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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 59 Mr. Tavenner. Were you associated with the publication Main Stream ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question, invoking the privi- lege against self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. What was your official position, if any, with the publication Political Affairs? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question, invoking the priv- ilege against self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know if Mr. Joseph Fields was at any time editor of New Century Publishers, Inc. ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question in exercise of my right against self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Was Lement U. Harris one of the editors of that publication ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer that question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Were you also an editor of that publication? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question for the given reason. Mr. Tavenner. Are you acquainted with the organization known as the League of American Writers ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question, invoking the privilege under the fifth amendment. Mr. Walter. And as I understand your reason, it is because this organization is Communist, and to admit association with it would incriminate you ? Mr. Jerome. I have answered that to explain my reasons for in- voking the privilege represents a violation of the principle involved in that privilege. Mr. Moulder. The question was whether he was acquainted with that organization, is that right ? Mr. Tavenner. That is right. Mr. Walter. You know it is a Communist organization, do you not? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question for the reason given. Mr. Tavenner. Are you acquainted with an organization known as Hollywood Writers' Mobilization? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question on the ground of pos- sible self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Will you state whether or not you know that the Hollywood Writers' Mobilization is an affiliate, or was an affiliate, of the League of American Writers ? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question, claiming the privilege. Mr. Tavenner. Are you familiar with the magazine Clipper? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question, claiming the privilege. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Jerome, were you familiar with the School for Writers which was operated in Hollywood, Calif., first by the Hollywood chapter of the League of American Writers, and later by the Hollywood Writers' Mobilization? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question, claiming the privilege under the Constitution against self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Were you acquainted with the People's Educational Center as an organization? Mr. Jerome. I refuse to answer the question on the grounds of pos- sible self-incrimination.