at Guatemala.

'City, Guatemala. and Clarence R.

Porter, chief inspector of the im-

migration service. i
While the tenor of the immi- 

gration testimony has not been in- 

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Notables SummoneoL
By Un?Amefican Probers 1?

Writers, Director: is?

And Producer Called

HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 23 (UP).
4. The House nix-American activities
committee today revealed the
names of 10 Hollywood figures??
seven writers, a producer and two
directorHubpoensed to appear
in Washington, Oct. 20.
The United States marshal?s . 
otfice said subpoenas had gone to 7_
. writers Lester Cole. Berthold . --
Gary Cooper Brecht. Dalton Tru'mbo. Albert Tm"
Maltz. Alva Bessie, Ring Mrdner? 
Jr. and John Howard Lawsonlpoeneed. Among them he named
directors Edward and Charles Chaplin. Gary cooper:
aegis; figstoge, and producer Robert Montgomery. Robert Tay-
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lor. Walt Disney, Cedric Gibbons.
Names on another_ stack of Samuel Louis B. Meyer.
5 bpopnes awaiting delivery were Joseph E. Davies. Adolphe -
disclosed. jou, Ronald Reagan. Run 1:
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eviously disclosed 1n Weshing- Rogers,- mother of actress Gin or

that ?43 persons would be sub-? Rogers. 

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Mr. 
Mr. E. A. Tamm?

Mr. Clegg

Mr. Glavinm
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. Rosen

Mr. Tracy

Mr. Carson

Mr. Egan

Mr. Gurnea 
Mr. 
Mr. Hendonm
Mr. Jones

Mr. 

Mr. Pennington_
Mr. Quinn Tamrn_
Mr. Nease

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1e .two? well-knew screen .411
rec Dr's, i; half-daze}: noted 111m
writers and ,one tenuous comedian
will be confronted with an offi-
cial record of their numerous
Comn?mnist affiliations
when they testify before the
House COmmittee ?ron, tin-Amer-
icon?ctivmes. 
The? will be among 40 Holly?

 

ing on Communist influence in
the motion picture industry. The
committee is headed by Rep; J.
Parnell Thomas (R.-N. .17.). 

DOSSIEBS COMPILED.
- Dossiers, with the number of
Bed Front connections, Were
being compiled today by the .
committee staff on the iollow- 
ing' Witnesses:

(Figure in parentheses stande? 



 
    
     
   
    
   

  
   

 

     
 

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WASHINGTON, Sept.
2 st night the names of 43 persons, most
ry, who have been subpenaed-to? testify

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21,?The House Un-American Activities Committee announced
of them prominent in
on alleged ?Communist"

Chairman J. Parnell Thomas (R-
NJ) said the hearing had been
moved up from Sept. 29 to Oct. 20"
to permit all committee members to 
attend. Some are now in- Europef
he declared.

Listed as subpenaed were:

oopepr-?Ghaplin, Walt/131e-
ney. 

ughes, haul-Johnston, Louis

1- yer, Joseph EMS. Adolph

o?mtt, Merrie
?skindAdri CSc?Eiyf
Waidy'YBEIt.

?Wood and dime
Journal-American. renegade anti-_
Communist ?expert,"
those listed.

ings begin, lie Will
wide radio adress on Cominunist

  

 

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Thomas said that before the. hear-5
make a nation-

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amt urph-y, 011W, Lagr?mdn?uences in the motion picture in-
Donal'd?UQd tewart, 

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Postponement or the investigation

will not dela hearings on the 
or 

writer, scheduled for Sept. 24, 25?.

Jan Hollywood sens

Heading the list of witnesses?

be former Undersecretary of St 
Sumner Welles and George S. -
sersmith, tanner Ambassador
Argentina.

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{committee to Hear Both Sides on Communism,
Parnell Thomas Says; Gary Cooper, 
Disney, Eric Johnston Among Those Called

 

   
 
 
  
  

 

- A ?Sept lad?The Hones dammittee on Unswerla-
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any of them mominent Hollywood actors. directors and writers?-



 

 

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view-9.13. were among ose whose -
names appeared on the list.
Representative 3. Parnell
omas,-I' Republican, of New 
ersey, committee chairman, sai 
he forty-three had been sum' 
moped to testify at a- hearin
starting Oct. ..20 The investigatio .
of Communism in the motion-
- picture industry originally had
(been set for Sept. 29, Mr. Thomas 3
said, but the date has been ex-

 

 

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it; - tended three- weeks to permit all 
committee members to- attend. He 

3% explained some committeernen are 
'2 {g now in Europe.? I

?qu. In releasing the list of witnesses. 

1 Representative Thomas emphasiz-
ed that the fact subpoenas have

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upon these persons? character or I ?_78
patriotism. 

     

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on the list are Well knowr?i anti- as? ?B?w . 3
Communists. Among them Johnston, president of the Asses-i1 .331 are i i I
iation of Motion 3 Picture Pro? ?ml? 5 

ducers andformer president of the 

?7 Chamber of Commerce United States; who has been out- 3 2 
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spoken in his criticism or Coho. 
munism. 
A1 ?The committee wants ?to 1:
commiSt Influence in the plot 11 hath sidesk? m? Khomas said, a.I
in: that the actors,? "directors 
i writers are being brought to Wa 
- ington ?With the sole objective
obtaining- the facts regarding ti
inroads Communists have made in
[a IHollywood 
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would be announced at a later date.
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The tin-American Activities
Committee proposes to learn why
the song writer was permitted to 
enter and remain in? the Unted 
States, Representative Thomas 
said. . - .
Hearings on case are
. set for next jurs- .

day and Friday. Witnesses will in-'

elude Sumner Welles, former

Under Secretary of State,_ (1

George S. Messersmith, for er

American Ambassador to my -

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MOST folks would think that Congress had had

enough of Hollywood after thatBrewster-
Hughes ?asco. However,- another big extravaganza

Until the curtain goes up, a publicity blackout
has been ordered by Chairman Parnell Thomas of
New Jersey. However, it is known that a swarm,
of big-name actors and actresses will be brought
to Washington next month to testify on alleged
Even if the probe



    

    
   

 
 

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back at almost every step Stimson proposed

to stop Jap aggression, ?nally forcing Stimson-to

recall the American consul, Prentiss

observer from the League of Nations Council meet-{7
ing in Geneva. - 
Note?Captured Nazi documents reveal that Hit- -
ler regarded the United States
and that we here to be his big goal after taking

Europe.

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BY STRANGE coincidence, some of the Dutch
marines now ?ghting the
tion in the faraway Dutch East Indies are acquaint?

Gilbert, as an 5

as his main enemy


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Mr. Ladd?

Mr. NiciY?m?;
Mr. Rose 

  

Indonesian revolu-

doesn prove anything?which it probably won?t? ances of Mrs. Truman, and some also met the Presiwill keep Congressman Thomas? name on the" dent. Mr. Carson
front pages-?always helpful when one aspires to During the war the United States Marines trained 
. be GOP Senator from New Jersey. 5000 young Dutchmen in the United States and Mr. .gan
Open hearings begin September 24 and will last some of them were stationed for a short time in Mr. Gurnea
approximately three weeks. Thomas and his in-. Washington. Their favorite hangout was the USO 
?3 vestigators are mum about which movie stars and Club in the old Westminster Presbyterian Church Mr ar 0
producers will appear. However, it on be re- at 18th and H'sts, just a few minutes? walk from Mr. Hendon
st": vealed that those scheduled, to be ill 011m?- theWhite House. Mrs. Truman sometimes worked 
.. penaedi ude: . i? ?1 if 1 hint USO kitchen. Ml" mesh?@?
- lin, we 1 - - at time, Mrs. Truman was wife of the Vice Mr. Pennington_
a .- (urn, who introduced He ry Wai- Presid nt, and around 11 p. in. Mr. Truman used . 
M7 Ingeles y; A to call the USO to escort her home. The Dutch Mr. Quinn. am 
or, Director arey and ?ans marine who met the Vice President found him ?am Mr Nease
?fr "gr, a composer. in other of Ger- inform l, easy-going little man, who, like other . 
. recently convicted of contempt of Americ husbands, usually was kept waiting by" M1 SS an 
Q: Gangress Jack Warner, who produced Ambassa- his wif One night he had to wait half an hour
dor Joe Davies? book, ?Mission to?Moscow,? 'at a while 5 wife ?nished cleaning up the kitchen.

time- when we
pear.

. - Eisler, a onetime friend of Mrs. 'Roosevelt, will
he the ?rst witness, according to present strategy.

were wooing Russia, will also an:

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smear blows?

Thomas is aware that he riSks a repetition of

the Hughes probe, which bubble-gummed in the

is: faces of Senator Owen Brewster and his warsin-

vestigating colleagues. To av as
had 

Lee worki .

., - One question puzzling Thomas is what role for-

mer Secretary of State-Jimmy? Byrnes will? play

in the hearings. Byrnes has been retained as a

special adviser to Eric Johnston, president of the'
Motion Picture Producersof. America. 7

Inside, fact is that Byrnes will not appear at the

hearings unless he is subpenaed, though he will

give Johnston and other movie moguls off-stage

House probe from

a?

The motion picture industry
.. but we don't like badgering.?

3 Hoover Remains HoOver .
ERTAIN members of the Democratic high com-
mand are now saying, told you so,? regard-

'ing Herbert Hoover. .
. There has always been a division .of party opin-
ion regarding President Truman?s wisdom in tak-
ing the former President into the bosom of the .Ad-
And now that. they have read

gm. "k

that Truman was wrong. - -
Though Democrats appear surprised at this. at- 

tack on Roosevelt?s foreign, Delicics. it is no news 

. ngwho served with him. no-
?v of'State? Henry L. Stim-

  
 
 
 

  
  

  

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rines. 

are you going to be ready, Bess?? the
Vice esident plaintively remarked.

But he

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Sen?at rial Fur Flies

HE cret stenographic record of 

out of Senate Banking Committee.

 

Tobey of ew" Hampshire,
the ydungest member of
rambunc ious

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the hottest
years has just leaked
It was be-

-battle in

38-year-old Joe McCarthy of Wis:

consin, th Republicans.

MeCa by,
he a gre friend of veterans, actually has

as if he

 

himself a veteran and pretending to,
voted

The crowning act was when he blocked Tobey as

chairman
-mittee.
Tobey

estate lobby. And in
Carthy refused to honor the proxies

which .othEr Republican Senators had given Tobey
to. make him chairman.

.. ?This on

mes. with little grace from.

i
you,? remon-

strated Tobey. ?You, who dared to use proxies
time after time in the Senate Banking Committee,
sometimes when you didn?t have them, and got as-
sent afterward."
7, ?Now, awe?g.?
ster.
?Never

statesman.

 

chided the Wisconsin young-

ind the ?Chariie?,? snapped the. elder

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Merry-Go-ROMnd
-THREE admirals are now in the running for the
Navy?s top hommand when modest Admiral
Chester ,Nimitz' lretires this fall: Duke Ramsey
Nimitz? chief a? sistant; Bill Blandy, who com-
manded the ato ic project in the Paci?c, and Lou
Denfeld, comma der of the Paci?c Fleet?all good
men. Ramsey, . member of the Green Bowlers.
claims he is in poor health and wants to retire.
Iandy has more political support than enyon
lse. Denfeld,? Who stuck his chin out to give re-
erve o?icers an enlisted men a fair break, is rec
. g'nited as one the ablest officers in the servic

   

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WASHINGTON POST


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TOWN MEETING

Denny's Side oiS ealker lVIixup

Town Meeting: Just to keep the
record straight, may I give you a few
facts in. connection with Town te-
ing discussion on the subject, 

Th In His: $1113:an

oil 
this topic six weeks ago

because of the widespread public in-
terest in the subject, the impending
Congressional investigation, and the
tremendous influence of Hollywood
films on the public mind.

?As usual, we invited qualified au-
thorities on both sides, residents of'
Hollywood, actors, writers, producers
or others closely allied with the film
industry. As America?s Town Meet-
ing is a nationwide program carried
by 226 stations of the American
roadcasting Company, we wanted to
ve'at least two nationally-known

es.
he fir ?affirmative team consisted
and Howard Erin'-

twmy..m.w-itr? ?a 

   
   

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sects

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me As both Miss Hopper
. ers have indicated, they
Withdrew wt en they found that they
could not agree upon how their side
should be presented. It appears that
Miss Hopper wanted to mention pic-
tures in which she, felt communist
ideology 5 presented, . and Mr.
Rogers objec ed to this approach. In-
deed, Mr.
with Miss pper if she insisted on
this approa h. Miss Hopper then
withdrew. . -
When we iscovered that Mr. Rog-
ers was tryi to limit the scope of
the discussio and had taken it upon
himself to invite another speaker
more congen al to his views without

 

any authorit from us, we invited him.

to withdraw.? Incidentally, we Were
not, as Mr. ?Rogers has suggested,
trying to limit the scope of the dis-
cussion to pr pagan?da in pictures. 
America?s gfown Meeting and The


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gers refused to appear

 

 

 
 
    
   

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ag Inst totalitarianism? in all "ts
to 3, whether it grows out of .
nism, fascism, socialism, or de
We would not knowingly 

 

 
 
      
 



  

 

 

 Flaose people who believe that ithe democracy of the United States

on be defended at all costs againsr the dictatorship of 'com- .

.munism find a greater job in Hell
there are more'communists here in 
are anywhere else in the country.

- In this area communist meeti
thousand and more sympathizers.
booed every intimation that this 

cheered statements that the Russian

does.

wood than any place else because
oportion to population than there

  
   
 
  
 
   
  
   
  
 
  
  
   
 
 

gs have attracted crowds of six
hose sympathizers have hissed and
untry is worth fighting for and
dictatorship is right in all that it

Lavery tried to make a point out of the fact that communists.
are not caught preaching sedition. ere is nothing to the point because
that is not the communist game.

One needn?t argue over the-p poses of the communists in the
rUnited States. Their own publica ions set forth those purposes in
language that any literate person ca understand.

One of the policies of the com unists, as their leaders set them
forth, is for rank and file communi to deny being communists but
to jbin one or more of the scores of ifferent communist-front organi-

5 zations that are set up to deceive peo le. .

To get as many communists i to controlling positions in labor
unions, the communist publications phasize as one of the important

goals. The fact that a number of CI unions are now fighting to rid
their organizations of communist lea ers?hip is evkie'nce of the fact that
many heads of labor unions. do condone the presence in their
groups of communists as Lavery def their presence in his Screen.
Writers Guild. 

To cause Negroes and Jews to believe that all people excepting"
communists entertain racial prejudices against them is another import-
ant part of the communist campaign 

To point to' every weakness in ur democratic form of govern-
ment as evidence that the Russian ommunist dictatorship must be
better is still another part of the strate of the communists as expressed

2 in their publications. . 

To encourage law violations at
strikes, though the most of the strike
particular activity in which communist are urged to engage.

To denounce everything that this country does which the Russian
dictatorship disapproves is also the dut of the communists.

No, they don't preach sedition. Lavery can win the plaudits of
the communists by denying that there i any sedition among the Holly-
Wood communists but he doesn't foo 

read the communi publications and 
nists are up to. 4 

There is time enough for sedition if, as and when the communists
get an appreciable number of America so disgusted with'democracy
that they Will turn in ignOrance to co munist leadership.

In the meantime, let the Tenne committee continue to expose.
the vast number of false fronts that a organized by the communist
leaders, name the members thereof. i nocent or otherwise, and keep
the public informed as to each activity the known :ommunists. By
communist sedition may n?ver come out 

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By NA

ESPITE on statement to the Uri-Americans
Committee that the movie industry will be glad t"

cooperate, the fact is that Hollywood is not happily unit
behind Iohnston? line.

Many studio heads and leading ?gures were and7
more than anxious to give the Un-Americans the Ho
Hughes technique and ridicule it into a na- all it.

tional laughing stock A In line with the State Department?s he of creating our own

Although they never let on publicly, ronCurtain the new Universal film .4 Was?lndiscreet, 
many 0f big wheels despise I h?ig W?lmh 59 outside

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Johnston and feel he is using Hollywood to The Catholic hierarchy has removed Father Dunne from his teach-
further his own vice-presidential ambi- ing post at Loyola University in California. Father Dunne was- in the
tions. 1 news, you may recall, when he defended the Conference of Studio
Unions from red- baiting attacks. Church authorities have put him .
into Retreat, which means retirement from public life to study religious
works. . . . 


  
   
 
 

Clark Foreman, president of the Southern Conference for WIT
I .b/b;T1fare, has invited members of the Uri-American Committee to be the
Merriam Conference?s guests at a bene?t performance of Theodore Ward?s 
play, Our Lan?. Dr. Foreman told the Committee which had been 
ing the Conference, ?We feel Theodore Ward?s excellent play spea
cause most eloquently."
ank Vizetelly, long known as. an American language and dictio -
xp,ert permitted himself to? be used in the publicity campaign of:-
B. de Mille' gigantic piece of slush, Unconquered. He awarded
$511,000 prize to the contest winner which allegedly best described
conquered. The word was Paramonumental. Monumental stupidity,

     
       
   
  
   
    
 
 
  
  

 
 

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Eleanor Roosevelt will moderate roundt-able dis-
cussions on world problems for the American Broad-
casting Company ?World 'Security Workshop? starting i?

A friend of playivright John Morley had been doing volunteer
Mrs. Roosevelt will select UN delegates for each week?s pa - -

??work in a mental institution.

Rodgers and Hammerstein? new musical Allegro, which opens Fri- One of his duties involved playing chess With an inmate who 11313-
day, now has an advance sale of $600, 000. . . . pened to be a schizophrenic (a split or dual personalitY)-

Norman Burnside, who writes those letters to PM, has a play up Despite his best e?orts the schiaophrenic W011 every game 11'
for consideration dealing with international cartels . . . WM many times beatinv him badly

Barry Gray quitting WOR. The president of the National Assn .1
ciation of Disc Jockeys and that station?s management have been 10 
ing horns continuously for the past four years. The ?ght came
in the open last year when Gray took a few verbal pokes at New Yuri
Daily Mirror night club columnist Lee Mortimer, and WOR got all .
?uttery..

Don Hollenbeck?s Views the Press? getting material on Variety,
the entertainment world?s weekly bible . .

Salvadore Dali illustrating Simon and Schuster' 5 book of Billy Rose? 5

??Pitching Horseshoes? . 5 bo?ctb Sp) GAO)

Comedian Jack Guilford was startled when, coming out of his
a nt?s office, he noticed a girl staring fixedly at him. Suddenly she
1) st into hilarious laughter.

friend complained bitterly to Morley. who replied soot
do you expect? It?s two against one!" . . . 7

  

 

Jack looked down at his trousers, felt his hat to make sure it was .ThiS is a Clipping fro 
on straight, checked the color of his tie, and then, reassured?agg? 3. Pa 8 {.321 Of 
comedian to the last??went upw to the girl and wistfully than ed her 

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DAILY WORKER

ECORDED . .. ?ft?IE Date 4/7
hwne'uwwv Clipped at the Seat of

5% ?3 Government;

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Special to Tm: NEW YORK Truss.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 
vigorous effort will be made at a
conference in this city next Tues?1
day' to settle the jurisdictional war!
which has engendered bitter .feel?
ing among American Federation of
Labor unions in Hollywood and led
to two? costly strikes in the last
two years, William Green AFL
president, said on his arrival hereE
today. 

The Executive Council of the
will meet Tuesday morning
with representatives ofrthe movie
producers and of . all the labor
unions involved in the Hollywood}
controVersy. 

lifaven?t any solution myselfr"
Mr. Green asserted. ?It will be a
question of having them agree
among themselves; The Executive
Council, will meet with all the dis-
puting parties and endeavor to be
persuasive enough to bring about
a settlement.?

. The convention opens in

2the Civic Auditorium on Monday,

lbut Mr. Green said that the del' .
?ates, instead of meeting on Tue
ay, would go on a sightseein

ip. This will leave a free (13

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Bit mack Samba

that we have taken some part in the battle
against race discrimination in Washington;
I but there is such a thing as damaging a good
cause by pressing it to the point of ab-
surdity. And this, it seems to us, is pre-
Leisely what Mr. Stephen Spottswood, of the
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, and some other spokes-
LI men for the Negro community, are doing
in their'p'resent outcry aga' st the reading
?of the nurSEry story Black
L?gmha. We cannot believe that the humor-
Lless touchiness re?ected in these protests
. represents the attitude of Negroes in gen-
eral. .
We also wonder whether those who are

Imaking the protests have even bothered c,
In the ?rst place it is .I .1

to read Ithe story.
Lb! n6 means clear that the characters in
Lit are Negroes. The locale of the story
gseems to be an Indian jungle, and in
:cailing them black' the author may or
Lmay not have had in mind one of the

Andamanesian tribes of upper India. How- i

ever, the names of thecharacters are plainly

of African derivation and their costumes, as 

represented in the illustrations, are an in-
genious and rather charming blend of Afri-
can and Oriental dress. So it is probable
that in making up the story Mrs. Banneri:
man had no race in particular in mind, but

.simply wished to give it an exotic touch for 

greater interest. In the second place, Little
Black Sambo, whatever his race, is an en-
tirely sympathetic character with whom the
young listener identi?es himself.
He has a rather exciting adventure with
several predatory tigers, gets the better
of them, and distinguishes himself?by the
prodigious feat of eating 167 pancakes short-

tiger-butter. 

Few of.- our readers need to be reminded 1,

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rhense favorite for two generations and has
attained to the status of a nursery classic.
Moreover, as good a case as any that our
Negro friends can make against Little BlackL
Samba, or a better one, could be made
against almost every other celebrated chil-
dren?s book. A Voyage to Lilliput, for ex-
ample, makes sport of the sacramental
beliefs of both Catholics and Anglicans;
?Robinson Crusoe seems to disparage the

 

- social status of Carib Indians; Hiawatha

suggests that the North American Indians
suffer from a mental disorder called echo-
lalia; The Wind'in the Willows fosters prej-
udice against the British middle classes by
representing them in the guise of rats and

a story, it is perhaps pretty slight .
trivial stuff; but it has been an ?31 

This of course is complete nonsense. The

toonist used the ?gure of To
lustrate his point, not because She was a
Negro, but merely because she wasa lit-I
erary character and familiar to everybody.
She had been used a hundred times before 
Lby other cartoonists as a symbol of some'
sudden and irrational growth. However, the
protestants were not. appeased when, the
Herald-Tribune reminded them that'their'j
cartoonists had also used the distorted-
?gures of white persons as symbols'of vari-LL
ous evils, including in?ation. To insist that-t
Negroes be given equal rights with other?
citizens is one thing; to insist that their
peculiar sensibilities entitle them to exercise
a kind of is quite andther.- It?
smacks of the fanaticism Which Mr. 8a 

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toads; Mother Goose centains a scandalous
libel against the Welsh; A Child?s Garden
of Verses encourages an attitude of sm

superiority toward Sioux and Grow Indians,

 

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'If A Merchant at Venice 
ished from the libraries been
to Jews, or Romeo and Jul
represents the Italians as silly and quarrel 
some and given to tra?lc in poisons,_orL
Macbeth because it shows the Scots? as
superstitious and turbulent, or the Iliad be-
cause it represents the Greeks, as a some-
what barbarous people, there would. pres-
ently be no literature left.

That there are some zealots who are
:Lwilling to carry matters to such an ex-
LtreIme was indicated not long ago when;
the New York Herald-Tribune published a:
cartoon by the celebrated J. N. Darling, in

 

 

which price in?ation was represented ?gure of Topsy, from Uncle Tom?s CabinThe idea was that ?Topsy didn?t just growbut was the child of low production on the I II I 
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?an insult to the Negro race; some said that
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munist rouncilr?nhii, alled it ?the 533;,

 

vicious, most obscene" piece of race prop
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In the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los
Angeles last Tuesday night the radio dis- 
5., cussion program called America?s Town
.- Meeting of the Air conducted what was.
described as a debate on the question ?Is 
There Really a Communist Threat in Holly- 
wood?? It was not, however, a debate 501

much as a contest in recrimination and per-

sonal abuse, especially between Mr. Albert 1

Dekker, the actor, and State Senator Jack

B. ney, and an exchange of highly rhetor-l
?elevancies by all concerned, including 

the audience. In short, the debate got
nowhere, prove-d nothing, and changed no 
one?s opinion about anything. 

For this it seems to us that the organizers

of the debate were quite as much to blame

as the participants. The question which

the disputants were attempting to answer,

af?rmatively or negatively, was itself rhetor-
ical. The word ?threat? at least should have i
been speci?cally Its original sense 1
as a noun seems to have been merely that
of a ?crowd, or throng.? Presently it ob- i
tained by logical extension the sense of .
pressure and ultimately, according to one 
authority, the sense of ?pressui'e applied
to the will by declaration of the harm that
will follow noncompliance.? Thus on an
3 etymological basis, it seems to us, the ques-

tion might have been appropriate-1y divided
if; as follows: (1) Are there many Communists
in Hollywood? (2) Are they numerous
25:5. enough or powerful enough to exert any.
.. pressure upon the wills of Others, and if so -
?"7131 upon whose wills? The nearest thing to an
i: answer to the ?rst question was, Senator
Tenney?s assertion that he had in his pocket
?the names and party book numbers" of
Communist members of the Actors? Guild
and the Hollywood Writers Mobilization and 
of various front organizations; but, since hei
did not see ?t to read the names, there was
no way to judge how numerOus these Com-
?munists are and whether they could be said
to constitute a ?crowd.? MriE?n?avery, 
one of those who undertoo to argue that
communism is no threat at all, admitted that
there are some Communists among the
Hollywood screen writers, as well as ?a lot 
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greater confusion.



Mrs. Lela Rogers said 

the Communists had been able to work a 1

good deal of sly and subtle propaganda into
?nonpolitical character here,

a line there," all clearly calculated to de-

stroy popular con?dence in American in-
stitutions, but she gave no speci?c examples
to support this generalized assertion. Mr.
Tenney, on the contrary, said that the H01-
lywood Communists and their sympathiaers

have been wholly unable to put any of their
. 
?Marxist pipe dreams? into the ?lms, be 

?cause the producers won?t allow it.
elf ct of these statements is to cancel 

0th r, and to leave the question unanswe

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subject But No issue

.

-Ai radio discussion of the subject, ?Is there really a communist

threat in Hollywood," provoked considerable

interest in Hollywood

but left everyone right where he was when the discussion sta?i'ted.

The communists who made up three fou
the Philharmonic Auditorium were applaudi
Albert Dekker and hissing and booing Senato
Mrs. Lela Rogers to the end.

of the audience in
mg Emmet Lavery and
Jack B. Tenney and

Lavery and Dekker, while denying they are communists, brought

. great delight to the communists present by de

Tenney and Rogers were'constantly hi

nying that there is any

ssed and booed by the
of? the communist-front

organizations in Hollywood are a continuing threat to the liberties and

privileges of American democracy.
Unfortunately, the impression left with

the great radio audience

throughout the country was that Hollywood is so filled with commu-

nists that a patriotic. courteous. gracious lady such- as Mrs. ROgers

evidenced herself to be. will be hissed and 

ooed for evidencing the

courage to champion the cause of the democracy of the United States

Unfortunate was it. too, that a subje

ct ?could not have been

assigned which would have brought unanimity among the participants
in the program as to what the debate was all. about. 

Lavery insisted that the subject could be discussed by denying that

motion pictures are used for preaching sedition or. the Marxian doc-
- trine of revolutionary communism. Further, Lavery insisted, no indi-
vidual is a communist who is a. member of the Catholic Church. This
statement had' the unfortunate effect of momentarily sidetracking from
the issues Senator Tenney who started to name admitted communists

who are Catholics.

Dekker insisted that since the motion picture producers are busi-

nessmenand capitalists and since they determin

2 what goes into a picture

there isn?t any possibility of a communist ?writer or director putting

over any of his. ideologies.

SenatorTenney stated that the findings of the California legis-

;lative committee. of which he is the head

had revealed that the

headquarters of many communist-front organizations were in Holly-

WOod and that both Lavery and Dekker had been led into becoming
- members of some of them. This Causedxson
the subject of the debate was whether or no

communists.

1e listeners to decide that
Lavery and Dekker are

Mrs. 'Rogers pointed out that the menace of communism exists

not only in Hollywood but throughout the 
out the world. -

nited States and through-

. 'The menace, she pointed out, is greater in Hollywood tha

7 some other sections of the country because
communists can get important jobs in the me

because of the generosity of some of the peoplein the industry in sup-_
Lavery admitted he is the author of -a play .

porting communist causes;
Mrs. Rogers claimed promotes the com

tion picture indust?y and

munist line.

1 Lavery made no attempt to deny the membership of communists
1n the Screen Writers Guild. of which?i?he is thehead. 1.11

Lavery?s Opinion, have as,much right to be
have Republicans.

Whether or not the activrties of the communists in Hollywood are-

avriting for the screen as

something to be resisted, as Senator Tenney and Mrs. Rogers con-tended.
or whether they are to be condoned, as Lavery and Dekket contended.
depends upon the'viewpoint of an individual. - ?p
Many people believe that the liberties and privileges of American
democracy are priceless and are to be defended unto death,. as they

Were secured by the willingness of our ancestors to die for them; These

My?

people agree "with Senator Tenney and Mrs. Rogers and were convinced
they. are?right by the hisse-s and boos with which the communist sup?

  

 

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ber at New York?s Mayfair Thea-
it has been announced
stars Johnf'G r?eld, (3;ng
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Io/vamod Red Menace

Following are excerps from
speech prepared for pre-
?ation over the .4vi.} net-

last night for the ?Town
Jing? debate ?Is There
lly a Communist Threat in
'ywood?? with Emmet Lav?

screen star Albert Dekker
., meld the negative. California
State Senator Jack Tenney, head 
11; the ?Little Dies? Cmnmi?ee
Lela Rogers argued the

(3) If there were a real as
nist threat in Hollywood. it WOL.
mean that the executive heads 01
Eour studios were themselves con+
gspiring with the revolutionists or
were being deceived by those in
their employ who were doing the
iconspiring. And this just doesn?t
make sense. The making of motion
pictures is big business now and
big. business is running the big Show

ty- -four hours a day.

t(4) If there were a real Commul?
nist threat in Hollywood, and you,
our opponents'tonight, had any real
evidence to offer, you wouldn?t
Eon this program talking like 
to us. You?d be over at the of?c?s
or the ref tal?liing to the of?cer 1h
charge and demanding some action.

 

1k you, Mr. Denny. My friends,
?e words of the most famous
1 screen writers?Mr. William
ispeare this is much ado
1; nothing. .

Communist has about as much As a matter of fact that is w? 
so of slipping a revolutionary you ought to be right this 

into a Hollywood ?lm as a'if you have any real facts

svelt Democrat has of slipping? on gentlemen let's p"

New Deal ideas into one of icards on the table. Let 
-edda Hopper?s columns. In fact, to the of?ces of the FBI r131?"
. chances of the Roosevelt Demo-

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You, our opponents, know as well-
as anyone elsemthat no one can
get any ideas about anything into
any script Wi$0ut the active col?
ilaboration each front of?ce. So were righ
back to management again.

Oh, I know?we can always 
a few isolated scenes in a 
isolated pictures that you may not
like. But let?s not waste a lot of
time on it. Let?s admit that, in the
middle of an all- out war effort to
defeat Nazism and assism, it would
.be quite possible for a loyal Amer-
lican producer to make a ?lm about
$111. ?ghting ally without being tapped
for the inner circle at the Kremlin.

And let?s admit it isn?t necessarily
subversive if a character in

 

Actually, this isn?t a question of
guilds or unions 31' all. The guilds-
and unions do not own the studies.
The guilds and unions do not con-
trol the pictures that are made by:

the studios.
I

For the record let me state: I am
a nmunist. I am. not :1 Pas-
st. not and never have been
s' .athy with any totalitarian.
form of government anywhere in
the world. In politics I am a Roosea
Democrat,1 in religion I am a
an Catholic-win fact, I am one

1e few Catholic playwrights in
.ountry, who lives and works

  
  
 
  



according, to the principle and the
traditions of that _faith. At_ the
moment I am serving my third

term as president of the Screen
Writers Guild of Hollywood and I
am proud of that guild and of the
industry of which it is a part.

And I'll leave it to the best critics

a film we have in the country?the motidn

I: utters a. word in behalf of free milk picture fans who are so quick to

for school children or even ad-

detect the slightest technical error,

*he Mry of sham and share alike
night have something to do with

wdemocracy

hand let?s not walk around t.he

a.

about a few Coin.





match, so quick to notice if the
heroine wears gloves in one shot

and not in the next?I?ll leave it
to them to say whether anything
is being put over on anybody.-

How about it, Mr. and Mrs. Fair?-

be realistic about all this. ?demanding the immediate mdidtjhimmts in a few guilds and unions. 9,11 65 million of mu who go to
at plotting one of those spy ment and trial or the people thistl Yes, we have a few Communists inlpictures every week?have you no-

you can prove to be guilty of trail-
son. But when I talk about evi-
deuce, I mean just that Do you
?have any real evidence?or are you
imcreiy spreading gossip and rumor
without solid foundation in facti?

If you don?t have evidence of
sedition and treason, you are mere-
ly indulging in an old fashioned
political witch hunt?and you a

. which anything goes if
ic end-1:11. We? re talking.
'unism as is

damaging by innuendo and gener-
alization the fair name and good

reputation of 30,000 loyal Americans 

who make up the Hollywood ?lm
industry. This isn?t the time and
place for gossip. This is the time'
and place for facts?and lots of
them.

 

 
   

The readers, the writers, the arc?5

untants, the casting of?ce, loo ?1

on, production, wardrobe, pu 
licity, advertising, set designers, 
agent of the star, the agent of 
director, the executive producer a 
the associate producer?t0 say not

1113? 01 the Breen of?ce, the John-'13
ston of?ce, the Legion of Decency
liand the speclal pre-rev1ew1ng groupi?

spam 89 

?1 r- f? 1 ?all these and many more depart
is) i) iris/115?: 15. 3. Wows cover every script that ?is?
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,mroduced. i

re.

the Ween Writers? Guild. So have
the Motors. So have the actors.
We have a lot of Republicans
and a. lot of Democrats among our
1985 active members, and we don?t
throw the Communists out for the
same reason that we don?t throw
tthe Republicans out.

1 Under the prevailing decisions of
:the Supreme Court of the United
.States, it is not sedition per se to
be a member of the Communist
Party any more than it is to be a.
.member of the Republican Party.
So we don?t have a political test
for membership in the Screen Writ-
ers? Guild. Nor do the other g1:
and unions in Hollywood. 

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THE MOVIE

3 Cross?re Irks A?n?-Semiies
'3 British Act in Self-Defense

3% By HAROLD J. SALEMSON

Federated Press Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD

TCONTROV RSY is
raging overCross
Will it combat a
tism, or will it fan the
?ames? We?ve taken our
stand: we think it?s a fine docu-
ment against intolerance. Some
liberal critics, however, like The
New Yorker?s John McCarten,
take the other attitude.

Among the civic organizations
which publish Estimates on Cur-
rent Motion Pictures out here, 
only the American Legion Auxil-

iary, National Council of Jewish

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arts sorority) indorse it. Parent-
Teachers Association is neutral.
All others see it as ?extremely 3
insidious propaganda. . . . In?
tended to stimulate tolerance . .

it will undoubtedly prove a
boomerang . . . stresses race
hatred.

These condemning bodies in-
clude: the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution (never noted for
its own tolerance), Federation of
Women?s Clubs, Business and
Professional Women?s Club 5,
American Association of Univer-
sity Women, Southern California
Council of Church Women, Girl

Scouts, Southern California Mo-
tion Picture Council, and Daugh-
ters or the British Empire. . .
Far from divorcing themselves
from the protagonists of the film,
as McCarten and others claim,
it seems to us that the uncon-
scious and semi- ~conscious anti-
Semites are reacting very violent- .

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INDEPENDENT EXHIBITOR.
Harry Brandt, who recently told
q?Wywood producers
010 their current films are plain
lousy, has gone into production
His ?rst, as Marathon
es, will be called Open So-
a. screenplay by Max Will:

fascist activities

?rooted in such subjects: action

fnove?list Sidney Marshall has a

.1 going the rounds called
Payoff which is the most
ing and shocking yarn about
Vo faScist agitators that we vo

seen. The perfects sequel to



x.
OLLYWOOD is a?dither over

the new British tax plan ro-

on the receipts of to an
United King

- each reel. Hollywood is right-

ding the threat of boycotting
British market (which nets it
nut 3/5 of its annual net profit)
suggestions or reprisal taxes
or" here.

. the British
Jlf-deiense measure is the Only
cal solution for adoption not

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in the
. . . . Note to Dore Schary
and any other producers in-

it with eVerything it has 111?-

 

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only by England but all 
importing our pk 

on the unfavorable end of In
dollar exchange.

panded his theater circmte win?
a chain in Holland and 
his list of U. S. stars by 
Deanna Durbin for a ?lm 81
London. . . . f!

Your favorite comedian Dan-1?
Kaye winds up his 6311'-
tract with the current That?s me
and then goes to Warner 
a 5-year deal That is why 
has been talking terms m4
Henry Morgan. . . . Rod
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film of Open City has been In?? 

Charles Laughton about goin??1
Rome to do a film of the ?i
new play GalileoDESPITE tension. and riots, Uh.?
people of Palestine are still;
interested in movies. Readers of
Kolnoa. Cinema Magazine there
have chosen Esther Williams
their Most Beloved Star of the
Year and Spellbound as their fa-
vorite film. Not by accident. no
British films are reported to have
won awards. . . .

CASTINGS: Edward G. Robin-
son gets the lead in the film of
Arthur Miller?s strong anti-war
play All My Sons Irving Reis di?
recting . . . Betty Garrett (star
of Call Me Mister, on Broadway,
and Mrs. Larry Parks in private
life) makes her screen debut in
The Big City, anti-prej-
udice film, with Margaret OBrien
. . Leo McCarey?s new picture.

Good Sam, will als have a. tol-
erance weigh/Earring Gary
Cooper and 1 Sheridan with

Edmund Lowe in the main sup-
porting role. . . .

