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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 117 Mr. Tavenner. Did you sign a statement which appeared in the Daily Worker of February 28,1949, which defended the 12 Communist Party leaders who were convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States by force and violence ? Mr. Da Silva. I decline to answer for reasons previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Did you register as a member of the Communist Party in 1944 and in 1945 ? Mr. Da Silva. I decline to answer this question for the reasons previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Were you married when you went to California, I believe you said in 1938 or 1939? When did you go to California; what was the date ? Mr. Da Silva. I don't recall the specific date that I went to Cali- fornia; but is the matter of my marriage or my personal relations pertinent to this inquiry ? Mr. Tavenner. It certainly is. Mr. Da Silva. In what respects, may I ask? Mr. Tavenner. Were you married while you were in California, and was your wife's name Evelyn? Mr. Da Silva. I still don't understand in what respect this question is pertinent to the inquiry of this committee. Mr. Wood. Do you think an answer to that would incriminate you? Mr. Da Silva. I should think I would be entitled to find out if it- was pertinent or not. Mr. Wood. You have competent counsel, I assume. In fact, I know you have. Mr. Kenny. Thank you. Mr. Wood. Just advise your client. Mr. Kenny. I have advised him that the protection of Jones against SEC Mr. Wood. Please advise your client. Mr. Kenny. He has asked the committee to state wherein this ques- tion is pertinent to the inquiry. Mr. Wood. It is a matter of your advising your client and letting him make up his own mind as to what course he wants to take. Mr. Da Silva. Apparently any answer which I make has to be specifically pertinent, is that correct? In other words, I can't answer the question in my own way. I will answer that question. I think I was divorced from my first wife when I went to California in 1939. I believe that to be the fact. To the best of my knowledge I think that is true. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know whether she is now living in Norfolk, Va. Mr. Da Silva. No. I don't know anything about her. I haven't been in communication with her for a long time. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know whether she has since remarried? Mr. Da Silva. I have heard somewhere that she was remarried; yes. Mr. Tavenner. Would you know her husband's name if I men- tioned it? Mr. Da Silva. I don't think I could say what her husband's name is. Mr. Tavenner. Was she engaged in any Communist Party activi- ties at any time prior to your divorce or since, to your knowledge ?