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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1539 Mr. Jackson. Did you personally ever write or attempt to write into any script any material which had been dictated to you by the Communist Party? Mr. Townsend. No; I did not. Mr. Jackson. Do you have knowledge of any writer having done so? Mr. Townsend. No, sir; I haven't. Mr. Jackson. Did you take any part in the so-called Writers' Mobilization ? Mr. Townsend. Yes. Mr. Jackson. What was the nature of the work that you did for the mobilization? Mr. Townsend. I served on, I believe, a panel on pan-American affairs. Mr. Jackson. Was this work clone at the request of the Government ? Mr. Townsend. I believe so; yes. I think all the Screen Writers' Guild was involved. Mr. Jackson. But you did some work on behalf of the Writers' Mobilization ? Mr. Townsend. I served on the mobilization. Mr. Jackson. Was this during the time you were a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Townsend. If you can bring me up on the date. Was that in 1943? Mr. Jackson. I believe it was 1943, or so I am advised by counsel. Mr. Townsend. In that case I was a member of the party at that time. Mr. Jackson. I believe you stated that out of the membership of the Screen Writers' Guild at the time the Communist drive was at its peak there were approximately 50 members of the Screen Writers' Guild who were members of the Communist Party; is that correct? Mr. Townsend. Yes. Mr. Jackson. What was the total membership of the Screen Writ- ers' Guild at that time? Mr. Townsend. I think at that time there were roughly between 900 and 1,000 members in the Screen Writers' Guild. Mr. Jackson. Again, Mr. Townsend. I will add my thanks to the other members of the committee. I think you have made a consider- able contribution. Mr. Wood. Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter. Mr. Townsend, in your testimony this morning you mentioned your activities in three fractions of mass organizations in which you raised money or to which you contributed money, I belie v was your testimony. I don t- recall offhand the three mass organiza- tions that you mentioned. Do you have any recollection? Mr. Townsend. One was the Council of American-Soviet Friend- ship; one was the People's Educational Association, I believe was the title; and one was the Hollywood Independent Democratic Committee, which later, I believe, became the Arts, Sciences, and Professions Council. Mr. Potter. Was a fraction in each one of the organizations men- tioned strong enough in order to control the mass organization? Mr. Townsend. I would say "Yes." I was not in a fraction of those organizations; I contributed to them. 81595—."l—pt. 4 9