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474 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Brewer. I was born in Hall County, Nebr., August 9, 1909. Mr. Tavenner. What is your present occupation ? Mr. Brewer. I am international representative of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees assigned to the Hollywood motion picture studios. Mr. Tavenner. Where is your place of residence ? Mr. Brewer. 716 North Ourson Avenue, Los Angeles 46, Calif. Mr. Tavenner. Will you give the committee, please, a brief state- ment of your educational training? Mr. Brewer. I graduated from Grand Island, Nebr., high school in 1926. I had previously completed grammar school. I went one se- mester to the Grand Island Baptist College. That has been the extent of my education. Mr. Tavenner. What has been your employment record since your work in college? Mr. Brewer. I went to work in a theater and worked in a theater for a period of about 10 years, but during one period between 1933 and 1934 I worked for the Government as labor compliance officer of the National Recovery Administration for the State of Nebraska. Tlien in 1937 I was elected president of the Nebraska State Federa- tion of Labor, which is the State branch of the American Federation of Labor. I occupied that position until 1943, when I went to work for the Government with the War Production Board in Washington, where I worked until 1945, when I accepted my present position with the International Alliance. Mr. Tavenner. When did you begin your work in California? Mr. Brewer. I made one brief trip out there—I was on leave for a brief period—I made one brief trip there in late 1944 just before I left the War Production Board and went to my present occupation. That was my first visit to California studios. The second time was March 12, 1945. I arrived there about noon that dav. That was the day the first Hollywood strike had started. Mr. Tavenner. And you have been engaged in work in connection with labor organizations since that date? Mr. Brewer. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. And in Hollywood ? Mr. Brewer. Yes, Mi-. Tavenner. Mr. Brewer, Mr. Dmytryk and Mr. Collins, in the course of their testimony before this committee, described the general aims and purposes of the Communist Party in Hollywood. Their testimony related chiefly to what have been called the talent guilds. Each of them indicated that there were others better able to advise the committee concerning Communist activity in the labor unions as distinguished from the talent guilds. Because of your long experi- ence with labor unions in Hollywood we want to develop this informa- tion fully through your testimony. I would like to make it plain at the outset that the committee is not undertaking to investigate internal disputes within the labor unions. Our inquiry is limited solely to an investigation of the extent, char- acter, and objectives of Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry, either through labor organizations, other organizations, or individuals. Preliminary to questioning you relating to these matters, I would like for you to describe to the committee what the over-all organiza-