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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 367 sign your own name for security reasons." I didn't know what this meant. I was at the time interested in paying, you know, for the expenses of this thing, so I signed a name. Not my name. I picked it out of a newspaper, and that is what I signed. I don't know what name I signed. Mr. Tavenner. You don't remember now the name that you used ? Mr. Lawrence. No, I don't sir. I never saw the card after that. Now, I want to tell that my appearance in motion pictures has been over a period of 19 years. I have never considered myself a Communist, but this is the story of how it happened: After I attended a number of these meetings where they spoke to me—intellectuals spoke to me—I then went to cell meetings where the common chairmen, guys, would make speeches. These guys confused me. They gave me headaches. And they talked, and they kept telling me a lot of things like that. I didn't like speeches, because these things disturbed me. So I left after about 12 of these meetings. (Representative Morgan M. Moulder entered hearing room.) Mr. Lawrence. Following that—this must have been in about 1939—I left and had no connection at all with the Communist Party. Mr. Tavenner. Now, before you go any further, let's talk a little more about what occurred in 1938. You say you attended about 12 cell meetings ? Mr. Lawrence. About 12; yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Where were these meetings held ? Mr. Lawrence. They were held in different homes in Hollywood. Some I remember; some of them I don't. I remember a guy named Lester Cole. Lester Cole was there, and the guy who introduced me to the party, Lionel Stander, he was there. There was Bob Rossen. I believe I attended some of his meetings. Mr. Tavenner. Is that Robert Rossen ? Mr. Lawrence. Robert Rossen, R-o-s-s-o-n or e-n. I believe that is the way you spell his name. Mr. Tavenner. Was Madelaine Ruthven a member of that cell with 3'ou ? Mr. Lawrence. I don't remember the name, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Was Waldo Salt a member? Mr. Lawrence. I don't remember the name. I do remember that the classes we attended there was Dick Collins in the class. Mr. Tavenner. That is Richard Collins ? Mr. Lawrence. Richard Collins, that's right. Mr. Wood. Let the record show that Mr. Moulder of the committee is present now. Mr. Tavenner. You stated that Richard Collins was a member? Mr. Lawrence. That's correct, as far as I knew. I didn't sign any card in his presence and he didn't sign any in my presence. Mr. Tavenner. You say he attended the cell meetings? Mr. Lawrence. No, he attended the class meetings, where I first heard the ideas, where the ideas were first spoken. This is what I remember. Following that I think Richard and I were together in a class in the cell. Mr. Tavenner. In the cell ? Mr. Lawrence. Yes.