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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 179 Mr. Tavenner. Did you furnish any references of any character to those studios in connection with your employment ? Mr. Geer. References? Mr. Tavenner. Yes. Mr. Geer. I don't understand that question, sir. Mr. Tavenner. I said did you furnish any references to those stu- dios in connection with your employment in those two contracts? Mr. Geer. I have been in the theater for about 25 years, sir. I think I am well enough known to all of them from the roles I have played. Air. Tavenner. You felt that was not necessary ? Mr. Geer. I don't believe so; no. Mr. Tavenner. Have you ever furnished references to the studios with which you sought to make contracts ? Mr. Geer. No. I think a person's work is usually the judge of whether you get a part or not. Air. Tavenner. Yes; after 25 years; but you have to have a begin- ning place, some place along the line. So I am asking you if at any time you did that. Mr. Geer. Well, I don't believe so. It is always a question of which comes first, the hen or the egg y about an actor getting a job. You get the job or the egg or the hen which hatches first. Mr. Tavenner. Will you answer my question as to whether or not you furnished references to any studio in connection with your em- ployment? Mr. Geer. No ; I never felt it necessary, sir. Air. Tavenner. Did you do it? Mr. Geer. No. Mr. Tavenner. Whether you felt it necessary or not, did you ? Mr. Geer. No. We just make an appearance and we are sold like - Mr. Tavenner. How long have you lived in California? Mr. Geer. The last 2i/> years, in Santa Monica. Mr. Tavenner. And prior to that time where did you live ? Mr. Geer. I have a farm in Rockland County, in the Hudson Valley, New York State. Mr. Tavenner. And how long did you live in New York State ? Mr. Geer. Ten years. Long enough to get the farm, the home. It is a blueberry farm. Mr. Tavenner. How long were you in the State of New York in the theatrical profession ? Mr. Geer. Well, I would say off and on. Of course, New York is a center of show business, so we naturally gravitate there for jobs. I imagine since the year 1924 I have gone to New York off and on. Sometimes you would go on tour all over the country, and again we would be in New York. Mr. Tavenner. First I will ask you whether you were living in the State of New York in 1942? Mr. Geer. 1942. I imagine so: Let's see. I was campaigning for Wendell Willkie along about that time. I don't know whether it was 1942 or not. No. Wendell Willkie died. Mr. Tavenner. Were you also interested at that time in the Com- munist Party, as indicated by your signing of a Communist Party independent nominating petition July 23,1942? 81595—51—pt. 1 9