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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 205 Mr. Tavenner. Well, at least you have not been elected to the board since 1947; have you ? Mr. Lees. No. I have never been elected to the board actually. Mr. Tavenner. The Hollywood Writers' Mobilization was an or- ganization brought into being during the period of the war; was it not? Mr. Lees. Well, the Hollywood Waiters' Mobilization is on that list, and I decline to answer further questions about that organization on the ground previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. You refuse to state what your connection was with that organization? Mr. Lees. I refuse to answer the question on the grounds previously stated, Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Tavenner. Did you write a script on the subject of atomic energy for the Atomic Energy Commission of the Hollywood Writers' Mobilization which was intended for a transcontinental radio pro- gram ? Mr. Lees. This is connected with the previous question concerning the organization, and I decline to answer for the ground previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. You decline to answer whether you prepared a script for that organization ? Mr. Lees. That's right. Mr. Tavenner. Are you a member of the Actors' Laboratory Theater? Mr. Lees. That organization is also listed, and I decline to answer for the ground I previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. I believe there was filed in the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo a brief in behalf of Alexander Meiklejohn and certain other persons as amicus curiae. Were you one of the persons in whose name this brief was filed ? Mr. Lees. Will you repeat that question again ? An amicus curiae brief ? Mr. Tavenner. Yes. Mr. Lees. I think, as I recall, I might have been. Will you repeat that question again, please, Mr. Tavenner ? Amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court? Mr. Tavenner. That's right. Mr. Lees. That's right. I believe I did sign it. ' Mr. Tavenner. Who sought your signature to that brief? Mr. Lees. I actually don't recall who sought my signature to that brief. I know that it was about, and I was very anxious to ask the Supreme Court to render a decision in the case of the Hollywood 10, which the Supreme Court has not done. And I feel that the questions of the first amendment that were involved in that case really should have been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Tavenner. Was there any Communist Party connection as far as you know with the movement to present that brief? Mr. Lees. This question involves an organization which is on your list, and I decline to answer the question on the grounds previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Albert Maltz was one of the individuals who ap- peared before this committee in 1947 and was a defendant in a con-