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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 151 Mr. Hayden. That a very few people, or a certain group of people, know what is best for the majority, and the will of the majority has no bearing on what is done for the majority. That, I believe, is wrong Mr. Doyle. Did you discover at any time that the Communist Party was encouraging devious ways to upset or overthrow or overcome, by force if necessary, the republican form of government that we have under our Constitution in the United States? Mr. Hayden. I certainly believe that to be the case. Mr. Doyle. When did you come to that conclusion ? Mr. Hayden. I don't remember the exact time. Mr. Doyle. Approximately? Mr. Hayden. Approximately at the time I severed my connection. Mr. Doyle. That was when? You might have testified to that when I was out of the room voting. Mr. Hayden. December 1946. Mr. Doyle. As I say, I had to go out of the room to vote, so I didn't have the benefit of hearing your full testimony. I left the room just at the time you were testifying that Bea Winters was a member of a cell with you. So I don't know if you told the names of other mem- bers of that cell, or those whom you know as Communists. Mr. Hayden. To the best of my knowledge I did. Mr. Doyle. Was that question asked, Mr. Counsel ? Mr. Tavenner. Yes, and his answer was he knew them only by their first names with the exception of two, Abe Polonsky and Robert Lees, whom he identified. Mr. Doyle. Were the members of this cell all men ? Mr. Hayden. No ; men and women. Mr. Doyle. About what proportion? Mr. Hayden. Two-thirds men and one-third women. Mr. Doyle. How many members in the cell ? Mr. Hayden. There were from 10 to 23 or 25. Mr. Doyle. How often did they meet? Mr. Hayden. Weekly. Mr. Doyle. Did they have a regular meeting place? Mr. Hayden. It was at a different house almost every week. Sev- eral meetings were held at the house of a man named Abe Polonsky. Mr. Doyle. Were members of the cell all actors or actresses ? Mr. Hayden. None of them were actors or actresses. Mr. Doyle. You were an actor ? Mr. Hayden. Yes, I was. As I said, I was told when my applica- tion was accepted that I would be put in a cell of back-lot people. Mr. Doyle. I believe you said they were carpenters, electricians, and so on ? Mr. Hayden. Yes. Mr. Doyle. Didn't you recognize some of them by name? They were all in the industry, weren't they ? Mr. Hayden. Yes, they were all in the industry, but it is a large industry. There are 20,000 to 30,000 people in the industry, I believe. Mr. Doyle. And you associated with those people in that cell from what date ? Mr. Hayden. About the first week of June. Mr. Doyle. Until December 1946 ? Mr. Hayden. Yes, sir.