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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 203 Mr. Wood. I believe the list to which you refer embodied in this publication issued on March 3, 1951, is the list of organizations that have been cited by the Attorney General— Mr. Lees. Oh. Mr. Wood (continuing). As Communist-front organizations, as well as by this committee. Mr. Lees. I'm talking about the list of organizations that is in this publication. Mr. Wood. Is it because of the fact that it is listed there that you decline to answer the question? Mr. Lees. Well, it says "subversive" on the cover of the book. It calls these organizations subversive. Mr. Wood. I asked 3^011 is it because it's listed there that you refuse to answer the question. Mr. Lees. I refuse on the ground previousl}' stated—on the grounds of the fifth amendment. Mr. Tavenner. Were you a member of the board of trustees of the People's Educational Center in Los Angeles? Mr. Lees. I refuse to answer on the ground previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Were you a delegate to the State Conference on Civil Rights held in San Francisco on August 27 and 28, 1911, which was sponsored by the Northern California Civil Rights Council and the Southern California Branch of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties ? Mr. Lees. I understand that that organization is also on this long list of organizations, and I decline to answer for the ground previ- ously stated. Mr. Tavexxer. Did you attend a political rally of the Fifty-ninth Assembly District Victory Council of the Communist Club of the Los Angeles County Communist Party— Mr. Lees.. I decline to answer that. Mr. Tavexxer. Wait a minute. [Continuing] On March 12, 1944, at Marketville in Los Angeles? Mr. Lees. I decline to answer that question for the ground pre- viously stated. Mr. Tavexner. Do you know a writer by the name of E. Y. Har- burg ? Mr. Lees. Yes; I believe so. Mr. Tavexxer. Do you recall having attended a benefit party for the People's World at his home in 1944? Mr. Lees. Since that paper is on the list and I have told you that it has been and my reasons for it, I decline to answer the question on the ground previously stated. Mr. Tavexner. If the People's World had not been listed in the Guide to Subversive Organizations to which you referred, would you answer the question? Mr. Lees. I would then seek the advice of my counsel under those circumstances, Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Tavexxer. Do you recall an instance in which the Joint Anti- Fascist Refugee Committee was denied the use of the hotel premises by the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in February 1945? Mr. Lees. Would you repeat that again, Mr. Tavenner? Mr. Tavexxer. I say do you recall the occurrence when the Ambas- sador Hotel at Los Angeles refused the use of its hotel premises to