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370 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Lawrence. Well, maybe once every 2 weeks. There were meetings actually at the lab, too—the Actors' Lab. I attended many meetings at the lab. Since I was a member of the staff, I also taught motion-picture acting at the lab. I don't know how many meetings I attended at the lab or how many meetings I attended at Morris Car- novsky's house, but I do feel that I didn't attend too many party meetings, because this didn't interest me particularly. What inter- ested me particularly were the problems of the actor. This was my main concern. Mr. Tavenner. Very well. Now, you have named three. Mr. Lawrence. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. J. Edward Bromberg, Karen Morley, and Morris Carnovsky. Were there others whose names you can now recall ? Mr. Lawrence. Well, there were kids at the lab that I don't recall, whose names I don't remember. They were also at the cell meetings. I don't remember them. This is what I do remember. This is actual. There was a meeting held at Karen Morley's house one night in which there was a kind of bunch of actors. Sterling Hayden was there. Larry Parks was there. They were discussing some big thing about what to do with the actors. There was a lot of fuss made at the time. And I remember Sterling and I remember Larry. I remember Anne Revere, Howard Da Silva, Lloyd Gough, and these people. That is what I do remember. Now, I don't know if these people were mem- bers of the Communist Party, but it was supposed to have been a closed cell. I couldn't identify these people. Mr. Kearney. Was Gale Sondergaard there? Mr. Lawrence. I don't remember her, sir. Mr. Kearney. Did you attend any Communist meetings with her, sir? Mr. Lawrence. I don't remember, sir. Mr. Kearney. Will Geer? Mr. Lawrence. I have never seen Will Geer at a Communist meet- ing, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Now, before we discuss the meeting at Karen Mor- ley's, let us see if we can identify more persons who were members of this cell within Actors' Lab. You have named three. Can you recall any others? Mr. Lawrence. Well, there was an actor called Jeff Corey who at- tended these meetings. Mr. Tavenner. C-o-r-e-y ? Mr. Lawrence. C-o-r-e-y. Mr. Tavenner. Did Larry Parks attend these meetings ? Mr. Lawrence. I saw Larry Parks at this big meeting. Mr. Tavenner. At the big meeting ? Mr. Lawrence. At Karen Morley's house. That is where I saw Larry Parks. Mr. Wood. I wonder if you could speak a little bit louder. We can hardly hear you up here. Mr. Lawrence. I am sorry. I am awfully sorry. Mr. Wood. A little more distinctly if you can. Mr. Tavenner. Was John Howard Lawson connected in any way with this particular cell? Mr. Lawrence. I don't think he was, sir. The only meeting I remember with John Howard Lawson is when he spoke at this big