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152 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Doyle. Then it is your testimony that from June 1946 to De- cember 1946 you associated weekly with members of the cell at meet- ings, and you only know the names of two members of the cell ? Mr. Hayden. We met 2 to 3 months on this basis, at which time I was put in touch with a group of actors and actresses trying to swing the Screen Actors' Guild in line with a strike then in progress. I then met very infrequently with this initial cell. Mr. Doyle. Did you ever receive any literature from Tompkins or anyone else which, in printed form, made any declaration or stated any policy or objective that caused you to conclude that the Commu- nist Party, of which you later became a member, was interested in revolution against the American form of government ? Mr. Hayden. As I recall, it was always couched in other terms. I think a more perceptive person would have seen it. I did not at the time. Mr. Doyle. You believe the literature you received from Tompkins did advocate the overthrow of the American form of government ? Mr. Hayden. I think that was the ultimate objective; yes. Mr. Doyle. Do you have any of that literature now ? Mr. Hayden. No. Mr. Doyle. Do you know where any of it could be had ? Mr. Hayden. No. I know it used to be out in plain sight in some of the book stores. Mr. Doyle. Can you identify any of those book stores by name or location ? Mr. Hayden. I cannot offhand. Mr. Doyle. Do you think your memory could be refreshed? Mr. Tavenner. What was your question? Mr. Doyle. My question was whether or not the witness now re- called the name or location of any book stores which carried Commu- nist literature which the witness states he now realizes advocated the overthrow of our American form of government. Were any of them in Hollywood ? Mr. Hayden. I remember a book store, I don't know if it is in exist- ence any more; the Lincoln Book Store, I think it was. I don't know where it was. Mr. Doyle. When was that? Mr. Hayden. 1946. Mr. Doyle. Did you ever receive literature from that book store? Mr. Hayden. I went in there once or twice. Mr. Doyle. Did they ever hand you some literature for free distri- bution ? Mr. Hayden. There was a lot of throw-away stuff on the table, as I remember it. Mr. Doyle. You stated you came to think there was a great service to do the country and the industry. I suppose you were referring to the moving-picture industry. Does the moving-picture industry, in your judgment, need any service in connection with who are and who are not Communists and who were Communists previously, and if so, what service? Mr. Hayden. My thought on that was simply, as I guess is com- mon knowledge now, there is a great furor in Hollywood about the whole situation. My idea was that if ex-Communists, or people who had been affiliated with Communist fronts, felt they could stand up