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COMMUNISM EST MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1473 Mrs. Ashe. Well, it was a regular assessment stamp, and I believe once a month or so you bought a solidarity stamp, and I think you paid the same amount for it that you did for your monthly stamp. In other words, if you paid 25 cents a month, if you were unemployed, or 10 cents a month, or whatever, then you paid the same amount for the solidarity stamp. Mr. Tavenner. The Communist Party book which you have handed the committee is for 1939, membership book, and it bears No. 8218. It shows on its face that the book was issued on February 16, 1938, and bears the signature of William Schneiderman. He is one of the Communists now under indictment, I believe. The book also con- tains—it has scheduled monthly payments, dues payments for 1939, a copy of the constitution of the Communist Party. I would like very much to borrow this from you with the idea of photostating it and returning it to you. Mrs. Ashe. Yes, sir; you may have it. Mr. Tavenner. I desire to offer it in evidence and ask that it be marked "Mildred Ashe Exhibit No. 2." Mr. Wood. It will be received for that purpose. 1 Mr. Tavenner. Returning now again to your work on the secret committee, the reserve committee, who was the leader among that group of three who constituted that committee ? Mrs. Ashe. Ida Miller was acting as instructor, with the under- standing that I would be the head of the committee. When we Mr. Tavenner. Did you receive instructions from any person other than Ida Miller? Mrs. Ashe. No. Mr. Tavenner. Do you have any information of any underground activities of the Communist Party in this area ? Mrs. Ashe. No. No ; not underground. Mr. Tavenner. When did you state you withdrew from the Com- munist Party ? Mrs. Ashe. I withdrew in 1939. I don't know the month. It shows in the book, whenever the last stamp is. I should say about June of 1939 was the last time I paid dues. Mr. Tavenner. Before asking you to tell the committee the circum- stances under which you resigned, I* would like to ask you just one or two other questions. Were you acquainted with a person by the name of Rose Bush ? Mrs. Ashe. Yes; I was. I knew Rose. Mr. Tavenner. Was she a member or affiliated with the Commu- nist Party in any way ? Mrs. Ashe. She represented herself as a member of the Communist Party. She came to Los Angeles as a very top secret comrade who had been in underground work in Germany and was here for the purpose of raising money for the German underground, and I worked with her to acquaint her with some of the people who might help her financially and arranged a meeting at the home of Joe Gollumb on Hillcrest Road. Mr. Tavenner. Joe who? 1 See appendix to be printed in a separate volume for photographic reproduction.