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72 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Potter. The statement counsel made a little while ago concern- ing an article in the Daily Worker signed by you as chairman of the Cultural Commission of the Communist Party would indicate you had been open about your affiliation in the past. That being so, I will ask you now, are you a member of the Communist Party at the present time? Mr. Jerome. I believe I have met that question before. Mr. Kearney. I asked it. Mr. Potter. Your answer is the same? Mr. Jerome. The same. Mr. Wood. Any further questions, Mr. Counsel? Mr. Doyle. May I ask this question: Were you a member of the Communist Party at the time you made that award that has been referred to, to Mr. Reed? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question, claiming the privilege. Mr. Kearney. Did you write that article that counsel cited from the Daily Worker? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question for the same reason. Mr. Kearney. Did you demand a retraction from the Daily Worker ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the same basis. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Jerome, I was asking you about the Hollywood League for Democratic Action. Is it not true that Mr. Fank Tuttle was vice chairman of that organization? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the basis of possible self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Did you discuss with Mr. Frank Tuttle the activ- ities of that organization ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Dudley Nichols was secretary of the Hollywood League for Democratic Action. Did you discuss the business of that organization with him ? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. Bern Bernard, the same person about whom I asked you a moment ago, was also treasurer of the Hollywood League for Democratic Action. Did you discuss the business of that organization with him? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer that question, invoking the priv- ilege against self-incrimination. Mr. Tavenner. John Garfield is a person alleged to have been active in the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League. Are you acquainted with him? Mr. Jerome. I decline to answer the question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination. Mr. Moulder. Mr. Counsel, has that organization been cited as sub- versive by the Attorney General? Mr. Tavenner. It has been cited by the California Committee on Un-American Activies, and was cited in 1948. We spoke of the School for Writers a little earlier in your testimony, which later became a branch of the People's Educational Center. An individual by the name of Robert Lees is alleged to have been a mem- ber of the executive board of the School for Writers. Are you ac- quainted with him ?