0F BUSY

Briton J. Arthur Rank has 

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The New ?lms

Well worth your
and money.

is a satire on the exotic Id-
ture pictures but you can't b.
it wasn?t intended?rto it
seriously. Don?t waste your
art going to see it. 
IRE LONG NIGHT
adequate remake of an out-'-
ing French film of a for
back. Tense, exciting and
. ~'ng back Henry Fonda. Above-:2
ge.
BETS {previous}; to,-
Black Nag-1"
film Best Years of Lives,
runs
of Pauline,? Torment.

  
  
  
  
    
    
 
  
  
  

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Gertie/(Is Body and ?Soul 

Prpeiwed by

Sondra Gomey
HOLLYWOOD. ?-?Once' in a ivhile
a picture comes along which

might have.been just another 3

movie,- exceut that the integrated
efforts of those who worked op it?
-makes it a tour de force instead.

Body and Soul, starring John'
Gar?eld, is just such a pictureh
Weighed alone, its ingredieiits
might not measure up but blended
together with a uni?ed purpose
and understanding, the movie
rises above the ranks of ordinary
?lmfare.

This is a prize ?ght story, the
kind that has been ?lmed b-adly_
so many times before. Most of
us shudder away from them Brit;
this ?ght story is more about
people and society?s effect 611
character than it is about the

ring. Consequently, it packs the 

necessary wallop.

I wish the story had been less,
hackneyed?less Horatio Alger
Americana about the poor East
Side kid who ?ghts his way to
championship, goes money-i

?1ad, gets involved with racketeers, 

loses the respect of his mother
and girl?and in the end sees the
of his ways and does what
i expected of him. . 
It?s pretty tired stuff, but to the
edit of screenwriter Abraham
olansky, he makes this material

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?ironment from which they spring

man She hates fighting.
i want to fight?? she says. ?Fight ..

 

 

 

CANADA

an indictment agailis't exp itation
and corruption. 

The characters in the story are
much too familiar, but Polansky
manages to get them a ?rmer
quality, rooting them in the en-

listead of merely plastering them
against it.

There?s the ever-toiling Jewish
mother who wants her boy to
study and be a ?professional?
?You

for something?not money!?
There?s the self-supporting, un-

derstanding sweetheart who waits.

and waits and waits. she will

marry the boy, but only when

he?s free from the chains that
bind him to his crooked sponsor. 
When his soul is his own. 

There?s the sexy night-clubs
singer, greedy, Opportunistic, Hal

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

seen in real life.
- quality is a feather in the cap
for photographer James Wong

  

  

 

'Wn- passm into the Story- with

his direction; Except as smile old

style montages dike cocktail
glasses, hands counting money,_
headlines, and the inevitable.

hand-pill blowing in the wind,
his directorial job is one he can
well be proud of.

FINE PHOTOGRAPHY

. The fight sequences, particu-
1111113}; are magni?cent. E?xuberant
crowds, sweaty fighters, suspense
and animation surpass any fight
This newsreel

Howe.

John Garfield plays the fighter
.as a tense, insatiable egotist.
'Garfield was the motivating fac;
tor? in' the making of Body and
Soul, I am told, and he chose a
vehicle well ?tted to his acting
talents.

1' ?He is given excellent 'support
by Canada Lee in' a role seldom
seen on the American screen,
1 viz: A Negro with courage and
I dignity. Lee, a fine actor re;
cruited from the Broadway stage,
plays a defeated champ who is

sold short by his promoter.

2 Pathos anger color his per-
?forman in a burst of excite-
ment._ 

Austrian actress Lilli Palmer
is the ever patient girl friend.

but doesn?t register emotionally.

All the minor roles are filled
by actors of rare ability?many
Group Theater and Actors Lab
personalities. With; such players
'65 "Anne Revere. Art Smith,

 

leech as long as the boy?s on tbp.?
Disgus '11eg familiar as she is,
Polaris makes her obviously a.
the tenement. 

forces fervency

   

'Iiloyd Goff, Peter Vigo, James
?Burke, William Conrad and Jo-

seph Pevney, Body and Soul has

the quality of a better foreign
film. Every "part is a vignette of

Physically, she looks the part,

 

Jo RFIELD . 
1
nevertlfieless.i Garfield, who has
just bet $60,000 of his win money
against himself in the coming
fight, is told that" his -neighb0r=-
hood friends are betting on him
to .Win.

  
 

?Gambling?s dangero .he
warns, embarrassed. 
"But you don?t 1m 11d,?

says Shiinin Ruskin as the grocer.
?It?s not the money. It?s just that
over in Germany the Nazis are
killing our people?and 'over here,
one of'us is world champ.? 7
National pride is emphasized?
again when Canada Lee relates.
the thriir?of-wian; 7?
?to walk down Lenox a
hear the kids well with jo,
Producer Bob Roberts can 
with joy also for getting such?
an enthusiastic group of, artists
to cooperate on a movie that
definitely has a. point of viewr

 

 

 

perfection. Roberts, Garfield, Rosen, P01 1' -
Late in the ?cture, the' Jewish sky, Howe and company qye
problem is br in as a sort really delivered a knockout
but effective, punch. 

Date . 
Clipped at the Seat of} i
Government. 
3! J. 
. 1" a?
?11s :11;

 Mr. Tolson

 

Tamm__
A: Mr. Clegg
0th 
c?lgi;

Aides Called . 1:12:33:

Mr . Carson

 

Mr. an
House Group Seeks-4 
- Mr. Gurnea
Data on Harms Eisler Mr. Harbo
ByUnitedl?res. Mr. 
Former- ndersecretary of State Mr. Pennington
iSumne ?i Welles and four other 

.past or \?present government of?- - Mr. Qumn Tamm?

icinls'heve been called on the con- Mr' Nease
gressional carpet to tell what. if
anything, they know about Com-'

munist ctivities in the Holly-?
wood ovie industry.
irmen Thomas of New Je

sey of the House Un- American A
tivities committee said all ?ve
have subpoenaed to testify
in the committee? movie investi-
gation which is scheduled to begin
here Sept. 24 and continue for
fabout three weeks.

Messersmith Called

In addition to Welles, the Ho 
group has summoned Claw:-
s'ersmith, former assistan Secre-
tory of State and former Ambassa-
dor Mexico and Argentina; Jo-
sop Saboretti, assistant immigra-
tion commissioner; Clarence R.
chief inspector of the Immi-
gration Service: in Celexico. Calm."
and P. utton. second secretary 1 ,4 
end-cons?ot the U. S. embassy at RECORDED ?1 
Guatemala. City. IN DEXED
the committee .
wants Welles end presumably the
ether rte- to explain how and 
why lioliywood song writer . 9&6 
.- Eisler, brother of Gerha. EiSler, 
the jailed German Communist, .
go; official permission to enter
and remain in the United States.
Accused by Sister i
Henna Eisler, a. native of Aus-
tria, entered this country several
times, the latest in 1938 when
11 was undersecretary of
state. Eisler? sister, Ruth Fischer,
told the UnoAmerican Activities - 1
committee during a previous heer- 
ing that both Gerhard and Henna gloom $93 Club
were Communists.
Gerhard Eisler, branded by FBI
Chiei Hobver es the Communist
Internetionele?s No. 1? agent in
this country, recently was com Ronald Reagan-3571
. victed of contempt of Congress BALD
no. and passport fraud and was sen-
tensed to total of ?ve resrs?

 

 

 

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Friday, August-29163947 RE RT ER

   

 

OPEN FORUMI

Hollywood Reporter:

5 Friends have been phoning, asking
1 why I withdrew from the Town Meet-
. ing of the Air program scheduled for
i ., . next Tuesday at which time the ques-
tion f?ls There Really a Serious Threat
. of Communism in Hollywood?? is to
be debated. withdrew from the pro?
gram because the Town Meeting of
the Air people wanted me to with-
draw. What they want discussed next
Tuesday is ?Is There Communist
Propaganda in Motion Pictures??
informed Mr. Denny?s program
director that, in my opinion, the sub-
ject of Communist propaganda in pic-
tures is one that could be argued for
days on end without getting anywhere.
It calls for opinions. What one person
might consider Communist propagan-
da, another person could interpret as
a liberal expression of thought. cited
the case of ?Margie.? My family and 
I thoroughly enjoyed this picture as
fine, clean American entertainment.

But others point to it and darkly whis-
per that it contains subtle Red propa-

ganda. This is absurd. One man's
y? opinion is always as good as the next
man?s, but when it borders on the

ridiculous it is time to call a halt. I
also explained that if any-one could and

did mention l0 or 12 or 20 pictures
a? in which there was blatant or slanted

Communist propaganda, those pictures

wouid constitute a handful of bad po-
/rf_ 5?7 3 tatoes in a trainloacl of good cnes.

 

 

 

Until last Monday 1 was scheduled

to participate in the debate. On Mon?

day morning Mr. Denny's program

director informed me that the one and

most important thing Mr. Denny had

in mind was a discussion of Comm-un- 

ist propaganda in motion pictureswas told that Mr. Denny wanted to :3 
have pictures named. was assured . . 

that is what the American people want

,5 . 5? to hear. I voiced my disagreement with

Mr. Denny. I stated that I was pre-

pared to debate the question on the

,1 basis of facts. This was not acceptable

f/ V7 to the Town Meeting people, so I

 

withdrew.

i wish to state that I am ready and
eager to present the affirmative side
of the question, ?Is There Really a
Serious Threat of Communism in Hol?
lywood?" But I will speak as a friend
of the picture industry, not as an
enemy. Exposing those men and wo-
men who seek to undermine not only
their own industry and all industry but
the government of United States. In
conclusion, I should like to remin -
Mr. Denny that radio station KNX 
situated in the heart of Hollywood, i Ronald Reagan-3572
certainly part of the Hoilyw-ood scen 7, ~33 ,3 5-1,
and that less than a year ago that sta 
tion presented a half-hour program on 
AM ten succeeding Sundays, entitled,
.. ?Through the Iron Curtain,? which
*ia-r . =3 dished out more blatant Communist
7 propaganda than you could crowd into
a hundred ?Missions to scow.?

EMMET ROGERS-

 

 

 

    

. New Show In Making

?KNenneth Crawford, as {a I
ofNewsweekJ 901':th edi-
for Ernest Lisa-gm. ed tat

4 NE - 1th. Kenn
mittee- on- UnvAniericur ileum
- of: oil wood"
goon. Th slio .
promises to
big as thi b. 





     
   

 

  
 
   

Brewster-H11 4
And the outcome may a: if:
to the 
this committee has been
organized comm.
veterism and, Meridian

5 Although
studying

 

torrent educational or, if you ?with:

propaganda medi
United State-s 

?can
on" ?01116 0! th. Cm?antjug?u?r

their policies witho'u
1: .too. much
News but when it strives at step

Omati?
no truss
and man m?





  

?n .. 

?ar Amoriea and in the arid every

qua'red
4. em afte ?round to: live

.54..

W: 

laugh -5 uproariousl?y at the chairs
that this. picture is tainted with
Commie propaganda as they did
Some years ago at- the same com-
mittee? revelation that Shirley
Temple once- sent a friendiy mew
sage to es. Sotr' a p'reWar- front
publication in Paris. H'oWever,?

they will- continue resemng the
right to dislike" the idr'ania? s? stock
4 banker, and its War pro?teer; They
will. resent anyrsuggesnons that
villains be editedtfrom all -4movies
on the ground that they; misrepre-
sent the genius;- homo mmconus.

    

es ears, as a New Dealer who
used to wrlte somei of President

 

 

 

. er attack by totalitarian Russia.

erwoo of 1 era!
Communists hate more than they
hate bankers. He- worked closely
with William. Wyler, one of Holly-

wood?s civilized directors, in the 

production of the movie.

Those Who know something about
left-of-center politics also Will rec-
ogniZe Frederic March, one of the
stars of Best Years, a leading
light in the ProgressiVe Citizens
of America, formerly the Inde-
pendent Citizens Committee for
the Arts, Sciences and Professions,
plus the National Citizens Political
Action Committee, which is now
the Communists? principal front
organization. But Since March was
good in the picture and spoke
JSherwoodis lines, the pertinence of
his politics in this connection is
qttehtionable. .

?on

WHEN 18 being an actor
his politics are immste?rial. When
he is being- a politician, taking to
radio or platform to use his movie-
built prestige on behalf- of PCA
cauSes, his political. af?liations do
be?ome a matter- of proper public
4and congressional interest. Even

then, however, he is within. his.?

rights Is a legal organization.
.If the American people are silly

to think that tale.
ge necessarily end an actor

With political acumen, there is 

nothing much. the House Un-

Swag

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ti.?

Page

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agents of Russian totalitarianism;

57* {3 mar-,4

WASHHINGTON POST

    
  

  

director of a? -
gigs.- If the actor is e- '33th 
Hilf?mte, Who thinks. he is prombt- .
democracy and justice by trail-
along with. the American

 

  

as many in Hollywood do, the calm 
mittee has. a legitimate job of odd-

 

eating to :.do But if it is itself con? 

fused?mistaking the Sherwoods Mr Tracy

for the Matches, for example?it Mr. Carson 
will dovt-h'eqcausejof understanding Mr . Egan

more harm than good, as it so he 
quently?ihas in the past. . Mr. Hendon

Thinking of Communists, af?li- Mr
ated or ideological, as differing 
from liberals only in deghee of Mr .
radicalism or leftists, is no. longer
excusable, particularly not in Con-
gressmen. Communists may be
said to be left of liberals only
if one thinks [of the political line
as a circle; like the equator, which
meets at the point where fascism,
th extreme right, joins commu-
on the extreme left. This?

ething the Hones Committ
sh uld contrive to understand.

Pennington 
Quinn Tamm_
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Ronald Reagan-3573

-A-2 lo: Angelo: Herald- Express
1-1-K lhursday, August 1947

PrObe 10
Skip Reds

In Films
Commies Will. Be
Left to Hausa

Un-American Group

Possible gangster and Com
munist in?uences in movie labor
unions will be left to other con-
gressional investigators, Irvl?rg
McCann, counsel 101? the
House a Subcommittee, 

probing Hammad jurisdictional
Si??f?go?milsmy will be left to
the House Un-Amerioan Activ-
ities Committee, Motions said,
?and we don't expect to 100k
Into Browne-Ilot?sm, unless to
is interjected into these hear-
ings in some way We don?t rm-
?9
jaggv?rowne was president,
of. the Internationgl Allianceogis
atrical Sta on 
31h I: ma cont?ding oiiywoo
labor groups, and W11?f ws I
its international representativ
until they went to .1311 several
years ago. Both are nowwut on
probation.
BO ELL CALLED
. . president of
tho ere 'oI Studio Unions
and stormy petrol of the cur-rod
Hollywood ju?sdmional Inn



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L953 

deuce today of the Over,-

ell yacht murders trial In

some Ana. 
want you and desire
you,? read a letter to Ben-I
lah from Bud, don"t
want a housekeeper living
in our house after wowed.
We would not be able to run
around the house in the
nude? .We would not be
able to make unreserved

love? .thinking, a Ik' I II 

loving, on a blanket in dshe
voods under a tree . . satisi
*otion of life fulfilled..:..?

And Beulah ?more

dream of your, big, beauti-
11 chest, my Ila: ?ag pops. and
I one will ever have as beau-
.l?ul (and hairy) a chest as
you. Pops, I don?t want an-
other man. The thought is 1'0-
volting'. . .I do so want to hire
your children. . .I so wanlrg 7150
see you as a proud papa.. 
prevent in any way possliile
your contact with another
woman.
But to the dismay of a packed
courtroom the fiery letters wore
not read aloud in open court.

SILENT READING 
Prior to the resumption of the

 

7 trial today, the court approved a.
motion by Assistant Attorney

General Eugene D. Williams, in
which the defense concurred, to
pass the tempestuous and sex-
?lled letters to the jury of six
men and six women for individual
and silent reading.

This was done, it was explain?d,

because of the many ?teen- agers

among the spectators.

 

Apparently unaware the '11s:-
were Ito he read soda-y,

?ind-.1" amh?qmn?l 

8: EXPRESS
.MIED 7

 

Ronald Reagan-3574

 

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Press

gent i-ioax in Brazil

.- students,

Makes Hero of Wrong Actor

By David Plait

Hollywood press agents in Brazil
are circulating fantastic stories

  
           

down there that Gary Cooper, the.
Hollywood actor, is "espousing the?E

people?s cause against the merchants
of war and destruction . . . defend-
ing our common -- 
ideals of peace
progress and
civilization, the
ideals for which 
Roosevelt and .
Stalin marched -
together.
Fantastic is
hardly the word
for it. Cooper has . 
voted the Republican ticket for?
years and his name has frequently
been linked with undemocratic
causes. If he is ?espousing" the
people?s cause, it is news to us. It?s
like hearing all of a sudden that.
Robert Taylor, president of the
anti-labor Motion Picture Alliance.
has joined the.
Third Party, or that Cecil B. De-
Mille. the union-buster. has come
out against the Tait-Hartley Bill,
or that Walt Disney is making a
pro?Negro cartoon.

TRAGIC JOKE

Gary Cooper?the Simon Bolivar
of America?it would be the su?
preme joke if it were not so tragic.

I can think of only one reason
why Hollywood's dollar diplomats
south of the border should want to
circulate these tall tales about the
?strong. silent, lanky" actor who
moves in the most exclusive social
strata. Of course it is to boost his
box?of?ce appeal among people
who are deeply concerned with the
growth of fascist thinking in to?
Anglo-American circles since the
death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

That many sincere anti-fascists
in the southern hemisphere are be-
ing victimized by these scoun'drels

of the cash register, is shown by

the following letter addressed to
Gary Cooper and signed by several
hundred ?workers, intellectuals,
newspapermen, artists
of Sao

housewives?


stun; 

(The signatures take up . . 
seven lega}_size page? The letter Philadelphia or anywhere else
is dated July 14? 1947? It beginslxatharlne Hepburn did Imake a 
?Dear Gary Cooper: Speech against ?thought-

"We want to communicate to you control and, red-baiting ?5 the 
our satisfaction with your partici- Wallace meeting in Los Angeles. It

pation in the Philadelphia meeting lg?s?r 
liikeiy be attacks on the things that
our . - 
ress and civilization, the ideals for Hepburn ?'8de {on .
which Roosevelt and Stalin march- 
ed together. Dear friends in Sao Paulo, Brazil
?In this moment, when weaklings i?there are many stars
and reactionaries make the most ibesides Hepburn who speak up for
vicious provocations, even pushing;tlie ideals and policies for which
hack the thugs they had admired?F?ranklin Roosevelt is revered
in the past, it is with joy that we 'throughout the world today_ Gary
gsee you, Gary Cooper, go furiheriCooper is not among them. He is
than the remarkable Katharine not on your side, He never was.
?Hepburn, who gave us enthusiasm'Yonr very ?ne letter is wasted o;
with her speech at the Henry Wal-,
lace meeting in Hollywood. It is
with deep contentment that we see
1one of the great stars of the U. S.

movie, as you are, espouse so brave-
- unscru

ily the people?s cause against the countriuiicilsljo?fss agents in your
jmerchants of war and destruction. t' i ge you from 90??
. . mu ng to express your feehngs

razil.

  



gs;

ff" 
. 1/

him. This was merely a cheap tric 
to get you to see his films?to take
your money under false pretenses.

But let not this deceitful stunt of

movement or ?We?workers, intellectuals, about the things that please you and

:dents, .newspapermen. at ?sts. disturb you to Hollywood movie .
?houseWives?want to bring to you stars or to anyone else in North
in this letter our confidence that America. Only hereafter instead of
you and your comrades In Holli- writing to a Roosevelt-hater like.
Wood, as in the whole country. willGary Cooper, please?please speak
know how to carry on the ?Km to! your mind to such forward-look-
seo that the screen not be-ing democrats as Charles Chaplin
come entirely a servile instrument Bette Davis, Edward G. Lobinson?
:ol warmongers and monopolists, and Gene Kelly, Frank S?natra olivj;
will help lead the people further andide Haviland, soiem :mVle' Katl- 
further until complete victory over arine Hepburn 1?1 dric 
Wall Street reaction and all ex- Saiud!

.ploiters of mankind is achieve 

MarcCHEAP TRICK

The men and women who signed 
the letter to Gary Cooper should

is: is a clipping from

gage Of th?

gknow that they have been tricked. WORMR
IGary Cooper has never spoken be- . 
any progressive 3 Date 0 

Clipped atfthe Seat of
Govemment? 

   

. . . - 
if 3Polo-h - smell 0v
.. 1: Ronald Reagan-3575 

PressAxgentl-ioa in Bralzi

Makes Hero of Wrong Actor

By David Plait

Hollywood press agents in Brazil as dated July 14, 1947. It begins

are circulating fantastic stories

down there that Gary Cooper, theE
Hollywood actor, is "espousing the
people?s cause against the merchants
. . . defend-

of war and destruction
ing our common
ideals of peace
progress and
civilization, the 7
ideals for which
Ttoosevelt a nd .
Stalin marched
.ogetlier. 
Fantastic lf'

hardly the word
5 for it. Cooper has 

voted the Republican ticket for
years and his name has frequently
been linked with undemocratic
causes. If he is ?espousing" the
people?s cause, it is news to us. It?s
like hearing all of a sudden that
Robert Taylor, president of the
anti-labor Motion Picture Alliance.
has joined the movement for a
Third Party, or that Cecil B. De?
Mille. the union-buster. has come
out against the Taft?Hartley Bill.
or that Walt Disney is making a
pro?Negro cartoon.
TRAGIC JOKE

Gary Cooper?the Simon Bolivar
if America?it would be the su?
preme joke if it were not so tragic.

I can think of only
why Hollywood's dollar

one reason
diplomats

south of the border should want to
circulate these tall tales about the

?strong, silent, lanky" actor who
moves in the most exclusive social
strata. Of course it is to boost his
box-of?ce appeal among people
who are deeply concerned with the
growth of fascist thinking in Mn
Anglo-American circles since the
death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
That many sincere anti-fascists
in the southern hemisphere are be-
ing victimized by these scoundrels
of the cash register, is shown by
the following letter addressed to

Gary Cooper and signed by several
intellectuals, 

hundred ?workers,
students, newspapermen,
housewives" of Sac-

artists

?nnln

!Brazil. (The signatures take up
liseven legal-size pagesl. The letter

i?Dear Gary Cooper:

before 90,000 persons, defending
:our common ideals of peace, prog-
ress and civilization. the ideals for
.which Roosevelt and Stalin march-
ied together.

?In this moment, when weaklings
and reactionaries make the most
vicious provocations, even pushing
hack the thugs they had admired
?in the past, it is with joy that we
see you, Gary Cooper, go further
Lthan the remarkable Katharine
Hepburn, who gave us enthusiasm
*with her speech at the Henry Wal-
j?laoe meeting in Hollywood. It is
{with deep contentment that we see
gone of the great stars of the U. S.
movie, as you are, espouse so brave-
ly the people?s cause against the
merchants of war and destruction.

intellectuals. stu-
dents, newspapcrmen, a s,
housewives?want to bring to you
'in this letter our confidence that
and your comrades in Holly-
-wood, as in the whole country, will
know how to carry on the fight to
see that the screen does not be-
come entirely a serviie instrument
lol? and monopolists, and
will help lead the people further and
turther until complete victory over

plotters of mankind is achieved.?
0 I 
A CHEAP TRICK

The men and women who signed
the letter to Gary Cooper should

  
  

Gary Cooper has never spoken be-
.uio any progressive groups in

?We want to communicate to you
?our satisfaction with your partici-=
pation in the Philadelphia meeting

Wall 'Street reaction and all en! arine

      
    
      

a. a. a

a Govemment?
Em A ?er 7?

 


l?hiladelphia or anywhere else
iiatharine Hepburn did make a
Jrilliant speech against ?thoughl-
control? and ?red-baiting' at the
Wallace meeting in Los Angeles. If
Cooper had made any speeches,
which I doubt, they would most
likely be attacks on the things that
Hepburn stands for.

II 
1 Dear friends in Sao Paulo, Brazil
?there are many Hollywood stars
besides Hepburn who speak up for
the ideals and policies 101' which
Franklin Roosevelt is revered
:throughout the world today. Gary
E:Cooper is not among them. He is
not on your side. He never was.
Your very fine letter is wasted or

him. This was merely a cheap trick
,to get you to see his films?to tax:
1your money under false pretenses.

But let not this deceitful stunt of
unscrupulous press agents in your
country discourage you from con-
tinuing to express your feelings
about the things that please you and
disturb you to Hollywood movie
stars or to anyone else in North
_America. Only hereafter instead of
-writing to a Roosevelt-hater like
:Gary Cooper, pleasegplease speak
your mind to such forward-look-
Iing democrats as Charles ?lhaplin,
;Bettr- Davis, Edward G. ltobinson,
Ge 1e Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Olivir
le Heviland, Selena Royl?, Kath
Hepburn, Fredric Ma cl.
Qelud!

 

or- a

i 48 .from

know that they have been tricked. IEECORDEL

of the
W0 RKER

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Ronald Reagan-3576

5,33" Date? f/d ?4/7
I Clipped at the Seat of

 

?km.

r?ani?i?oye 
5; 6k Pay Hike

Seven major ?lm companies are
studying demands? for a wage in-
.crease of _30 percent or $10 weekly,
:whichever is higher, from their
0er workers, it was announced
5here yesterday. 7
The demands, submitted on be-
. of 2,500 workers by the CIO
gem, Of?ce 8; Professional Em- . 7?
plgy,9?wggihld, were made in ac~
cordance with a wage review Clause r?
in the contract, which 
has another year to run. The seven 
?rms are Loew?s-MGM, Columbia, .
20th ?Centuryr-Fox, Paramount}! O, :4 ?5 Ad 
National Screen and Republican 
wage review clause in is .
co tract expires on Sept. 27. Uni 
Ar 'sts, whose Wage clause expired

0 31, will join in the wage talks
and increases will be retroactive to

 
 

 

 

that date.
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(if . This is a clipping from
it Page__/f_o_f the
a DAILY WORKER

Date

 

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Government. 

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?uid a um- ?ago? of Id or making salad dressing

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the conference against thought fillspect something more is re-

meaning? to every werd' he utters,
every movement he makes. Occa-
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directs his talentand his?craft

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Norman orwm, the openmg' ?id The Daly 'al'ley Democracy? and make truth and - ??lmy-a Whatcan
session 0 - onference quoted . . front page, right column . actor do when. called upon to a

  
  
  
  
  
    
 
  
  
  
  
   
   
   
    
  
  
   
   
   
    
  
 

. - it mean a threat to the Americans
that notorious and arbiter tells the young and timid actor that 

Leo McCarey has decided not is
of good teste, Mr. Westbrook Pegler. 
. cast Katharine Hepburn in his next
. . . ?'I?he actor has forgotten the .

icture because or nerspeech at a?
past out of which he came . . .. he Wallace.

meeting for Henry
is speaking up to his betters. . ms 
Now we actors are in a very dif?j? 

ricuit and conti?adictory position." doggy 10?; 32::

tel :23? and; deny il?fiigg? . nkin and Thomas carry on their
1? 11 our: ed ?that is r-?I proceedings: And Katharine Hep'bum talked public] to 27000. -

suaded . . . weil, forced to endorse; - peo

a cola drink which I detest.- because? 

it?s too sweetrand it keeps me awake: 

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Big actor and little actor, you; a ban nape

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mess.
pound feit. i]
01' course, the way to evade reali-g it ?people into

are
ty and to distort the truth is the} muet low the brea

ell, on at the oint. It? a 
no bonic ring the word has. . . gotten the

so much that the actor is not ai-,r .. 
1:23;. owed to endorse . . . it?s .what he A lf'renchman 000? ?fly?? cameendorses. It?s not that an actor An li/?IamaLm Pegier 531dcannot be a political citizen . _An Irishman Faith and be'Jmembe? 
wear _a watch thats prec1se, though gorra.? - -

it keeps time as precisely ?as a caleng it $31110]? mile imsd Danger. are Ion.
car; . . . Yes, I?m told what to tell 3? m? e? a '5 

others to do But may I endorse! *0 and intimate with the world on
homes for veterans,? may I endorse the atom?" a; sting do, wig: 31;"
peace, may I endorse my political own Emmi Tl "tire; a. le
candidate, may I endorse democ- rams 't poop e'
racy. Quiet, you?re an actor! But I?ll tell 01! whatl ?in? the

reaponsibili .of the
An actor they say is the ?105* ?rst, to 815:: out lo 

important thing in ?lms. The actor
is so important . . .. he or she is so
responsible to the public, to the 
studio, and to the contract . . . ex-
erts an in?uence so important to 

But best of all the boys really like. ound 
to hear .- . . 7?Yassuh, boss?) Insult?igirre reme?gzrl-wghalte
the: peop?re. twist the Nesm.?the stake 
distort hi just don?t under a
circumsta present Negro Over.? 
and .Negr problems with any t, 
of truth reality. 

. If a man speaks with a foreign e?re livingi
accent, that?s funny . or menac-ac must 513
ling. If a man Works with his hands. . to

     
   
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

audience that he or she is betray-
ing a trust it he or she speaks pubs;
licly. . . 
'But that?s not entirely true. . -.
was never particularly interestedg

RECORDEB 3,
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in Mr. Rabert Taylor, as an actor 

?2 . 0&but last Sunday I read an ar~' 
tcie a him and I became Ias- 5 if in: 10.4]
(Minted him 765' a citiZen. camera r0118; When I 3% u. 4 "a ..
The writer commended him for you kill a man on Monday morning if},
his bravery in at him on Tuesday at- A
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emotional intensity} Page of the
uterine to rhyme? DAILY WORKER
it?d over in before}
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Way of Life. That is surrender to a. character ma, do 0? fa?

. There 7 areigtimes when his 1'
have got to keep swinging. Whet - Will demand that Mach
you?re a heavyweight or a HEW the part, But there must
weight, according to the studies, a. consistent 991m)? that 1130811 17?
strange scale, you?ve got to throw} 5 remain in 1110131011 D1

Just as we 1'
Past" out-of which-

the actor has i
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wright, was buried in Unmnsecrate

  

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Chaplin. has issued a double-barreled' n-
.nounceinenir ut?lining his future production plans and stat-
ing that at no time has he ever offered for sale his United
Artists stock, his current produc? 
tion Monsieur Verdoux or his studio. 3

Chaplin?s formal statement reads 
as follows: 

have never negotiated withE
anyone for the sale of my stock in:
?United Artists, nor- have I .everE
offered any shares in United Artists
for sale. I de?nitely have never put
my United Artists stock or my pic-
ture Monsieur Verdoux, or my
studio up for sale. I

have no intention of selling my
studio. It is not for 'sale and I shall
not put it up for sale. Neither is
my United Artists stock ior sale.

have no intention of retiring.
As a matter of fact, I am de?nitely:
lynning my next two productions
. hich will? go into work immediately
after the release of Monsieur Ver-
doux in Octoloer. My picture plans!
are greater now than they havelL
ever been before in my entire career.j

repeat and emphasize that -
have never o?ered shares in? i 
United Artists to anyy person or?; REOOTTDED a. $.51
firm or banking lorganization?i E: JUL are" 
neither have I received any offerl M7 is . 4?3 ding?
from any-person, or ?rm or bank-3153;} 42 . Mai 
mg org nation0th reports that Chaplin

plann to transfer pictur aking? ?i
either Mexico or to MM a
desc by the star as ?too ridic -

lions and utterly untrue to warrant.
leither comment or denial.? i

This.is a clipping from

Page a of the
DAILY WORKER

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My dear Governor Reagan: -1?th l! . f7 
Your letter sf August 15, 1967, has been 
received, and i appreciate your writing comm
Professor ital-din Jonas of the University at California.

In view the nature of my
it will be impossible ts make a definite
appcintment t0 Jones; hswevsr, hs should
feel ire-s to cantata my office am his swim: in the city. 
In arm other summitments prseluda my swing him, 

as of my associates will be my to wafer :25

     
 
  

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93 33 i certainly appreciate the kind sentini?m 
5' on and i, too, how it will be psasibis tag as, 
0 gal: together same time soon. ?rs 
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Sincerely yours *5
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J: Edgar fiscver if? i, i,
1 San Francisco Enclosure (Sacramento) 
1 - Mr. Bishop Enclosure 
1 Mro DeLoach Enclosure i 
1 - Miss Gandy - Enclosure - 
1 Miss Holmes Enclosure
NOTE: Bureau has had cordial contacts with Governor Reagan. SAC, San Fran-

cisco advised on 8?1~67 that Jones and one Roger Fleming, President, Farm
Bureau of America, were soon planning to visit Washin
see the Director. ones, who is on the staff of the University 0 ?77?alifprnia at
6 Berkeley, is endeavoring to fight the "communimi?s?i?yk?t B?f? 
(3:31:23: 8-9?67 the Director said Mr. Bishop?s Office would talk with Jones
i but we were not to give them any information. (S?e Jones to Bishop? me
:mxth?g? captioned ?Dra Hardin B., Jones, etco 

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August l5, l967

Honorable J. Edgar Hoover
Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nashington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hoover:

?This letter wil serve to introduce to you
lProfessor Hardiw Jones of the University och
?California. He will be requesting an appoint?
?e?tWWiYh you during the latter part of August
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gor the first part of September.
I would appreciate your talking to Professor
Jones. I'm certain you will find it most



hope this letter finds you in good health
gand hope, too, our paths will cross soonRONALD REAGAN

Governor

   

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INFORMATIVE NOTE

Date 1/20/67

The dismissal of Clark Kerr,
President of the University of
California, has been extensively
reported by the wire services,
therefore no dissemination will
be made of the infonnation in
attached.

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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

TITLE

DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FOR REPORT MADE BY

WHICH MADE
9-41?46 9?4?45 CARLYLE N. REED CNR/brh

     

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SYNOPSIS 0F FACTS: Subject is chairman of the East Chicago chapter of
Anerican Veterans Active in East Chicago
I, ., Unity Council, Efforts to protest the and southern
A member of Lake County, Indiana CP Secre-
teriat and GP County Coundl, also presiden 

Chicago Unity CouncilREFERENCE: file loo-1.73565. qu?ff [0 L,

 

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Report of Special Agent CARRIE N. REED, 5-16-46, Indianapolis,
(Elana.

 
  

Residence: 4015 Pulaski Street, East Chicago, Indiana.
Business: Labor representative, Gary Commnity Chest,
Gary National Bank Building, Gary, Indiana

DETAIIS 

 

General Activi ties

The Veteran's Voice, Indianapolis, Indiana, which is the official
publicationof the Indiana State Council of the American Veterans
in its April 19, 1946 issue contained an article en-
titled, "Informetion Please on the American Veterans Comittee
(An Organization of World War II Veterans)?. This article listed
the requirements for eligibilig?or membership in the AV pro-
minent members such as MOLD SEN of Minnesota, RCNAID GAN,
movie actor, etc., and listed the Indiana chgi'pters of the AV
with the name of the chairman and address. {this was for the pur-
pose of making known the proper person to, content for information
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cancer ?ng the AVG. The chairman of the East Chicago chapter was listed as
ARTHU who is the subject of this case. The address to be used
in writing to him in connection with AVG matters was 5628 Parrish Avenue,
East Chicago, Indiana.

An article appeared in the August 22, 1946 edition of the Cary Post
Tribune, Gary, Indiana, which reported that thirty civic labor, fraternal
and religious organisations would join the East Chicago Unity Council in a
protest against the Klan-inspired occurring in the South, according
to ARTHUR DARCNATSY, the president of the East Chicago Unity Council. In this
article, the subject announced a mass meeting to be held the following Sunday
afternoon at Washington High School auditorium in East Chicago. He was quoted
as saying, ?The very least we can do is to get together to voice our protest 
against the undermining of American democracy," and was further quoted as
saying that the Ku Klux Klan was "raiding C10 organizers' homes, spreading
hatred of the foreign born, the Jew and the capital?. 
Communist Party Activities 
1'
12? reported that the Subject was present at a meeting of the

Lake County ounc of the Communist Party held at 1400 washington Street,

Gary, Indiana on April 7, 1946 at 2:50 which meeting was attended by
approximately fifteen members of the County Council. The subject was desig-

nated as recording secretary of this meeting. The matter of obtaining a new
organizer for the Communist Party in Lake Co Indiana was discussed, at b2
which time the subject continued to favor HOW WRENCE, who was the last ib7n
active organizer, but who was dismissed.

The subject read a financial report which he himself had prepared and
which according considerable comments of doubt from
leading Communist Party members present relative to the accuracy of this report.

 

This same informant identified subject as being present at a banquet held
at the Lake Hotel, Gary, Indiana, on gay 50, 946, which.was sponsored by the
United American Slave of Gary and featured EEO as speaker.

that the subject was?present at a meeting of the Lake
County, Indiana ommunist Party Secretariat held at 1400 Washington Street in
Gary on April 19, 1946. The informant pointed out that the subject is one of
four members appointed to this Secretariat which controls the functions of the
Communist Party in Lake County, particularly since the absence of a full time
organizer. The informant noted no unusual comments by the subject, except that
the subject requested to be assigned to work on ticket sales in Gary and Indiana

Harbor, Indiana in connection with the forthcoming meeting featuring WILLIAM Z.
STEE. The subject was said to have requested the ticket sales work instead



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of working on publicity for the FOSTER meeting. According to this informant,
the subject was present at a meeting in Gary Comnmnist Party headquarters which
was in preparation for the 1?llies: Z. Foster rally scheduled for May 12, 1946.

This informant reported that on Friday, June 14, 1946, the subject was
at the Cooperative Restaurant, 1248 Broadway, Gary, Indiana, which 3 a known
hangout for Communist Party members and pathiner and while at restau-
rant the subject was conversing with st%OT, PAT rail, and JOHNSON,
who is the Communist Party chairman for the state of 1 ads. The inf meat
was able to overhear the discussion which was taking place and said that the
subject and Mrs. TALBOT were providing JOHNSON with various facts concern-
ing relief (social work) and the difference between their work and township re-
lief. It was the opinion of the subject and TALBOT that the present relief
system should be changed or done away with, and they pointed out that in their
work on the welfare committee they had very few people they could trust where-
upon EIMER JOHNSON told them he would give them a cOuple of names of persons
they could rely upon, but that theme names shOuld be kept quite secret. In
this discussion BEER JOHNSON discussed the matter of collection of funds for-
the Daily Worker and asked the other members present what they could do to pro- 332
vide more funds because the paper was in poor circumstances financially. 333713

identified subject as baing present at a meeting of the
Lake County Secretariat of the Communist Party held July 2, 1946 at 1400 Wash-

ington Street, Gary. Nothing of particular interest transpired at this meeting
as far as the subject was cancerned.

