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COMMUNISM EST MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1433 Mr. Ashe. William Ingham functioned out in the San Fernando Valley section of the Communist Party, and for a long time was a member, and, for some time, chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Communist Party. Mr. Tavenner. Mrs. 'Loretta Adam ? Mr. Ashe. Mrs. Loretta Adams is one of the leaders of the Com- munist Party in Long Beach, about 1934, 193&, and about 1936 she transferred to Bakersfield where she was the Bakersfield—the Kern County section organizer. (At this time Representative Donald L. Jackson entered the room.) Mr. Tavenner. Will you state again the last name of that in- dividual ? How do you spell the last name ? Mr. Ashe. Loretta Adams, A-d-a-m-s. Mr. Tavenner. S. Adams. E. O. Cope, C-o-p-e ? Mr. Ashe. I know a man by the name of Cope. I am not sure of his initials. He was active in the milk strike in 1932 and 1933 was a Communist Party member. To my certain knowledge in 1934, when I had to go out to San Fernando Valley representing the county in an effort to straighten him out on some disruptive tactics that lie was indulging in in the party out there. I didn't straighten him out- Mr. Tavenner. You are uncertain about his initials. Can you give us any further descriptive information which would definitely identify the individual ? Mr. Ashe. Short, stocky man, short tempered; unpredictable. I believe he now works as a bartender. Mr. Tavenner. Julia Walsh? Mr. Ashe. Julia Walsh, who was a member of the downtown section of the Communist Party and also was a functionary in the International Labor Defense. Mr. Tavenner. Cliff Lechrome, L-e-c-h-r-o-m-e? Mr. Ashe. Cliff Lechrome was a member of one of the units of the Hollywood Street subsection. I don't recall much else about him. Mr. Tavenner. Charles McClaughlan, M-c-C-1-a-u-g-h-l-a-n? Mr. Ashe. Charlie McClaughlan was Communist Party organizer for Orange County. This was a separate section, but it was under the guidance of the Los Angeles County section because of weakness of leadership in Orange County. Mr. Tavenner. M. E. Freeman ? Mr. Ashe. M. E. Freeman was a Communist Party member down town, I believe; also active in the old Relief Workers' Protective Union. Mr. Tavenner. Tom Miller ? Mr. Ashe. Tom Miller, to the best of my understanding, is a cousin of Emil Freed. Tom Miller was for a short period of time a mass organization functionary and was a Communist Party member. He held membership in a street unit in Hollywood. Mr. Tavenner. Emil Freed, to whom you just referred Mr. Ashe. Emil Freed was Mr. Tavenner. The spelling is E-m-i-1 F-r-e-e-d. Mr. Ashe. Emil Freed has, so far back as I know, been a function- ary of one kind or another of the party. I believe at one time he was Hollywood subsection organizer. I distinctly recall him being in county organizational meetings. I recall one instance where he kept asking something to be explained over and over again on the basis