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1428 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY a woman by the name of Mary Raden. Mary Raden at that time was office secretary of the Communist Party of Los Angeles County. She was not an official; she was an office secretary. I might add that Joe Aidlin and Mary Raden later moved into my home which I had had at 1124 North Randall Court. Mr. Tavenner. Did I understand that Mary Raden was a member of this group ? Mr. Ashe. No; she was not. Mr. Tavenner. She was not? Mr. Ashe. No. She was a member of a street unit in Hollywood at that time. She was an exposed party member. Mr. Tavenner. But she was a member of another cell of the Com- munist Party ? Mr. Ashe." That's right. Mr. Tavenner. Very well, sir. Were there others whose names vou can recall ? Mr. Ashe. Charlie Daggett, Los Angeles newspaperman, was a member of that professional unit. Mr. Tavenner. Do you have any additional descriptive informa- tion you could give regarding Daggett? Mr. Ashe. Oh, not particularly, except that he was rather a vacil- lating sort of character. Mr. Tavenner. I didn't mean for you to describe personal traits particularly, unless it is necessary in order to identify the individual. Mr. Ashe. He was a man at that time, I'd say, about 35 years old, rather inclined to flesh, had many years' experience as a newspaper- man. I believe he worked on the Seattle Star as city editor while that paper was still going. I understand he worked on the Los Angeles News around about 1934 or 1935. He was a close friend of Morgan Hull. I would assume that Morgan Hull may have even recruited him. I remember at one time that Charlie Daggett undertook to write for a magazine called New Theatre. New Theatre was a left-wing Communist-controlled publication put out in New York. I believe a man by the name of Herb Klein was its editor. He wrote two or three articles in there in which he blackguarded several personalities in Hollywood, and I know that the magazine was a sell-out in Holly- wood and was even selling at a premium. There was a considerable speculation as to who had written the article. I think at one time somebody rather shrewdly guessed that he did, and about that time they concluded that somebody else did. So they never did pin it down to him. But Charlie Daggett has admitted to me several times, with considerable pride, that he wrote these articles. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know what his present employment is ? Mr. Ashe. No; I do not. Mr. Tavenner. Will you identify him as to the meetings that he attended. How frequently did you see him at Communist Party meetings ? Mr. Ashe. I would say almost every week for a period of time when we were trying to get these professional units going and trying to work out some formula by which the professionals could partici- pate in Communist work without exposing themselves. Mr. Tavenner. All right, sir; now if you will proceed to name others, if you recall them.