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SYNOPSISOF FACTs=uembers of THE AMERICAN vmmus TEE have stated that 
our form or government is doomed to gr qt o?,aiistonce and;
thatatho Communists have right ide and that thoy arO'
jworking hard to bring about Communist form
comtry. cwso 1 
CL) this organization. He was employs
?w?igld-ph ?he wgr. he Sout?wost Chapter 0
jfliuiitington Park. was to be an
decision was to take in porso
-P?t an.intorrooial group.? 'Super
'f?y has been appointed as a member 0
k3 ?3 of this Organization'by?tho +nni B'rith.
pro 6 ed "awards to home f; at fighters.
memums and mm . 233;; were
??g?ief speakers at the state convention at has Angeles,
4/?6?28/46. stgto convention held at Los Angeles and of-
1? ficor?xuore electod. A program was announced which is in
confOrmity to that of the 0? line. So for a few 
unists have appeared to be active in organization
program is clearly that of the OP line.

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Los Angelas
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literature rtom thef 88881818 as?, eecretary, which
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hand ?17181: 8 meeting was to be held Heroh 13, 1946,81: theta: address and invited

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2 The Gelifornia Eagle for; April 25,1946, stated that. CARLTON mesh,?
added to the roster of speakers for

emrmr-r-naims, and JMES ROOSEVELT were

the state convention for the VEIERANS COWITTEE which is to be held
in Les Angelica .cn'April-ru126 to 28, 1.946.? repeated t-me-yhowpriwygbua?imud
to be nealtuuith-- at the convention-Hill be tmr?xelection of state officer-egrand 
appreval of- a temporary state constitution. consideration will be ac-
corded resolutions on line with AVG policy ?that what
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31:: 29,7 i945, . ?do: PING
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The Lee-Angelou News ,for 
Votes Opposition to Vets Bonus ?mt ztrhi?s Time! as . A
substance that the ?following-gper-eons had been elected to ?direct the activities
of the state AVG for the ensuing year; .- . . ,3 
(correct name JOWERD), chairman
first vice chair-mt . - 

ER, second vice chairman
.- . ,thirdvice chairman -r A . =7 3: 
?3119; state secretary at Actor's La?g in Hollywood)

state treasurer. . 

   
  
 
 

.. The Rams further stated thatthe Avcwomd up its "first . 
state convention and rated to take a stand against ?veterans bonus "at this tine.?

. .It further stated that the national convention would be held at
Des Moines, Iowa, June 14, 16, 1946. 
7. The following resolutions were presented to the conventions Favoring
the loan to Britain and fee 5 which was adopted.
mar bitter debate it Was decided extenticn of Selective Service until February,
1947, but to plug for eventual world wide abolition of conscription. The con-
venticn went- on record as demanding that Palestine be .epened to immigration of
Jews. It also urged the establishment of an international veterans enuncil.

It urged control of atmic energy by the United Rationsg-gr- Housing came in for
its share of attention. Supyert; was throlm to: the Warner-Glinger-Taft national
housing, billand the Wright?Paw bill. A short biographical sketdh was given

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TUNESE, 38 year old former naval lieutenant

who put in one years sea duty'witn'the fleet, returned to civilian life October

2 and went back to'work for 20th Century FoX'wnere he is under contract.

an actor known in film circles as 53;? 33s}
was elected state chairman. 33

The new state chairman is a member of the Beverly Hills chapter of AVG.

?amed to the office of first vice chairman was of San Jose,
lecturing professor at Stanford university and former army information and edUr
cation officer.

The post of second vice chairman went to San Fran-
cisco attorney,'wno snent four years in the army air forces including 28 months
overseas with the Seventh Air Force in the Pacific.

ROSS 29 year old building contractor from Lindsey, Ca1if.,
was elected third vice chairman. A former air forces B-l7 pilot, he was shot
down over mnnioh and held as a prisoner of'war.

Secretary of the state organization is DOROIHE GlLLii, executive
secretary of the Actors Laboratory in Hollywood, a G1 theater school for war
rveterans. She out in 29 months with the reaching the rank of lieutenant,

and Has production manager for the Coast Guard theatrical production ?Tara and
Spars.?

Elected treasurer'was n'in 39., San Jose insurance broker.

Prior to the election delegates listened to an address by a.
regional director of the iederal Public Housing Authority. He was intro?
duced by film actor member and toastmaster at tne luncheon
session. "neither private enterprise nor government can build nouses alone,"
305? said. ?e said the work will be done by private industry,'wnile the govern-
ment will guarantee material and a reasonable profit. "The sum and substance,"
maintained, ?is that private enterprise and govermnent must?work for the



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people as a?wnole and not merely for private enterprise.

Mayor
to the city.

 

one delegation, welcoming its members

PKOEKAY-

The Los Angeles Sentinel on May 2, 1946, under the heading, "Veterans
to Fight Race Ban,? stated in Part the AVG at the state convention held
over the weekend made the abolition of all race restrictive covenants one of
the nlanks of its newly enunciated olatform. It urged legislation declaring
all existing covenants illegal and making it a criminal offense for
to see: the establisnment of such covenants in the state.

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StresSing the point of its interracial character, the convention
elected EDWARD E. BURCH of Loslangeles and KEN disabled veteran of

san Francisco to its powerful state planning committee. 

The keynoter at the convention of 152 delegates was HEBLDON
of 680 East 43rd Plaoe'who spent more than two years in the Navy in the South
Pacific. ?hile stationed at the Hawaiian Islands he was co-editor of the post
paper, "Mahanan." Manana contained the largest Negro barracks in the Pacific.
Points which were written into the state platform.were demands for a California
fair employment practices committee; a demand that all public and private housing
projects he opened to members of all races, and a demand for more educational
facilities for veterans so that members of minority groups can share equally

in the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights; the abolition of discrimination of
every kind in the selection of members in the organization. urged
veterans to fight against the whole supremacist poison which has given rise to
such recent incidents as those at Columbia, Tennessee, and Freeport, Long
Island, and?wnich has flared up throughout the country in the renewal activities
of the Klu Klux Klan.

A. Angeles, was a first
lieutenant in the Army sea is use employed as a counselor in the veterans
service division of the United States Employment Service.

nhere an asterisk appears before the name of certain individuals

in this report is an indication that the Communist connections of said in-
dividuals have been heretofore reported to the Bureau.

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THE LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION:

At Los Angales, California'will follow the activities of this org:
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Reference is made to your letter to tha Bureau dated June 12, 19126, in which
than Bureau ms requested to advise the St. Louis Offiaa concerning an investignum of
the American Votmns Comittee in order to ascertain the extant of Columnist 1n-
?lmuon- into this organization. -

In this ngard you are inutmtad to conduct no imestimtion of tho American
Veterans Committee. War if 00:1an ting your regular invcatigabicnl of Cu-
mniat Pam activities wit your ?eld Division you dwelap inromtion cumming
Gawain infiltration of the American Vatmna (3th it should be furnished to
the Bureau. is you: mammal: 1mm: 9.11 mm? cmcerning Cumin infiltration
of questionable groups are h?naled only through the most reliable anti tantalum
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[names and offices of the AMHETCAN ViisP??"
{may 16, l9h6 in?the?%ms ;%ee&ss area.
County Committeesbf the inmnist Party,

  

at 1225 sent Jefferson Street, is composed of
Negroes. veral known Communists apparently 7
control the activities of this branch. Communist 
literature is being sent out fro ommun? Party
adquarters to the various AV rancheggf CARLTON (Ekgdga)
4038, Negro writer, and WHEELDON, iegro 
ex~sailor, known Communists, the leaders of this
branch. G. offers assistance in
ascertaining who -re Communists in the AVG. South I
Bend, Indiana Chapter of AVG bolted from the 
national organization because of alleged Communist
?am? influence. A meeting of AVG for the four coast
?aggates was held at Paso Robles 8/20/h6. The officers
listed in this report. Membership drive from
9/36/h6 to 10/17/h6 is nOW'in 

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of the Communist larty. The letters were signed at nally; Veteran's
Commission, Gommunist ?arty of Los angeles." bk,?

      
 

therst Sixth Street Los Angeles, Californi
nDear Friends: i 

"On'eednesday, May 29th, the Veterans Commission of the
Communist Party of Los Angeles is sponsoring a Memorial Day
meeting in honor of those who were killed in action in the war
against Lascismo

"If these sons of labor and progress who gave their lives for
democracy could speak, we feel they would echo the immortal words
of Joe Hill, iDon't mourn for me - Organizes'

 

"The cause fornhich these men sacrificed so heroically is
being fought for today, in the struggle for a higher standard 
of living and against inflation; in the fight to save the peace
and prevent a new atomic war; in the battle for greater democracy

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at home and against the wave of terror against the Negro and 
Mexican peeple. we owe it to our dead to unite our ranks, to 
guarantee that they shall not have died in vain. 

"This spirit of 'Don't mourn for me - Organizet' is the (J?hg?l
theme of our meeting. The meeting will feature writers, directors (1 
and actors.

use invite you to be present."

"Fraternally,

"Veterans Commission
"Communist Party of
Los Angeles.

DAY 
Wednesday, hay 29th
8:15 E.M.

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BURBANK CHAPTER
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Santa Monica Chapter
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Glendale Chapter No. l, 
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Beverly Hills Chapter
AVC

Hollywood Chapter AVG

Long Beach Chapter AVG

'Wilshire Chapter No. 1,

AVG

Inglewood Chapter No. 1,

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Los Angeles Chapter
No. 2h, AVC

Los Angeles Chapter
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Van Nuye Chapter No. 1
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Los Angeles Chapter
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7509% Sunset Blvd..
2161 California Ave.
353 Cloverdale

h223 Century Blvd.
520 East 33rd Street
3018 Nontclair

10h32 Scenic Lane

hl3 North Boylston

The Los Angeles Tribune, Negro newspaper for April 27, l9h6 stated

SanuPedro,
California

Los Angeles,
California

Los Angeles,
California

Santa Menica,
California

South Gate,
California

Beverly Hills,
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Hollywood,
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Long Beach, 1
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that tags, a Negro and author of ?The Negro Soldier? and a member
of the Communist Party, was to be a speaker at the State Convention of the
American Veterans Committee to be held in Los Angeles April l9h6

 

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The article also stated that WHEELDON, Negro ex~sailor, was to be a? 
speaker at the meeting of the State Committee and that he would speak as a
representative of the membership committee of the AVG. A record of the Communist
Party membership of WHEELTON is on file in the Los Angeles Bureau Office. -

The article further stated that the delegates to thiertate 
Convention were selecting delegates to the National Convention which is to
be held in Des Moines, Iowa in June. SOURCE A furnished to the Los Angeles
Bureau Office on hay'll, l9h6, a document purporting to have been printed and
distributed by the Communist Party USA, Post Office Box 87, Station D,
New York City 3, New York and directed to "Veterans, JOin the Communist Partyl"
This printed document contained the usual complaints put out by the Communist
Party about how bad things in America are and how much better they are in
Russia and how "The other nations are ganging up on Rnssia'." One quotation

was as followsa 

fr. - Winston Churchill, sponsored by President Truman
at Fulton, Mo., tried to take us hell bent toward World
war He preposed to take up where Hitler and
Hirohito left off. Churchill wants a military alliance
of the 'English speaking' people for war against the
Soviet Union. He openly advocates the Hitler idea of
'racial supremacy,? this time of the English-speaking Lt],
people."

$9 "President Trmnen sponsored this speech. This is not (mg

accidental. For American imperialism is today trying to 

 

 

use its great wealth and economic power to establish its
I reactionary domination over the whole world.

?All this adds up to capitalism gone hog wild as the enemy

of the American people, the enemy of the people of the
world a 

"The Communist Party is the leader of the working class.
It champions the fight for peace, for democracy, for homes,
decent?wages, jobs, equal rights, a bonus for vets." 

 

 

The California Eagle, Negro newspaper for June 27, l9h6 stated that
the west Adams Chapter of the AVG would act as host to the public at its hall,
2118 Hobart Avenue on June 29, l9h6.

The same issue of the Eagle stated that the Los Angeles Chapter No. 
of the AVG unanimbusly adopted a resolution to adopt five children from.famine
stricken countries. It also stated that through voluntary contributions of
food and clothing, packages will be sent to the adopted children at regular
intervals.

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ABC meetings in Los Angeles during June and July, l9h6. SOURCE informed




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that a member of AVG, is a Communist Party member. SOURCE
further stated that his position in the AVG has been primarily for the purpose
of educating those with home he comes in contact for the Party and then
tor-ecruit them into the Party. SOURCE also pointed out that this must be

the primary purpose of eVery Party member in AVG-toxecruit for the Party.

SOURCE I) on August 7, l9h6 advised thaa in his office,
ROBERT Council of Civic Unity, is a member of the AVC but
;5 that he was strongly anti?Communist, and that he and WILLIAM at

the University of California at Los Angeles are carr

ying on a vigorous

campaign against the Communists and Fellow Travelers in the AVG and are trying

to clear the Communists out of AVG.

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This SOURCE also informed that animus seer, Negro, a Captain in
the Air Corps, was working with and EU in their efforts to rid the

AVG of Communist elements.

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iveterans would assist in any way in ascertaining
who have infiltrated into the AVG.


a South Bend, Indiana dateline Which stated:

This SOURCE also stated that he believed that these three young

the names of the Communists

The Los Angeles EZaminer for August 1h, l9h6 carried an articleipnder

"The South Bend chapter of the American Veterans Committee today
bolted from the national organization because of alleged ?Communistic

influences'."

appeal to the national group to divorce
3, to Communism had met only with rebuffs."

The Paso Robles Press for August 20,
Perfect New Organization at Meeting Here" stated
of the State Planning Counc
the Paso Robles Inn.
state with its

1 "Franklin C. Hubbard, secretary of the local unit, said that his
itself from groups sympathetic

l9h6 under the heading "Veterans

that the executive committee

il of the American Veterans Committee was held at
It stated that the AVG "has over 120 chapters in the
regional office in Los Angeles and a total membership of 20,000."

The article named the following parties who attended the meeting:



Los Angeles Regional Director of the

four West Coast states.

GEORGEIEBEY:

  
 

San Jose, California lecturer in education
.rsat Stanford Unite sity

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San Francisco, Caliiorni attorney
5 State Vice Chairman
MARK HOPKINS: San Jose businessman, State Treasurer
. of AVG. 
DOROTHY Actress - State Treasurer
RICHARD GOGGIN: Executive Secretary, San Francisco Area
Council. 
Los Angeles Attorney, chairman of the
State Administration committee.
HAROLDQKEELY: ~3tanford student; chairman of the State
is membership Committee.
San Francisco Attorney; legal adviser.
BENWRINALDO: National Committee member
MARGARET LOGAN: Secretary
Secretary 

The article statedfthat moans anemic had statechthe following
persons are active in the National AVG: .

FRANKLIN JR.


cameaeoT, JR.


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The Peo les world for September 3, l9h6, under a Long Beach, california
dateline, stat acute shortage is still with us," said ROBERT G. BUSSARD,
AVG chairman. He appealed to veterans organization, unions, civic groups,
contractors and realtors to combine behind a "forceful program.tozactually
get homes for veterans built.?

It further stated: also is planning to call a meeting of
representatives of all organization to put into effect a plan such as that
initiated by the American Legion in Fresno, California. Under that program,
AVG said, mobilization of the entire city succeeded in obtaining veterans
housing."

The California Eagle for September 5, l9h6, under the heading 
Launches Big membership Drive,? stated that chapters throughout the
country are making preparations for the opening of 'Ring the Bell', AVC's
intensive fivedweek membership drive, which begins menday, Sept. l6,"ViThe
drive, which will run until Thursday, October 17, will reach its climax in
an evening of AVG Birthday Parties in every community where there is an AVG
chapter.

 

  
     

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the branches of this organization.

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Reference in node to no Letter No. 17. deted February 18, 1947,
requesting thet the me or the Poet and its location he set forth in the
title investigetion concerning Omist Infiltretion-of the Emma
RIMS comm.

In 710' orthe feet that there ere on may poets in the New
York are; mob operete under the leodenhip of the ?etropoliten Area.
Gomil ad in View of the not that the Betioml Headquarter-e orthe
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SYNOPSIS 0F FACTS: AVG conceived in 1/43 and took definite form in 7/44.
Incorporated 6/1/45 under the lawn of NY. Intention
stated as Aiding the Veterans financially, with full
employment, social security, free sPeech,,. press. tor-T
ship. assembly, and ballot. Disarmament of Germany
and Japan, and elimination of the power of their mili-
taristic classes. rounder or organization ooneidered'
to be cannLes?eunrn elected ngeional

'elrman and GIL HAREISOH slotted n?tionel vibe chair~
. Rational headquarters located at 1869' Broadway,

m. AW claims 903.000 members in 850 eh?pters through-
out a. s. an allegedgCammunist, exeeu-
the secretary of Hetropoliten council. Confidential
informants advise that other Cmuniete were elected of-
ficers of Hetropoli?tm Council, thioh is located at 

139 E. 5? Stu NYC. National Planning Board of AVG split
over resolution banning Commute from membership. FRANK-
LIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR. charged that the AVG, has stoppe? 
growing because of Cmunist infiltration. AVG mita??\?
only veterans of world Her II and includes as members 
merchant seamen and veterans of Allied ?ctions. AVG 
tire in houaing activities are and allegedly 19d veterina
March on lehny, 10/19/46, at which tineYeterana took:
over State Legislature. BOLTE and oaxr??oor; JR. state
that the 1m: had nothing 31:0 do with the? Mothers and the
marchers were condmd by new. Resolution to censure
Roar passed at Metropolitan Gounoil meeting 1r/3o/46.
Rational and local officers set forth. Hationel and local,
platform set forthAPPROVED AND . ,xj/ I 
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TB. is investigation was based on information received from
1" ontidentinl newspaper articles to the effect that the
Kinsmen VETERANS comm wee Commist infiltrated.

,e'Confidential Informant A advised that the VETERANS
COWTTEE was conceived in January, 1943, by an enlisted men in the Army Air
Forces. It took definite form about July, 191.4, and was incorporated under the
laws of the State of New York, June 1, 1945. Its members were drain from those
servicemen and women of World ?War II who had already been discharged as well as
individuals still in the Service. In addition, membership was open to Merchant
Seaman, members of the maritime Service, and all persons who served with Allied
Forces. Membership fee for veterans was three dollars whereas the fee for
those still in the Armd Services was twa dollars. In a statement of inten?
tions put out by the Comittee it was brought out that the aims included voter-v
ens financial aid, full employment, social security, free speech, press, wor-
ship, cssenbly, and ballet. Disarmament of Germany and Japan, and the elimim-u
tion of the power of their militaristic classes; the continuance of the United
Nations noting together to stop any throat to peace, and the establishment of
a?nternationsl Veterans Council for the furtherance of world peace and dus-
tice among the peoples of all rations. According to Confidential Informnt A,
the work of the in: ms supported by dues, subscriptions to the comittee's
publication, 'Thszulletin", a: pamphlet; and by contributions.

The fmmder of the organisation is generally considered

to be GIIBERT A. WISON, a. corporal in the Army Air Forces. HAR-
RISON adopted a es of describing his Arm career in a series of letters.
a: copy of one or these letters reached CHARLES antigens, who was interested in
he some sort of an idea, and subsequently follcsied a similar plan in report-

fx? his Amy experiences with the British Arm. me combined efforts of HAR-

RISON and BOLTE became the forerunner of the organization's present publica-

Jion, ?'l'he Bulletin". The original ofi: cers of the?ational Planning Comittee
were CHARLES 6. some, cheirmn; mm secretary; WILLIAM 
treasurer; ROBERT PERSHIH, m; ARTHUR wow-cons, murmur, LMOLN w.
MUTERSTEIN, Gamma and HARRY Ho?nmm

   

 

 

 

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The New York Herald Tribune for February 16, 1947 carried'an article??
to the effect that the COMMITTEE, which has been fighting
Communist influence in its for many weeks; barred an alleged Communist
from membership. The man was described as a Quartermaster Corps
veteran of 47-69 195th Street, Flughing, Long Island. The Flushing Chapter
of the AVG announced that it had refused to admit Mr. FORER after a long hear?
ing. chocording to the article, about six weeks ago, Mr. POKER had taken part
in,a discussion had at a chapter meeting before he had been admitted to mem?
bership, mentioned that he Its-u Communist. Members of the Flushing unit
subsequently challenged his application and, after-a hearing, he'was denied
membership. He protested the nation, declaring that he did not believe mem-
bership in the Communist Perky should disqualify him from the 

In the 88:30 81131018 CHARLES 5' BOLTE m? T??'tad as saying that, of

the ninety thousand world in eight hundred fliVJ of
the AND, he did not believe more than one per cent were Communists.

FINANCE comment U.

[:Eanfidential Informant T4, on November 6, 1946 advise Special
Agent Jenn M. Collins that the AVG was planning a_dinner to be held at the
Plana?Hotel on November 10, 1946. The informant stated that arrangements
had been made by one Finance Director and she listed the fol-
lowing individuals as members of the?hetional Finance Committee of the AVG.

nmomnronms - Chairman
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egg. now 
ANTHONY 
HENRY 3.91-9an
JUDGE WILLIAM 
DR. 
MRS. WILLIME Lianne:
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svwopsnsor FACTS: Mobili tion for Democracy, under direction of
ROBERT IENNY and WILLIAM R. BIDIIER, sponsored
a "Stop the Klan" meeting at the Olympic Auditorium
June IA, 19246. BIDNER wrote a letter 
enclosing questionnaire soliciting informa-
?tion about activities. .r
refers to BIDNEH as "the big guy in in the 
?33 National I?vfin The Peace Conference. KENNY, for 
Mobilization for Democracy, solicited aid for the
5 3.. program. GERALD L. dh? IITH exposes KENNY and
?t g& the Mobilization for Democracy and charges that
322% ~13? efforts are being made to oust Mayor BOWRON and
SE elect KENNY in his place. SMITH repeated that
3K ?1 go .: the Mobilization for Democracy had grabbed the

$15,000.00 collected at the Olympic Auditorimn

meeting and had used it for financing Communist

activities. KENNY and have arranged to

deliver a radio program over KLAC. The first

program was held depicting alleged

terror incidents. Mobilization for Democracy is

planning to picket the GERALD L. K. SMITH meetings .

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Informants have be ntacted, with the results recorded herei .
A as reported that on June 1h, 19h6, the Mobilization for
the 01 ic Auditorium in
no a onsore a ;Stop the Klan meeting a 

agglogsrigegea? This Source reported that approximately 10,000 persons attended
this Rally and that approximately 80% Were Jews and 10% were Negroes. Source
A also stated that. a few men in Navy uniforms were observed in the Section 
occupied by the Hollywood AND. This Source stated that KENNY, State 
Attorney General, made the first talk of the evening and subsequently intro- 94 

duced the various speakers. KENNY drew a parallel between the aims of the 
in America and the aims of the National Socialists in Germany, calling 
the the spearhead of Fascism in the united States. KENNY stated that 

"a sick community? finds many "planes of intolerance". He stated that the

Klan in its role of being Anti-Labor, Anti-Negro and Anti?Catholic was mere~

1y a "front organization for Fascism". KENNY stated that the final victim

of the is ?American democracy itself" and stated that the only way to 
fight it is by a show of public strength in making the first attack. He

stated that the Klan satisfied the urge to Fascism and terrorism in.many

persons and that "both money and brains are being put into it to keep Fascism
alive?. He stated "In a struggle between democracy and Fascism, the people

must mobilize". . 

g, 
RUTH (the supposed wife of an Assistant

in office) was introduced by KENNY as the next speaker and in the 3L

introduction, KENNY stated that was an important figure in the 

"National Civil Rights Council", to which she had recently gone as a dele- 

gate to a National meeting held in Chicago. She was also identified as

being in charge of the signature campaign?.

smitten}: stated that "the Klan itself is evil enough but it is
only one of many Fascist fronts". She stated further that ?the white sheets
of the Klan are evident to everyone except the Mayor and the Police Department?,
but some of the other Fascist organizations, for which Los Angeles is a breeda
ing ground, are not so easily recognized.

Mrs. SLADE divided the opposition to her own views into two groups,
"rattlesnakes" and ?copperheads" and urged the immediate extermination of both.

She cited a long list of ?shameful events?, a partial list of which is as
follows: 

1. ?It took three months to convince the Los Angeles District Attorney that
MIMIZOLDE was shot by a man who hates Mexicans".

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2. has been held in San Quentin Penitentiary for five
years on?a trumped up rape charge.?

3. ?500 A. F. of L. union men of Hollywood have charges against them for
'walking in a picket line'." -

h. "Defenseless pickets at General Motors were tear?gassed by local police.?

The name WILLIAM R. BIDNER does not appear in the report of this
Source, but is should be remembered that BIDNER is the Executive Director
of the Mobilization for Democracy and that he and a female employee in the
office of the Mobilization for Democracy have reported on the supposed "27
incidents? to KENNY, upon which ROBERT KENNY and the Mobilization for
Democracy are carrying on their heralded anti-Klan campaign.

On July 17, 19h6, WILLIAM R. BIDNER as Executive Director of the
Mobilization for Democracy, addressed the following letter to
I North Hollywood, California:

"Mobilization for Democracy

July 17, 19M:

 



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North Hollywood, Calif.

near 

"The Mobilization for Democracy, a coordinating center for fighting native
Fascism in this Country, is spearheading the fight against the Klu Klux Klan

and against those persons who, inspired by Klan ideology, are persecuting the
citizens of Los Angeles.

"Since May 12th, 25 incidents of cross-burning, desecration and damage to
property, beatings, threats to lives and homes and other terror acts have taken

place in Los Angeles. Police, so far, have arrested none of the vandals respon-
sible for any of the acts.

"The Police and Fire Committee of the Los Angeles City Council is conducting
an investigation of Klan-type acts and is probing activities of the Police
inasofar as apprehension of the persons responsible for the acts is concerneda

am sure that you are most interested in seeing to it that the person or
persons responsible for the act of terror committed against you are arrested

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and prosecuted. we are enclosing a questionnaire which we ask you to fill
out immediately and return to us.

?Exact information about all incidents and related attitudes and activities
of the Police is extremely valuable and essential to the investigation of the
Committee. The questionnaires will be forwarded to the Committee which is
scheduled to meet within the next few days.

"Your prompt cooperation is exceedingly essential. Please mail the questionnaire
to the Mobilization for Democracy, 206 South Spring Street, Room 356, Los Angeles
12, California.

Sincerely yours,

R. BIDNER
Executive Director"

Enclosed With this letter was a questionnaire containing twelve ques-
tions seeking information relative to the alleged incidents and whether or
not the Police had made a diligent investigation or had dismissedit as a prank,
or did the Police refuse to respond, and whether the party Was involved in any
?restrictive covenant case?, whether the party addressed was Jewish, Negro,
Chinese-American, or Japanese-American or other.

Source has informed that a meeting of the California State Board
of the Communist Party was held August 17, l9h6, in San Francisco, at which
a discussion took place relative to having a meeting of the National Win The
Peace Conference on the Pacific Coast. Seattle, San Francisco, and Los
Angcles were being considered as the appropriate place for having such meet~
ing. This Source stated that WILLIAM SCENEIDERMAN, the Head of the Communist
Party in Los Angeles, pointed out that WILLIAM R. BIDNER, whom he identified
as "the big guy in Los Angeles" had told him, SCHNEIDERMAN, that he would go
all out on the Conference and that at least 500 delegates should attend if the
Conference were held in either San Francisco or Los Angeles. This Source ad-
vised that a vote was taken by the State Board of the Communist Party and
the vote determined that San Francisco was the first choice of the place for
the Conference and Seattle was second. It was also agreed that the Conference
should be held on the weekend of October 11, 12 and 13, l9h6, and it was agreed

that the call for Conference should go out during the week following
August 17, 19%. 

A letter dated September 5, on the stationery of Mobilization
for democracy, bearing the signature and addressed to
"Dear Friend", relating to a new series of radio shows, was furnished to the

Los Angeles Bureau Office by Source C. This letter is being copied in full.?) u?
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?Mobilization For Democracy

September 5, l9h6
?Dear?Friend:

"The Mobilization for Democracy is happy to announce the presenta-
tion of a new series of radio shOWs entitled "It Is Happening Here?,
beginning Monday, September 9, on radio station KLAC, at 7:05 p.m.

?This new series, written, produced and presented by top-flight Holly-
wood artists through the cooperation of the Hollywood writers mobiliza-
tion, is an entirely new and much-needed innovation in this City.

"It is needed because 27 Klu Klux Klan incidents have occurred in
Los Angeles. It is needed because 33 days have passed since the
of four Negroes in Georgia and the murderers still roam
the streets. It is needed because Anti-Semitic hate-peddlers have
increased in bold viciousness.

"Through radio, these facts, presented in a striking, powerful manner,
can be brought to hundreds of thousands of citizens who could not
be reached otherwise.

?And this series will not only dramatize actual incidents exposing
the operations of native Fascists. Through a concrete program of
action, these programs will tell each individual what he can do about
it - - show him how he can join in the battle for true democracy.

"'It Is Happening Here' is an ambitious project. It is ambitious be-
causeua'radio production is expensive.? But it was undertaken because
the Mobilization for Eemocracy, the Hollywood writers Mobilization,

and similar leading groups have faith and confidence in people like

you. They have confidence that people like yourself, who have demon-
strated an interest in community affairs will recognize the tremendous
value of such a program. And they have confidence that you will want
to make possible an extensive series of such broadcasts. le?

 

"We invite you to listen to the first broadcast of 'It Is Happening
Here'. we ask that you write us your suggestions and ideas on the

program. And we ask that you send us a contribution in order that 

the series may be continued. A return envelope is enclosed for your
convenience.

 

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I can count on you.

Sincerely yours,

  

ROBERT w. KENNY
mean u. 

The signature W. was not in the handwriting of KENNY.
It has the appearance of being-the handWritin R. BIDNER, who is
the Executive Director of this organization. if

RETURN OF GERALD L. K. SMITH 
TO LOS ANGELES

 

\?wfiqg?ource CIhas informed that a meeting of the of GERALD L.
K. SMITH as held at the Embassy Auditorium on September 8, 19h6. SMITH opened
up his talk by saying: I"Your Attorney General, BOB KENNY, and his Mobilizau
ticn for Demo cy sta ed that they were going to keep me out of California".
?Here I am" Source Qistated that SMITH said that he would comment on the
Hollywood 3 nation and name the 25 most prominent Communist sympathizers who
should be placed in a concentration camp, the list to be headed by CHARLES
CHAPLIN. . . . . . This foreign person who came to this Country and made
millions of.dollars. . . . .had the gall to meet the enemy on the high seas

in a drunken orgy and openly denounce this Country; that when he was asked why
he did not become a citizen of the United States, stated that ?citizenship

is not for me?.

Ilw<latgource ?Igave a list of fifteen subjects which SMITH said he would
discuss while in Los Angeles. Some of these fifteen points were named as
follows:

1. Will we have war with Russia? If so, when?

2. Is the Communist Party of California Stalin's Fifth Column?

3. How the Reds are planning to seize Los Angeles by force and bloodshed.
h. Hollywood Reds - the financial angels of the new revolution.

5. The story of Attorney General KENNY's defeat.

6. The truth about Congressman PATTERSON.

7. The secret backer of Congressman HELEN 

8. CHAPLIN, financial pet.
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9. stooge, dupe or revolutionist, which?
10.'hhat is -OOSEVELT after?

SMITH stated that two principal addresses would be given by him at
the Polytechnic High School, September 22 and October 6, 19h6.

Source further stated that SMITH was very open in his denunciation
of Attorney General KENNY and stated that since his overwhelming defeat for
Governor he has moved into the City limits of Los Angeles and that he be-
lieves that it is the program of the Communists to impeach mayor BOWRON be-
cause of the Mayor's stand against Communism and "that they would replace him
with 

This Source further in the event of a war with Russia
it was the "program of PHILIP M. NNELLY and to capture the
City of Los Angeles by force andibloodshed and hoist the Red flag over the
City". He also said that the recent Maritime strikes are only rehearsals to
see if they can actually tie up the shipping facilities of the Nation.

Source stated that SMITH commented upon the meeting of the Mobiliza-
tion for Democracy that had been held at the Olympic Auditorium and how they
had ?trapped numerous ministers and respectable people in the community into
joining the Committee for ivic Betterment and mentioned the names of Dr.

FARNUM and Rev. J. and told how Rev. BOOTH had conducted the
meeting. SMITH further to ow "the Communists had taken the sum of $15,000.00
they had collected at this meeting and had used it in furtherance of their pro-
gram and that the interested people received nothing".

KLU KLUX KLAN RADIO

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?lhas advised that the Mobilization for Democracy, of which
WILLIAM R. BIDNER is the Executive Director and ROBERT W. KENNY, Attorney
General of Califor is th onorary Chairman, have initiated a broadcast
over Station KLAC ?ource s-ated that RON CAN is the broadcaster.
The program which was given September 9, l9h6, as titled ?Operation Terror"
and a main heading is given as ?Mabilization for Democracy Presents 'It'e

Happening Here??, a series of programs about the Klu Klux Klan and Klan in-
spired terrorism.

This broadcast on September 9, l9h6,was the first of the series and
the announcer stated that RGBERT W. KENNY "was present as a special guest?.
The broadcastdealt with the various alleged incidents in the Southern
California area and especially with the of the two Negroes and negresses
in Georgia. The following statement was made: ?we aim.to make being a Jew a
crime punishable by death. ?We will just take them out and kill them."I

It was then explained that it was the Kleagle of the Tennessee 
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had beaten a Negro while in soldier's unifcnn and had ?gouged his eyes out
with a Billy club?. 

Source gjfurther quoted the following that was stated in the program:
"Yes, we know the 27 incidents within three months don't happen without cause
and here is KENNY, Attorney General of California speaking for the
Mobilization for Democracy". -

The program was closed with the statement: community that is
aware of the threat to its people and security by bigoted terroristic groups
will be protected from such acts. It is important that every citizen of
Southern California be ready to assist all public officials who are attempt-
ing to check any further occurrences of this kind and to join with those
Civic Organizations which are laboring to bring better understanding and
unity among the different elements of our Society without regard to race or
creed or color."?

The announcer stated that the script for this series of broadcasts
is being prepared by the Hollywood writers Mobilization and that this script
was written by and and directed ber?l?$0TTER.

1 

After this broadcast on September 9, 19h6, Mayor FLETCEER BGWRON
gave an interview to the Los Angeles Times on September 15,_l9h6, in which
BCWRON issued a challenge to Attorney General ROBERT KENNY to prove that
there has been any authentic instances of Klu Klux Klan activity in recent
months. stated that every one of the 27 instances of alleged Klan
activity had been thoroughly investigated by the Los Angeles Police Depart-
ment and nothing indicating authentic Klan activity was found. He stated
that it appeared to be the nwork of pranksters and juveniles" and in most
instances the statements have not only been exaggerated, but the facts
deliberately misstated.

BUWRON citing the law enforcement duties of the Attorney General
as set up in the Penal Code, declared in part: "Attorney General KENNY, if
you feel that the Klan is on a rampage in Los Angeles and that these 27
incidents or any incidents are attributable to-the Klan or that the law
has been violated here and that arrests have not been made wherever possible

and that there is a possibility of prosecuting, it is your duty to come to
Los Angeles and take over".

The Mayor promised KENNY that full cooperation of the Los Angeles
Police Department would be had in any investigation he cared to make.

The names of WILLIAM R. BIDNER and PHILIP CONNELLY were not men-

tioned in this connection, but it should be remembered that BIDNER is the
Executive Director of the Mobilization for Democracy and has furnished to

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KENNY much of the information upon which KERNY bases his talks and newSpaperr
publicity. It also should be remembered that PHILIP M. CONNELLY is the
?Commander-in-Chief of the Mobilization for Democracy Forces and has fronted 
for the many trips made by the Mobilization for Democracy to the mayor's 
office to present all sorts of pretended grievances".

MOBILIZATION FOR DEMOCRACY PLANS 
PICKET MEETINGS OF GERALD L. K. SMITH
SEPTEMBER 22 and OCTOBER 6, 19h6

 

The Peoples world for September 10, 19h6, under the heading "Piokets
Protest GERALD L. K. stated in part that SMITH is in Los Angeles at
the present time and is holding meetings at the Embassy Auditorium. The
article stated that SMITH had made it clear that he would bar all Jews and
Negroes from public office and said he was speaking for 62 "Nationalist
Groups? spread throughout the Country. It quoted SMITH as saying, "we will
be on top as soon as we get into war with Russia?.

The article further stated "the Mobilization for Democracy is
cooperating with the American Youth for Democracy in picketing tonight's
SMITH meeting, announced WILLIAM R. BIDNER, Executive Secretary of the
Mobilization". It also stated that the AYD has invited the following groups
to participate:

1. United Christian Youth Fellowship

2. Young Zionists Action Emergency Council

5. Student Y.W.C.A.

A. Los Angeles Youth Council

5. Junior National Association for the Advancement

. of Colored People

6. American Jewish Congress, Youth Division

7. Jewish Youth Council

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It stated that the American Veterans Committee has been asked to
picket the Tuesday night session from 7:30 to 8ah5 P.m. The Youth Division
of the International workers Order will demonstrate at the same time wednesday
night. It further stated that State Attorney General KENNY is chair?

man of the Mobilization for Democracy formed last year when SMITH came here to-
foment race hatred.

Article stated that SMITH accused KENNY of organizing "the 
mob? against himself and stated: "We're going to get into trouble with Russia
so soon that we won't have to worry about Communists like Attorney General
KENNY and the rest of them". "They'll have a finger on them and they?ll be
on the skids and'we'll be on top.?

