Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Date:
1951
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O.
Volume:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Leaf #:
000143
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry -- United States, Communism -- California Los Angeles","Communism -- United States","Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1549 Mr. Tavenner. I have no further questions, Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood. Mr. Walter? . Mr. Tavenner. Just one moment, The previous witness, Mr. -Leo Townsend. in the course of his testimony referred to you as having taught a class in Marxism at which he and other members of the Com- munist Party attended. Is that a truthful statement? Dr. Bigelman. I decline to answer that question on the grounds of the fifth amendment, although I think that within the construction of the Constitution that teaching anything probably is perfectly all right. I presume it is a question of what version of what is taught. I do refuse to answer the question, however, on the ground of the fifth amendment. Mr. Tavenner. I have no further questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Walter? Mr. Walter. No questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Doyle ? Mr. Doyle. No questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Jackson ? Mr. Jackson. No questions. Mr. Wood. Any reason why the witness shouldn't be excused from further attendance ? Mr. Tavenner. No, sir. Mr. Wood. So ordered. Dr. Bigelman. May I ask a question before I may be excused ? Mr. Wood. Witness is excused. Dr. Bigelman. Thank you. Mr. Wood. At this point we will take a recess. The committee will stand in recess 20 minutes. (A short recess was taken.) Mr. Wood. Who do you have. Mr. Counsel ? Mr. Tavenner. Mrs. Helen Slote Levitt. Mr. Wood. Would you raise your right hand and be sworn. Do you solemnly swear the evidence you give this subcommittee to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ? Mrs. Levitt. I do. Mr. Wood. Are you represented by counsel here ? Mrs. Levitt. Yes; I am. Mr. Wood. Will counsel please identify themselves for the record. Mr. Kenny. Robert Kenny and Ben Margolis, of Los Angeles. TESTIMONY OF HELEN SLOTE LEVITT, ACCOMPANIED BY HER COUNSEL, ROBERT KENNY AND BEN MARGOLIS Mr. Tavenner. You are Mrs. Helen Slote Levitt, I believe? Mrs. Levitt. Yes; I am. I have a statement. May I offer it ? Mr. Tavenner. When and where were you born, Mrs. Levitt? Mrs. Levitt. In Brooklyn, N. Y., on December 6, 1916. Mr. Tavenner. What is your profession or work ? Mrs. Levitt. I am a housewife and a mother. Can you hear me adequately ? Mr. Tavenner. Speak up a little bit more, please. I believe the photographers are about through. Mrs. Levitt, will you spell your name, please?