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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 161 Mr. Jackson. Were representations ever made to you regarding the strike in Hollywood, representatives to assist in any way ? Mr. Hayden. The whole focal point of the activity of this group of actors and actresses was to swing the Screen Actors 1 Guild in favor of SorrelPs CSU. Mr. Jackson. Were you ever personally active in support of the strike ? Mr. Hayden. I made a contribution to Polonsky which might be construed in support of it. Or it may have been for the party. Mr. Jackson. Did you ever attend meetings of any other cells of the Communist Party ? Mr. Hayden. No, sir. Mr. Wood. Excuse me. Is the name of the producer you. were speaking of, who is the employer of Bea Winters, Sam Spiegel % Mr. Hayden. Yes. Thank you. Mr. Jackson. Do you think the goals of the Communist Party were in any way different at the time you were a member than they are today ? Mr. Hayden. I think the ultimate goal is the same. Mr. Jackson. Do you consider, Mr. Hayden, that in your own mind you have been completely fair and completely frank with the committee, and that you have named for this committee every member of the Communist Party in the moving-picture industry of whom you have personal knowledge ? Mr. Hayden. I do. Mr. Jackson. Mr. Hayden, has any member of your family, either bv blood or marriage, at any time been a member of the Communist Party ? Mr. Hayden. No ; they certainly haA^e not. Mr. Jackson. Thank you. Mr. Wood. Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter. Mr. Ha} 7 den. I was interested in the influence that the Partisan movement had on you, and I am wondering what your observation would be of that same influence on other Americans who happened to be in OSS aiding the Partisan movement in Yugoslavia. Do you believe you were an exception or that other individuals closely identified with the Partisan movement would also be susceptible to the Communist ideology through that association ? Mr. Hayden. I can onlv say that to the best of mv knowledge I know of no one else affected similarly. We were all deeply moved, but I have no way of knowing that anyone else had a parallel experience. Air. Potter. Through your contact with other American military personnel, did any of them at that time feel, or did you discuss among yourselves, that communism was a political star which we should tie onto ? Mr. Hayden. We never got into any of that. Mr. Potter. You never discussed that? Mr. Hayden. Not that I remember, not at all. All our work and conversation and thoughts seemed to be filled with just what was actu- ally going on. Mr. Potter. Do you have any knowledge at all of any effort during the last war to recruit military personnel into the Communist Party ? Mr. Hayden. No; I have had no experience along that line.