The article also stated that SMITH spoke to 550 elderly men and women
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President and "the Russian Jews?. He said that he would explain "the
mysterious death of Roosevelt? and later would list the "25 Russian-Jew-
Commnnists in Hollywood who should be put in concentration camps."

SMITH stated that the Board of Education has granted him permission
for meetings at the Polytechnic High School on September 22 and October 6, 19h6.

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the A and Sections, who have been reported currently or

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past history of Communist Party activity reported to be
currently or in the parent pact employed in the radio,
television or related industries.

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Mr. c. independent motion picture
producer, has recently approached unsuccessfully every maJor
movie studio in Hollywood in an effort to produce a movie
based on HILLER's life.

During a recent social engagement encounter,
CAN, actor, told MILLER he would see to it that her
story of undercover activities in the CP would be used on a
Theatre" TV production. MILLER has had no other
confirmation of or information regarding REAGAN's claim.

?The Plotters,"
Anticommunist Spy Story

"Les Angeles Times" (10/19/61),
HEDDA HOPPER's Column,
Entertainment Section

LUPINC and HOWARD DUFF bought the novel,
'The P10tters,? anticommunist spy story, and will produce it
independently. They want BOB for the lead role."
LUPINO was further described as a regular director on the
"Thriller? and Theatre" series.

neutrino (10/19/61) 
Revue Studios, Studio City, California

LUPINC, during contact by an Agent of the FBI on
another matter, volunteered that she and her husband,
HOWARD DUFF, actor, had purchased the film rights to
the novel, The Plotters," written by ALLEN CAILLCU and
planned to produce it as a feature filn.with the William
Morris Agency packaging the deal. It will possibly be shot
in the near future at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
The story deals with the communist infiltration of Cuba and
is anticommunist in nature. The book came out about the time
of the ill-fated invasion attempt of Cuba in which the present
administration cf the U. 3. Government was involved, and for
this reason, LUPINO, et a1, had delayed plans to produce the
film based on the novel until the present time.

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On May 27, 1961, during an interview with
Mr. RONAUD REAGAH, film and television star and currently
MC for the television show, ?General Electric Theatre,"
Mr. REAGAN noted that he has been active in combating and
exposing to the best of his ability the efforts of communist
elements to infiltrate the film and television industry.
He recalled that as far back as the middle of the l9?0's
he concerned himself with the exposing of the communist led
strike situation in the film industry when the communists
were attempting to consolidate Hollywood guilds and unions
under their influence if not control. Mr. BEAGAH advised
that insofar as he is aware, the at the present time has
no influence whatever in the SAG, the IATSE, the Screen
Directors Guilds SDG) or the Motion Picture Producers
Association (HPPA . He thinks there may be some
procommunist sentiments in the was which now includes all
radio and television as well as film writers. However, he
i said there is no indication that the was is in any way
controlled by the preconmunist elements at this time.

 

1 Mr. REAGAN said he feels that the producers in the

a film industry may be getting away from the so-called
waldorf Agreement not to hire communists which was entered
into by the major film producers following the 1947 HOUR
hearings on communist infiltration into the film industry.
REAGAH pointed out, however, that there are hundreds of
independent producers who are not bound by the waldorf

Agreement; and that many of these shut their eyes to the

I writer's or actor?s politics if there is a good chance

"to make a fast buck."

REAGAH also believes that it is impossible to be
an active or outspoken anticommunist; that those who are or
have been Just do not seen to get the picture assignments
that they once did. REAGAN said he himself has felt this,

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although it is sometimes difficult to prove or to put
one's finger on. He commented that it is much easier
to get an Anti-Facist accepted for film or television
than it is to get one accepted who is Anti-Communist.

In regard to the current extent of communist
influence in the Hollywood film and television industry
in general, Mr. REAGAN said he had no specific or first?
hand information.

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in the Ho lywood 10053? and assisted in contact? 
ing people to attend a party for HENRY WALLACE. ,9

?She worked on a committee the Conference for 



 

Studio Unions relative the studio strikes.
Subject assisted CARLT 038 in promoting .
\negro cultural advance nt programs. Subject
is reported to have been. associated with W0
and JOHN HONARD WSW, Commists who are

prominent in ?ood, and other persons in the

   
  

Communist Party
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Bureau File No: 1907343468. 

0/17/74
Bureau letter dated August 3, 1948 in the case
entitled Internal Security- 

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OF THIS REPORT

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Source A reported that subject was a member of the Communist
Party, and on August 8, 1946 she informed an unknown woman that she had

transfe to another club. She was advised to keep in contact with
i I I once or twice a week so as to? be oostedJ I
is a 00

'st Party member and formerl I *6

This source advised on September 3, 1946 that who is
a member of the Communist Party, Los Angeles, had been in contact with
and she had stated she belonged to the Ralph Fox Club. This name
i is the known name for one of the cultural clubs of the Hollywood Section
of the Communist Party, Los Angeles.

DETAILS 

 

Source advised that the records of the Conmmnist Party for

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles County reflect thatl land were transferred from
the Ralph Fox Club, Hollywood Section Communist Party, to New York in
Jamuary, 191.7. This reference to  land is eved to be
to   and  It is Imown that an . re to leave 
Los Angeles for ew York on January 24, 1947. ga) be
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Source reported that in 1944  Iandl Iresided at

 

 

New York City, and in a letter to HANS EISLER,
mentioned that he andl were living together and planned to be .
married by the middle of August. Ch November 14, 1944 lfurther advised
HANS EISLER that he had received a Medical Discharge from the Army and he
andl:lhad been married. 4 e" 

 

 

 

 

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Source A furnished the following information with refs co to
activity with reference to the campaign: of RUEBEN OUGH
who ran for Congress in the 20th r2; -

 

 



On March 26, 19 I wife of RIIEBEN, contacted
I:I-with reference to raising funds for the campaign of.? her husband. I

She req stedl Ito contact such individuals 5 
ism, max, 

. GAN. I
.t - 1 On April 5, 1946 a member of the ommunist Party,
(I contacted subject with reference 0 the campaign and mentioned several
"supersons who contributed money. I 

 

 


0n the same date Radio Division of the Membership

I??j?itee of the/- llywood Mobilization for Democrac requested help from
in connection with some mimeographing. tied up on
the campaign she suggested someone else. 

 

 

 

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Source A further advised that on April 5, 1946 subject contacted

ALBIE isms, Attorn General's Office, Los Angeles, LOU HARRIS, Paramount
Studios, andlilwith reference to the campaighg. a"

On April 8,1946 a women who was not known to Source A. suggested
 : contact numerous people relative to the campaign 1%

On April 9th] was in contact with a woman believed to be
the secretary of IENAWO REE W?th reference to appearance at a
negro church in Pasadena. I1 ndicated they were worried about the

campaign and wishecixto swing votes against opponent. a EEC

 

 

 

 

On the same date the subject contacted numerous persons for
contributions for the BOROUGH campaign indicating that it was necessary
to raise hogs Roy May. 15, 1946; further, Louise mentioned that 
opponent in election was anti~Semitic and violently against radicals. 
i?ource A on April 14th reportedl: was in touch with SIDNEY
Columbia Studios, who is reported to be a member of the Cor?h?et
Party. discussed a letter written her in connection with the
campaign and BUCHIJAN made certain changes. bdesired to have a dinner
for BOROUGH at home but it was not possible to arrange the when!?

On April 22, 1946 Source A. advisedl: was in contact with
I lwho was assisting in the campaign and advised that only
$2,000. 'had been raised for the campaign. 
On April 23, 1946 SIDNEY secretary was in touch with
I:Iregarding the campaigl and they discussed BOROUGH's opponent.
mentioned BOROUGH's opponent stood for the notorious Dies Committee and the
continuance 1946: endeavored to make arrangements to contact 
with reference to the campaign. She learned that SINATRA

was sc 9 via to speak at an anti?Fascist Refugee Dinner for Free Spain in
New York and it was not thought it would be possible to secure his services. 

 

0n may 24, 1946 this source reported subject obtained a $230.00
contribution to the campaign fund from motion picture
executive. 



Source A on Jun
husband t_hat she had been

he

 

 

Her husband advised her to use
caution and investigate the members of before accepting.

 

 

remarked she had been recommended gor her work in the BOROUGH campaigi

by the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Scientists and

Professions. . .1
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Source A furnished the ollowing inf rmation with reference to
work with HICCASP:

  

On may 7, a member of the San Pedro Communist

Club, had contacted and advised he was going to Seattle for
ICCASP. Further he reported there was a brilliant new organization on

the way in the East known as the "Win the Peace" which had prominent
backers but no cooperation had been noticed in Hollywood. He advised

that the new group needed five or six Hollywood sponsors and he wished

to have her endeavor to sell this organization to PAUDHMIESOM 
and others of a desire to help advised
he had some ICCASP business to clear up in Hollywood prior to leaving for
Seattle and there were two people in Hollywood that he could count on for
help in washington State. He advised that the ICOASP needed plenty of
.help in Washington as there was no organization. He requested that should
he communicate Washington she should assist him in every .r
we);r Possible. :bis

Source 4 on March 13, 1946 advised that LENA HORNE, negro
adress, contacted? regarding attendance at the Jac Day
Dinner at Lockheed on March that wife

of LESTEEQQOLE, would be there. LOSTER COLE is known to be a writer at
MGM and a member of the Communist Party, Los Angeles. On march 23, 1946

advised that LENA HORNE was to be present and would sing
The Star Spangled Banner" at the Jackson Day 

 

On march 23, 1946 Source A in touch with
MADELYN BOROUGH at the Hollywood Mobilization for Democracy with reference
to obtaining "Win the Peace? pamphlets. to know
how to get in touch with GREGORY PECK, OLIVIA and ALEXANDER
KNOX as she wished to use them in an affair being put on by HICCASP on
April 15th by the "Win the Peace" organization. 

 

i 
On April 16, 1946 Source A advised cted one Hrs:
the HIOCASP and asked whether Mrs. ould attend a
cocktail party for On the same date as in touch
with secretary regarding the party for WALLACE on April

18th. *6

Source A made available the following data with reference to
 : work with the Conference of Studio Unions: 

On September 23, who is a member
of the Los Angeles County Communist Party that she would be very busy in

her new work with the Conference of Studio Unions. She indicated that in
her new work she would be second only to one and that she was working for

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. 

I I a prominent Cdnmuniist, was: for
one of the Unions. He was arrested along with a number of other labor
leaders on a criminal conSpiracy charge by the District Attorney's Office

in Los Angeles. (a

On October 3, 1946, according to Source A,I:Imet with
SALT and LOUEQLOEION at her home and organized a Citizens' Committee
which was to do the same work on the strike as the I-EICCASP had done in the
last one. The Committee was active in raising funds for the strikers
and in agitation and engineering of mass picketing. 

Source A advised thatl: had informed: that
she wanted some literature of the Conference of Studio Unions to take to
New York and that she would seel:lat the CSU mass meeting and leave
her address with him. Ma 135

On October 10, 1946, according to this source ,I: advised
an unknown individual to be at the Columbia Studios at 6:00 Adi. as that
time would be a crucial time. my

On the same date instructed an individual unknown to the
informant to be at Technicolor Studios the following day at all changes
of the shifts; that at this time every studio striker in Los Mgeles would
be going to Technicolor at each change of the shifts)?E 
on October 11, 1946I: askedl:l to contact certain

Observer Captains and have them observe at Technicolor Studios again on the
following morning. She indicated there would be a considerable number
of strikers present this time to strongarm the Police, 

On the same date she advised a woman whose identity was mimovm
to the informant to go to the City Hall at 10:00 the following morning as
the Veterans of the CSU were to protest the Police brutality at Technicolor. *5 a

. On the same date the informant advised thatl Ihad stated
CAREYTCNIUIMB was a sponsor of the Committee andl Ihad
indicated there would be a meeting on October 14, 1946 at which CWY
would be present to discuss trade unionism, police brutality,
and to observe the camera committee 1work.

 

This informant stated that during the time '33
with the CitizensI Committee she was in conference with

on numerous occasions. I .is a ?mctionary of the Commist
Party, Los Angeles, and was not officially connected with any studio group)?
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Further this source advised th vehile she was working for
the Committee she contacted numerous other people in the motion picture
industry. A partial list of these individuals is as follows; (Eh?

WALDO SALT, prominent screen writer, known Communist and
organizer of the Cultural Section, Communist Party, Los Angeles.

- ?Je-

LOU SOLOMON, Screen?driter, Columbia Studios and a prominent
Hollywood Communist.

 

emzomeworr, Screen .?Eriter and member of the Cultural Club,
Hollywood Section, Communist Party.

Writer Producer, Universal Studios, former
member of the Northwest Section Communist Party and then member

of the Career Branch, Cultural Section, Communist Party, Los
Angeles.

 

wife of known Communist Party
member.

 

Screen'?riter, former member Northwest Section,

Los angeles Communist Party, and later member of the Cultural
Section, Communist Party, Los Angeles.

MONARD Screen Writer and known Communist. 
Screen writer and member of the Communist Party. - g, 


1' EVENSON, Screen writer and a known Comrmmist.

 


I land known Communist. 3b

Jr., Screen Writer and believed to be a member of

the Communist Party.

Iknowm .

Screen Jriter and member Cultural Section, Hollywood
Section Communist Party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actor and known Communist.

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LA 100923403 ppmScreen'Jriter, former member Northwest Section,
Communist Party, and later member of Cultural Club, Hollywood
Section. 336
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known Communist and wife of LEO TOJNSEND.

 

and member of the Cultural Sub
Section, Hollywood Section, Communist Party, Los Angeles. 

 

Musician, former member Northwest Section,
Communist Party, and believed to be a member of the Cultural
Subsection, Hollywood Section, Communist Party, Los Angeles.

 

Ian).
REVELSHQAYTON, Negro Communist.

Source A advised was to leave October 22, 19 6
,New Iork to join her husband, however prior to leaving she advised
she was turning over her work to an individual whom the informant
thought was I JAYNEQRNEY is a prominent
Screen Writer and Hemmer of the Communist Party.?q?f?at4

 

Source A furnished the following data with reference to subject's
association with CARLTON boss who was reported to be a Captain in the Army
and had done work for on, having had access to cm films 

On April 26, 1946 moss was in touch withl: relative to
furnishing aid in promoting negro cultural advancement programs localLy.
MOSS stated he was having a showing of a film on negro troops which films
had been made in Europe, and that he would not charge admission but would
take Contributions for a negro who was going to Europe for the "Chicago
Defender". He also stated th uld be a means for him to raise
funds to help on other inviting LESTER and 



Again on.fhy 14, 1946 1358 requested assistance of in
raising funds for a Union organization drive in the South. suggested
as possibly being financial sources. .

stated these persons were not actually of their group but were
definite sympathizers and could be of assistance.

 

 

On May 15, Souce A advisedlElhad endeavored to contact
numerous persons to have them attend s.owing of picture. It was

stated that CAREY would probably speak at the showing Viv: Lib-?5?" 

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I (in 11?? 27tL1:C011tacted If ya tj'l 1?e_ 
films at 11 9011131061; rail-1?11 5 .

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1:01.111 also 35111.?. 11 1111111131? 11:2 11;;1i 00315105110 01.113011 ?Fl?e-L 2 1111151. 1:511:11
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On Jun: 191'.? Iandl [30001131111 to th~ se?zree,
.el?e active in ttim hereons to attend, a :1i113'1ez?t'1't1ehome 
or 101? .-etcr;m negro soldiers 


@110 .11.er1 were \1
.10 ea shown 1111511159111! 1.1 featuring: heriroes in 
June 18, 1111116 Cco?r1i11" ?ouree 1?1, her-1 mentioned
hermaid 3.11:1 the maid?s husband 3.11:3 son has". been refuse service in :1
drive?in. 13:10.39 furious upon learning

 

 

 

of this end. .2311?: to the drive?
in to let ?tl'1em 131011 1101?: she felt e.?b0.1t the ?utition. I I ".1110
?Jithl land I Ion t..e?8rj ted 1e rare terans 1, was
also rei?used service. remarked that the .ere 3014115 to an
attorney

end would :1robebl5.? sue for this action.

Source furnished the follo. r5.111?

iz??c?rnatioh in e0n1111'2ction'1'1it?11

1.1.1 J11BC 1511111? is a triter is to be Organizer the
Cultural bubs ection the 101.15.100.71 section of. the Commwlist Party. ?41
August 21, 31117 as 

 

. .5 refere1'1ce to the
play unalileo 15111110.. to tr, out for the fart if the

. 11:13 orcught
heel: tol loll?wood. 

011 :?ep?Ler

'3 .1 rfeer were coming
to dinner t! at evening.

"10b sure they raid
Jinner but would c0111?.

- V?vl

. be there for

C11 October 33, made 
I:lforl:l

 

 

 

tentative appointment 
and her husband ELLE.
C11 1"ebx?1uiry IF, l?vjh?-ii .33:-i11 touch 1'5:th .1131.? amt: 
to 1310;131:1511, their 5118.113 were for 1111?. 01:11:13.1: of 1I?e?e1?11er1? 1.9.113. As there
were 1'1r111e state-.1 she 55.3.11 3.11 toucn It is "1.1101211
the is close 43.001. 0.I:lource 2.1 i?urmshed tno 10110111.. 111th re.1erence to
sseciation with 118.531.131.10?, writ er who was cited for
contempt eager-1i 

the hearings ?seniors the House Committee on Un-American
11ctivities% 

 

 

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f? . q,
022 1.2 2'2. 33, 19 3  -. . it'll Iinvited
1.92 to a party for I on next Thursday
night. 1.31.5015 imiicated that he had an important even'ign
1 1.17?10 couldn't get out 03? it, he I2'Ioulc3 '00 latel that
the oartv would "00 and he should send mono" 

I Lufther She advised dthatl @3913

 

 



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"?1381? were to be at party 2'13 to the iwi ntity of the
above mentioned pert-0 s, 3.21.3013 is a writer who 'L'rae cited for contew opt in
?o?er ence before the House Committee on 
.?LctiI'i (Ices reported asl [for the
Council of the l'rorroce 3.20 Citizens of America and a 1.1- 3.102; of

   
 

 

 

 

 

the 7?02.? 3110.03.51. Ls nifo and is reported to be

a 3.1011130r of the Lioruznmist Part3) Iis reoortoL?: to '00 in
1.112; ljror- ressiI-?e Jitic 0115 03 America and tho Corr-211113.231; laz'ty ir. 13011317000;

11L .- LCCJE ie a screenwriter, and the fret-?ident of the Progressive Citizens

of :?Lmerica in 1101152003,? u/
Iarch 13,1948 thought to contacted

1?
1.21.. 501-1 (i mentioned a party for "31.105003; ..2.L said 11- 22013121 be
late. stated that the Peace Conference Electing would be 1I Ild
Thursday Light. 1.22.501:- indiCIIted the. it was :3 "bad niryht? 113.113 "cut
ha ?it? 12.. so ?2.110%. he 23.00121 cancel the other cnI-amnent.
she contact (De Silva?) (neported to be an
actor and a member of the Communist Party) and he might switch ?it? to

night, and then recontact (I

on 12.2232 14, 19?3I:Iadvieec1 ?2.11 at ?it" (the 321001.100) 
switcher. to 12001103 10.3; at the office. 
\2
Larch 16?, 1.948, 21:13 (222.322.2101) advise."- 51:03:03 012:: to COGS

(phonetic) and he would. take she a. 2'1 gag)?
ifarch 1?21, 53110 to see him and

he stated that he '2'I202xlc1' .300 nor 

Source .. or 2, a Woman had cor ta ctecl
the American?Russian titute, Los 0103., 1.31;. reouested t" ckets


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for the reception on sumo-2 .21 the 11.: me of or. 01121.30?.
ihis rece'otion is to 12.0 the one held for Tire. -Li. 
during; her vie-it in 1.05 [2013105 in February, 1'348 

031 2103.125, 1948 (5.20ch. 2?135'0r1t 33.3.7.1. J. obs erved a car
register-0L1 tol at the roei $101100 03311313.? 1.1313311.

Source J. advised that .1 9.01943 onel was; a


member of 310 L'omnitte? are of Children in .2ertime, which Cormittee
had visited Congressw'm 1. 3.1.0, 1.03 2015201033, and 01.10.506le made
521 Cormmist demands. Altaouf'h it is 13102211 whether this:

is identical wit; sub I'ect': name prior to her

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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marriage tol Iwasl I

On June 5, 1948 Source reported thatl Iof the
int Anti?Fascist Refuses Comdttee, Los Angeles, had contacted! 
regarding a tea indicated she would attend and was
to urnish her two tic s. 

Source A advised that on April 21, a
telegram to Senator SHERIDAN 130133113 protesting the House 1J1 on CPA and

ur?ing a consumers? bill to prevent in?ation. She signed this telegram

?235

On the same datel: also sent a telegram under the name of
to Senator SHERIDAN and BILLIMI protesting .
the House action in killing the 



to
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Source A re Jorted on July ll, 1946 thatl: had been in
contact with of the AID Office with reference to a friend who
wished to join the All). 

On August lo, 1946 Source A reported stated that

 

he and were to attend a party for the Peoples World which was to be
held at kw) 
On August 9, 1946   of the People?s'?orld

 

Committee requestedI  to do some work for the Committees Source A
was not able to advise whether she accepted. 

Source A on September 18, 1946 advised that I:Iwas
in touch with and had discussed JOE trip to
New York and his future plans. is a French writer and was a suspect
as a Russian espionage agent. 

Somme A on December 21, 1946 advised ?that : had inquired
as to whether vas in town. She learned that he was in term
and was going to Newr York for the National Convention. was
prominent in the PCA and a member of the Communist Party. 69)

On January 8, 1947: and Emma observed by

Sfcial Agents at LUCY's Restaurant having dinner with Mr. and tire
repo

 

 

 

 

rthe party afterwards proceeded to thel: residencel was
ed to be a member of a firm of attorneys representing Communists
and was a member of the Comma-Part?

a!

 

 

 

Source advised that was born in Chicago, exact

date not knovm. Records of he De artment of Motor Vehicles reflect
I  was bornl I place not shown.

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letter dated uugust 3o, 1948 the Jhica 0 Field Office
odVised that birth records for Cooke County Eureau of 11141 itatistics
wo?e shocked with negative re3ult? 501'suhjoct.
?1 row;

?dource advised that

 

 

 

 

 

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California

 



Source I reported that
of the northwest Section and 51 9
and the subject have
?ollvwood, since January, 1946 ?rior to

 

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Confidential Scurce known to Special Agents
ERNEST J. VAN LOON and DANIEL F. CAHILL.

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10209 Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, California

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in?imu?b?r Ea yam anaw man; inelaents unare were

within the paat fear manths in 1mg angelas alone?

What gmr? mf inci?enta?

The 36?; tha? S?em frem Flam mentality, the burning croaa, ?ne
threatening meta, arson, aes?ruction af property, and,

actual yhysical viale?ce.
Do yam have the facts?
?g hava.

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huppase yea tell Mr. Reagan?

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Iara are ymur fasts - n3 gueaS?W0rk, ?0 if?s, but?s, or maybe?s,


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and recowded. The facts about Klan

LOG $333193: ?ay 13th - a wag harmed in ?he fra?t lawn of

Mr. an? ?rs. E. g, Eickarsan, West 56th Street. and Mrs.
Hickerson are a Negro ceuyle. Far ?he past two years they have
been.fi?h?in? a aaurt bgt?la ?efanding their riah? to liva_in their

arm 31? me a
a Angelas, May 15th Mr. an? ?rs. ?ickerson received a lettar

warning them - "Get ?at GT ?at blawm Gut!"

L03 ?1geles, May l?th tha TemJle Israel on Namth Ivar Avenue in

Hollywood was desecratad by vandals. Jazi slagnns and swastikas
wera Scrawled on the walls; rel.giaus beggars were ripped to shreds;

an anaiamt ?ebrew scroll destrayad?
To?al: Three incidents. Eat tnara are more facts.
L03 ALgeles, May 19th - a GTOSS was burned in Eagle Rock.

Lag ?ngeles, May 20th - a GPOSS wa$ burned before a Jewish fraternit;

hauae at tha.Uuiversity of Southern Califermia.

Les ingeles, ?ay ElSt - a crass was burned on the campus of the

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University 0

Egg Egn? a cross was burne? before the home of 

and Mrs. Paul ?brey, a Negro cougla, rasi?ing at 1333 East 58th St.

Four crasse$ burned; four more incidents; it adds up. Total 



seven incidents. sad are still mars facts usplsassnt facts.

Les Angelss, say 25th Rabbi Max Nusshsum,-of Israel, is
at his desk going through the morning mail. Es opens a
letter in a plain shits envelope. Far moment he stares st the
signature in amazement, slowly reads "lswish pig: Germany
cars of has own." Signed 

The smerikanisbhs is secret fascist terror organizatisn wsrking

amass German?speaking ysogle. It seems the Klan is 

slams:

Les May 86th - Richard Obrsg, a Negro was beaten
by white man as he was entering his home at

5?42? Fartuna Street.

may 36th the initials were harass into the of

Earl Gourtoff, 4174 Avenue, in Culver City.

June End - the initials were fauna smeared with white paint
on the frant and rear of the buil?ing occupied by the Bsnehmastsr

Manufacturing Campany, 2952 

Los angsles, June 8th - Rabbi Nussbaum.rscsivsd a second threatening
_nots. The nets said, ?The proper farcss will soon be whipped intc
shape to ?rivs ysu people out cf the country."

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Loo Logoles, Juno 0n the night of June llto, around 
Caesar Goldstoim, ll?l? Silvorlako Boulevard, was spending a quiet
evening at homo, when his telephone rang. (Ring) "Hello, hello,
hello, who is this ploaso? Io that you, Goldstein?? ?Why, yes,
who?s "This is the Klan. ?atoh out, Goldoteio, one

of those days we are going to blow your brains out."
Did someone Say something about on isolated incident?

Total, l3 incidents. Yes, thirteen acts of terror and intimidation,
acts of desecration and destruction; and thore are still more facts,

iooludiog the foot of attempted mur?or.
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loo toggles, Jone l?th - the home of Richard Bates and ?red ?ills,
two Negroes who live at 833 Spruce Street, was set on fire. The
initials were found chalked on the blackened wall. i.little
later or. Bates and or. Mills were attacked by two men armod with
revolvers. They were then booton, torturoo, and stabbed. Are you
still unconvinced? Shall go on reciting incident after iootient?
Shall i tell you what act of terror hapoeood on June 17th, June lath,
Juno lgth, Juno Blot, Juno 2?od, June 26th, July 5th, July lBth?
Total, 37 inoidooto. That?s the why of those programs you are going
to hear from.weok to weak. We want you people of Los Angoles to
know what i5 going on right here because you are the ones who can do
oomotoiog about it. Wo are not going to lecture you about the evils

of or quote flowery opostroohoo to brotherhood or try

to sell goo that is wrong. Like somebody solo tonight,



you are with us on all that. What we going to do is give you
facts We think you ought to know one went to know. Let you meet
some of the peeple who have been terrorized; let you see at your
dramatization some of the things that happened. Remind you that
it is happening here and you and you elonecen stop it. If you

went to know now, listen for minute and we'll tell you.

1

Yes, we know that 2? II.W Idente within three montJIIS don't hoohen

without cause, and here is RS BEI Ittorney General of

California, speaking for the Mobilization for Qemocreey.

eerioue effoIt ie being made to revive the Eu Klux Kien on a
national note whioh neve ocenIIed in Sonenern California

in recent weeks part of cepeny organized systematic
eemyeign of 1e: use en? intimioetion and horror. Elan
ie onkinI to deetgoy the Iemooretio Iioertiee of-eII the people.

Tne Kohilizn?ion IOI Demoereey plane to inng you every week .oecif2io

InstenoeII o: Elan eetivitv in the Unitee Etetee so that Ion
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eitiz .ene, will know woet'e Ina 13? on end what Io do ebou? it. You
won't fine the series amusing. You will find it interesting, and
pernepe frightening. But i3 is not necessary to be afraid. The
Klan end Elan?inspireo eete can be by you. A community that
is aware of tne threat to its neo_nle security by bigoted
terrorietie groups is 8 community whose citizens will be protected
from noon eceeI It is impoItent that every citizen of Southern

be ree ?y to e11 nublie of Iicieie who are attempting

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to check any further occurrences of this kind and to jain with
those civic orgaaizations which are laboring to bring about better
understanding and unity among the different elements of our
society without regard to race ar creed or color."

{Applause}

And for any further informatien, or a copy of tonight?s grogram,
you can write to the MObilization for Democracy, 206 South Spring

Street, Raom 336, 10$ Angelas 12, California.

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music bv Bob ?itohell; announcer,-Ed Chandler.

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MOVIE STARS, WRITERS, DIRECTORS HAVE A DIVINE RIGHT TO BE QUISLINGS.
This is the implicit meaning of terrific propaganda drive by Hollywood ce?
lebrities and movie producers against Thomas Committee on Un?American Activ~
ities. It's all right for Congress to investigate anybody else, but as soon
as it turns an inquiring on the glamour girls and boys of the studios -4.
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take a square look at the doings cf Hollywood royalty.
This is the basis of Communist Party' smear campaign againSt the
Thomas Committee. The party has been preparing_the campaign -since early
this year. Enormous pressure has been applied in Hollywood to force every-
bOdy into lIine and put up a ?united front" against Congress.
Anybody who has had experience with Communists in labor unions or
other organizations will recognize that this is the old "unity" game again.

The Communists are always for "unity" when they get into danger. "We?re all
in the same boat," they cry. "Let' 5 you and me defend ME Anybody who rats
on unity is a rat And now they' ve used this same old "unity" trick to

whip nearly- all of Hollywood into line, including the big pr educers

There are hundreds of Communist Fifth Columnists in important posi?
tions on Hollywood payrolls. The producers ought to have cleaned them out
long ago. ButIthey've never had enough sense and courageIto do it.

One of the biggest reasons for this is that in Hollywood it has
been "smart to be red." Many of the executives have themselves contributed
money to Fifth Column fronts. Anybody who has murmured an unkind word about
the Russia Firsters has been labeled a Fascist. Often he's been afraid t0'
look his friends in the face. He' 8 been embarrassed at parties. If the
studio executive: had actucIlly tried to fire the Ithey would have?
been in danger of social disgrace. I

Lately a few pepple with character have dared to speak up to the
Com ists. Mostl they have bee leaders of the Screen Actors Guild, like
RogtiMont mery, RonalJI eagan. And there havereen writers,
like Morr??~?iskind.

I nd directors; like Sa cod. But the movie compa?
nies as a wh have hung back timorously.



 
  

Now the Communists and most of the producers a .putting on a tre-
.mendous propaganda campaign. The producers have sent Eri .I hnston and Paul
cNutt to Washington to offer alibis Eric Johnston issues these alibis at
the hearings and in newsreels, on radio in full- page neWSpaper ads.

- But Johnston admits that he urged the producers two years ago to
fire the Communists. They refused. They say new that they were afraid of
lawsuits. This is a pitiable excuse. Every business takes risks every day,
including risks of litigation. If the IproduCers had really cared very much
about firing the quislings they wbuld have doneI so. But they didn't caIre

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enough. And now Johnston's job is to defend his employers for NOT doing
what he tried in vain two years ago to get them to do.

Violent charges against Thomas Committee have no basis in fact.
True enough, the committee ought to be a better ought to have

brighter certainly Rep Rankin shouldn't be on it. But Rankin
hasn't even been present at the movie hearings. And Chairman Thomas, far
from acting tyrannically, has leaned backwards to give special privileges to
the hypocritical and wily Communist witnesses. Thomas has a poor capacity
for public relations. But the man is doing an honest job.

The general rules of ?rocedure in the hearings are fair practi-
cal. The committee isn?t a hearings aren't a trial. If Thomas

~allowed the Communist Party's lawyers to take part-in the proceedings, which

is what Johnston is actually urging, we would see the same sort of perform~

-ance that Vishinsky has put on in the United Nations.'*

THE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS ORGANIZED A NEW FRONT to smear the Thomas
Committee. It's called the Committee for the First Amendment.

Through this front the party staged an a11?star radio broadcast
from Hollywood, New York, and Washington last Sunday, Oct 26, On ABC net?
work. It was brilliantly done. In half an hour more than 40 peeple spoke.
Most were movie stars. There were a few nonwmovie peoPle, including four
senators, all of whom have fronted for the Communists at various times.

The Stalin-Hitler technique of the Big Lie was used by the writers
of the show; which grossly misstated the facts about the Thomas Committee.

Communist Party invented the name of this show. On March 14 the
Communist Natl Board appealed for a fund of $250,000 to fight Sec SchWellen~
bach's proposal that the party be outlawed. "The American peOple will fight
back," declared the board. Afterward it issued another statement, saying,
"We must fight back as never before." On May 14 the Daily Worker declared,
"We are building a fight?back party." And on May 20 the Daily Worker
boasted, "An aroused party raised a fight-back fund in record time."

What was the name of the Oct 26 radio-show by the new Communist
front?- The announcer roared it at the beginning: FIGHTS 

And the Communist Party invented the slogans used in the show. On
May 23 Counterattack revealed exclusively that the party had raised a fund
of millions of dollars. "Capitalizing on the threat against itself," we re?
ported, "the party campaigned with the slogan. 'It?s YOU they?re afterl'"

And Communist Fredric March said on the Oct 26 radio show:

"Who do you think they're really after? It is 

The radio show opened with little Judi??3rland. Why little Judy?
Had anybody accused her of being a Communist? would have thought so
from the injured tones of her throbbing young voice.. Many listeners must
have gotten the impression that Thomas was trying to frame little Judy as a
Communist. 'Little Judy was used to open the also to close it.

"I've neve ielonged to any organization," said little Ju 

Can Fre sa- that? Can hi wife, Florence Eldr g. arch,
say it? Can John airfield say it? Or VinceNice? Dr Edward Nmson?

These part_?liners were all on the radi show, along with ma in-

nocents. The Hollywood Fifth Column was fighting-back. Isn't it time for
the American peeple to fight back by smashing the Hollywood Fifth Column?

   
 

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WALTER REUTHER SEEMS A SURE WINNER FOR REELECTION as president of
CIO Auto union in convention, beginning Nov 10. Election of delegates is
over. Despite a furious and expensive smear campaign against him, Reuther
appears to have enough delegates not only to reelect himself but perhaps
to give him con rol of Executive Bd for the first 'me.

Philipgg?;ray interceded in behalf of Geo S?gddes, who has been
secretary-treasu? of Auto since it was organized an who heads the Addes-
Communist-Thomas-Leonard bloc. Murray asked Reuther not to run a candidate
against Addes. Reason: Addes might pull out of the union and take some lo-
cals into John Lewis' catch-all District 50 of the AFL miners.

Reuther told Murray he himself couldn't make the decision on Addes

..it was up to his Progressive caucus. Then the PrOgressive minority on
the Executive Bd went to Pittsburgh last week and told Murray that Addes'
implied threats of secession were a bluff and that the Progressives would do
their best to beat him. Their probable candidate against him is

Reuther m_y be reelected without opposition. V- Rolland

 
   

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tion as vice-president. If beaten he may get a CIO job from Murray.

COMMUNIST INFILTRATION IN RELIGIOUS GROUPS should be frankly ex-
posed, because this is the only way to at it. A fine example of how to
expose it has been given by Rabbi Benjamin? hultz of Temple Emanu-El (Yonk-
ers, NY) in 5 articles in the NYWorld- -Telegram

Clergymen and newspapers in other p_rts of the country should fol-
low this example. Rabbi Schultz used great care to get his facts right, and
then they were scrupulously checked by the World Telegram' chief expert on
Communism, Frederick Woltman, who won the Pulitzer Prize a few months ago
for his effective exposure of Communist activity.

 

Schultz's first article. He told of the Rev Elie fWhite, retired Episco-
palian rector, who became a member of an official 0 munist 
of Rev Cl 'de Williams, Presbyterian director of Pecples Institute of Ap?
plied igion who is a secret member of the Communist Party.. .and of Dr .
Harry ard, Methodist professor- -emeritus at Union Theological Seminary,
who speaks at party meetings. .and of The Protestant magazine, which is un-

Communist efforts amon Protestants wenesgh: subject of Rabbi

  

liple. Rev Wm ?award lish and their recent -visit with ther clergyman
Yugoslavia to promote Communist propaganda. .and of various other Prot?
estant individuals and groups on the party line.

iiggionsored by any ohurc ardently applauds Stalin .and of Rev guthmery_n

ngmunist infiltration of Jewish groups Was outlined in Rabbi
Schultz's second article. For example, he told of the American Jewish Labor
Council, which the Communists established as a rival to the anti?Communist
Jewish Labor Committee. The big Communist?controlled International Workers
Order has many subsidiary organizations, and one of them is the Jewish Peo-
ple's Fraternal Order, a \Rabbi Schultz pointed out. Then he added:

"Rabbi Stephen ise, one of the leading rabbis in America and a
non?Communist, lent his Eagstige to a rally of this Communist front on Jan
25, 1946. Moreover, he declared that: 'Not a select few founded the Soviet
Govt. The peeple did.? Two months later the rabbi in a sermon called for
giving Russia the atom bomb know-how. He defended Soviet expansion and
blamed it on our 'withholding the atomic bomb secret.'"

This paragraph provoked a bitter attack by Rabbi Wise, who called

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Rabbi Schultz a "Communist ?baiter". ..but did not point out a single inaccu?
racy in the article. Counterattaok learns that even before the articles
were published Rabbi Wise telephoned the editor of the World?Telegram and
Ominously hinted at libel suits. After publication of the articles, the NY
Bd of Rabbis hastily denounced Rabbi Schultz_ as untruthful. ..but didn't spe-
cify a single inaccuracy. And a movement was promoted to oust Rabbi Schultz
from his rabbinate. Fortunately the trustees of Temple Emanu- El took second
thought, and the attempt to dismiss Rabbi Schultz was abandoned.

Rabbi Schultz was applauded by the Jewish Daily Forward, the larg-
est Jewish newspaper in the werld, which declared that his articles had
"given the temple honor_and prestige."

