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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 107 him 3 minutes or so to say it. In view of the fact he has cooperated so completely with the committee, I think he should be granted 3 minutes to say what he has to say, then he is willing to be guided by the committee. Mr. Wood. I see no objection to it. Make it as brief as you can, Mr. Parks. Mr. Parks. I will, Mr. Chairman. TESTIMONY OF LARRY FARKS, ACCOMFANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, LOUIS MANDEL— Resumed Mr. Parks. To be an actor, a good actor, you must really feel and experience, from the top of your head to the tip of your toes, what you are doing. As I told you, this is probably the most difficult morning and afternoon I have spent, and I wish that if it was at all possible—you see, it is a little different to sit there and to sit here, and for a moment if you could transfer places with me, mentally, and put yourself in my place. My people have a long heritage in this country. They fought in the Revolutionary War to make this country, to create this Govern- ment, of which this committee is a part. I have two boys, one 13 months, one 2 weeks. Is this the kind of heritage that I must hand down to them ? Is this the kind of heritage that you would like to hand down to your children? And for what purpose? Children as innocent as I am or you are; people you already know. I don't think I would be here today if I weren't a star, because you know as well as I, even better, that I know nothing that I believe would be of great service to this country. I think my career has been ruined because of this, and I would appreciate not having to—don't present me with the choice of either being in contempt of this committee and going to jail or forcing me to really crawl through the mud to be an informer, for what purpose? I don't think this is a choice at all. I don't think this is really sportsmanlike. I don't think this is Ameri- can. I don't think this is American justice. I think to do something like that is more akin to what happened under Hitler, and what is happening in Russia today. I don't think this is American justice for an innocent mistake in judgment, if it was that, with the intention behind it only of making this country a better place in which to live. I think it is not befitting for this committee to force me to make this kind of a choice. I don't think it is befitting to the purpose of the committee to do this. As I told you, I think this is probably the most difficult thing I have done, and it seems to me it would impair the usefulness of this commit- tee to do this, because God knows it is difficult enough to come before this committee and tell the truth. There was another choice open to me. I did not choose to use it. I chose to come and tell the truth. If you do this to me, I think it will impair the usefulness of this committee to a great extent, because it will make it almost impossible for a person to come to you, as I have done, and open himself to you and tell you the truth. So I beg of you not to force me to do this. Mr. Wood. Proceed.