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378 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY ness manager of it you contend would tend to incriminate you. Is that correct ? Mr. Willner. Mr. Wood, I was an agent in Hollywood for many years. Mr. Wood. Please answer the questions that are asked you, Mr. Willner. Mr. Willner. I believe I have answered the question. Mr. Wood. You can understand the questions that are asked you. Mr. Willner. I certainly can. Mr. Wood. This committee is not endeavoring to link you anywhere. This committee is asking you what you have done in the past in link- ing yourself. You have the right to answer that question or not to answer it, as you determine, and you can offer whatever reasons you desire for your refusal to answer, if you do refuse. Mr. Willner. I have given my reasons. Mr. Wood. But bear in mind, sir, that this committee isn't endeavor- ing to link you anywhere. Mr. Willner. I feel that they are. I have given my reasons, and I stand on them. Mr. Wood. I am trying to disabuse your mind as to that. Mr. Willner. It would be very difficult, Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood. A simple inquiry as to whether or not you have been identified as business manager of an organization is an effort to deter- mine whether you have linked yourself with it or not. If you don't want to answer that question, then cloak yourself under the protec- tion of the fifth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. That is your privilege. Mr. Willner. I still stand on my answer, Mr. Wood. Mr. Tavenner. When did you go to the west coast from New York? Mr. Willner. I believe it was in 1938. Mr. Tavenner. What work were you engaged in on the west coast when you first went there ? Mr. Willner. I will decline to answer that for the reasons pre- viously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Was there an office of the New Masses in California in 1039 ? Mr. Willner. I decline to answer that question for the reasons pre- viously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Were you acquainted with Charles Glenn, G-1-e-n-n, after your arrival in California? Mr. Willner. I believe that name is one of those that have been characterized by this committee, and an answer to that question might tend to link me with Charles Glenn. Therefore, I shall decline to answer it for the same reasons as previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. I hand you a volume containing the April 18, 1910, issue of Peoples' World, which has an article on the right-hand side of page 5 by Charles Glenn, entitled "New Masses Makes Its Mark in Los Angeles," in connection with which there appears a photograph of a person by the name of George Willner. Will you examine that article and the photograph and state whether the photograph is a photograph of you [handing document to wit- ness].