The Communist Party's use of prominent Catholics "to lure the Cath?
olic masses into Red projects" was related in Rabbi Schultz's third article.
He pointed to res Albert Fitzgerald of the CIO United Electrical union,
Pres Michael Juill of the CIO Transport Workers Union, Sec. ?Treas. Geo 
Addes cf SICwUnited Workers and other party-line union lead-
ers. .and also to Prof EmmanueIthapmi?i?chairman of the Committee of Cath?
olics for Human d_J Raymon radio commentator on Station
WMCA, New Emmeigi?avery, president ?the Communist?controlled
Screen Writers Guild, of cm State Sen Jack enney said in a recent radio

debate: "He's hiding behind the Catholic church, and he does Leo Gallagher,
a registered Communist in the City of Los Angeles."

 

Rabbi Schultz's disclosures astonished many readers and should do
a great deal of good. There should be more such articles by clergymen of
various there should be neWSpapers willing to publish them.

COMMUNISTS RUN A JUDICIARY FOOL A BAR Gil
Green, Communist state chairman in Illinois, has entered a slate of 21 can-
didates for judgeships in Cook County (the Chicago county), to be voted on
Nov 4. Name of slate is "Progressive Party." And its purpose is explained
by the Communist Party: "Should the Progressive Party gain at least 5% of
the total Vote in the November balloting, it would then enjoy the status of
a legal party and be in?a position to name candidates for national local
offices in the 1948 Presidential elections if it desires to do 

Chicago Ban Assn hg? been duped by Communist trick of dressing up a
slate with many moniparty names. Candidates range from such an outright
Communist as Pea art to confused liberals. "Sixteen of them are members
of Natl Lawyers Cu which is Stalin's Fifth Column of lawyers in the S.
Some are members of American Slav Congress and other fronts. But the Bar
Assn's committee on candidates artlessly endorsed 5 candidates on the slate.
The Bar Assn members in their primary only approved one. 'But this should
help Gil Green to get a big enough vote to establish a legal dummy party.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO COUNTERATACK THE COMMUNISTSR One thing is ur?
gent right now. You and your organizations should tell your representatives
senators that you support the Thomas Committee' investigation of Holly-
wood Fifth Column, deSpite the furious, hysterical prepaganda against it.

yours faithfully,


October 31, 1947

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55 WEST November 21, 1947

Dear Subscriber:~

TREMENDOUS EFFECTS OF VICTORY IN AUTO UNION are be?
ing recognized in ever?widening circles. Effects are being felt in CIO, in
AFL, in national politics and even in international affairs.

But some newspapers and some people in industry believe that ?it
makes no difference whether Reuther or Addes wins, because they're both
leftists If you want to see what difference it makes, look at France 
Italy, where Stalin is now preparing revolutions. He's able to do this be-
cause he controls the labor movement in both countries. And incidentally he
controls it in Italy because he had quislings in the American Military Govt,
who set up the new Italian labor movement with Communists on tep.

Our liberties lives may depend in a crisis on whether the la-
bor movement supports the Govt or sabotages it for Stalin.

Reuther will fight the Russia Firsters who control the CIO United
Electrical, Radio Machine Workers. This is the biggest party-line union
and it sprawls over into various the automotive. 
?Forwexample. it'has contraCts with General Motors' electrical equipment
plants. And the wage rates there affect the rates in the whole auto indust?
try. After careful preparations, Reuther will begin crowding the United
Electrical out of such plants.

Communist Party will try deeperately to rebuild its power in Auto.
Many party members who are being fired from national regional staffs of
Auto have been ordered by the party to go back to the shops and start all
over again down in the grease, as workingmen in overalls.

They'll agitate in the shops and organize there. The party's hope
is that Reuther won?t be able to keep his promises on wages prices. Party
thinks won't do anything on prices and Reuther will fail to keep
the pay envelope abreast of cost of living. So Communists hepe to regain
power as militant advocates of strikes for higher wages.

In CIO top councils, Reuther for first time is reCOgnized as real
leader of Auto. wielding its huge strength. In CIO vice-presidents' meet-
ings, he?ll take a hard anti-Stalin line, not merely following Phil Murray.
This applies to politics as well as union affairs. You'll see ef-
fects in CIO's Political Action Committee, in firmer Opposition to ouis?

lings' hopes of a third party, and in colder shoulder to Henry Wallace.

Reuther's victory strengthens Jas B_gargy. anti-Communist sec.-
treas. Of 010. Murray has just sent Carey over to Europe to fight the Com-
munists in World Federation of Trade Unions on question of Marshall Plan.
From now on CIO will give more support than before to foreign policy.

What of the Communist general counsel of Don't

?expeot him to fall scon.;.unless Govt embarrassingly discloses some of its
'faots on his record. In that case Murray may drOp him at once.

Ronald Reagan-3415
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HOLLYWOOD COMMUNISTS WIN SEVERAL OFFICES in Screen Actors' Guild.
This AFL union is predominantly non-Communist. Ronald Reagan, anti-Commu-
nist, was reelected president. Communists ran a party-line independent
there were also some party-liners on the official slate.

?gge Nelly wa?_elected a v?p. He's honorary chairman of Young Pro-
gressive Citizens of America. a top Communist front. Three of the 11 direct-
ors are also Larry Parks, Anne Revere, Van Heflin.

HOW THE NEW HOLLYWOOD COMMUNIST FRONT GOT ITS NAME. In our Oct 51'
issue we showed that the Communist Party last March began calling itself the
"fight-back party," which was raising "a fight-back fund" to wage a "fight-
back" campaign against the proposal to outlaw it as a Fifth Column.

Lately the "fight?back" Communist Party organized a new front in
Hollywood. to smear the Thomas Un-American Activities Committee in order to
protect itself from destruction. It adcpted a name for the new 
then discarded it. What was the name? "Hollywood Fights Back."

The new front used this discar ed name as the name for its two

recent broadcasts; But already it had adopted ANOTHER name for itself.

When the Communist Party started its "fight-back fun last March,
it made Elizabeth Gurley treasurer. She's the Number 1 women Commu?
nist of the S, a member of the Communist Natl Committee. It was she who
told a closed meeting of 600 Communist leaders in October that "the Un-
American Committee, if we do our duty, will be declared illegal before they
reach their aim of declaring gs illegal." (See Counterattack Nov 7. p3).
Her "fight-back fund" committee was Openly Communist. It was called
"the Committee to Upheld the Constitutional Rights of the 
_?H_When the newu?olgywoed front discarded its 

wood Fights Back," it adopted a new one, "the Committee for the First Amend-

ment." This was a more veiled imitation of the name of Elizabeth
Gurley avowed Communist committee.

Counterattack will show in coming issues that the Thomas Committee
hasn't violated the First Amendment. But-the new Hollywood front is using
this argument. It has taken it straight from the brief filed in Federal
Court by the Communist Party's general secretary, Frank Waldron, alias Eu?
gene Dennis, who was convicted of contempt of Congress and is now appealing.

 

WHAT IS THE COMMUNIST PRESS Above all it damns the Mar-
shall Flan. Urges abolition of Thomas Committee. Denounces Federal Grand
Jury investigation of Communist Party. And insists that Moscow HAS got the
atomic bomb and the poor Americans OUGHT to be scared.

COMMUNIST CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE GETS 175,000 The Communist
Party has done much better than it expected with its judiciary slate in Cook
County, Illinois (the Chicago county). Gil Green, Communist state chairman.
ran this slate under name "Progressive Party," with candidates ranging from
complete Communists to innocent liberals. As the Communist Party explained,
"Should the Progressive Party gain at least 5% of the total vote in the No-
vember balloting, it would then enjoy the status of a legal party and be in
a position to name candidates for national local offices in the 1948 Pres-
idential elections if it desires to do so."

EVen CONSERVATIVE Chicago newspapers endorsed some candidates On
this Communist-prepared slate. John Knight's Chicago Daily News endorsed
two. Robt McCormick's Chicago Tribune, which has a world reputation for
arch-conservatism, endorsed 5. Marshall Field?s unconservative Chicago Sun

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and Chicago Times endorsed Pearl Hart, who is a Fifth Colum-
nist, with a perfect quisling record during the Stalin?Hitler Alliance.

Communist Pearl Hart got 175,000 votes, largely through the support
of Field's also because other papers endorsed other candidates
on the same Communist?sponsored ticket. And these newspaper endorsements
helped the so-called "Progressive Party" to get about 16% of the total
straight vote in the election. This is more than 5 times the percentage ne-
cessary to give the party legal status. So presumably it's sure of a place
on the won?t have to collect signatures on petitions, which
would be hard to do in a Presidential year.

Thus a Communist-controlled third party has already been estab-
lished in Chicago, thanks largely to the leading neWSpapers of the city.

 

A GREAT NEWSPAPER PUTS COMMUNIST LEE PRESSMAN on its forum and its
radio. The other day-ggunterattack had a visitor. It was Miss Alice Pent-
large, moderator of the NYTimes forum called "What's.on Your Mind?" Modera-
tor Pentlarge had arranged to have 4 men discuss labor legislation on the
forum. from varying points of view, on Tuesday Nov 25. 'The program would be
broadcast on the NYTimes station, WQXR. One of the Speakers would be Lee
?Pressman, general counsel of 010.

But Moderator Pentlarge had been that in its
Oct 10 issue, had taken the American Management Assn to task for putting
Lee Pressman on one of its programs. ggunterattack had described Pressman
as "a key figure in the Communist Fifth Column." Naturally Moderator Pent-
large wished to learn more about this impending guest of hers.

 

WNow it's a pecuigg; ?thing' aboutthe?NYTime?s First of 
marvelous newspaper is generally considered the greatest in the world. It
prints more news than any other paper anywhere. It's the indiSpensable pa?
per for editors, libraries, historians, teachers. students.

And it's an anti?Communist paper. Most of its foreign correspond?
ents continually educate their readers on the facts of the Communist terror
abroad. And the NYTimes in its editorials not only exposes the Kremlin's
sephistries but also chides it for maintaining Communist fronts here.

Sti]; the NYTimes helps the Communists. How? By printing news 
publicity releases of Communist-controlled organizations, without pointing
out that they're Communist-controlled. Naturally the readers assume that
the organizations are legitimate. The NYTimes acts in this way in an effort
to be impartial. But in fact it is misleading its readers. And many of
them are duped by what the Communist fronts say, and give money to the
fronts, and in time even become members.. and some go on, step by step, till
they join the Communist Party. And then the NYTimes editorially argues with
them, and wonders a bit fretfully how on earth people can be so irrational.

Counterattack has collected literally scores of examples of news
stories in the NYTimes that have assisted Communist fronts. But we haven't
the space to go into this matter now. Instead we'll point to other facts:

On Nov 8 the NYTimes radio station, WQXR, broadcast a musical pro-
gram by the winners of auditions conducted by Natl Negro Congress. Now the
Natl Negro Congress is the top Negro Communist front. And the NYTimes knows
this. Yet it'enhances the prestige of this front by giving it radio time.

The chairman of another Communist front, the NYCity Consumer Coun-
cil, was one of 4 speakers on Moderator Pentlarge?s forum and WQXR on Sep 50.
NYCity Mggistrate Anna spoke on the same forum Nov 4.

Ronald Reagan-3417

 

Magistrate Kross is a Communist fellow?traveler. One of the Fifth Column
organizations she has supported is the Young Communist League.

There was an even worse example Apr 29, when TWO of the four Speak?
ers were Communists. ..namely Raymond Walsh, radio commentator, and Prof
Gene Weltfish of Columbia University. Counterattack has published facts on
Walsh repeatedly. Prof Weltfish, a Communist Party member, is president of
the biggest Communist woman's front, the Congress of American Women. which
is the section of Stalin' 3 Women' 3 International Democratic Federation.

Now when Miss Pentlarge, the moderator of the forum, visited us the
other day in search of information about Lee Pressman, she asked if we would
supply proof that Pressman is a member of the Communist Party. No,'we won't
supply proof. .not yet. If Pressman doesn't know whether he' a member of
the Communist Party, he can find out by suing Counterattack for libel.

Then Moderator Pentlarg__deolared that the NYTimes wasn't inviting
Pressman as a Communist. .it was only inviting him as a labor lawyer. And
she wondered why Philip L'urray didn't fire Pressman if he was a 
and "why the FBI the Govt don't do something."

WellI Philip Murray might say that HE isn't using Pressman as a
only using him as a labor lawyer (and all-around fixerprevented by law from speaking out publicly about
individual Communists. And what of the Govt as a whole? Well, just as the
NYTimes cautiously waits for the Govt to guide it, so the Govt cautiously
waits for the NYTimes and other neWSpapers to guide IT by influencing public
Opinion. And meantime Communist Party Member Lee Pressman goes serenely on.

And so does the NYTimes. Are the new3papers in YOUR town much dif-
ferent in their treatment of Communists and of Communist fronts? ,g _Nwm.1g_a

. . 3' 

INVESTIGATORS LEARN EXCLUSIVELY of an incident that
has a bearing on Henry Wallace' 3 activities. When Wallace toured the country
a few months ago he was accompanied by his employer, Michael ?traight, rich
young publisher of the New Republic. Wallace' 3 meetings were arranged by
Communist fronts, usually the Progressive Citizens of America.

One day Straight came to Wallace with a significant report. He had
made a survey that showed that wherever Wallace drew big crowds, there the
Communist Party had an effective organization. Straight warned Wallace not
to assume that the crowds were attracted by WallaCe's name alone. The im-
portance of the Communist Party must not be overlOoked.

Wallace's vanity was hurt by the warning, but from that time on he
cooperated with the Communists more openly than'ever before.

HOW CAN YOU COUNTERATTACK THE The one thing the Commu?
nist International is fighting against most bitterly now is the Marshall
Plan. The Communist press in the screams against it every day. Stalin
is trying desperately to seize France Italy by force before the Marshall
Plan can take effect. To beat the Communists without a Third World War,

get behind the Marshall Plan now by Joining Henry StimSon' 8 Committee for

the Marshall Plan to Aid European Recovery.. .550 Fifth Avenue, NYCity.

Ronald Reagan-3418 - Yours faithfully,

November 21, 1947

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Attached relates the Los Angeles
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Aba Eban, Israeli Foreign Minister, will
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captioned organization plan to conduct a
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Remyairte112-8-64. 
For the information of the Bureau and any
possible assistance to the Research Satellite Section,
there are being publications or leaflets made
available by DAVID .7 ONES, Executive Director on YAF to
8A3 MALCOLM P. CARR and LAURENCE E. DANBOH on 12-7-64.

On 12-4?64, JONES had telephonically contacted ?in
NFC and advised SA CARR that he had information which he 
felt was of mutual value concerning the Minutemen and the in
American Nani Party. He indicated that these organizations
were attempting to infiltrate YAF and possibly had been
successful._ An a pointme was made to see him on 12-7-64.

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On 12-7-64, NBS and ROBERT BAUMAN, Hatignal
were interviewed at the National headquarters of
YAF, 514 Street, N. 3., lashington, at which time
they made available the enclosures and furnished the
following: 

 

YAF was organized in September, 1960, at a
?g?.conference at Sharon tCon _cticut. Its members; numbering
veg 5 about 17 to lggf095t?3? nd on 700 college campusesBureau (sniff 2? a
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. creed is the "Sharon Statenent;" a restatement of
Constitutional principles. Its Advisory Board numbers
over 46 members of Congress and over 80 non-Congressional
members, of which RONALD of movie fame, and
HERBERT A. PHILBRICK are aned. 

JONES said the organization is an open one and
membership is restricted only when one is found to be a 
member or an organization whose principles or aims are
contrary to those of YAF. Membership dues, on an annual
basis, differ according to student, nonstudent, associate
membership, or joint membership (married couples).

JONES and BAUHAN stated that the files of YAF
are open to the FBI for its inspection or use. In the
event any information is received by YAF indicating an
individual or organization is active contrary to the best
interests of the United States, would gladly make this
available.

In this regard, JONES stated that he hoped the
FBI would also advise his organization when it is learned
that a member of YAF is active in any way which would bring
embarrassment or cause harassment of YLF by one of its
competitive groups.

Both BAUIAN and JONES were advis that files
of the Bureau are confidential.

 
 

JONES volunteered that who they
later found to be a member of the nzi Barty, 
had sent in his name durin the past sunner. On going

through the cards, name was discovered quite
accidentally by someone who knew the name; and he was 
summarily removed from the rolls. b6
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Cliches of Socialism"

(This is in nished new members gratis.)
"New Hampshire Young Americans for Freedom"
"we Hold These Truths"

Business envelope of YAF

"Testimony of J. EDGAR HOOVER, Communist
Strategy, Practices, and Activities 1964"

"Report on the Left"

"Challenge Not Compromise"

"Report of the Committee on Cold War Education"
Masthead of Wisconsin YAF

By-laws of YAF

"The New Guard" - January, 1964
?The New Guard" - February, 1964
"The New Guard" - March, 1964

"The New Guard" April, 1964

?College, High School and Community
Organizational Manual"

"washington Report" - 7-13?64 

"WaShington Report" of YAF
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files disclosed that is a member of the American Nazi
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UIIH POLICIES OR THE SOOIALISI NORNERS PARTY (SUP). IHE-NNP
DISSIDENIS ADVOCATED SUPPORT OF 
UNION AND IRE BUILDING OF A REVOLUTIONARY PARTY SEARED IO THE OVER-
IURON 0F OAPIIALISN. NORE THE NUP HAS CALLED FOR 
PEACEFUL SOLUIIONS T0 BORDER HONEVER, THE
WWP OENERALLI SUPPORTS THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN IIS
DIFFERENCES UIIU IUE SOVIET UNION.

IRE SUP HAS BEEN DESIGNATED PURSUANT TOEXECUTIVE ORDER ONE ZERO
EOUR 

PRISONERS SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE

THE PRISONERS SOLIDARITY AS DESCRIBED
IN THE SEPTEMBER SEUENIEEN, SEUENIYONE, ISSUE 
SOLIDARIIY (A NENSPAPER HEADQUARTERED AI FIFTYEIGHT
NESI IUENIYEIEIH SIREEI, NEN YORK, NEN YORK ONE ZERO ZERO
ONE ZERO), IS AN ORBANIZAIION IRROUSH UNION THE OPPRESSED
PRISONER IN IRE JAILS CAN BREAK DUI 0F IREIR ISOLAIION

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SUCH AS JENNESS AND PNLLET To LINDA. 9
AND ANDREN PULLEY, SNP PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR THE SNP GROUP DISEANDED.
71?: A CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONESNAN ADVISED THAT BOTH
OE THE ABOVE DEMONSTRATIONS VERE NITHOVT VIOLENCE OR INCIDENTS
OE ARRESTS AND THE DEMONSTRATION DID NOT INTEREERE NITH TRE
APPEARANCE OP GOV. REAOAN.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE CLEVELAND COGNIZANT.
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TEL JUNE THIRTEEN LAST. 
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Synopsis:
Record of stock transfers of Ramparts Magazine reported from
records of California Division of Corporation which requires
stock to be held in escrow because of deficit operation.
Ramparts deficit reported as $1,512,692 as of 12/31/66.
Deposits in Ramparts account in excess of $5,000 reported and
sources identified. Finaniial supporters and stockholders

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Registration Act of 1938 in that it has no: registered with
the Attorney General and may currently be engaged in acts of
distribution of propaganda, acting as a political agent,
collecting information, forwarding information, et cetera, while
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STATED AIES AND OBJECTIVES

The September 10,1967 issue of the ?Denver Post?i
Denver, C_oloradQ contained an article in its home edition by
EARL SHORRIS based upon an intervxw of the Ramparts staff 
read?in part as follows:

?Nine months later, the first issue of Ramparts
was published. A statement of editorial policy
appeared on page 3: "Ramparts presents creative
works which, besides possessing literary
excellence, possess the Christian vision of
man, his world, his God. 

 

?'Ramparts demands no special slantig of thought 

"Ramparts, the former Catholic literary magazine,
very possibly means everything it says, but it
frequently is unable to say what it means.

?There is some craftsmanship involved in cen?
structing a paradoxical sentence, like this one
in a Ramparts book review:

 

?The author has constructed a rationale con? i
tending that the freedom of women consists of
freedom from domesticity, subjugation to men Li;

and Oppor tunity to work in the world of men
upon equal 

?The magazine has taken a strong position against
the war in Vietnam. Articles have been published
in Ramparts that other magazines would not touch.
Its exposure of the clumsiness of American actions
in the war in South Vietnam justifies the exist-
ence of the magazine. Occasionally. however,

it is a victim of its own hysterical self?
righteousness.

 

?Robert Scheer, writing in the December 1965 
issue, tells us, ?The United States has made

the decision to use whatever firepower it takes

to win in Vietnam.* He does not say who told 

 

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?Last April Keating decided the magazine
*had no adequate financial program? and that
something had to be done about it. Hinckle
and the majority of the board of directors
took an opposite view. According to Hinckie,
Keating and the three Keating appointeesjwho
comprised the business staff were costing
the magazine $100,000 a year. The board
met and Resting was voted out.


?Ramparts is born each month out of the tension
that exists between Hinckle and Sterner, the 
stylists, and Scheer, Stern, consulting editor
Paul Jacobs, Don Duncan and the others who
think the content of the magazine is more
important that the style. Hinckle doesn?t
want to publish any of that 'on?the-othe?e 
hand stuff?a but Scheer was willing to print
any word that Berna jrall sent9 because "He
was an honest guyJ even thoughxhe and I didn?t
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Hinckle hired Stan Frebergv the creator of
several novel ad camoaigns and best?selling
records) to edit 3 humor section. Scheer:
realizing that the masazine has never pub?

lished an article dealing With economics? went
East last winter to connission work on the
subject. The work isapparently still in progress.

?Attitudes in Ramparts vary from month to month.
After pub ishing Jessica Mitfordis hatchet job
on RonaldiReagan, the~editons put together a
Cali?grnia politics issue in which tney called 
Reagan 'an intelligent, though naive, conserva~
tive.? Although the magazine took a 'vote no
for governor' position5 the focus of their attack
was on former Gov. PatXBrown.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

One copy of this report is being furnished to the

Chicago Division in view of their investigative interest in

 

sub'ect
Angeles file 88-17222, Chicago 176-1103).
so, one copy is being furnished for the information of
Tampa in view of continuing investigation in that division.L4

An extra copy of this report is being furnished to
San Francisco for dissemination to the united States Secret
Service locally.L* . .

Extra copies of this report are being furnished ?i
to the Bureau in_view of the Department's interest in the bi

By airtel dated ll/h/70, Los Angeles requested the
Bureau to furnish.a photograph of the subject to Central

 

 

 

 

 

The long investiga ive period of this report is due b3
to the fact that the case was reopened in Los Annalee to
Lon regarding] I
At the time, no report was written inasmuch
as the subject was Priority and fell under Bureau rules
regarding moratorium on report writing.iA .

 

 

Characterizations of individuals and organizations
mentioned within were used when available. 

By airtel dated 10/19/70, the Bureau advised that
the subject was being placed on Priority I of the Security
Indexwat Los Angeles changing from Priority The basis
for this change was her recent support o?L_

activities and support of the Weatherman philosophy. LJ

By way of summary, since the subject left Los
Angeles in July 1970, and apparently went underground, her
activities include the following: She appeared at a Youth
International Party (YIP) sponsored press conference in New

Citv on 10/6/70 where she identified a ta ed me 
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political ideas; during October 1970, she travele 0 Algeria,
and other Middle East countries in the companv of

F?ho reportedly wasl

 

 

[by the Weatherman underground. During
this trip, she reportedly visited ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, Minister
Black Panther Party (BPP), a fugitive from
California, as well as delegates from.the National Liberation
Front. LIVpress conference on 11/11/70, in New York 
Cit reported on her travels in the Middle East. She
r'also stated that she felt that bombings occurring recently
in the United States are serving a good purpose; on 11/16/70,
she spoke at Northeastern University in Boston where she
discussed plans for the May 1, through 5, 1971, demonstrations
in Washington, D. C. She also discussed the need for better .

 

 

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underground movement; on 12/2/70 spoke at St. Cloud
State College, St. Cloud, Minnesota, regarding her travels in
Algeria; during Januarv 1971. she traveled to santa 

 

 

 

where she spoke again about traveling from commune to commune
as an organizer. She also spoke freely and knowledgeable
about Weatherman activities and philosophy. 

In addition to the above activies, information from

 

 

 

 

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Pos ice source 1 a, and an admission made by b7?
on 1/14/71, at the University of California at Santa Barbara 
(UCSB) all ind hat all robabilit? has been
in contact with <9<3b4
It is believed by the Los Angeles Division that
probab'v recruited into some degree of affiliation_
wi Weatherman  during early 1970.

 

 

Approximately in July 1970, she herself went underground and
has been traveling extensively. The above suggests'that she
may be a courier or organizer and considers herself a part b6
of the Weatherman organization. She has been in constant b7?
contact, since going underground, with Weatherman_personnel,

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Based on the above eenluation of her activities
and her phblic statements indicating her-open acceptance of
-violence as a means of bringing about change, Los Angeles is
recommending that consideration be given to designating the

subject as a "Key Activist". b! ?7

 

By airtel dated 6/18/70, captionedl I
etc., Los Angeles requested subscriber information on

- the following telephimeg allele reflected on the

v. telephone records of 
Los Angeles, California, January 1970, through May ly(u:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bv airtel dated 10/16/70, San.Francisco advised
thatl was listed tol  disconnected
Iwas established November 1969, registered

tol 0 a member ifornia
Communist League listed to
b. lRerkelev, California, abandened 
'beingl [Security Index subject of San Francisco,

 

 

 

6? who is a, Weatheman uhnse nresent whereabouts are
listed to 
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Los Angeles files regarding both the subject
do not reflect information that
orl  nave ever been interviewed. Also. no
further information is reflected regarding 
IThis information is not included on this report inasmuch as
'-results of investigation regarding these individuals are not

 

 

?if ?in Los Angeles files.fa

By letter dated 1/19/71, to San Francisco, Los
Angeles set out additional leads to 'be of
numbers taken from toll records of

 

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The identity of the FBI representative reviewing
the records of the Department of Water and Power on 7/17/70,
at.Los Angeles is SA BRUCE L. CANAGA, Li be
The identities of the Special Agents making the 
observation at 1559%.East 43rd Street, Los Angeles, are
SA KENNETH R. YOUNG and SA JAMES G. KEENAN.L:

The identity of the Special_Agents who conducted

the physical York regarding the .
residence.of  Iare not known to the Los Angeles,
Office. 

The identity of the Special Agent using the pretext 
inquiry on 1/12/71, at San Francisco is not known to the
Los Angeles Office. Ll -

. The identity of the FBI personnel making the 
pretext call on 1/28/71, at San Francisco is not known to
Los Angeles as well as the identity of the Special Agents
who conducted the physical surveillance in Berkeley thatv
day. The Pretex? used waskthat of a_friend from New York
trying to locate - 

 

 

 

 

The?identity of the FBI personnel who checked the
following records are identified as follows: 

Computer Credit Corporation, Los Angeles,
California, by IC MILLARD T. ANDERSON.

Traffic Violation Bureau, Los Angeles,
California, by SA BRUCE L. CANAGA, 

Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles,
California, by SC RANDAL E. FERGUSON. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, Los
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The identity of the Specialngent who checked the
records of the De artment of Meter Vehicles (DMV), Los
Angeles, on 8/11 70, is SA KENNETH N. YOUNG. fj

The identity of the Special Agents who conducted
physical surveillance in Queens, New York, on 11/10/70, are
unknown to the Los Angeles Office. 

?4 The identities of the Special Agents in attendance
on 10/2/70, at St. Cloud College are not known to the Los
Angeles Office. i1 . 

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The identities of the Special Agents conducting
the surveillance regarding Iin New
York City, June 1970, are not known to the Los Angeles Office.{j

 

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The identity of the Special Agent making the bac

personal observation at Santa Barbara on 1/13/71, is SA

GRILLION c. on l/llL/Tl, by SA CRILLIQN c. Panza and
-SA JERRY L. on 1/15/71, SA MARTIN and SA
moms E. SAHDLIN. 

. a The identities of the Special Agents who intern
viewed the subject on h/6/70, are SA ROBERT E. RITZER and
SA FREDERICK E. PETERSON. Li

 

The suitable pretext used in the interviewed of
?at Santa Barbara on 1/13/71, and was that of
an in erested individual from the New left community at Isla
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1. Subject' 5 name is included in the [j Security Index Agitator Index

2. The data appearing on the Security Index Card tator Index?! Card are current.
3. "Ihe data appearing on the Reserve Index Card A ?airg 1&1th
been changed.? 
Changes on the [3 Security Index Card Agitator Index Card are necessary
and [3 Form FD- 122 FD 397 submitted to the Bureau.
5. A suitable photograph is is not available. 
Date photograph was mtg? 6/70

 

 

 

 

6. Subject IS employed la a key facility and is
charged with security responsibility. Interested agencies are
This report is classified Wheezing

reported herein from confidential
sources could reasonably result in their identification
and compromise their future effectiveness.

8. Subject previously interviewed (dates) 445W .

Subject was not reinterviewed because (state reason)

9. This case no longer meets the Security Index Agitator Index criteria and a
letter has been directed to the Bureau recommending cancellation.
10, This case has been reevaluated in the light of the Security Index Agitator
Index criteria and it continues to fall within such criteria because (state reason)

of her continued close association with leaders of the
New Left and extremists, close affiliation with the
Weatherman underground, and her statements indicating
she is violence-prone.

11. Subject? 5 SI card is tabbed [gag Priority I Priority II Priority 
Subject? 8 activities warrant such tabbing because (state reasons) of her position
of leadership among the New Left extremists, and close
affiliation with the Wee?? herman underground.

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Berkeley, and is unemployed. Past residence RB an: animal
and employment, as well as results of investi- See pSenal

gation to locate.subject, set out. Identifica?
tion Record data and f?ina?m?ia] information set
out- Interviews Of

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subject's membership in the California_
Communist League (CCL) during 1969 and 1970, in-
cluding her expulsion from the CCL, July 1970,
set out. Subject's association with the Black
Panther Party (BPP), Youth International Party
upnthermani and reported close association
with

Weatherman Fugitive, set out. Details regarding
subject?s travel in October 1970, to Algeria and
the Middle East set out? Information regarding
the subject?s public appearances at Northeastern
University, Boston, 11/16/70, St. Cloud_State
College, St. Cloud, Minnesota, on.12/2/70, - 

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the University of Califdinia at Santa Barbara
(UCSB), 1/13/71, through set out. 
Subject interviewed on and 6

Los Angeles regarding whereabouts of

Also interviewed 1/13/10, and 1/14/71, at

UCSB under pretext. Public source newspaper
information regarding subject set out. Physical
and descriptive data set out. 
INVOLVED IN NEW LEFT ACTIVITIES SHOULD
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I. Background

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Residence
1. Past Residences

2. Investigation to Locate Whereabouts

3. Present Residence
Employment

1. Present Employment

2. Past EmploymentS?
Identification Record Data

Finances

_Interview:of?Relatives at Los Angeles

II. Activities

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California Communist League (COL)
1. Membership

-2. Attendance at Meetings

3. Expulsion from.the COL.

 

Miscellaneous Associations with Individuals

in Subversive and New Left Organizations

Foreign Travel

Connections with the Black Panther Party (BBP) HA

 

Public Speeches  at St.

Cloud :be

State College (December 2, 1970), Northeastern 1b?
University (November 16,1970), and University

of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) (January 13,
'1971, to January 14,1971). L4

Association and Affiliation with
Weatherman Personnel

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Im?Mn? with Weathexwoman
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H. Interview ofl I I 71
Neivspaper Articles Concerning 73
Composite Physical and Descriptive Data 87 7
IV. Appendix 91
A. Characterization of Individuals 
Characterization of Organizations 12A
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A: of February 2, 1969 was
residing at 103 Angeies, caiilornia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of June 25, residing at
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On September 1?he source advised that

 

 

 

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1g69. at

 

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Records of the above agency reflect that I
resided in Los Angeles since Decemb 1: 10h Te-

 

 

 

 

 

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Cali?g- ia, and a previous address or
was 'hown. Her em yment was shown

as Los Angeles,
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Personal Observation
Special Agents, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
'Los Angeles, California
(7/28/70)

On July 28, 1970, Special Agents of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation.obeerved that the premises of
lLos Ange?es, California, were vacan .

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United States Post Office
Los Angeles, California
7/30/70

On July 30, 1970, United States Postal Inspector
HOMER, Los Angeles, California, advised that

27, 1970: for::i: I
from_ Los Angeles, California,
to 

San Pecro, California.

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at which time she lef travel to visit her parents.

_Several weeks before Imov ut a Negro male and blonde
Caucasian female moved in with and stayed until late in
July. i; - . 

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The above source advised the? teleghone service
was disconnected on July 313 1970, for at
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source stated that once Mentioned hat she had to go
to Florida, either in January or February 1970, to take care
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The source attempted to locate 
through contacts with members of the Calir'ornia Communist
Lea (see appendix), and by checking her residence
at Angeles, on the following
dates With negative results:j Li

August 17, 1970 August 21 1970, August 24,
1970, August 27 29, 1970, and September 13,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970.
INVESTIGATION TO LOCATE WHEREABOUTS be
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The source reported that recently traveled to

 

 

 

Chicago and planned to retunn to Los Angeles on or about
July 15, 1970. LE

 

 

 

 

San Pedro, California 
(7/31/70 10/2/70)

The above individual "dvised that 
was rented on July 23, 1970, by (see appendix).

 

 

 

 

 

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x, The above source advised on July 31, 1970, that
recentlv a white female and a_Negro male recently moved into
[San Pedro, California. When they moved
in, they were seeisted by a second white female, whom the
source identified from a.nhot0graph asl The
source advised that did not appear to be residing in
the apartment. Lg

 

 

 

 

0n A'gust 11; 1970, the source advised that

 

 

reappeared at Apartment

 

 

 

 

a. - - - .- ?nu. vn .- .-.- Hag0v. 
?as uLM?iRutmu?bah-min as.

I San Pedro, on August 9, 1970.  {assisted the
peep in the apartment in moving some boxes and then

-departed. Li -

On August 17, 19?0, the source reported that there
had.been no additional actiVity. if 

On September 28, diff: the source advised that the

couple residing in Apartment .ere going to move soon.?

l?n_?otober 2, 1970 the source advised that the
in 

 

 

 

 

coup moved out On this date. The source advised
that  had not been observed at that apartment
recently. 

LA T45-
19/11/70.? bk?

The source advised on August 11 1070. that no
change of address had been entered for  from
Isan Pedro, California.

On August 2A, ?aiol_the_sourcf advised that it
had been determined that was not residing
at but was using this address as
her mailing address. pg 


- 


Ronald Reagan?4656

?u .m "#1965". ?new; in

9A 190~73358

 

On October 7, 19TQ, the source advised 

 

 

wasnow having her mail forwarded tob

 

 

 

San Pedro, Qalifornia.

 

 

Se ember a

On October 23, 19710, November 6, 1970, Became; 
and January 12, 1971, the sounoe advised that
infrequently receives mail at

San Pedro. 

 

 

 

 

 

Z136
2137C

 

 

23/ 70)

 

above, were interviewed

by Specie" Agents of the Fegeral Bureau of Investigation on 
vised that she had moved to

San Pedro, California. They also

 

 

 

 

 

 



said that she was leav1ng the Los Angeles area on September 22,

 

 

1970, or September 23, 1310, to trayel to New York for a visit
and rest as she had tol that she was confused
lately about her direction in life and was upset about being
laid;off at L1 -

 

 

 

Investigation at Dos Angeles
Internation Airport



Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investiga~
tion contact the followjn? airlines in an attempt to
determine if ihad been a passenger of a flight
from Los Angeies to new xorj or Chicago on either September 22,

1970, or September 23, 1970; All inquiries at the following
airlines were negative: 

 

 

 

 

Trans World Airlines
American Air Lines
United Air Lines 1
Continental Air Lines

Ronald Reagan?465

 

- magma?

 

mail fr which indicated that she was
ay .g in New York (stityi?.~ u)

LA 100~73358

   

Supra . 
(10/1/70) i

On October 1, 1970b
were reinterviewed at their residence regarding her where-
abouts. They advised that they were_unaware of her mode of
travel and said that she hasfno relatives in New York City.
They.Said that they had no idea where she was staying. 

 

 

 

 

They also said that Iwas a very frugal
person, had always saved her money, and therefore, she could

afford her trevels. They also stated he: ESQ
has been in contact with

see appendix). 

LA T-6 
131913431) wk

The souree?advisedithat on the above date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r?T - be).
{10/7/70 - 10/15/79)), . .

7 The source advisedjthat went to
Florida for several weeks iniJune 1970, to Visit her parents 
and then returned by way of Berkeley, Cali?arnia. She stayed
in Berkeley for a week or two and then returned to Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

where she quit her job. Sheithen gave up her apartment at

I ILos Angeles, and left Los Angeles,
returning only on short visi 3 since then although she oon-_

tinnes to rou a friend,  at
i San Pedro, California. 

On October l6,? advised that there
has been no contact with for three or four

weeks, and nothing further is known Concerning her whereabouts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

. . -8. 

 

Asmara :sa: (.1: 2 -. 1L.- uL.?



wits?? 



 

 

 

 

 



.51: 

advised Special Agents of the Federal

   

 

 

Buree :_on that she recently received a letter
from which had been postmarked New York, and that in
the le er, did not make any comment concerning her loca-

tion and only state that she_ planned to stay in New York for
a few weeks. i!



