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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 175 any check being made on this bv anybody that the committee sees fit. Mr. Wood. Let's see if I get that statement correctly. Say it again. Mr. Popper. I have already indicated to Mr. Tavenner at the time of the submission of the certificates that we haven't the slightest objection to your making your check as to the accuracy of these certificates. Mr. Wood. If the committee approves, we will continue the subpena in force for 30 days, to give us an opportunity to make a further in- vestigation about it. Mr. Popper. By all means. I have no objection at all. Does the committee want the document ? Mr. Wood. File it, please. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Chairman, I think I should ask counsel a ques- tion or two. since he has appeared here. I would like to know whether or not the witness is employed and working at the present time. Mr. Popper. He is not. Mr. Tavenner. I should state to the committee what I have done in connection with this matter, which of course has been very little, in view of the work that is piled upon the staff at the present moment. I have had copies of these certificates since Saturday, and I was â– called on the phone by counsel a day or two prior to that and I made the suggestion at the time that in a matter of this kind I would want to make a very thorough investigation, and he cooperated in every way about the making of that investigation. We have not had the oppor- tunity to make it. However, at the time of service on March 7 the witness was engaged in the production of a play and was served at the theater. Mr. Doyle. Nighttime or daytime? Mr. Tavenner. I don't know the hour, but it is the play, Spring- time for Henry, which was playing at the time. Effort has been made to serve him at his home, unsuccessfully, and I want to investigate all the circumstances about that, as well as the medical situation. Mr. Popper. By all means. However, Mr. Chairman, I think there are one or two implications that are unfair. In the first place, Mr. Bromberg is an actor. In the second place, he couldn't have been served at his home, since he was opening in a p]ay at Baltimore, where he was served at that time. The heart attack of which these certifi- cates speak, occurred after the time of service. They occurred several weeks thereafter. Mr. Russell. He was served in Wilmington, Del., at the DuPont. Mr. Tavenner. He was served in Wilmington after several attempts . over several days in order to make the service. We have here the in- vestigator to testify if necessary. Mr. Popper. I think it is fair to tell the committee the place in Wilmington where he was served. Mr. Russell. Put Mr. Jones, committee investigator, on. He served him at the DuPont Hotel in Wilmington, Del. Mr. Wood. I don't think it is necessary to go further into it. In light of the statements here, I feel that the staff should make further investi- gation, and we will undertake to designate some physician. I assume that you, Mr. Popper, will be cooperative with us in having him .examined. Mr. Popper. Of course. I have already indicated that to counsel.