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86 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Tavenner. Well, were there several groups to which the actors belonged depending upon the geographical location of the actor? Mr. Parks. I don't believe so. I wouldn't say for certain. I'm not under that impression. Mr. Tavenner. Well, who was the chairman of the group to which you were assigned? Mr. Parks. Well, it had no chairman that I know of, that I recall— anyone that was chairman. Mr. Tavenner. Well, who was the secretary of the group ? Mr. Parks. This Mr. Tavenner. Or treasurer? -Mr. Parks. This I do not recall either. I don't know if there were any actual officers of this particular group. Mr. Tavenner. Well, to whom did you pay your dues ? Mr. Parks. To various members. No one in particular that I can recall was the treasurer. Mr. Tavenner. Well, a person who was responsible for the collec- tion of clues would certainly be performing the duty of a treasurer even if he did not go by that name; isn't that true? Mr. Parks. That's very true. Mr. Tavenner. Well, who were those persons to whom you paid your dues? Mr. Parks. Well, this is hard for me to answer, too, because the few times that I paid dues, as I recall, were to different people. Just who they were I just can't answer this. Mr. Tavenner. You cannot recall the name of any one individual to whom you paid? Mr. Parks. No one individual can I recall that I paid the dues to. Mr. Tavenner. Well, was Communist Party literature distributed to the members at any of the meetings or through any medium? Mr. Parks. Certain pamphlets were available if you wished to buy them. Mr. Tavenner. Who was the individual who had charge of the distribution or sale of those pamphlets ? Mr. Parks. This I don't know either, because the pamphlets were there and you could buy them if you wished. Mr. Tavenner. Well, was there any secret about who was handling the literature of the party ? Mr. Parks. No secret at all. Mr. Tavenner. What was the total membership of this cell in which you were a member ? Mr. Parks. Well, it's hard for me to tell you the total membership, because, as I say, I attended meetings irregularly and not many of them. I would say that it ranged from certain meetings that there were as little as 5, and I think it went up to maybe, oh, possibly 10 or 12. Mr. Tavenner. And did the personnel change considerably be- tween 1941 and 1945, or did it consist of the same members during all that period of time ? Mr. Parks. Well, I do know that, as I say, I attended rather irreg- ularly, and at some of the meetings I would see someone that I didn't know, I didn't recognize, and I would never see them again. So if this—this is the best answer I can give you to your question. There were people whom I did not know. I did not know their names. I