LA .
(11/13/70 lint/1013 k?m

On November 13, 19?0, the source advised that
was contemplating a trip to Boston, Massachusetts. Ll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On November 14,1970, the source advised that
would in all likelyhood be reSiding at 690 Massachusetts
Avenue, Boston, which would be the new National Youth Inter?
national Party (YIP) (see appendix) Headquarters18/70 

The above sources from Boston, Massachusetts, were
contacted on November 18,19?0, an. reported that they
had no information indicating that has moving to the
Boston area. Lg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supra

l11/19/70)

On November 10- 10'? - 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a ed that she aware the
had returned to the United States because
had telephonically cbntacted her I again
advise :hat she did not Know where Iwas s;ayin.g
in New York, but that it was probably with somel 9 her friends. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-. 1 m" 

 

 

 

 

 

She stated that she did not inquire of where she
was sta in and advised that she had no return address for
. or anv wav to net in touch with her. She
advised that iwas vague in general about her
trip to Algeria, only stating that it was a fantastic
experience and not indicating who sponsoFed her trip. She
stated that to the best of fer knowledge had not
been in touch with 

-
(?air/70 12/16/10) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 n' The source advised that as of Decemb
Iindicated that she would receive mailvat
see

 

New York City; in care of

appendiX) y7~a 
As of December 16, 1970 I Ireceived a letter

661'vaer 1:0 1.1mm regi?pnne mf?l I

 

 

 

$135?. 

x] 


 

 

 

which indicated that

 

 

 

 

wou soon be stavina atl [See appendix_
for San Francisco, Californiau225

 

 

 

 

Physical Surveillance
Special Agents, Federal
Bureau of Investi$ation
New York City, New York
LDecember 1970) 

 

 

 

 

thsical surveillances of the residence of
I New York City, durin
December 1970 failed to disclos the 

T?l2


The source advised that indicated

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/in a recent conversation in New York City that she intended
to return to California in the near future.?



RonaklReagan>466O

 





 

.. 

 

 

 

bk .. ,7
LA T-7 
11/5/71 - 1/6/71) 
On January 5, 1971, .urce furnished a telephone
number in San FranciscorshereEfEEZEE' icated she could be
reached. The number is On January 5, 1971,

 

 

an attempt to reachl  at?this numbe successful;
however, an identified male said not there
just then. ?65?

On January 6,1971, the source repo ted that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an hu?m, .

Lilla-3.. 1 A

mmid?t? ht 
.

 

 

said that in the all received from on?
December 23, 1970, Said that she wou a try to visit
Ia?ound Christmas. Then in a telephone call from
on January 2,1971 said that she did not
cause she was short 01 runds but would try to visit -
I in the near future . b6
b7C
LA Tu13vak/?L.
1/7/71 
The source advised?
?3 listed to see
appendix), sen rraneisco, California. 

 

 

Pretext Inquiries
San Francisco, California

 

(1/12/71)
. On January Special Agents of the Federal
Bureau of at Sam Francisco attempted to locate

 

through the use of suitable nretext telephone

 

calls TZOI

 

Iresi ?nce at
San Francisco, and the "Good ?imes?, a San.Francisco under~
ground newspaper, at San Francisco, with.negative results.(4

3. PRESENT RESIDENCE

 

 

 

11/28/71) 

advised thatl Ihas a telephone
number for in San Francisco v"ch is at her place of
residence. The number is

,d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.100-73358 - a 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/71
The souree advised that tele ?e 
is an unlisted number for (see 
appendix) California. bL/
Pretext Telephone ball .

11/28/71)

A representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation means of a suitable hvn+ov+ lileph n9 pg 1 to.
from that could be

reached at this number a ter:3:00 PM. u,

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Surveillance .. EEC
1/28/71) A 

 

A discreet physical surveillance in the neighborhood
Agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation determined that two white males and two white
females were utilizing that residence. One_of the?ehnve
females was identified, by observation, 

 

 

0n the same date, two additional females arrived
at this address and later all six left the residence and

 

 

 

 

 

traveled in an older mo 7 Dodge sedan license plates,
.to a commune located at Oakland, California, 
Pretext inquiries atL_, 4?7by Agents of

 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Januar??28, 1971,
determfn at the building ental is being handled by

I iwho ised that eight to ten people are -,
siding there. irefused to identify the occupants. iipr
LA ?7 

(2/17/71)

mhe source advised that as of February 14::lffj,

was residing in a commune located at
Berkeley, California. (ngLL. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 

u.

adm

Ronald ?eag?an- 62

 

?y

 







 
  


3- hinti?

1L PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

bk-
Ids/$575 

is not currently employed. 

 

 

 

 

 

2. PAST 

 

 

 

 

x} 

23? t5"

 

Los Angeles, California
Lu/?/To 7/20/70)

advised *thatl Iwas em lo ed 
on February 17, 1970, and resides atl 
Los Angeles, telephone number
A review of personnel file reflected the
following information: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

van Nays, ballrornla, telepnon number as person
who wo?Id alwavs know her wh re bouts . 1s.nd hpnbiifher
as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

file reflected that she attended
ilwaukee, Wisconsin, belle:r raduated 1n
l9b3. Former emplovments were shown as I

IChicaao. Illinois- Jr1y_l963, through January

Chica anuar
1966, Luluugn nugubb lyoy3i

Los Angeles, October 1969, through February 1970. A former
residence was shown as  Chicago. 

according to the file, was described as.
follows: 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Birth
Social Secu ity Number



RonaklReagan~466 wm 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

ark-jam). w. 1 ..

km; zonal?: mmwumm 

.. . V,
- 

a: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA 100?73358 as. . 3E RET
- 1'Weight 39 ifd? 125 pounds 
Height 
Hair Brown
Eyes Brown 
I On Jrly 20, 19704 Iadvised that
was terminate from as of July 1,
1979, due to an unauthorizediabsence. Uin

Los Angeles, California
(8/5/70) a 9
The above source advised that told i

 

 

 

the source during early l9703 of two trips she has made
during January and February ?970, to visit her fami?y in
Florida. In regards to the trip in February told the
source that she was going to take care of an invalid sister
The source has had no further contact with] Isince

in Maren 1970?14,? .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it?? b?
x] 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, California

18/5/70)

The above individual advised tha?

was ori inally employed atl
Los Angeles, throngs a rederally funded program to

assist the hard core unemployables. She was terminated in
March 1970, due to a lay?off?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(375/70)

 

The bove source reWiewed the personnel records of

at These records do not
reflect any inquiries regardingl 3r any forwarding address
since she left their employment 1970. LL,

 

 

 

 

?we puma-4

5?11?. c?
k: 

RonakrReagan-4 4

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.ngx 100i73358 

supra
,w
The above source advised that save a prior
a young woman called and asked last
paycheck. The woman said that She was 
and living at her apartment.; She said that would

be returning to Los Angeles shortly. Subsequen
source said a typewritten.note was received from
asking about her neycheck. source has had no further
contact with since that time. .

 

 

 

b6


 

C. IDENTIFICATION RECQBD 

 

The following negative agency checks were conducted
by representatives of the Fedoral Bureau of Investigation as

indicated: 
~July 15, 1970, and Computer Credit Corporation.
August 10, 1970 a Los Angeles, California
.August 55 1970 Traffic ViOlations Bureau
Los Angeles, California
August 6, 1970 Los Angeles Police Department
August 6, 1970 - Los Angeles County

Sheriff?s Officiuf;)
D. FINANCES 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA T-ih 

(7/20/70 8411570); 

The source advised on 

has a savings account, Number at't
 Bank,Lk, ribs Angeles,'With a
alance of $921.00. .

On August 11, 1970,;the source lvised that a
review 0 cunt Numhe? for I
at the Bank4 Los Angeles, reflects

 

 

 

RonaklREagan 

 

- mu

 

 

LA 

that this account was closed on July 27, 1970, by a with-
drawal of $230.00 in cash. No withdrawals had been made on
this account prior to July 20, 1970, at which time the
balance was $921.00. Therearter, a series of large cash
withdrawals were made until he account was depleted and
closed on July 27, 1970. 

WILLIAM RADOVICH I
Assistant Administuative

Vice President .

St. Cloud State Cohlege'

St. Cloud, Minnesota 

-110/2/70) 

. ?The above individual advised a Snecial Aapn+ me
the Federal Bureau of Investigation that

 

 

 

 

received $650.00,which was ap ropriated Irom the Student
Affairs Committee, for a speech .iven by her at St. Cloud

_College on Da?mmer 2. 1970.

E. INTERVIEW 0F RELATIVES AT
- Los 1130mm

Wh?n?nmm?

Cl"

CH

 

 

 

 

Van Nuys, Cali?ginia


 

 

of was inter?
viewed by bpeClal Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and she advised of the following information: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She recently received a letter froml

 

In the letter, they stated tnat7
recently visited them at]

I Ialso stated that last had contact

 

 

 

 

 

 

with Just before went to Florida in
June lyru. she was unable toiprov1de any additional informa-
tion regarding whereabouts.

 

 

 



16 {w 
RonaklReagan-4666

 

 

 

 

 

A - A 
4.. Lemma. 42.4. ..

   

 

LA ?0?73358 

On September 16, 70,] Iadvised that

she had no recent contacE withL__ 
She advised that sheirecently received a letter from

mother, in which she said
that she did not Know address. 

  

 

 

On October 16, 197$, was recontacted,
and she advise that she has he no further contacts with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On January 15: 1971' advised that she
had recently receive froml Iin
which she stated tha had recently visited her and
her husband in Florida.

- b6


 

 

 

van Nuvsawaarqmia



was intervieWed by Special Agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investi a and advised that he has not
seen since two years ago. He

coulu proVioe 1nI0rmaticn;concerning her whereabouts or
activities. i; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



alga?wadCALIFORNIA COMMUNIST LEAGUE
(CCL) APPENDIX)

MEMBERSHIP

Cass 

The source advised that the CCL was originally
organized in the Les Angelesjarea bv aoproximately ten
individuals, including  According to the
source, the CCL is based on Marxist Leninist theory, is
pro? ?Chinese oriented, and is not affiliated with any other
Los Angeles area or United States group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. ATTENDANCE AT be
A I b7C
T-l 
?ag/?M9 - 4/13/70% ?x 
The source advisethhat attended the following
regular meetings of the CCL,Iwhic1 were all in the Los Angeles

area, except as noted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date ?gdace Type of Meeting 

February 2, 1969 A Regular 

June 25, 1969 Regular

July 1, 1969 a 1 Regular 

August 15, 1969 Residence Marxist?Leninist 
Class

August 26, 1969 - - Study Class

September 8, 1969 Regular

 

 

October 3-5, 1969 Desert Hot Springs, Conference
California

fig". 
RonaklR?agan-46
I

 

?Mahn? A -

LA 100-73358 lie is". 

.s Casi

'Dat fPlace . Type of Meeting

    
   
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0ctober.27, 1969 5 Regular 6L2
November 2a,.1969 6. Regular
February 1970 Regular {g2
April 7, 1970 Regular 
2 . ?kf
- Tn addition5 the source advised that on June 29,
1969 was elected TrEPQ?rmw of 3 of_the
CCL. as or August 26, 1969, Awas of the CCL

 

 

 

 

tper, ?The People's Tribune?. As 0 November 24, 1969,
left the Watts Club of the CCL to join the Industrial
Area Club of the CCL. The purpose of this move was so that
she could promote demonstratidns and agitate among the workers

in the transportation industry. L?b?

As of Aprii 7, .1970; nemherc of the CCL were re-

 

 

 

portedly upset by the fact that had recently talked

 

With the Federal Bureau of Indestigation. if

 



b7
LA Lk
(12/7/70; -
?he source advised thatl Etated that she was
visited by\ ?n Los Angeles



FROM THE cct? 'se

_several months prior to xpu Sion from the CCL.

The source 5 ex ulsio reportedly re~
suited from the

Weatherman 'see annehdix) phildsophy on this visit. Following?
this visit, began to publish articles in the CCL
newspaper favoring the Weatherman philosophy. 1

LA T-l 7
mac/m7- Welt/701 1% 

The source adviSed that was no longer
a member of the CCL inasmuch aS?SLe_rep0rtedly had been.r
associating with unpleasant company, L?/RonakiReagan-4 6


 

 .. 

rm. .. 

. .. .4. 

LA 100-73358

 

. 1
On July 24, 1970, the source furnished a memorandum
published by the CCL which im part states as follows:

 

 

 

"In dealing with the case of
.the leadership and leading bodies committed some serious
errors. These errors, 1 the main were errors of
liberalism, errors summe up as Small Group Mentality
and errors that flow naturally from amateurish leader?
ship. .

 

306

[::E?ffm:ffe beginning of her association with i?c
the CCL petty bourgeois ten~
dencies. These tendencies were never seriously

grappled with. The Chairman and other leaders hoped

that things would straighten out. Some of the leader-
ship believed that gentle talk rather than sharp .
.criticism could have res lved the question. The leader?

ship never seriously st ggleddtg_nreate_fhe conditions
to resolve the questionsiaroun The height
of liberalism was to ass of
her club at a time when he was under severe criticism.
It should be noted that ery little of the criticism
was raised in the club, instead it was done on a
'privileged person' basis between the leadership and
her. 9 .

"Actually in the ob'e "e sense, the leader?
ship counterpoised holdidgl [and losing the
masses It has to be state opposite way. This

is sectarianism and Small Group Mentality in the
extreme. 

 

 

?However, it should be understood that
growth is, in the final amalvsis. result of in-
ternal contradictions. IT was any good she
would have fought it through. Her internal develop-
ment was petty bourgeois. 

 

 

 

 

"There has beenlsome misunderstanding on
the part of some comrades on the question of inter-

national relations. :as never critized for
?dating Negro worker . was criticized for

 

LA goo?73358



   

fia?ir
?ginmew
'1 ii

?fuw 



1:11 
it .I: 

constantly associating herself and the CCL with the
black lumpen proletariat. -The CCL wants healthy
relationships between the comrades and the workers.
No discussion of color or nationality will be
tolerated.? 

drawn. The CCL always turns negatives into possi-
tives. This experience will be used to advance the
entire League." 

two 

?All the necessary conclusions have been

by 3
On July 1970, the source additionally furnished:
iblished by the CCL, entitled ?Charges Against a

 

 

 

Mummiwisaruixu

if?? b"

0?3

 

RonaklReagan 4671

and Directive to the Membership? which 1
are set out below: - 



V:
1


1 .



 

5?
r?



LA 
I (10/16/70)

 

rm 


air-1:1;
I?lii'4ih --

 

The source advised thatl Iwas previously
a member of the CCL in the Watts area of Los An else but she
was expelled about four to six months 
planned to quit the CCL and the CCL retaliated by expelling
her and calling her a ?Watts Whore?.

B. MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS . be
WITH INDIVIDUALS IN SUBVERSIVE b7:
AND new LEFT ORGANIZATIOES -

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8/11/70) .
The above source advised thatl I
employment file at Los Angeles, reflected
a personal referen asl 

 

 

Los Angeles. AQL,

LA T-16


?re source advised that on the above date I
I (see appendix) was arrested by the Les 1 ge es
Police Department on charges of Grand Larcenv - A to. With
at the time of arrest was She was
i questioned and released. 7 
- The following is an interview of  I
on June 11, 1970: L*v? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

w? .rV-Ronald Reagan-4675

 

t1: . 4.: 1.4.4.1. . - 1 1.1. .1

E04302 (Rev. 3? 17-69BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

_1 6/17/71?1?41111.1.

1111.1 I Iwas interviewed at the Los
Angeles Police epartment, 77th Division Jail, 235 West
77th Street, Lo Angeles. He was advised of the identitie5

of the interviewing agents and that the purpose of the inter-

view was to seek an informa a a a
whereabouts of 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stated that although he is acquainted
with a] who was in his company at the time of
his arres on that daze hv the T.ns  Angeles Police Department,
he does further advised that
he had nev heard Italk about? and does
not know ifI has been in contac Wl

ii I Ifurther stated that he did not know
how the na me Q?l I
I got into his address book. In conclusion he

stated that although he personally does not believe in violenceJ
he does not know if he would notify the FBI if he should come
into possession of information concerning any Weathermen
fugitives. He was advised of the provisions of the Harboring

Statute6/11/70 atlLOS AneeAes. California AngelES lOO-30936-r

?w

 

 

SAs KENNETH N. OUNG and 26
by STEVEN .19. 1 Date dictated 6/11/70

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the prop ty of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 7

Ronald Reagan 676 

4 3

 

 

. 

12:; 

11;.
if

EA
2 
It 
$11-26 ?5

LA 100-73358

 

LA

(8/llb

 

 

Wthat  Iwas
observed atw San Bedro, on August 9., 0.
She appears ar1v1ng a Volkswagen, California license I Lka

Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Mgeles, California

Los
(8/11/70 

California linemen ILS reoiste
tol see appendix)
Los Angeles. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ven1ce, California

(10/30/70

RonaklReagan-467

I 1-133.302 (Rev. 47154:?
.

 

   

 

 

 

 

I FEDERAL EUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
While attemptin we to locat and interview en
1 't his residence. .Ven.ice, California,
regardingl Students for a Democratic Society

 

 

 

 

 

SDS) Weathe-rman fugitive; andl [:i:fhj
interviewing Agents encountered a female believed to be
The?Agents identified themselves

I I and advise. individual that the purpose of the contact was
I to talk to agar. .2 . fugitive, whereupon she

stated that her name is Ft she resides with

. talk 1?60

. re a.rdin that- both she

i and had previously been contacted about this and neither

i doffer formation regarding the whereabduts of either
5 I orl I She stated that she 1aSt had
oontac 

 

 

 
   




 

 

 

 

'ith  lsereral years ago in Chicago, and her
last contact with was several months ago. Since that
not come around In addition, she stated
that she felt she andl Iwere being harrassed by the FBI

concerning  Lients explained her identity and
I 7? persona i uncnown to these Agents

 

 

 

 



.

 

 

 

I - hertofore and the ?heir knowledge had not been 
I . interviewed concerning Ibu .a meSSage had been
I - . left several months prevaous at this address, -
7? I 4 while he was away for the summer. acknowledged that 

 

 

 

- had received this message upon his return but did not
5 en to contact the FBI. 3H 

1


1 I


I was asked what her previous-connection with
I -- . was. She stated that she Iandl I
_ha a sen personally acquainted wit ugh mutual

work in the former SDS NatiOIal Office in ChicagoIsever 1 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?ago1 In ad_dition, they knew fr om the SDS Chapter in

San Pedro, whic art about one year ago. that
she worked With several years ago, and stave"
at her former residence in San Pedro several years ago?ogged/.3

 

 

 

 
 

 

.

2 On st Venice, California Fhm?i Los Angeles~88waf222
KELLY KENNETH N. I Da dictated 11/2/70

This document contains neither recommendanions nor conclusions of It i the ploperty of the FBI and is loaned to
"your agency; it and its contents are not. to be distributed outside your nay?

_R0nal agan-4678

 gamma-u. 

. gm 1. 
-

.2 i,nm,l.,
'pLg??i
. i A 

-had aatEd

   



-
a


 


baca?inich1cago but that relationship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



had broke; up.wnen theyfcame'to Angeles. She also . he?
indicated that she is adquainted'hith.sther'frie ds of h7c
1 and such as ?who also
3 worked in he-o ap er-in Saz rear 

 

 

 

Xx, Istated that she sat are that
had been a member of the California Conmunist league in San
Pedro, but had dropped out earlier this year. 'She stated

 

 

 

'lthat she is not personally acquainted_hith any of her_former
.associates in that group. - a


I

 

was asked if she eould and would furnish the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

identities of other.friends of . She replied that she
'knows of one couple who are close friends of but she
stated that she would not-rereal their identity because 

 

 

 

informed her recently that they haVe had no contact with

2 for several months, and also she does not wish to have them


sed?. state that she recalls a girl friend named

 

 

If' that brought with her On one vis earlier this
. year. ~She knows nothing further concernin%  Iexcept that
-she is a female Caucasian, rather short, on e, and a ?nice

"looking?chic".

.

. . 




When asked'whether she would cooperate with the FBI

- in this matter she stated that she would not. She said that-

although she has not been active in SDS recently, and although
she does not know condone violence,_she would face a serious

dilemma if she were- 'a position where she could turn in such
a_rriend She stated that her feeling is that

;,when the vio ence and revolution comes, she feels like she should
Ileave the city and turn her back to it. .

 

v}

 

acknowledged that the Weatherman were involved
in the ta ing of lives through their terrorist activities and

 

 

'were probably responsible for several deaths. However, she said

that most of these were "movement" people, and that the rest
were police. She stated that as far as the killing of policemen
is concerned that she believes "they are fair game". She stated

'that even the interviewing Agents may become fair game to her in
f?the future. She said that her reason for this statement is that
?tshe feels that she is continually ?harrassed? by all law

enforcement agencies; For example,-she is continually 



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'?_recently, but 13 having second thong?

Dr. TIMOT EEY TEARY and is greatly impresse 
commitment to the revolution.
Ifeels he is being "lefT behind" and is now thinking of


3 a



t. 

. 

on traffic checks only: ecause bT the conspicuous vehicle
she drives and the way-in. whiph she is dressed. She went on
to state that if the time ever comes when she feels she must
make a decision about her commitment, she will only go one
way, and that will be toward a more radical position. She

   

?stated that if pushed enou she_ could foresIee herself assuming
the Weatherman ideology21;:
stated that also has been inactive b7c

 
  

 

 

interested in the news stories about

 

 

coming radically involved again.

 

 

 

stated that she would the

 

3Agents were attempting to contact him, although she doubts that

he will return the call. She said that he is a student at the

T_I?University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) 

The following descniptive data was obtained from
interview and personal _observation:

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?Name . . I lt' 
'i Sex -Female 
?Race White

Height 6"

Weight 7 110 Pounds

Build . Slender

aI?Brown Uk/





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(For characteriztion of TIMOTHY LEARY a SDS
mentioned above, see appendix;)

LA 29-17 paw 1
(10/16/70 - - 
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The source last saw Isometime around
early July 1970. She had quit her job at  around the
end 0f June 1970, and took a trip to Florida to Visit her
parents for about a week. She told the source that she would
be going to San Francisco for_awhile on her return and would
be visiting friends in Berkeley, California, for awhile. She
wrote a letter to the source from Florida requesting the
source to meet her in Berkeley at her friends place; however.
the source could not recall the name or address{ .
did not make the trip to Berkeley. 56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. The source also advised a close
friend by the name ofl in can re, and also had

 

a girlfriend in the Venice area of Anapipq nn +hm 15q+

occasion th source saw] I
and her boyfriend all roadmgpilto Venice ?amiawx"

where visited friend. This would have been in
early July after] ?had returned from Berkeley. The
source does not reca . address but said that the friend
had a 1960 Chevrolet station Wagon, dark green in color. The
source described the friend as follows: Lk,

i 

 

 

 

Race Caucasian
Height . About 5' 5?
Weight .125 pounds
Hair Short, blondish
Age (35 Middle 20s
Appearance Hippie tvne

 

 

 

Name Possibly
LA T-7 
(12/29/70) .

 

 

 

 

The source advised that
received a telephone cal rom on

 

 



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LA {faivf?December 23, 1970.l said that she was calling from San
Fra ?cco, but did say where she was staying. She told
she had returned from Algeria where she
met some ?good people".? lk~

 

  

LA .
61/6/71) Ego/k
On January 6, 1971, a member of the Staff of a San
Francisco underground newspaper, ?Good Times?, reported to a
member Of the H. erkelev Tribm?, a Berkeley area underground
newspaper, that had recently visited the ?Good
Times? Office are her conversation of two hours had been taped
and wasrbeing transcribed forj'publicatioa. MW




 

 

 

 

 

LA r?19 a be
1/7/71. . eve
The source advised that had recently

 

 

 

been frequenting the ?Good Earth commune?, 1915 Oak Street,
San Francisco (see appendix). a 

0. TRAVEL

T-8 I 


The source advised that a member of
esently in algerla and had traveled there with
(see.appendix), an original founder of the YIP.

LA r?2o wb?/lru* 
(10/21/701, .. f.

The source advie?d that a YIP delegation from New
York City, includ'! had gone to Algeria to
welcome Dr. TIMO l-=anx as he surfaced from.the "under?
ground? and were rep rtedly staying at the Villa of ELDBIDGE
CLEAVER (see appendix-. Lk/

     
  

 

 

 

 

the 

  

 

 

 

  
 

 

 

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LA 100-73358

 

 

United States Passport Office
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

{10/27/79)

DINNY J..FOTINAKES, United States Passport Office,
advised a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau-of Investi a~

tion-that]

 

 

was issued Passport Number
on August lu, i910, at Los Angeles, California. 



united States PaSspOrt Office? to
Washington, D. C.

Lilo/7'0) 

2337C

 

The files of the Passport Office were reviewed by

a representative of 
disclosed that
Passport Number

onu

California, for proposed travel
purpose of travel being tourist.

August 6, 1970, at Los Angeles,
was to depart via air on appro

stay of about six weeks.

North Korea, and North.Vietnam.

of Investigation and .
was issued united States

 

gust 10, 1970, at Los Angeles,

to England, the listed
In her application dated
she stated that her intention

Ximately August 9, 1970, for a

The passport was valid for five
years travel to all countries except Cuba, mainland China,

She gave the following descriptive information

regarding herself:
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Residence

Parents

Marital Status
Height

 

u,

 

Chicago, Illinois

LOB 1311963.! PR '3 f?nrhi a

 

 

 

 

LA 100-73358

 

.u .7 .r
.,

 

 

Hair - Brown
Eyes Brown
Occupation

 

 

Social Security Number
California Driver's?

License ijsa
LA T-6 vl??bk? 
. (ll/213's

The source advised received
a postcard postmarked ?Cairo, Egyp niversity of Cairo,"
signed in.which she Stated that she was touring
Egypt and the "?ddle East and?or?fisither parents on her

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'return to the United States,

LA ?1 b?n
@iwl w"

The source advised that will hold
a press conference on Novemben ll, 1970, at the Diplomat
Hotel, New York, regarding LEARY, 11?

 

 

 

 

LA T-8

(Mal/791 
1' 0n Novemhe 11, 19705 and
(see appendix) hela a press conIerence 1n_New

xorK - 
The purpose of the above_called press conference

as stated bd use +n clear up some points about
and TIMOTHY recent
trip to Algeria and also to play a tape recording of TIMOTHY
LEARY. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iadvisedthat the main purpose for the
(above indiViduals' trip to Algeria was to bring revolutionary
\greetings to the Palestinian rebels. He also pointed out that

 

 

while traveling through the Middle East none of the above
mentioned individuals had ever been asked to leave any country

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. .. .

.
.1

LA 100-73358

   

and that the reason they departed Certain countries in the

Middle East was due to a communication break . i 1
jeopardized the safetv of TIMOTHY LRARYJ also
advised that he and along with other un?
identified individucis,are pianning another trip to the

Middle East in the near future; however, no purpose was given
for this future trip.  ladvised at this con?
ference the? had never been in 
Algeria and lS to still be within the United 

- 
and his wife, Wis
political asylum inwd eri is She also indicated that
throughout her travels in a United States and abroad,
individuals that she has been in contact with have indicated
to her, and she also feels, that'the bombings conducted.by
the radical elements in the Uhited States have a good purpose
?and are fulfilling their intended purposes. (These purposes
were not further defined.)  Iindicated that the
people of the United?States should obtain an anti~Zion
attitude toward Israel in that the Israe?is mere_meTely a
tool of further American Imperialism. added
to this by saying that this dbes not necessarily mean an 
anti~Semitic attitude but mer?ly an anti-Zion attitude. 

 

 

 

 

 

  
     

 

 

ff]. {7
advised that 
appendix), have been grant 

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cate Timothy

 

 

 

eaver Conference

in Algeria Canceled

ALGIERS news conference
by an exiled Black Panther leader

and two other American fugitives?

was canceled Friday Without ex-
planation. 
Informants said. the Algerian So?

cialist regime ordered that it should?

fear of "anarchist"

   
  
  

not take place 

scheduled to old it with advo-

membermor her sister, Jennifer-
who had joined him here this week.

?The press conference has been:
canceled and I cannot say Why," a .
spokesman for the black radical 

movement said. .
Sources said the Algerian govern-
ment felt the conference would have

turned into a rostrum to favor the i

use of drugs and to expose this coun-
try to "anarchist" ideals.
Leary arrived Tuesday, asking po~

ation minister was 

eary and Bernardine .
Dohrn, an extremist student group 



litical asylum. He escaped from pri- -

son in San Luis Obispo, Calif., last
month While serving a 10-to~15~year
term on narcotics charges.

Drugs are strictly prohibited by
the Algerian regime.

 

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1 "Timothy Leary, LSD 'apdvocatef
:who escaped from a California pri-j
son in September, left Algiers to vi-ii'

sit? Palestine guerrilla basest in the?

'Middle East. His tour of the bases

was thought to have been anranged
by Fatah, the leading Palestinian

. guerrilla organization. Leary ,s dele-

gation included Jennifer Dohrn.
whose sister,- Bernardine, is pn the 

FBI list of most wanted persm 3. She
A denied reports that Bernardi is in i:




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Algiers.





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Panther leader Eldridge Clehver seeing off

at the ?lgier: airport. Leary, th LSD advocate
pe pnsop on uis Obis o, d! 

Amman, Jordan, With Jenifer' Dohrn, sigfer $2,120):

dune Dohrn, Weatherman ieader who is on wanted list

Wirephofr;

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Date: 10/26/70

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Leary on a Trip?

Newsmen Not Sure

i 0 11 Leary, the high
priest of LSD and a fugitive from
a California prison, appeared brief?
ly in Beirut with a false name
and managed to elude newsmen
when he ran from his hotel to a
waiting taxi. It appeared at first
that Leary was making a dash for
Syria, but later he returned to the

otel room he had rented as W. C.
McNellis and refused to answer
questions. Leary was in a party,
apparently en route to Damascus
or Jordan, th included Black
Panthers Donal

enner and Ylppie en mi er
a sister of Bernardine
Weatherman who is now
?pm. the FBI's 10 mast wanted list.

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Eieaver

 

Says Leary 

Support is Welcome

Bul- Calls California Fugitive ineligible for
Black Panther Membership Because of Race

or WILLIAM runny - at

Times Stai? Writer
. 

-ALGIERS Eldridge
Cleaver said Tuesday that
he welcomes the support
of American expatriate fu-
gitives such. as Dr. Ti-
mothy Leary, but added
that the "high priest" of
LSD can't join the Black
Panthers because. of his
race.

Cleaver, Black Panthers
information. mi 11 i. r,
made his statement. in. an
hour-long interview, dur-
ing which he. declared that
he intends to expand his
party into an international
operation dedicated to
overthrowing 3
government.

Cleaver told a news con-

ference here Sept. ll that.

a Black Panther interna?
tional section would be set
up in Algiers on Sept. 13.
At that time he said his
party supported all. peo-
ples fighting for their
liberation. He singled out
the Palestinians, saying,
"We condemn. the Zionist
aggressors who are sup
ported by the American
imperialists."

Expansion Flaunt-cl

in his latest statement,
he said he would add addi?
tional - ?lili?l?lb?'? to. the
?verses; Panther" group
which seeks iirs with oil?
revoluliona 11v organiza-
tions, many of which are
hast-(i here in the Algerian
rapilal. to make "a com:
:run'i ran-so" against the
"establishmerit, 
list" government of the

Leriates.

 



ii

Cleaver, who has beeii

?Iiliving here in exile for 195

iinto figures on


months; Said he viewed his
oadened international
organization "as a rival in-

stitution to Rogers' State 

Department to properly
represent the American
people in other parts of

the world." He referred to 

Secretary of State William

P. Rogers. .
Cleaver declined to {go
how large

ihe hoped hisexpandi?e?d

,iiPanther group would lie.

informed sources

3 last month escaped from a
minimum security prison 
1 near San Luis Obispo and 

here believe there are no

US. more than a dozen. Black

Panthers in Algeria. at pre-
sent. 

Cleaver said he would
welcome into the new
movement such persons as
Leary, a Caucasian, who

I made his way to Algeria.

. despite his

Race Bar's Leary
But Cleaver
welcome, Lea-

ry was still not eligible be-

cause of' his race

said.

The Black Panther leach
or also 3 cl 3 d. that
though his group would
continue to stress its"
hriarxist-Leninist organiza-
tion, he would not. try to
form with the other revo?
lutionar}r groups a single
internatitnial organization
similar to the Communist
.l-?artt, 

said that 

to join

'the Black Panthers. . 
"We do not want to lose 

our id n. i Cleaver -

Leeiry plans to take up
after his
present unsuccessful of?
fort to visit the Palest.ini~
an guErrillz-is. Cleaver's se-

cond in command, Donal 
Cox, 2in Jennifer Dohrn?J?i-f i-

sister ,of the weatherman
.ultraniilitant Bernardine
Dohrnl, made the trip with
Learyl 7' 
The flew from Algiers
on Sa?iirday, 
?hack Beirut and are
thew in Cairo. They 3rd

iicheduled to return here?
1?

?Cleavler did not say why
the Black. Panther. press
contereiice, announced for
last; week was suddenly
called off. Cleaver had an?
nounced he would then
presentlLeary and Bernar-
dine Other sources

here slay the Algerian

. government was some-
what niiffed at the pres-
ence o? Leary, a noted
drug tater rather than a.
5 revoluti nary.
i Cleaver also declined to
1 answer la question about
whetherj n' a in 
Dohrn ?lag in Algeria. But,
he saidi he heartily ap-
proved the tactics used
by the Weatherman. and
Students For a Democra-
tic Soci ty (SDS) in the
United tates. 
Of the [aims of "this new
internatiinal section" of
the Bloc, Panther party,
of which he is the new
head, Cl aver declared:
"Our is to destroy
Babylon?l
[LS-Babylon
How did he define Ba-
bylon, hel was asked.
"Just hike it says in the
Bible,? he answered. ?It is
a symbol inf decadence and
corruption of the (nation?
al) poured that. is now the

No. 1 one 1137 of the people
of the. rid (the United
States)."

Ronald Reag

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He added that the nia?or
tear . :.the new ?internaw
tional section was to

- ?build up the knowledge
of and the support for the
political prisoners in the
United States. That is why
We are happy to have Lea~
1y and Debra with us."

"The No. 1 political pri-
soner in the United States

??n?today is Bobby Seale hf

New Haven,- and we want.
.1 

ito build up international
support in solidarity for
him. And so we will. deve-
lop a staff for this move?
ment.?- 

Cleaver said the release
of Huey Newton, Black

Panther minister of 

tense, was the best thing
that had happened in the
United States recently.

Cleaver said he needed a ?t
igger staff with more ex? 

perience . here to finance

what he called a "multi?

million dollar effort. 
Asked what might be the

panded operation, Cleaver
declared, "We have a cer-
tain frame within which to
work and I don't see any
reason to speculate.?

Th i olutionary

moVement, he said, was




be said that perhalps
way to make
his views Clea were
through statements in the
Black Panther party paper
in the United States. Hie
also said he honed to staiit
a paper here. 
But he responded to
questions, and. eventually
continued to talk, and the
conversation lasted anl
our. In the course of thel

conversation, Cleaver saidi
alistic objectivity;
was amiss and reporters

should be "committed'l

only like committed 

reporters," said.
He differentiated "es~
{liablishment rt 

file said interrelated pro- .

cess and he hoped to Cleve.
lop ties with similar move-
ments in North Korea,
China, . Vietnam,

fr i ca, Latin America,
and among the Palestini-

ans. 

Cleaver said he thought
the Black Panther party
ad been receiving certain
recognition international-
ly and now is the time to
join forces with the revo-
lutionary movements in

the rest of the world. He 3
said. however, that he had ,5

no desire to take over oth-
er movements. 

At first Clearer declined
to he interviewed. denier--
ing that he tl?imight that
talking to was
no longer the most effec-
tive way to help in the.
party?s ram-LN- 

1:1

of the voices ofithe mili-
tant New Left. 

But he did not argue the
point when he was re-
minded that many leading
"establishment" journals
had urged Black Panther

party members he treated 

fairly by police and by the
courts.

And. he seemed very on
set when the visiting cor?
respondent declined to
contribute cash to the

movement. 
Cleaver said he planned
to stay in Algeria as long

as he was able to accomp-
lish "his work," but he

1 would like to return to the
1 United States some day
irom "committed" .Jecause it's my home."

Asked Whether he ex-
;pected to see his revolu-
goal?tlie destruc?

ftiori? of the present system
lot the United a. 
government -- a ni-
Lplished. in his lifetime, he
replied: - .
"Our perspective is re-'
trolution in our lifetime I
in] igloung and the mini";

 
  

classf is weak enough; Un
?l have an 
demise, which]: don?t ex~

pect,l?ll be around to see
the revolution." 



 

 

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seat-n TO CAIRO TO 
Arahs Pass Leary Around Like a Hot Petaio

BY JOE ALEX MORRIS JR.

Times Sill" Writer

what amounted to a
predawn raid, Lebanese security au-
i i early Tuesday routed
Timothy Leary and his companions
from two $45-a-day rooms at the
swank. St. George's Hotel here. They

took them to the airport, where they .

waited six hours for a flight to Cairo,
which did not want them either.

Leary, Donald Cox, Black Panther
field marshal, and Jennifer Dohrn of
the Weatherman were held incom-
municado at the airport here until
departure. When they got to Cairo,
they attempted to disembark and
enter the city.

Three Egyptian officers politeiy
returned. them to the transit lounge.
it is expected that Thursday they
will be put on the nextplane to Al-
giers, whence they had come last
Sunday.

three plus Martin Kenner,
Flack Panther defense fund chair-

man,? were launched into the Middle 1
East by Panther information minis? 

?quested the Lebanese to lift

EH W. 

ter Eldridge Clearer. They 1we1e to
support the Palestinian rev lutiona-
lies against what Clem e1 ca led that
?im perialist lackey," lsrael

They were also to inform the
Palestinians about the strtiggle in?
side the United'States, Co.? told a
press conference here. The lialcstini-

 

Support by at is welcome,
Cleaver says. See Page 7, Part 1.
ans hat 9 never shoWn n1' 1ch11nt01est
in these problems, prefening to con-
centrate on their own. 

What appeared to inter at both
Lebanese and Egyptian aujhorities
more was Leary's reputation as both
a fugitive from American! justice
and an advocate of LSD. Dirt ugs ate
not exactly unknown in th Middle
East, but the authorities ta! a p10?
nounced bourgeois attitude ton and
them.

A Lebanese drug was
hanged in Bagdad moonlit}; and

 

 

there are American and *?uropean
youths in jail throu?houi he ex be
im possession. At the same fin is, the

itraffic flou1ishes- here and banese
turn a blind 1 hasm
ish cultivation in the fertile Bekaa
Valley. where it is undo) the 1protec?
tion of powerful politicians. 1
Here in Beirut, there was another
pioblem The U. Embasst tad re?
earV's
passpott.

Leary escaped fiom mininium se-
C'uiity puson neat San Luis 1OiJispn
last Sept. 13.115: was $1 .11-in5 a one-

to 10-year sentence on drug charges.

