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58 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Jerome. I want to answer the other question, please. The sub- jects that I refer to involve the teaching of English. The subjects I wrote on, I decline to answer that question, claiming the privilege against possible self-incrimination. Mr. Kearney. Mr. Chairman, the witness has already testified voluntarily that he is a writer and editor. Mr. Doyle. May I ask what you are editor of, what magazine, what paper, what pamphlet, what book ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question, invoking my privilege afforded me by the Constitution. Mr. Doyle. When were you an editor, what years ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question for the same reason. Mr. Doyle. Where were you an editor, what city ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question for the same reason. Mr. Doyle. Where did you live when you were an editor ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question for the same reason. Mr. Potter. Mr. Jerome, how could you possibly incriminate your- self by giving the committee the dates you were active as editor ? Mr. Jerome. The privilege I claim does not make it incumbent upon me to answer that question. Mr. Doyle. May I ask this: How could it possibly incriminate you to tell your fellow Americans—because you were naturalized in 1928— how could it possibly incriminate you to tell us what books or papers you wrote? You have said you were an editor. I assume you were an editor in this country. How could it incriminate you to state what you wrote ? I assume you are proud of them. Mr. Jerome. The situation is not of my creation, members of the committee. I feel there is justification in the statement made recently by Justice Black, that to answer one question for the congressional committee is to rob yourself of the privilege afforded you by the Constitution. Mr. Walter. Of course in the position taken by Justice Black the rest of the Court did not concur. Mr. Jerome. True, but I have a high regard for that position, and I would like to identify myself with the recognition of that situation. Mr. Kearney. You have a high regard for that position because, in the first instance, it covers your own course. Have you ever written for any Communist publication? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer that question, claiming the privilege under the constitutional right. Mr. Moulder. Did you write any articles under any name other than your own? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question on the same grounds. Mr. Tavenner. You have stated that you were an editor. Were you associated, in the early 1930's with the publication New Pioneer? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question in exercise of my right against self-incrimination. Mr. Tavex m.i;. Were you associated in any capacity with the publi- cation known as New Masses? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the same grounds. Mr. Tavenner. Were you the editor of the publication the Com- munist? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the same grounds.