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372 COMMUNISM EST MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Lawrence. It was the same arrangement then. They called you in and they asked you to pay money. And I didn't earn too much money at the time. I said, "I can't give too much money." Mr. Tavenner. Can you recall to whom you paid the money ? Mr. Lawrence. No, sir; I do not. Mr. Tavenner. You spoke of a large meeting held at the home of Karen Morley. Mr. Lawrence. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. How did it happen that you attended that meeting \ Mr. Lawrence. They called me. Somebody called me up and said,. "Come to this meeting there and participate." Mr. Tavenner. This was a large group ? Mr. Lawrence. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. This was not the cell that you had been a member of? Mr. Lawrence. That is correct. Mr. Tavenner. A different group ? Mr. Lawrence. That is correct. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know what kind of a meeting it was ? Mr. Lawrence. I know there was a lot of noise about what the actors should do in the Screen Actors' Guild. This was the tenor of the meeting. Sterling Hayden gave a big speech, and the other guys gave big speeches, and it was very exciting at the time. This I remember. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Sterling Hayden has testified before this com- mittee that he was a member of the Communist Party cell and that he was directed to associate with a group working within the Screen Actors' Guild for the purpose of swinging the Screen Actors' Guild into support of the Conference of Studio Unions, which was out on a strike at that time. Do you recall whether the meeting which you attended had to deal with that subject? Mr. Lawrence. It might have, sir. It might have. Actually, I don't remember the details of it; but I know there was a lot of excite- ment at the time, tremendous amount of excitement, because follow- ing that there was a meeting at the Screen Actors' Guild in which the opposition, so-called, Communists defended their position against what the Screen Actors' Guild wanted to do at the time, and they were given the opportunity to do that. I didn't make any speeches. Mr. Tavenner. Did you become a member of any organizations that were known as Communist-front organizations which were later cited as Communist-front organizations ? Mr. Lawrence. I never identified my name with any such organi- zation outside of this particular mistake that I made. Mr. Tavenner. You say you never identified yourself with any groups of that kind other than the Communist Party ? Mr. Lawrence. That's correct. Mr. Tavenner. Which you now consider to have been a mistake ? Mr. Lawrence. A great mistake. A great and unholy mistake. Mr. Tavenner. How long did you remain a member of the Com- munist Party ? Mr. Lawrence. Well, I didn't believe myself to be a member of the Communist Party. I didn't believe myself to be a member of the Communist Party actually in terms of participation. I merely investi-