The US. request put the Lebanese
on the spot. There is no 
treaty between the. two crooning,
and Leary entered LCha~
11011 legaliy by getting a rise at the
airport.

there was some (1
\rl?lclhor Leary was trarclh
valid pas:
,r-hnm-se

leslion
on a
4.11011. in his. prim-=1- name.
sorurily Hulhorii ro-
in dist-11:3 the whim-i, and
when the}? rrgisim-rni hotel
mary and his (-oinpanions: filled out
their own rcgislraiinn cards 1 'il lmut'
handing: over their Leary.
.ix?icI'LJeliia?



 

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Wyanm.

Given Visas

by Egyptian$ .

CAIRO (UPI) Egyp-
tian aulhm'itie: changei?ri
their? minds \K'ednesday
and granted transit: \?is?is
lo LSD advocate Dr. 'liia
moihy Leary and ihi'cle
i'nmpaninns after 
[hem admission Tuesday;

The Visas are nnijmaliy
valiri ini? seven days but.
Rn)- l?nx. Black Panthi?

field marshal. said '21: by
group would Ely on to Ali?

giers today. 7 .

Traveling with "Thaw
and Cox are New York
Black Panther Chairman

Kennei' and, Jennis

fer Dohm of (he Weaihe
men. four flew int
Cairn Tuemiay from Rein
afler official.
"arivimd" iliom to leave.

Leary said 
night ho. intmiri; tn afi?fl
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The source advised ?hat on November 10, 1970,
I contacted the Headquarters, Bronx, new
York, to advised them that there would be a rally that date -
in Kew Gardens, Queens, New Ydrk, and that she would attend.?a

 

 

 

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E. SPEECHES BYI

1T ST. CLOUD STATE CLLEGE,
12 2 7o), NOBTHEASTERN IVERSITY
11/16/70), AND THE UNIVE SITY OF
CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBA A (UCSB)

(1/13/71 - 1/14/71)
Note that the detaiis regarding speeches given by

January 13, 1971, an 'January 1971, at UCSB are
oca ed in the section titled1?Travel and Activi'ies in
Santa Barbara, California Area with Weatherwoman

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Special Agents, Fede al
Bureau of Investigat?on
St. Cloud, Minnesota

(32/2/79)

 

 

 spoke1at the St. Cloud State College,
St: Cloud, Minnesota, at 9:15 PM, On December 2, 1970, before
a group of approximately 1300 eople. In attendance were
Special Agents of the Federal reau of Investigation. 3 A 

 

The essence of her more pertinent remarks is as
follows: 

?Algeria is a very good place for them, (fugitives),
to be working because I think it's the only country in the
world where every National Lideration Front is represented.

traveled td the Middle East and talked
with the Palas tenian Guerillas rega.rding their movement.

 

 

went on to talk about her travels in
Algeria and the Micdle East

 

 

LEARY, after his escape from prison, woke
up the next morning and Iound\he was in a very large city in
this country, and he found out from the first day that he was
in the underground and that he had to be out on the streets
meeting people and looking ve?y different.

  
  

'Later on that day, was in a car driving

somewher and another carload of freaks drove by and honked

the her and waved at him and he saved ba.ck, and he found out
bit later that one or the people in the car was

(see appendix).

 

?Another time durin the week when TIMOTHY and
ROSEMARY were with the Weathe man, TIMOTHY and ROSEMARY and
my sister got stoned and wentjand saw Woodstock.

 

 

played a tapegrecording of TIMOTHY LEARY.

 

 

 

stated a few things abodt escape from prison.

 

 

 

   

plarmedsmis e? cape from prison from the
time he first entered prison. ?He was ?very careful about
not having a. lorsuoffrispress soonf rences, andabou?t. convincing
Governor he could put on minimum security.

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The source advised that arrived in Boston
at noon on November 16, 1970, from New ork City for a
spesxiing engagement at Northestern University (NU), Boston,
on the same date. 1

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The source Noisember 16,1970,
at the E11 Center, NU, in the evening, whe1e she spoke to
125 people, in.c1uding individ als active in the New Left in
Boston. The purpose of her a pearance was to raise support
for the Revolutionarv Peop1e8160nstitutional Convention (see
appendix), Washington, D.C., Iovemher 27 through 29, 1970,
to be sponsored by the EFF. allowing her spee.ch, she
publicly said that she was returning to New York City.

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On November 16,19701 Ispohe to a
group of about 150 people at NU, Boston. She spolze about
her recent trip to the Middle East and her experiences there

with ELDRIDG.E CLEAVER and Dr. LEARN. She said that
was not in Algeria as had been

 

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

erroneously reported in the press. She said the do the people
of the ?Third World" countries in which she traveled were
Very enthusiastic. She also played a taped message from
LENNY in Algeria. 

 

She also spoke of aiprogram'to send.various persons,
including students, workers, lawyers and housewives, to
to Hanoi to negotiate a peace treaty with the Vietnamese
people. Accordingly, if all Nnited States troops are not

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withdrawn from Vietnam by Mayil, 1971, that day will be
devoted to closing down the United States Government by
massive disruptions at Washington, D. C. She suggested
the disruptive technique of bu ing old cars, driving them
to Washington, and abandoning them in the streets. She
also solicited attendance at the upcoming Revolutionary
PeOple's Constitutional Convention.

also spoke of the necessity of establishing
better communications between communes and complained that
their total separation bloc} zed ood efforts at creating a
cohesive underground movement. 

F. ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATION
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The source advised that on Januari 20, 19703
February 27, 1970, and Februany 28, 1970] I was in
telephonic contaqt with the residence o?

 

 

 

ISylmar, Cdlifoxnia, who is]

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with   political beliei?s, but
was not aware iI? sne advocates the us ;e of violence, at
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Contact on d, 1970, revealed that the
Source believes that as been in contact with
fo time and basis for this belief is
a ile was still residing in Watts, she received

 

to receive an incomin call. The source said that
did notexplicitly sta that this call came from
Ibut she gave the sdurce the impression that it

telephone-ins ruc ions one eveging to go to a safe telephone

 

 

 

was from  Also, onianother occasion
had gone to Florida during-June 1970, and returne way

of Berkeley where she stayed several weeks. When she
returned in July, she said the? she had been living in the
backwoods near San Francisco with some ?beautiful eople?.
'In subsequent co implied
that she had me i-e in San
Francisco. k,

   
     
 

 

 

The source stated that several days after she
returned from this trip she moded out of her apartment and
gave most of her belongings awcy. Then she packed her
clothing in two suitcases and isappeared. Since that time,
'she has reappeared at the resi ence of on five
or six occasions, just showing up with no warning and little
or no belongings. On these vi?its, she never discusses
where she has been what she has been doing, or what is
her mode-of travel. A 1 

 

these visfjs, she indicated that she
vould suffer some violence
as of the police. She also discussed
RUBIN (see ap endix) after she returned
from San Francis 3 however, never indicated at that
time that she Knew TIMOTHY although she did use
marijuana moderatel .but neverlused any other drug or narcotic.

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The source advised teat on October 6, 1970, in 
New York City, representatives pf the press were invited

to a press conference sponsoredfby the YIP, also Known as
Yippies, at their New York Headquarter, to hear a taped

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was concerned the
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said that the Weatherman were responsible for the recent
bombing of a police memorial statue in Chicago. The taped
message also announced the fall offensive of youth
resistance which was to begin with bombings from Santa
Barbara, California, to Bostoh, back to Kent (Ohio) and
Kansas. Following the playing of this tapeJ
preSent, identified the voice as belonging t61

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On Oetoher 15). 1070;]
were inter?

viewed at their id nee; and the tape recording of
es

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3 conference at New York Cit" tas_ laved
rinr_themi_1After hearing the tape recording, hot

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voice o? Ibut could not be
positive about the voice ofl Ithey thought,-
probably due to the quality 0: the recording. 'They were
inclined to believe it was on the tape in View
of the fact that vehilied it in her portion of the
interview. -

Lnrofessed great dismav at the
recent involvement of I inl

 

 

affairs but stated thatl  had always admired
and they were not surprised. i av both advised
that they had not had any in?ormation as to
Haas in: Algeria.

'hued to advise that they did not anticipate that
would ever get initouch with them. L?g.

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and following the meeting, she wen 0

Boston, for a short visit. $he was thereafter observeo_
riding in a Jeep hearing New York She went
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and I
?we 7 New York, for a
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Special Agents, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
New York, New York
(June 1970) .

A physical surveillance ofl
(see appendix) by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation at New York City reflected that a Jeep vehicle,
New.Ybrk wasiused by this individual. 

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The source advised thatl Ireceived

a postcard which she said that she had been
ill and was under a doctor's dare. Sue also said that she

rad rec ived a Christmas present from 
In:  on
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The source advised that as 1971,
residin in a commune at Berkeley.
On that lwho was visiting

With her for the weekend, to take her to the Golden Gate

?t ark ?to meet some people". The source advised that
appeared very cautious about traveling to this 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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vehicle used by members of the commune. \lc

indicated that the meeting waS'to take
place at 11:00 AM at the Buffalo Pits in the park; however,
when they arrived at the park, 25 to 30 minutes.late, she
became very frantic. She was agitated and nervous over the
possibility that she would miss the contact and stated that
she had "to see these people?. Finally, she observed her
friends, a male and female Caucasian, si i.0 on a park
bench near the fence of the Buffalo Pit.7??prtke 

The source describeddthe female as young, with
shoulder length hlonde hair9 olive complexion, nice build, 
wearing casual clothing with a shawl and remarked that the
female noticeably except for the -
blonde hair. The source believes that from the circumstances

's meetin and the appearance of the girl that it was
The source described the male as having

long dark hair, in his twenties, good build, and also wearing-
casual clothing. 

The source stated secret: 
about the time and place of this meeting, only giVing
sufficient information to drive her there as they traveled
to the park. Upon said goOd?byesee the street to where the-
above couple 'was seatedl:lthen left. 

meeting, and, wanted to goin :  cwather than any

 

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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA



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7 The source advised thatl Ireceived a telephone
call froml lih which she

asked if] lwas there. In additionl received two
letters a resse Iduring the last

few days. 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On January 13, 1971* the source advised that on
January 12, 1971 [and a female-known as

visitedl in San Pedro. Both arrived carrying
their belongings in shopping bags and a pack..

'While 
they were going to Santa Barbara that eveihi .

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had to go to Santa Barbara in order oto get a 

 

 

 

 

En route to Santa Barbara, they stopped and ate
dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Santa Monica; while there,
made a prepaid long distanc elephone call,
allegedly to - 

 

 

The source advised that they arrived at a ?crash
pad? in Santa Barbara at about midnight. The source stated
that a ?crash pad? is a stopaover, collective?type residence
arrangement where anti-estabiis ment individuals can freely
come and go. Durina the trip gave directions on how
to find the place. said that she had been atfthiS'
house three months before but does not know the residents
very well. @Ug,

 

The source said that stayed with
til the ner rning then returned '0 Angeles leaVing
andl ?n Santa Barbara. indicated that
she would be staying there possibly. day before returning
to San Francisco. She said that HUEE: EWTON (see appendix)
was going to speak in Santa Barbara on following day UK

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
 

  

 

 

 
   
 

During the about a new
position paper entitled Change in the Weather?, recently

'issued by the Weatherman Organization. She indicated that

this was an authentic document. She also discussed her
experiences in aiaeria with?the BPP. She said 

  
  

rehearse had a girlfriend, and his wife, (see

pendix), was aware of the situation but maintai ed the
tense of the perfect revolutionary couple. She aid that
their party was given a warm welcome wherever they w-Ht even
though the Western press tried to giV? he picture that they
were not welcome in some countries. )Lk,

 

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various individuals, presumably in the Weatherman underground,
through surreptitious contacts with third parties. She also
said that she had been traveling extensively on the? .st

b?C
0n Januar" 1h, 197 source advised that the
residence where] was in the vicinity
of  Santa Barbara. The source identified this
residence by he presence of an old blue Volkswagen truck
farked in front. This truck bears British Columbia license

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Columbia plate is fer a 1959 

pickup truck, erial Number and as of be

September 98- 1070. the registrati was trans? b7C
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This address was
S?hSequently changed td 
date not shown. The registratidn was signed as

I - a le to
locate a driver?s license fO? 
I advised that a physical
Iohecx 0

revealed th?t_nn_9m?_QQElQ_??2?lf anyone by
the name of He stated
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advised that the nreVious owner of?
the above vehicle is
and efforts were being made to locate

for interview. 

 

 

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The source viewed a photo
and advised that she is identical to 0 was

i t. veling Jaauary 12, 1971. The a

re alled the had previously apneared with I
possibly in August or Seotember 1970. atl I
residence which wasl ISan Pedro, Cali-

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Personal Observation by 

Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation

(1/13/71)

On the evening of January 13, 197l, the ?Strategic
Hamlet? collective (see appendix) at Isla Vista, California,
sponsored a meeting of several UCSB radical organisations.
held at the UCSB Student Center Cafeteria.

 

At approximately 9:15 PMI Iwas observed
entering the cafeteria area of the UCSB Student Center
was wearing a dark brown suede coat, burgundy colored sweater,
dark blue flair slacks, boots? and carried a leather puree
over her shoulder. In addit on, she wore a bright orange,

 

 

 

.wrap around, wood scarf; She was by an unknown,
white female later identified as I 
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cafeteria several minutes prior_to arrival and b7c

. to be checking out the crow in preparation for
arrival. - 

 

 

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The first individual in the room to notice

 

 

 

presence was appendix? 1as
to say, "There?s . and ran over to  

and hugged her. then had a long
discussion, and it was observed tha?  introduced
I I (see appendix) During this.conver?
sation, it?was also noted that none of the individuals from
the "Strata ec ive seemed aware of the
identity of not overheard
to introduce her to the members of the collective.?

also was warmly greeted  (see 
appendix fori Although.  eventually 
talked with severe members of the ?Strz ic Hamlet? 
collective, it appeared tha? [were the only
two individuals whom she had_tnown for some time.

 

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Much of the conversation betweenl Iandl 
centered primarily around the fact that the topics
iscussed at the meeting only concerned local conditions

at Is Vista and were not concerned with the in Vietnam

that students at UCSB Should be more concerned about
the Vietnam War, the intrusion into Cambodia, and joining the
revolutionary struggle to create a new society.

or soc a1 conditions around??he United States advised

 

 

Following the meeting, left
together and were observed walking around in the iSLa Vista
Community where they eventually entered a li ht colored
VOlkswagen sedan, California on
Pardall Street. They were observed driving out of the area.

 

 

 

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Iin care of General Delivery, 0Oakland, California

 

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At apprOximat- 8:30 PM, a meeting of various
radical organizations at the Umiversity of California at
Santa Barbara (UCSB) was sponsered by the ?Strategis Hamlet?
collective and was held at therCSB Student Center Cafeteria.
Approximately 300 persons attended. 

 

 

At approximately 9:30 I
entered the cafeteria. Shortly thereafter, she was inter~
by SA CRILLION C. II, under a suitable pretext.

stated that she had been traveling around the country,
primarily on the East Coast. She stated that she would be
in Isla Vista, California, for ?a while?, but did not volunteer
any additional information regarding her travel or itinerary.
During this interview,  a?peared friendly and expressed
?her cencern over the revolutiolary.struggle in Isla Vista.



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On January 13, the source attended a meeting
sponsored by the ?Strategic Hamlet? collective at Isla Vista;
the purpose of which was to attempt to form a coalition
among the various radical groups in the Isla Vista area, and

to establish a communications system between the various 
groups. The eating was held at the UCSB Student Center . is}
Cafeteria. UK. 

 

The source approachedl

 

 

 

 

 appeared friendly but again did not reveal any of her
itinerary plans for travel; however, she did advise the source
that she would be in Isla Vista for a few days and hoped to
speak about her visit to Algeria. 

Dur'n the meeting appeared in the
onmnenv of Edward the end 0: the meeting,
I were 0 serVed by the source to leave the

meeting and go ppspairs to the lounge area.of the UCSB

Student Center was thereafter observed by the source A
to make several long distance telephone calls from about b6
15 to 20 minutes. eve

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Observation and
Surveillance by Spedial Agents
of the Federal Bureau of

 

 

Investigation

Isla Vista, California

11/14/711
7 On the afternoon ofiJanuary 14, l971, at approximately
1:50 PM,  were Observed in the UCSB Student

 

 

Center. [was later Observed addressing a small group of
students in the Program Room.v The meeting ended at approxie
mately 3:00 PM and Ithen went to the ca eteria
area where they had coffee with various members of the

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Strategic hamelt collective,

 

 

 

 

 

At approximately 3:35 PM, gave her second
talk concerning Algeria. 
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mately 30 students, most of whom were members of the ?Strategic
Hamlet? collective. In addition, 
 were present. It was again noted that
has present but did not enter into dis?
cussions with other individuals present and did not seem to

 

 

 

 

 

 

be acquainted with them. be
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vi the meetin as again observed

talkihg_to She also had

brief conversations with other memb rs of the "Strategic .

Hamlet?\colleetive, (see 

and  (see appendixy. 

During the course of a surveillance ofl I
she was observed exitimg from  
.The mailbox at this address bears the name I

 

 

 

 

 

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At 3:30 PM, spoke to a

gathering of approximately 30 individuals, most of whom
were members of the ?Strategic hamlet? collective at Isla
Vista, California. The speech Was given at the University
of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Student Center. 

 

the opening part of her speech by
stating the would like to talk about her trip to Algeria
and her visits with Black Panth.r CLEAVER

and TIMOTHY and ROSEMARY Ifirst discussed
leaving New York and how she was searched by customs officials
and harassed. She stated that they went through all of her

 

luggage, checked her passport, and searched all of her clothing. LA, bf


 

 

 

. advised that Algeria was a very good
place for fugitives to work because the Algerian Government
had allowed every National Liberation front in the world to
be represented. She stated that the Black Panthers were
treated like any other dip? i. .legation and had their
own embassy type building. discussed her talks with
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER and other Blac: Panther leaders and stated
that their biggest diSappointmeht was not being able to
return to the United States; however, she advised that 
main goal was to some day return to the United States and
further the revolutiOnary struggle.

 

    

 

than talked about her travels through
the Middle East in attempts to talk with.the Palestinian
{tarrilla forces. She stated that the main reason she was
unable to make frequent contacts with the Palestinian gnmrillas
and other?yerrilla groups was dhe to to a misunderstanding
among several governments in the Middle East. In addition,
she advised that the American press had given she and TIMOTHY
LEARY very unfavorable publicitv and has given the American
public the impression that they were treated badly and not
welcome in the Middle East. advised that this, in'
fact, was not true and that-shegh received a warm recep-
tion throughout the Middle East. 

 

 

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advised that she spent most of her time
in Algeria talhing with various members of national libera~
tion fronts, especially the Korean and North Vietnamese.
She stated that they were extremely excited about talking
with members of the National Liberation Front and that they
had regarded them as true revo?utionaries and people to
respect; however, she stated at when they went to talk

to these individuals they were?overehelmed by the welcome
that they were given. She advised that these peeple treated
them as though they were the only revolutionaries in the
United States and that they were true heroes in a revolua
tionary sense. .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a had about her experiences with TIMOTHY
and ROSEMARY LEAEY in Algeria.? She stated that they were .
presently living in an apartment but were building a house.
She stated that TIM THY and ROSEMARY spent most of
their days in their a artmentsEvearing long, flowing gowns?
taking acid, smoking?pot, and reading various revolutionary
authors. She advised that LEA Y?s apartment was decorated 
in a very manner that bright lights, posters,
and other materiahs decorated the walls. She
also advised that while traveling through the Middle East
with LEARY they stopped off in Egypt to see the pyramids

and that LEARY rode out onto ?he desert alone on a camel. pg

 

 

 

then went ?nto TIMOTHY escape
from prison and how the Weatherman had planned and carried
out this action. She stated that from the very momen?

LEARY entered jail he had planned to escape. She stated
that LEARY did not grant interviews while in prison or
conduct press nferences because he wanted?to convince
Governor and others that he was not a security
risk and should placed in a minimum security prison" LL,

ed that while in prison, LEARY frequently
did physicav exercise0 in ord to prepare himself for his

escape from prison. He state that he was very concerned
about his physical condition and that he would be able to
have enough strength to escape. He stated that he planned
his escape for some time and that the newsrelease shortly

 

  
 

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after his escape was written by LEARY while he was in
prison and carried over the wall with him on the night of

 

his escape. In addition, stated that LEARY had cut
out a newspaper clipping 1c quoted Governor RONAT 
REAGAN as saying that LEARY was not a security risk and
should be placed in a minimum security prison.

stated that on the night of his escape, LEARY clean.ed out
his possessions from.his foot 1ocker and then took the
newspaper clipping, underlined lenarhs in red, and
taped this clipp' ng to the top of his foot locker so it
would be found after his escape. L}.r . Ibe

According to LEARY9 his escape was almost foiled
by two police oiIicers from the East Coast. These of1.icers
had arrived at the prison on Thursday or Friday evening,
prior to the weekend of his escape, to Eff? him back to the
East Coast for a trial. LEARY advised that the
officers told him they could leave on _Friday if he wanted
to drive back to the East Coast, or they could wait until
Monday if he would like to fly back to the East Coast.
Since LEARY had planned to escape on the weekend, he told
the officers that they should take the weekend off and have
a" ood time and then fly back on Mbnday. LEARY advised
lilthat he would have likedito have seen the officers'
faces when they woke up on Monday morning with a hang over
and read in the morning papers that he had escaped. 

 

LEARY although.he had been
trying to get into good physical condition he was barely
able to make it over the fence at the security prison. In
addition, he stated that there were armed guards with search
lights, but that they did not see him. LEARY stated that
his hands were badly cut whileiattempting to go over the
fence and at one point he did ot think thaE he had enough
strenght to make it; however, EARY advise that he
knew he must get to the top of the fence so that if he was
shot by the guards he would fall onto the outside of the
prison and people would then know he was shot trying to

 

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Immediately after his escape, IEARY was transported
by the Weatherman under round to a large metropolitan city
near the that IEARY had expected to
be taken to some mountain hideaway but that he was taken to
an apartment of a Weatherman underg:round member in the large

netropolitan city and that they had mari iting
for him upon his arrival. Acdording tol I
"s 1 's arrivalstated that LEARY thought that
he would have to be hidden out but that the Weatherman under?
ground had changed his appearance and provided him with

fal_se identification. He was then allowed to go out on.to

the streets, that LEARY iirst :felt unees 
about this but latii?hecame more accustomed to working in

 

the underground.

~r

According tol while driving down the road

 

 

on his first day out a car load of freaks drove by and
honked and waved. stated that LEERY was extremely
concerned that he had been redognized but then told by
the :Lndividuals of the individuals in the

 

   
 

other car was
was later in contact with

stated that TIMOTHY LEARY
in the large metropolitan city.LK,

that TEARY was hidden by the
Weatherman underground for approximately one wees before he
was removed from the country. During this time, she stated

 

 

4- runner and Rosanna: along with
and others got stoned on_marijuana ard then
went to a local theater to see ?Woodstock? advised

 

 

 

that this was a very moving eaterience for LEAEY 3
been close friends with a rook mus i ian, who
had recently died due to an oVe rdos of nd that they
were extremely touched hv JIMii?s performance in Woo dstoek? .
As the week advised that LEARY he enuch.
more confident of bei.ng able to live in the underground and-
that he was soon not aira id to 0 out and meet pe.ople with
his new identity. In addition advised that LEAEY
has.written a book regarding the Weatherman underg round and

inee h.e had


  

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how they helped him escape from prison and that this book
should be ready for release in the United Hate in approxi-
mately one month. 

thatjafter he return to the United
States she spen some time traveling on the East Coast with
various friends; however, she did not give any location nor
the identity of whom she was traveling with. The only
specific place that she mentioned visiting since her return
was in Buf'falo, New Yoi rk?' where she attended a conference of
the ?New Nation Movement'. She advise that revolutionaries
from all over the country had come to Buffalo and that great
strides were made towardssaln?Eying plans for resistance
against the United States.

 

then spoke briefly about the most recent
communication from the Weatherha.n underground of December 10,
which has title. ?Cha..ng.1ng Weather* She stated that many
members of the Weatherman were extremely upset over the
death of DIANE and twoiother Weatherman members in
the New York townhouse expl osihn of last spring. She stated
that several Weatherman members were still not over this
tragedy and that it had greatl-y influenced their thinking
towards revolution. She stated that the Weatherman organi-
zation was still evoted reholution and changing the
country; however, stated that after the New York
townhouse explosion several qt us decided we wanted to have
a revolution but that we wan odd to live to see it?.

Md not state that the We athenman had discontinued all
bombing activities but did give the impression that wherever
possible they would come Ei?ahove ground to work with local

 

 

 

 

 

collectives and tribes.

In regards to questtons about the Weatherman under?
that although most people believe that
Weatherman were hiding in some mountain retreat she stated that
in fact they were living in m?jor metropolitan cities in the
United States. She stated that they had assumed other
identities and that they wereiliving above round in other
environments. In response to?a questionl:fi::]stated that
there was constant and daily dommunication between the East
and West Coast factions of the Weatherman underground? L11

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rim-ands? ?a 

awhile imprisOned. She told them to address mail to

  

   

 

also stated that the Weatherman had become

 

 

 

-extremely concerned about thegyonenis Liberation Movement

and was heard to frequently'?7E?the term ?Weatherwoman?.

She stated that in honor of DIANE OUGHTON and other
Weatherwomen who had sacrificed so much in the revolution
the Weatherman organization planned some type of celebration
on the annir- ea of the Hewilork townhouse explosion.

In addition] also discutsed a few of the plans which
were made at the New Nation Mbvement in Buffalo, New Yorkj
and again talked about the pl'n for revolutionaries from.all
over the country to drive oldgcars to Washington, D. C., on
May 1, 1971, and then abandon them.on the freeway and prevent
workers from reaching the Pentagon and downtown Washington,

13.0. M,

During the above talk made Ithere was only
one reference made
This reference to was made when 'ateL
that she honed all members of the collective remembered that
I birthday was two days ago. She hoped
that in some parts of the country revolutionaries remembered
to celebratel that She
had.talhed withl  tWo days ago and that she was in
good spirits and wished ever'one cont? success in the
revolutionar? struggle. In addition, also mentioned
that, I was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Inves?
tigation a few weeks ago in New York City. She told the_
audience how 'was arrested-outside a New York theater
but commented the the Federal Bureau of Investigation was
lucky to catch her. She stated that there were many
Weatherman fugitives current living in the underground,

 

 

 

 

 

 

but that in over a year the ,ederal 3 Investigation
-had onl captured only two of them. stated that
was.one of the strongest and mos courageOus
erwom

Wea' an and that she was sure that she could stand up
She stated that the Government had set

. hail so high that there was no way she could get
;ail on bail. She urged all members to write to
I and tell her that they were standing behind Tff:ff?n

 

 

 

in care of Cook County Jail, Chicago. L1,

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Following the interviewed
SA CRILLION C. PAYNE, II, gs;pg9a suitable pretext.
that she hated td return to Isle Vista in the

-near uture. She also statedjthat she was impressed by
the revolutionary atmosphere in the community. 

 



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(1/1u/71)

@wa

The above sources ob Lrvedl

the UCSB Student Center after

after, both the abor 1 
VOlkswagen, licensel 

 

Physical Surveillancl
Special Agents, Feds

Bureau of Investigat
Santa Barbara, Calif

(1/15/71)

During tlie course 01

while she was in Santa 
Federal Bureau of Investigatioi

pad' at wnic

1971, was

parked at this residence on th
although as not observe

 

 

 

California
Californ?a

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York 

 

Department of Motor
Ios Angeles,
(1/16/71)

Above agency reflect
tion information:

   


"a
1 

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DIANNA OUGHTON) 0?

 

[leaving
meeting at 3:30 PM. There-
bserved enter a

 

 

?thl 
be
by b7C
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on.
rnia

1
a surveillance oflgl
irbara, Special Agen 

determined that the ?crash

visited on the night of January l2 and 13,

following vehicles were
evening of January 15, 1971,
there at the time:

Vehicles (DMV)
Califon

nia

the followir registra~

 

1 registered 

 

a Lie 2 WQEB On-

 

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Department of Motor
(DMV) Records

New York, New

(1/16/79

York

he above agency fil
is registere?

vehicles

 

,es reflect that/?g
to

 

 

pendix),

Easels?)

 

 

Queens
to

New York.

reflects the followj

??hmbex

A New York License iss?ed

ml

 

Date of



 

 

desoript'

 

birthl

 

 

 

 

Files of the Fedora
of Investigation

Los Angeles, Califon


 

 

residence
 Q??ens, New \jL/ A
b6
Bureau b7c
mi a

 



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this office.

contained in the files of
he files of the New York Office

.of the Federal Bureau of Investigation do not

reflect anv additiOI

1al information regarding

 

Records, Tax Assess
Santa Barbara Count

(2/5/71)

The above records 3
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how thatl

or's Office


 

 

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,anta Barbara, is the owner of 5
record for the prope?t? atl 
Santa Barbara. Raj?:

Physical surveillan
Federal Bureau of Investigati
in the Isla Vista Community 0
through the evening of that 

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on ofl
January 15, 197l, and up
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H. INTERVIEWS OF

 

 

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Los Angeles, Califor:

(4/6/70)

 

 

 

 

 

was interviewed by Special Agents of the
Federal Purean of Investigation

at her

 

 

regarding

slice of employment

 

 

stated that sh
January 1970, atl

She stated at she has had no
that time. stated th
and have no_ corresponded with

?thing they have in common i
She stated that at the time sh
in-Chicago and indicated that
an undisclosed charge. She sa
office should she receive info

of her sister.
stated that oh

affiliation wit; the CCL?andiw

membership in the organization



Interview of

last sawl Iin late

I
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do not
one another and the only

contact withl
at she and


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she had to.appear in court for
id that she would contact this
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the interviewing agents

and that the purpose of the interview was to obtain any
information which she may possess regarding  

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stated that sh:
with since
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during January. She also stat:

would have no reason for contaetin her. She denied that she
during the month of Februar'.

had had any contact with

She further denied that she knowsl

 

 

 

or that she has been in contact with anyone
at reS' 'n Sylmar, California. She denied
knOWing anyone in family. 

In.conclusion, 

 

 

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not nr?mherate th the FBI in locatin on the basis

that I She was advised of the provisions of

 

the Barbering Statute. 

 

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SAs M. WESLEY SWEARINGEN and
IKMFENEETH N. 

 

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NEWSPAPER ARTIC uS CONCERNING

 



 

The following article was published in the
January 8, issue of the

newspaper.

 

 

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ETETER JENNIFER TO THE STATEEHWI
AFTER VISITING POLITICAL EXILES ELDRIDGE CLEAVER AND TIMOTHY
LEARY IN ALGERIA, AND ACCOMPANYING LEARY ON AN ATTEMPTED
MEETING WITH AL FATAH IN LEBANON. LAST WEEK SHE VISITED GOOD

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MWtober 19012 the opportunity tO go to Alger1a have a? paper every week because it? their only 9
with five other people. Timothy had been out about way of 1-3311}: being a part of this ovement, .. 1
three weeks when I arrived. It?s really a trip to for us to relate to them 1
get on an airplane and get off a day later in Africa One (pf the 111111115 that struck 1 - over. and over
and there 8 Timothy Leary and Eldl? 1dge Cleaver was how hard it is to be in exi .One of the first
to greet you two men I?d never met but really imd things Eldridge would say 13 "w much he wanted
portant beautiful people. The first week I spent ?to be back because fighting one own country
just gattil?lg to know the people there, the Panthers is reany important - ec, ssary to a revolution-
and Rosemary and Timothy, building up a kind of ary. When we were\ . had a birthday party
trust getting close to people so that we could have for THEL and Bob i re We had a really nice .3 . -
a friendship. celeb?tiou for .7 uirthday and freedom and 

The Panthers 111 Eldridge and Kath- for fighting {01- ubb 3 freedom
leen two Panthers from the New York 21 both of I
them underground in this country for a Year and a GT: What about ports that the Algerian govern-
half. The Panthers have been granted the status ment is hostile to the us. political refugees?
of a national liberation front and been given an em- . . . 7 
bassy and they?ve established diplomatic relations 1115 1101 11? . at all. There was never a question
with people like the North Vietnamese and the 31,0111 Tim- 3 getting 13011111231 asylum; it was
North Koreans. When you re there ther,e the first granted soon as he was there The Panthers
feeling YOU set is that 1?6 a diplomat wouldn? ave been given an embassy and invited
AIEIBTS IS a 900d place 130 be 1' 1th now- One to all ose meetings and affairs unless they were
reason for this is the easy access of this country. in a 113, good 1103111011 there

You can fly right there. Another thing is that every
national liberation front in the world has a centei
there which I don? think happens in any other.
- city. The Panthers have the opportunity to set up
what they call- a people 5 embassy and they really
see themselves as an international part of this;

'nk the whole image was perpetrated to
it seem like we couldn?t go anywhere.

trip for
to Midd with 
6 1manrnla?w?1i?ldearshall D. C.

chairman of the Panther?
movement settmg relations for 311 Of 113- We' rDefense Fund and Timothy and myself went to the or;
found that out on the t1 in to the Middle East becau ?Middle ast What happened a '11 en We 31..i
of a whole series of communications. We wer 1n mopposed? mpg; PAL
Cairo and all the lines between Cairo and Al ers 1111311111613 of M?g?awho were then going to 1211a
were down. It took four days to send awi- mew-r" 
found out that Eldridge had the Chinese
and the North Vietnamese looking for
at one point the K01eans wired Kum Sung and
he sent a wire to Cairo saying tha they should
find us because we were their comr des. And that
position is because of the work ridge has done
in establishing diplomatic rel 0113 with other 
countries. At the same. time i 3 very cont radic-
tory in Algiers now becaus the government is
beginning to negotiate dipl natic relations with
the U.S. and if that does ha en it?scertainly going
to have an effect as far that being a sanctuary.
I think the impressi that I?ve had of Eldridge
is that he 3 one of ti walmest most open revo-
lutionaries that I?ve net very c111 ect very b1 11-
Iiant. He has the ility to pelceive relations. lie
really has an un rstanding of youth cultule un-
derstands that ?s a involutionary f01ce in this
country. One the biggest problems fail the Pan-
thers in Alta rs is that they re very isolated from
nt I1e1e vel cut off People in this
'111? they?re on the moon 01 something: 11d - 7 .1
theyc can call them or ite them. Be~ 

. 

.

Doesn?t the got-'ernment hold back a lot
I the stuff that?s sent to them?

it, I
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us into Damascus or Aman, dependingon howheav

the fighting was in Aman that week. 7
When we arrived in Beirut there was no one

there to meet us. At this point we weren?t too up-

 

set because we didn't know anything about Beirut 

at the time, so we thought we?d just go to a hotel
for the night and wake up and make contact the next
day and that everything would be fine. So we went
off and the Lebanese government put us up in this
hotel and we went to sleep thinking everything would
be fine the next day. Well, we didn?t know a couple
of things. One was that a UPI reporter had identi?
fied Timothy on the plane from Cairo to Beirut
and put it out over the wire the first night that we
were there in the city. The second thing was that
the hotel that the Lebanese government had rec?
comended turned out to be the headquarters for
Western press in Beirut. So after two days We
found out that CBS had the room next door, News:-
week and everyone was in this hotel. So we get up
the next morning thinking that we?d just have

breakfast a go out and meet the Al
gFateh. So 
Mel room and find reporters on top of cars
with telescopic lenses. Every time I opened the
door, men would grab me and try to drag me into
the hall to make a statement.

This incredible situation developed that the
Western press in their determination to get a
Istory on Tim Leary completely endangered our
gsafety Patch in

 
     

   
     

I 
-on us. ere?s no extradition t'reaty in Lebanon so
Lebanese government couldn?t arrest us but
they were being put in a position of going tohave 5
to ask us to leave. It was a very complicated situ-?i 
:tion, mainly because Beirut is like a completely: 
?pen city where anything goes. For Timothy and} i
D.C. it was like being in Hare wasi .
that serious. . - 

What finally happened on the Middle East trip is

I tl'r?it'TlTE p'ress situation in Beirut made it lament r?

to return to Algiers. At one point we had near
that was going to take us to Damascus but without
the proper contacts with the guerrilla forces it
would have been very dangerous to go further in.
So we decided to return to Algeria until that whole
problem straightened up. We went back through
Cairo and Egyptian authorities checked us out and a 
were ery. warm to us. While we were in Cairo we
went to the Algerian embassy and the ambassador
came in and was very happy to see us and arranged
for our flight back. 

To ?y from Cairo to Algiers is really compli-
cated. You haveto go throngh Tunis and Tripoli.
Tunis is another open city so we couldn't go through
customs and get off the plane, especially at this
point, because everyone in the world knew where
we were every minute.'So they arranged for om
flight back. . -

To ?y from Cairo to Algiers is really compli-
cated. You have to go through Tunis and Tripoli.
Tunis is another open city so we couldn?t go through
customs and get off the plane, especially at this
point because everyone. So they arranged for our
?ight back so that we would never have to get
off the plane and we were with Algerians the whole
way back. -

While we were in Cairo we met with the Middle
East press and talked to. a lot of people there. The
three things they knew about were the Black Pan-
ther Party, the bombings in this country and Mob-
ammecl A11. Mostly they wanted to talk about him
because he?s a big hero to them. It was really sad
that we couldn?t meet with the Palestinians because
the people in the Middle East are such beautiful
people . 
found out a lot about what the pig press is
like. We tried to take an attitude that said, like -
our security, our safety is the first thing and as
soon as we?re in a safe place, we?ll talk to the
press, but our first concern is to get out of here
alive. And they, for very definite reasons could
only print the most outrageous kinds of things
like headlines saying ?The High Priest of Hash-
hish? is in town. It?s really amazing, people will
ask me questions like, "How was Tim Leary re?
ceived in places in Algeria and the Middle East?"
He?s received very well and it?s because of this
human consciousness that he has about explaining
about crugs. Reporters would say, Dr. Leary
could you tell us what LSD is? and he?d explain 
what the whole movement has been about in this l,
coenmrfexplaining that dope is a very imporm'it 

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part of our culture and that it?svery revolutionary,
and what it?s meant in this country in the last
ten years. You know dropping out of this society?s
values, turning on, the whole political movement
that?s developed from that. He?ll explain that and
at the same time say, but Iunder stand that in other
cultures, in different societies, and even in the
same culture at a different time, dope can play
a very different role?like it?s certainly different
in the ghetto in this country than in the youth cul-
ture.

