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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 417 The meeting was at my house. I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists, and the whole meeting was along Communist lines. Adrian Scott and I were attacked by Wexley and by two people he brought with him at the time, Richard Collins and Paul Trivers, T-r-i-v-e-r-s. Mr. Tavenner. What was Paul Trivers' occupation? Mr. Dmttrtk. He was a writer. I think he is now with the Bob Roberts-John Garfield Co. as a writer. The whole attack on us was along this line : That by removing Wex- ley's line we were making a pro-Nazi picture instead of an anti-Nazi picture. To say the least, we were startled. Mr. Tavenner. Was Adrian Scott a member of the Communist Party ? Mr. Dmytryk. Yes; he was. His experience with the party was about the same as mine. Mr. Potter. W T here did this meeting take place ? Mr. Dmytryk. At my apartment. Mr. Potter. When? Mr. Dmytryk. Late summer of 1945 or fall of 1945. Mr. Tavenner. Was John Wexley also a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Dmytryk. I would say he was a member of the Communist Party because this was unquestionably a Communist Party affair. This was the only time I ever saw him at anything that I considered communistic. Mr. Tavenner. Other than John Wexley, how did you know the other persons you mentioned to be members of the Communist Party ? Take first Adrian Scott. Mr. Dmytryk. I had attended meetings with Scott. Mr. Tavenner. Another you mentioned was John Howard Lawson. Mr. Dmytryk. No. I mentioned him earlier. I mentioned Collins and Trivers. Mr. Tavenner. How did you know Trivers to be a member of the Communist Party ? Mr. Dmytryk. Only by reputation and by the conduct of this com- mittee hearing. This was a little committee. There was no question then and there is no question now but that this was a Communist meet- ing, as I will develop later on. Of course we refused to admit any of the charges made by Wexley and the other two. Nevertheless, they asked for a further meeting. At the further meeting they brought John Howard Lawson, who was the "high lama," of the Communist Party at that time. Mr. Tavenner. Why do you say that % Mr. Dmytryk. He settled all questions. If there was a switch in the party line, he explained it. If there were any decisions to be made, they went to John Howard Lawson. If there was any conflict within the Communist Party, he was the one who settled it. We had a third meeting at which Adrian Scott brought in Albert Maltz, who was a more liberal Communist, to defend us. These meet- ings ended in a stalemate. There were several byproducts of these meetings. I think Albert Maltz had been concerned with the lack of freedom of thought in the Communist Party for some time, and this was the trigger for the