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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1427 Mr. Ashe. His wife was later recruited, I believe, over his vigor- ous objections. I never did find out why he objected to his wife being in, but I do distinctly recall that. Mr. Tavenner. You have already spoken, I believe, of Jack Wil- on, also known as Jack Broman. Mr. Ashe. He was also quite young. I believe he had had some slight amount of newspaper experience. I'm not sure now, but I be- lieve he worked for an organization at that time known as the City News Service. I believe they had headquarters in the old L. A. Times Building. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know what his later Communist Party ac- tivity consisted of ? Mr. Ashe. Well, Jack later came into the downtown street unit, did expose himself, showed considerably more courage than a lot of others that he had been with. He—I believe I proposed his name as Western Worker correspondent after I was no longer holding that position. He still went to San Francisco, worked on the West- ern Worker, I believe, there, and still later on the People's World. At a later date I believe he became an editor of a newspaper put out by the fishermen's union. Mr. Tavenner. Very well; proceed with the naming of any others. Mr. Ashe. Spencer Austrian, a Los Angeles attorney; Joe Aidlin, a Los Angeles attorney; Percy Solotoy, a Los Angeles attorney. Mr. Tavenner. You say Percy Solotoy ? Mr. Ashe. That's correct. Mr. Tavenner. Can you give us any additional information relat- ing to him ? Mr. Ashe. I know very little about him except I met with him pos- sibly 20 or 30 times in closed party units, Z-100 or Z-150, or both. At that time he was an attorney, a practicing lawyer, here in Los Angeles. I lost track of him after I got out of the party. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know he is employed or in what business he is now engaged? Mr. Ashe. I understand he is now the head of Brown-Saltman Furniture Co. and also an official in the Southern California Furni- ture Manufacturers' Association. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know whether his wife was also a member of this unit ? Mr. Ashe. To the best of by recollection, she was. I have the dis- tinct impression that she was transferred out of that—I have a dis- tinct impression that she was transferred out of the professional sec- tion and into the social workers, or professional unit, I should say, into the social workers unit, which was also attached to downtown. Mr. Tavenner. You spoke of Spencer Austrian. Will you spell the last name, please. Mr. Ashe. A-u-s-t-r-i-a-n. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know anything about his present where- abouts ? Mr. Ashe. I understand he is still in Los Angeles. Mr. Tavenner. Now, if you will continue, please, with the names, if you can recall them. Mr. Ashe. Well, Joe Aidlin I mentioned without further identify- ing him. He was a young attorney at that time. He was married to 81595—51—pt. 4 2