In Algeria and in the Middle East dope has been
used as a very oppressive thing and the revolut-
ionaries have all had to fight against it, but the
attitude that Timothy has and we all had was to
be very open and understanding, and asking about
that he was received very well. He was respected



. . il-
.l and he really wanted to learn about the revolution!
in other places, so there was never any problem

to our meeting with reVOlutionary groups about
Timothy Leary's position in the movement.

We mostly were going to meet with Al Fateh.
It?s not a revolutionary more
like a loosely knit nationalist organization. "They
are the ones who have relations with the Algerian
government. There are posters for Al Fateh all
over the Cairo airport and the rest of the city.
The thing about the people, like in Cairo, is that
they really look to the movement to the black
struggle, to the youth movement. They really see
a revolution in this countryand it?s totally con-
nected with their own freedom. They really look
to'this country for leadership. There?s an incred-.
ible sense that this is the real heart. 7 

I want to say that my sister, Bernadine was
never in Algiers. It?s really an important fhing
to understand because when I got back and found
out the whole story that had developed about her

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lbeing there I found that

peopletwere really de-
pressed and

shaken about it; It had the effect

of 7 people saying that it really wasn?t like the pic-

ture we getof how it is t'obe underground. Like
maybe it wasn?t true and maybe they couldn?t
make it. It is a defeating kind of feeling that
people had about it. It's important for people to
understand that she is here.

Let?s talk about Timothy.

People ask all the time why did be change and
how he has changed and what he?s like now. I
think there are a couple of things that caused his
development to wanting to become a revolutionary.
One is that he saw in the whole youth movement
that developed around him- ?the dropping acid and
dropping outnthat you can find internal 
he saw that the people who took only that road
with very self ~indulgent totally degenerfw





  

the history of it in their own revolutions meanii

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51:58.ior1n that there 5 an imp .
. 51:1; people all artound the 
revo tons - i
That we need two kinds 0 
re not separ re all abogtbb?ld 1
ing a revolutionary, Wth11 18 like fighting

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new men and women,try1ngtobulld new structure 

new ways of living. That?ls :hiat ?23,332;
..that we?re trying to 1v 
to build new men and women, try?l'rhgatE:
ctures new ways of livmg. 

build new stru ng to live
what we?re really we?re also figuring ahrevolution.

'ave one without I ot er.
ca'll?itrhlothy said in this tape I brought 31:13:: gist: .
a political revolutionary who 1sn ltg?rge seeks to
political robot, and the system to destro ing
build is no better than til: one he canreally began to see . 
3nd find a nirvana when you can wall;1 in: Egg-list
or Watts and be hit with the gene-Cid 

blacks and people all ove

pressed. You can?t just .go off and think that yen

can find a new kind of internal freedom- .

Going to jail and being in guess it Was
nine or ten changed him. He
says that he really began planning his escape from
the moment he entered prison. He was very care-
ful about not having press conferences, about not
being a public figure, he conviced Reagan and all
the state authorities that he was a very harmless
man who should be put in minimum security. In
fact the day before he escaped, he cleaned out his
locker and taped inside the. door a newspaper
clipping that said that Gov. Reagan says Timothy
Leary was a completely harmless man who could
be put in minimum security. He just under lined
it in red and taped it to the inside of his locker,
knowing that they would find it a day later when
he was free.? He worked out a lot when he was in
prison and he?s very strong.

The day of his escape two pigs came to the
don?t know if they were FBI or what.
But they were gong to take him to New York _7
where he was going to be tried on some other
char ges and these pigs knew him bec ause they had
been chasing him and busting him for years. So
they called him into the warden?s office and said
?Timothy, we have to take you back to New York.
We can either leave today and drive or wait ?til
Monday and fly back." So he said "Whydon?t
you take the weekend off and we?ll fly in on Mon?
day. That?s fine with me." He had this great
image that they?d go off and get drunk for the week-
end . and wake on Monday and find these headlines
that Timothy Leary had escaped.

In his actual escape he found that he couldn?t
go out of the prison as he had actually planned.
lie in fact had to climb over a part of the wall
that was under floodlights with guards walking
back and forth. He got halfway up this wall and
his hands were all cut from the was just 7
hanging there not knowing if he could make it.
He said that the thought he had was if they shoot
me I want to fall over the wall to let people know
I was trying to be free. He also carried out a
statement he had written in prison that was later
released. . It shows he was in a good place?before.-
he'ce apcd.

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The week that he spent ith the Weather under?
ground was a really incredi-le experience for him.
The first night he was takn to a house in the city
and found everything he 1d have wanted while
he was in prison. He had . bubble bath and there
was a refrigerator full of cod lots of dope. And
the next day he was out on the streets walking
around. He said he was errified of this image
en to some basement
or to some mountain topJ ut that we?re certainly
not going to be around pee-1e. But he was in dis?
guise and had a new i.d.

He said he was with We.ther brothers and sis?
ters who. are so confiden who are part of the
youth culture in this countr and so they can move
around anywhere. They?r us. And because they
areJ they can move in so I any places. They can
go wherever we go. And tley?ve developed a real
strength and confidence wh ch he couldn?t help but
feel. So he learned this whale new way of moving.

The got in a car the firt day and were driving
down the street when this arload of freaks drove
by started honking the ho and waving, causing
alf this commotion so Tim panicked that someone
had recognized him, but kind of smiled and
waved back and then a We. her sister sitting next
to him said, ?That was Mak Rudd who just waved
to you. Another thing Ti did during that week
was the day Jimi Hendrix was a very
good friend of Timothy?s" he and Rosemary and
Bernadine and Jeff Jones ..ot stoned and went to

see ?Woodstock?, which as a very meaningful

thing for him.

I won't compare Eldridge and Timothy but they?re
two of the most brilliant people I've ever met.
one another and they
have a lot to learn from another. There?s a
real sense of friendship bet een them. Eldridge?s
whole understanding about acid and dope is really
right on. When we went to Algiers we found out
that his favorite records are by Bob Dylan and

Leonard Cohen so we bou him a wholetbunch'

of their records. But he?s u- -n learninga lot from
Timothy. 
And Timothy and Rosem. y,..you go into their
sychedelic room with
31 these bright colors and i ense and warmth and
you see copies of all Ki Il Sung?s works that
Timothy?s reading. He?s ripping on reading it.
It?s like this whole new ing that really fits in.
His becoming a revolutio ary is something that
some people View as just a other trip or that he?s
mouthing words that he drsn?t believe like he?s
bee brainwashed or some: 1g, but I found bybeing
with him that it?s a natural process that he?s
struggling through things (1 finding that his pro-
gression toward wanting to necome arevolutionary
is a very natural thing.

  



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.1 

The following article appeared in the January 17,
1971, issue of the Santa Barbara. ?Nears-Press, a daily news?
paper published in Santa Barbara: 
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'Women's Place Re!

By Jenny Perry
News-Press Staff Writer

?The cutting edge of the
revolution is where women?s
liberation fits into The Move
ment, said Jennifer Dohrn in
an Isla Vista interview Fri-
day.

Jennifer is the one watched
by the FBI, not one of its 10
most wanted. ?That's
nadine, her sister, one of the
leader? sof what Jennifer calls
The eatherpeople who split-
ting/from Students for a Dem-
ocy?xtic Society to set some



strategic bombs,
United States what may be its
most efficient
since the Civil War railway.
Here to visit friends was
here a lot this summer,? she
explained), she rapped at? the
UCen Thursday, the day after
Huey Newton didn?t, and
a (1 some observations
about women in Algeria and

the Mideast with a woman's 7

studies class at UCSB. 

She made it perfectly clear-

that ?cutting edge? refers to
women in the United States as
well as theiforeign parts she

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gave the 

widerground 

   
  
  
  
     
 
  
 
  

?even in Algeria
they are really enslav-
and women like ?An?
my sister,? she says
xamples of women in

re ?responding as pet?
Angela and my sister in

good that men in the move?
- ment are coming to under-

stand their own liberation is
invol ed, 1200.?

FOR DESTINY

?In Algeria, women are
fighti for their own libera?
the context of ?ghting
destiny of all,? she
?literally changing their

not destroy

Vietnamese
part-i ularly, are an inspira-
she added. ?You go in
. knowing: how
have suffered. (3 Nine,
?lf :1 revolutionary. and
you t'em?nle. But they are so
incre ible. They wonder at
your
a re? ,lulionary 
mons
it."

Win: revolution'aiy
does she

women,

?inside the
er,? is the 11-11}? they put

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Title:

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Miss Dohrn ?and a lot of
leadership will come from
Women. On March 8, Interra-
itional Women?s Day, there-?1!
ibe a march on the Pentaghn
to say we? re building a revolu-
tion not just working on wom-
en?s issues. And March 6
will be observed, the day
Sister Diana died in the New
York townhouse. . 3"

Turkish AND TALKED

How does she know? ?We
talked and talked at the Now
flattens Celebratioin in Bulle?
lp the week before Thanksgiv-
ihg," said Miss Dohr?n, ?really
wondering about things like,

 

 

 

 

 



well, now we have an an
derground what does it mean,
how do you get back to the
people and the streets. .

?Then, too, this spring Viet-
namese and Mideast women
and others are to gather in
Canada in Toronto and then
Vancouver to talk about them-
selves as women and, well,
just everything.? 

In California she predicts
?actions around the Soledad
brothers,? and says she is
saddened by the lack of reac-v
tion to ?that great revolu-
tionary man, Ruchell Magee,
bound and gagged in a United
States court, with all the jokes
about the judiciary of other
countries.?

Asked whether her refer-
ences to actions do not lend
credence to charges of foreign
influences on American youth,
Miss Dohrn said ?The thing
people here don?t understand
is how their young could grow
up to be revolutionaries, par?
ticularly people with PhD?s
and bright futures. We look.?

IN WATTS

She mentioned working
three years in Wat-ts in factor-
ies and one in South Chicago
in old line labor organizations
the rhetoric gets
pretty thick.? A traveling

1 companion, Julie Nichamin
talked of years spent in south?
ern Mexico and Guatemala.

?The establishment press is
really hurting my parents,?
says Miss Dohrn. ?They
neat, conservative people
for a long time the press 
af er them, looking for that
one thing that would account
for us. Finally they lit on Ber?

nadine?s trip to Cuba. But she
went. because she was inter-
ested, not 
around.?
Miss Nichaniin adds, ?The
first thing I saw in Cuba were
the things that weren?t there
the distended stomachs,
children lying on the streets
beggars of Mexico and Gun
female and the hunger you
can see here if you look.?

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NOT TRUE that Timothy Leary, Rosemolry,
Eldridge and were virtually prisoners in Algeridf'
says Jennifer Dohrn explaining that the press cte?
oted security problems in the tour of neighboring

countries.

even understand what?s in-
volved in two people sitting
down to talk in a room."
Asked about this week?s
Newsweek report of Cuba?s
6'16 year old school dropout
rate of 25 percent, Miss Dohrn
and Miss Nichamin said the
generation thing is something
all revolutions face. ?The
Chinese faced this, and it is
part of what led to the later
cultural revolution,? said Miss
Nichamin, ?because young
people felt a new bureaucracy

was being established."

understand Fidel said
something about this in his
first of the year broadcast,"
said Miss Dohrn. wouldn't
want. to say much about it
without knowing much more,
but every revolution runs into
this problem of com?
municating with people who
were babies or unborn when
the heavy actions took place."

She was, of (burst: "asked
about at: with


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Bernadine and whether she
was sure her sister was alive
and well.

?It?s been a year this mouth
since I saw her,? shesaid,
?but I feel as close asgeve-r.
We are at work and in that we
are together. Then there are
the personal anecdotes. from
Rosemary and Timothy; who
lived with her, and other
friends. And the communi-
ques.

?Of course I?m afraid some-
times. But you learn to live
with it, not he stepped, para-
lyzed. How to be happy"

To Miss Dohrn, this learnilig
is the difference between the
revoluzion she is working for
and those of the past. ?We are
building our new world as we
sle said

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and 1 "ad a long talk a year-ago
Christmas," Jennifer Dohrn explained in an Isla
Vista interview, ?abo what it meant to be c: revo-
lutionary, and now an?t imagine being anything
but cl. revolutionary oman."

s~Press photos by ?Bob Ponce

ARE THE That's what those
men in that New York jail asked the Panther 21

i
lawyer who was allowed chrnal?i 

sadden me,? say: Jernifer Dohrn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The following article was Published in the
January 18,1971, issue of the UCSB 'Daily Nexus which
is the regular campus newspaper at. UCSB: [Al


RonaklReagan-4734

 

 

  

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By RAY TIGER . I

DN Staff Writer ?a 

i ?Making a revolution has to be done on all levels, from pla ning a

igally to blowing something up,? stated Jennifer Dohrn at a therin'g 

held in the UCen Program Lounge last Thursday. (Indlcoie page. name of 
The sister of the fugitive Weatherwoman Bernadette Dohrn talked newspaper, city and slate?

about her recent trip to Algeria and radical plans for this comin spring
to an attentive crowd of about 125 people. 

?The Vietnamese feel that they can overthrow the Saigon
government this spring but there must be a movement in th 
gelcalled Miss Dohrn from her visit with a Vietnamese delega ion in

germ. .

Although she repeatly said, lot is going?to happen this pring?
nothing was made de?nite in the large meeting. 

However, the meeting?s purpose was not to plan speci?c eve its but
instead in Miss Dohrn?s words ?to get people thinking about th spring
offensive.? .

One person in the crowd asked Dohrn if she knew ho
in touch with east coast radical groups. Another man asked if sh
how members of the underground?sustained themselves. 

?People on the east coast know about Isla Vista and look a it as a 3
real source of activity for the spring,? observed Miss Dohrn fr in her
travels throughout the east. - 

is lin the planning Miss 'Dohrn com ented. 8 Fe I .

_ou peop attended a New Nation Celebration in Buf 310 -
?uid revolutionary movements, and plans are being made for Kent; UCSB D8 113' Nexus 
(felebrationand the closing of Washington D.C. in early MayMiss Dohrn described her trip to Algeria where she me with Calif 07m 18? 
Timothy Leary, Black Panthers including Eldridge Cleaver and some 53:31:28 Barba 1?8 

 
  
 
  
 
 

toget
knew

Algerian students ?as a time to get to know each otherl-She revealed Leary had planned his escape while he co Vince'd
Afuthorities he was ?harmless.? on the night of his escape he ted an Dale: l/y 7/7/
article in his jail locker quoting Gov. Reagan as saying he as not Edmom
dangerous and could be put in a minimal security prison. ?2
Leary is presently in Algeria with his wife, Rosemary writing book 
about his escape. Editor: LARRY G8
felt like a foreign diplOmat in Algeria because the Black nthers . Tme,
have an embassy as have most liberation fronts in Algeria,? stat Miss
Dohrn.
?It seemed like you had a good time over in Algeria but what nsight
into American political struggles did you get,? someone in the crowd Character:
asked. or
Miss Dohrn did not answer the question but said she just ta ed to Classification:
People about the youth culture in America and found out abou some .m WHCW A
Of their problems. 1: in: no -
?I?ll let you slide on that,? the man sarcasticaily said. Ci 2mm 

Miss Dohrn continued saying, ?We won?t destroy the state

 

tomorrow,? alluding to the New York townhouse bombing. ?Vie have
to live and be new kinds of people. It must be a revolution i every 
senSe of the word.? 

Eln Algeria, Mim Dohrn said, she talked to Algerian students WI had
been jailed and tortured for their political activities. ?The (the
students) know that there must be a cultural revolution befor there
can be a political one." 

 

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COMPOSITE
AND DESCR

PHYSICAL
DATQ

 

The following
sources and informants:

Name

Alias

Race

Sex

Date of Birth

Place of Birth

Height

Weight

Hair

Eyes

Social Security Fumi
7 California Driver 

License
United States Passpc

Education

Residence

Previous Residences
Novembe: 1950 to
June 1963

data 

be?



 

as obtained from the above

 

 

 

 

Caucasian
Female

 

Chicago, Illinois
5' 5H

be.
125 pounds b7c

. Brown 
Brown

 

 

 

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:expired) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.Milwaukee, 

(graduated 1963)

-UniverSity of Chicago?
Chicago. Illinois

 

University of Califoxnia
at Ios Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, California

(1957)

 

 

 

iley, Caiifornia
January 19(1)


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June 1963, to
August 1965

August 1965, to
August 1967

1_ August 1967, to
K?s October 1967

October 1967 to
February 196?

February 1968, to
February?l959

February 1969, to
June 1969

June 1969; to
August 1909

-September 1969, to
Date Unknown

July 1970

July 1970, to
October 1970

As of December 4,

i As of December 197

As of January 1971

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RiVer Forest, Illinois

 

 

 

 

Oak Park, Illin01s

 

 

 

 

Los angeles, uaiixornia

 

Venice, California

 

San Pedro, California

 

 

 

Los Angeles, Calliornia

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, Gall ornia

 

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

 

 

Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

 

1970



 

San Pedro, California
(mailing address only)

 

 

New York City, New 

 

 

 

 

San EranCisco, California
(not verified)

 

 

 

 

San Francisco, CalifOrnia
(not verified}

RonaklReagan- 8

mam?.

300-73358

  

Past Employment

 

February 1962, t?x?
June 1963 

 

 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

 

July 1964, to

 

 

January 1965 Chicago, Illinois
July 1963, td I be
January 1966 b7c_

 

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

January 1965, to
July?l966

 

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

May 1966, to
May 1967

7 Chicago, Illinois 
July 1966, to 7 

August 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

February 1968, to
June 1969

 

 

 

Gardeha,_California

 

June 1969, to
August 1969

 

 

 

South Gate, California'

August 1969, to United States Post Office
October 1969 Los Angeles, California

 

October 1969, to
February 19?0

 

 

 

Los Angeles, California

 

February l9?0, to
. July 1970

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Relatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(whereabouts a?known)

 

 

 

 

 

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IV. 

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STEWART EDWARD ALBERT

APPENDIX

 

 

ALBERT was arrested 
bances during the Democratic Na
publicly Known as a leader of 1

(YIP) (see appendix).

APPENDIX.

92



 

 

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Ln the Chicago 1968, disturu
ational Convention. He is
the Youth International Party

U,

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lat the University
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of California (UCSB), who
He-is known as a supporter of
*s at UCSB.

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(see axppendix) and a member oi that

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collective.
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 a Weatherman fugitive. 

 

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a public:
Weatherman see appendix), was

Grand Jury, illinoie, in Decem]
tion in the Days of Rage Demon:
Chicago, October 1969. On Jul:
by the Federal Grand Jury, Eas-

Ly Known member of he
indicted by the Co County
per 1969, for his rticipa?
stration by the Wee herman in
23, 1970, he wesiindicted
tern District of Michigan,for

a violation of Title 18, Section 371, United States Code

(Conspiracy to Commit Bombings).

On September 9, 1970, he

received five years probtiiohery sentence on the first of

the above charges.

 



 



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I a publicly Kn{
was indicted on April 2, 1970,
Chicago5 Illinois, for viola?i
'was apprehended by the Federal
December 17, 1970, at New York

 

 

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ENDIX

 

 
 

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own member of the Weathermen,
by the Federal Grand Jury at
on of the Anti-Riot Law and
Bureau of Investigation on

5' 

ELDRIDGE

 

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CIJEAVER

 

CLEAVER was describe
the"Los Angeles Times?, Octobe
the Minister of Information of

in an article appearing in
28, 1970, issue, page 7, as
the Black Panther Party (BPP)

(see appendix), and is currently residinE in Algiers, a

fugitive from the State of Cal

ifornia.

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KATHLEEN CLEAVER

KATHLEEN CLEAVER is ?he wife of ELDRIDGE CLEAVER
and is publicly Known as the communication Secretary of the
Black Panther Party (BPP).

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10/7 70 lO/d6/?C\
?ne source ad.vised ticsatl is no longer
involved Ln any political mo;ement was involved in

1970.

 

 

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Wat ts but was expelled along with during July

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a member of the

Los Angeles Provisional Organizing Committee for a Marxist 

Leninist Communist Party (see

Communist Party). t/k/I

APP:

-appendix under American Worker?s

3%?ift

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1.01 

Ron?d Reagan-4751

 

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was one of eig
Federal Grand Jury, Northern I
in March 1969, on.charges of 
in connection with his partidi
which.occurred during the Demc
Chicago in August 1968. On FE
guilty and sentenced to five 3
remains a publicly acknowledge
Mobilization Committee (see a;

Committee). u/

persons indicted by the
District of Illinois, Chicago,
riolation of the Anti?Riot Law
?pation in the demonstrations
beratic National Convention at
abruary 18, 1970, he was found
rears on February 20, 1970. He
Ed leader of the National
bpendix under New Mobilization



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is publicly Known as a leader of the
Weatherman (see appendix) underground. Federal warrants
were issued for her arrest on March 17, 1970, at Chicago,
Illinois, and on April 2, 1970, Chicago, charging her with
Interstate Flight to Avoid Prosecution for mob Action (Title 18,
Section 1073, United States Code), and violation of the Anti-
Riot Laws and Conspiracy (Title 18, Sections 2101 and 371,
United States Code). She is currently a fugitive..

 

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appeared before the Federal Grand Jury at
Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 1970, in connection with
the indictment of th

irteenWeatherman fugitives in Detroit
on?ngy 23, 1970. 


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lwas indicted March 20, 1969, for violation
of the Fe eral Anti?Riot Law for activity during the 1968
Democratic Convention and was acquitted of these charges on
February 18, 1970; however, he is currently free on bond
pending appeal of six months and fifteen days contempt cita-
tion resulting from this trial.

APPENDIX

 



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arreSted on June 10, 1970, at PerfeCt
Park, Isla is a, near the University of California (UCSB),

by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office, for his participation
in student disturbances that day. He was charged with a
violation of the County Curfew Ordinance (TomlB), and a viola?
tion of the California Penal Code, Sections 40" and 409 
(Unlawful Assembly and Refused to Disperse). 

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"The source advised thatl:ls name was on the
mailing list for the Los Angeles Committee for the Defense
of the Bill of Rights (LACDBR) (see appendix).

 

 

 

 

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publicly known as a merdber of the Weatherman.
He was in ioted on April 2,19Z0,by the Federal Grand Jury of
Chicago on charges of violation of Title 18, Section 2101,
United States Code (Ant 1- -Riot Law), and a warrant was issued

?or his arrest. He is currently in a i?ugitive status.?mg

SE (E1
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publicly known as the New York City
leader 0 the Committee to Defend the Panther (see

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LEARY is publicly Known as a former professor at
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, who was con-
victed of narcotics violations in Orange County, California,
and is purportedly recognized as the ?Guru? of the pysohedelie
phenomenon. He escaped from the California Men?s Colony, San,
Luis Obispo, California, on September 12, 1970. He is currently
in Algeria where he is staying with members of the Black Panther
Party (BPP) (see appendix) delegation. ll;

 



 

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MARKOWITZ was arrested on June 10, 1970, by the
Santa-Barbara County Sheriff?s Office for his participation
in student disturbances that day at Perfect Park in Isla
Vista. He was charged with violation of County Ordinance
70?13 (Curfew) and California Penal Code, Sections #07 and
#09 (Unlawful Assembly and?Failure to Dispurse). 

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(VB) {see appendix). She was arrested by the Chicar;o Police
Department during, the Weatherman sponsored Days of Rage

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RUBIN, a founder of the Youth Internationa Party
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Eight Defendants" indicated by the Federal Grand Ju
Chicago in Mareh'l969, for a violation of the Anti-R 0t Laws

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(see appendix), was arrested by the Chicago Police Department
on October 11, 1969, for his participation in the Days of Rage
demonstrations in Chicago sponsored by the Weatherman, and he
was indicted by the Cook County Grand Jury on December 1, 1969,
in this connection. On April 2, 1970, he was indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury, Chicago, for violation of Title 18,
Section 2101, United States Code, and a warrant was issued for
his arrest. He is currently a fugitive. He was also indicted
on July 23, 1970, United States District Court, Eastern 7
District of Michigan, for a Violation of Title 18, United States
Code, Section 837' Title 26, Section 5861 United States
Code; and Title 18, Section 371, United States Code (Illegal
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. The "Guide to Subversive Organizations_and
Publications," revised and published as of December 1, 1961,
prepared and released by the Committee on Un?American

States House of Representatives, Washington,
I D.C., states the Provisional Organizing Committee for a

MarxistwLeninist Communist rarty (PUG) was formed in August,
1958, by a number of dissatisfied Communist Party, United
States of America members'who, while in the Party,
. reierred to themselves as the MarxistmLeniniSt Caucus. The
FCC leaders and participants, later expelled from the Communist
. Party, "are intent upon deing all within their power to-

'speed the achievement of the.goals of international communism,"

A source advised on July 12, 1968, that a.Nationa1
-Convention of the P00 was held in ?ew York City on July 5 and 6,

- 1968. At this Convention the name of the FCC was changed to

.: American Workers? Communist Party (AWCP) to broaden the contact

-possibilities and permit growth. 'The AWCP will operate in
-a similar_manner as the POC with no substantial change of pelicy.
The SWCP has~no headquarters and the majority of its membership
is-located in New York City. - -, r"

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AWCP continues to Operate in the aforementioned manner.

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According to the offiCial newspaper ofEthe Black
Panther Party (BPP), the was star ted during December 1956}
in Oaklenor California, to orgy nsze black people so they can
take controL of the life; politics, and the do stiny of the
black commun ty. was organized bv BOBBY G. SEALE EFF

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3e officie1 n- wspaper? called ?The Black Panther,
regularly tetc (33 that the. EFF advocates the use of gur33 and
guerrilla teci:3cs in its revolutionary program to end oppression
of the black.peop1e Residents of the black community are

urged to arm themserves age the police who are consistentlv

'rezf rred to as 3.33" who should he killed.
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had an article by the the en Min:Lster of Education, GECRGE 
This article enPed with the folloHing; . 

"Black men._ Blac? people, colored persons of
America, revolt eJervwhere Arm yourselves.- The'
only culture worth keeping0 is revOlutionary culture.

7 Change. Freedom everywhere. Dyna mitei Black
. power, Use the gunr Kill the pigs. everywhere."

The BPP newspaper, issue of Octobel 5, 1968f had
an article introduced with the followm? ng statement: . 'We will
not dissent from American government. We will overthrow it.?

HILLI ARE, Chief of St e?f, BPP, in a speech
at the San Francisco Polo Field on No: ember 15,1969, se.id
?We will kill RICHARD h1310n."

DAVID in ?The New York Times issue of
Dece .mher 13, 1969 was quoted as follows. "We advocate 
very direct overthlow of the govern.ent by way of force and
violence. 



 

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Black Panther Party For 

e'of April 25, the newspaper
art 018 b* Ministef of Culture,L EMORE as

."The onl" may to ma he this raci-st US.government
administer jugtjce to the people it is Oppxes sing, is
taking up aims igafnst this governme ant.
kill:ing the officials 11 the reactionar; forces
dead, and th0$e nthat are Jeft turn their
weapons on their sumeriors thereby passing
revelationary judge meat against the number one

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The above is publicly known as a group whose purpose
is to organize support for a group of 21 Black Panther Party
(BBP) (see appendix) members from New York who-were charged
with conspiracy to bomb public buildings and monuments in
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Communist League, meaty?

Watts Equal Rights Council 

 

2_ On January 29, 1969, a Confidential source advised
that the California Communist League which also uses
the name Watts Equal Rights Council, was founded at a
conference held January 25 and 25, 1969, in Los Angeles,
California.? . 7 . - 

On'May 18, 1970, the above confidential source
adVised that the.aims and purposes of the CCL, which

then continued to exist, were to overthrow the present

form of the-United States Government by_revoiutionary

action and establish a government_in which the laboring class
will rule.. - a:

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advised that the CCL had changed its name to the_ . 
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Formerly Heowe es 7
Los Angeles Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 

A source advised in May 19709 that the LAGDBR has
expanded its fermer scope of interest relating to the foreign

'-born, and has become a militant general defense oeganizatioe

as indivi=
seeking
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allegedly seeking to safeguard the rights of vari
dualss including the foreign bore? as well as tho?
to avoid military servioe in the ?rme? Foroee of
Stateso Also, it now providea bail and defense a
militant students and militant black nationalists
been arreeted during the oouree of various demons

 

The is a noewmemberehip organization which
is represented by an ?dmieietrative Board of about 100.
individualss most of whom are from area oommitteea intereeted
in the work of the LAGDBRO These board members are iovite? by
ROSE Executive of the who is the guidieggr?
dominant, and motivating force behind the LAGEERO Its head?
quarters are maintained at 326 Meet Third Streetg?Loe Aegeleeg
Californian 

Another source. advieed in March 19709 that 

CHERNIN is a current active member of the Eietriet Committee
of the Southern California Dietriot Communist Party 

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The House Committee oh UhuAmeIiL an Activities
Houise Report 3123, September 211950,ciLes the Nat ional
Lawber.s Guild (NLG) as a communist front which is the
foremost lega.l bulwark of the Comznuhist Party?

A scarce advised during April l969, that the

President of the NLG stated ate hahouet held in
New fork City on April l2, 1959: that the NEG has organized
-yoahg people to work in a radical movemeh which is? es eeRihg
to destroy a corrupt,?violent society

A second source advised on April 17, l959

the President of the New York Chapter of the NLG spoRe at

above banquet stating; that the purpose of the NLG is to
adve ace the social revolution" taking place :ih this country
In furtheraiice of this purpose, the NLG has established
Student Guild Chapters and given counsel co draft lesisters
and military personnel seeking peace. 

A third sou.rce furnished information on October 

:1969, that the NLG is goin.g through a change whic is ev d: ed
by dissensi on  oetweeh the young and old members the guild:

. R. ROESCH, Hahford and Henderson Corporation,
Tl Murray Street, New York City, advised on May 20, 1970, that
the NLG currently occupies the ninth floor at 1 Hudson Street,
New York, New York, with a lease until Apri.l l9?



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The New Mobilization Committee to End the War in
Vietnam (NEG), formerly knowe as the ?ational Mobilization
Committee to End the War in Vietnam, is the outgrowth of the
Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
which was an Ad Hoe organization eompose? of several anti~
war groups which organized mess rallies in New York and San
Francisco on April 153.1967, to protest the United States
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIQE

The above was publicly known as a Black Panther
Party (see appendix) sponsored convention, held in Washington,
D. C., from November 25, 1970, to November 29, 1970, with the
publicly stated purpose of preposing a new revolutionary
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A source advised that the Revolutionary Youth

Movement II (RYMII) faction of Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS) held a national conference at Atlanta, Georgia,
from November.26 to 30, 1969. At this conference it was
decided to form a new organization to be known as Revolutionary
Youth Movement (RYE), characterized as a mass antiuinperialist
youth organisation, said organisation being proposed as
separate and distinct in form and content from The

Principles of Unity? adopted by the conference included a

'struggle against white supremacy and male supremacy; fights

against imperialism, anticommunism, fascism and oppression
of youth; and support of the right'of selfndetermination of
all ?oppressed nations,"ualso support of the right of all?
'oppressed and exploited peoples to armed selfwdefense,'
It was agreed that RYE would not be a MarxistuLeninist
organization; however, source said this was decided in order

to indicate an organization broad enough in form to be

acceptable to everyone. A temporary National Steering

Committee (NSC) made up of eight females and two males was

elected to govern RYM until national officers could be if
elected during the Spring of 1970.

RYM publications have listed the RYM National Office
(KG) at Post Office Box 5421 and Post Office Box 7?012 C,
bosn Atlanta, Georgia, and a second source has advised that
the NO has no office space but would probably be considered as
located at Apartment 27, 1067 Alta Avenue, Northeast, Atlanta.

Second source advised that women dominated the
founding conference and have continued to dominate NSC
meetings to the point that "women?s liberation" has apparently
become the principal issue also that RYM's poor
financial condition has resulted in its failure to publish
a paper. During early 1970, RYM has decided to cater to
the working class rather than youth, since the potential for
for social revolution lies in workers.

A third source has stated that it was decided at
the March 1970, NSC meeting that RYM women had decided the
organization will be molded into a "working class, Marxist~
Leninist, revolutionary, antiwimperialist,_problack
nationalist, peeple's women's liberation organization.?

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SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE

 

The Mime Troupe is publicly known as an underground
guerrilla theater group that travels from campus to campus
in the San Francisco area. Its office address is 14-50 Alabama,
San-Francisco, and many members reside together at 922
Carolina Street, San Francisco. 

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On November 15, 19715 the source advised that the
?Strategic Hamlet? is a newspaper published and circulated
in the Isla Vista, California area, and its staff is composed.
of leaders of the radical student community.at the University
of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). According to the
source, these leaders make up the ?Strategic Hamlet? collective.
Its puported philosophy is that while violence may ultimately
be inevitable to'bring about the revolution, noneviolent means
should be exhausted first. 1 

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Students for a Democratic Society, commonly
known as SDS, came into existence at a founding convention

?held during June 1962, at Port Huron, Michigan. From an

initial posture of "participatory democracy," Marxist?

Leninist ideology of various shadings became predominant
during 1968-1969 with debate centering on how best to create
a revolutionary youth movement. SDS moved from involvement
in the civil rights struggle to an anti-Vietnam war position
to advocacy of a militant antiuimperialist line linking up?
the oppressed peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America

with the black liberation movement in the United States.

All major factions within SEE embrace Marxism?Leninism

and identify internationally with China, Cuba and North Vietnam
as countries leading the worldwide struggles against the
United States. However, the Soviet Union was regarded as
imperialist and with the Communist ?arty, United States of
America, ?revisionist" in nature.

SDS operated under a national constitution which
called for an annual National Convention (NC) and quarterly
National Council meetings wherein?programs were initiated
and debated. Three national officers were elected annually
with a National Interim Committee to run the organization.
Regional offices and college chapters elected delegates to
the national meetings but each functioned inde endently on
local matters. Its official publication ?Fire? (formerly
?New Left Notes") last appeared in December 1969. 7

Internal factionalism of serious preportions
developed during 1968 1969 and the followine three factions
evolved as a result of a split at the June 1989, NC:
Weatherman,.Worher Student Alliance (WSA), and Revolutionary
Youth Movement (RYM). The effect of the split on SDS chanters
throughout the country was-divisive. Some aligned With one
or the other of the three major factions. others, unable to
identify with any faction, disassociated with SDS completely
and changed names.

The SDS national office in recent years was
located-at 1608 west Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. It
was closed in February 1970. .

The Weatherman and RYM groups no longer consider
th?m??itt? :ssociated with SDS, and the WSA group refers to
'tself as the true SDS.

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Initially called the "Action Faction," Weatherman
came into being immediately before the June 1969, Students
_for a Democratic Society {398) National Convention (HG).

At this EC Weatherman won all three national officer positions
and a majority of the Hational Interim Committee as well.?
Subsequently, they took over the SDS National Office (NO)

in Chicago, and controlled its funds, paper and national
records. Although internal struggle existed until late l969,
Weatherman for all major purposes controlled SDS nationally
from June 1969, until its N0 closed in February 1970. At
this time it no longer considered itself part of SBS.

The.term Weatherman emerged from an ideological
paper prepared by its leaders entitled "You Don?t heed a
Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows" ("New Left
netee? June 18, 1969), This statement outlined the basic
stance of_heathermanz Marxist-Leninist in content but with 
strong advocacy that action not theory would bring about
revolution in the United States. 'This posture was complemented
with an international identification to the Cuban revolution
and Castro?s statement that the duty ofra revolutionary is
to make revolution. 

During October 1969, Weatherman riots in
Chicago resulted in more than 260 arrests for mob action
and related charges. A program of armed struggle was
finalized during a December 1969, "War Ocuncil wherein
terrorist tactics and political assassination were
contemplated. The basic strength of Weatherman was then
revealed to be some 300 - 350 nationally and geographically
apportioned to-the Midwest, New York, and some Northwest.

'-As its rhetoric of violence escalated, Weatherman-
leaders increasingly discussedfthe necessity of an underground
operation wherein more than 90 percent of the organization
would be submerged; ?affinity groups" of three - five members
would function independently. In February 1970, Weatherman
leaders announced a program of "strategic sabotage" with
police and military installations as primary targets.

- In February 1970, Weatherman abandoned the
SDS NO, 1608 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, and
throughout the country entered an underground status.
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WORKER STUDENT PRETY

A source advised during August 1969: that at
the National Convention (NC) of Students for a Democratic

Society (SDS) held in during June 1969,

a solit arose between the Progressive Labor Party and
the National Office the NO becoming known es the
Weatherman faction. The PLP faction drew the largest
support among those in attendance at the NC:

Source further advised dor?ng lets Summer:
1969, the faction of see established its satienal
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eedquarters (EH) on the second freer or a
building at 173A Massachusetts Avenue,'Boston, . 
The campaign on which the faction centered was to hu.ld
sorter student alliance or a campus worker 
alliance. Thus, they adopted the memes of 
Alliance (see) or Campus Worker Student Alliance.

Source stated that the ?hes Le Rotes," printed
in New York City: is the official publication of the WSA
faction:

A second source advised during January 1970,
that within the SDS, the WSA is a caucus of which the PLP
constitutes the leadership. 

A third source advised during July 1970, that
during demonstrations staged in the Boston area during the
Spring and Summer of 1970 by the NH, the main theme of
previous demonstrations staged by the NH shifted from
protestations of the Vietnam War and other United States
foreign policy matters to attacking domestic issues such
as recism and unemployment and demonstrating support of
the workers' struggle.?

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The YIP was organized in January 1968, in New York
City with the publicly announced intention of promoting fun
and'games with the Festival of Life demonstrations at the
August 1968 National Democratic Convention. Yippie eontingents
were publicly identified as prominent members among those
involved in the Chicago demonstrations during the National
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Reference Report of SA KENNEEH N. YOUNG
dateii and captioned as above,
at Lee Angeles. 

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