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1550 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mrs. Levitt. Helen, H-e-1-e-n; Slote, S-1-o-t-e; Levitt, L-e-v-i-t-t. Mr. Tavenner. What has been your educational training, Mrs. Levitt? Mrs. Levitt. I went through the public schools of Brooklyn, Pub- lic School 161, Erasmus High School, and Brooklyn College, from which I received a bachelor of arts degree. I believe that was in 1938. Mr. Tavenner. How long have you been in Los Angeles ? Mrs. Levitt. I think we came out here—I don't have a particularly good memory of the dates, but I think it was around 1939. I know it was the end of March, beginning of April, because I was on the road my first anniversary, which was April 2, 1939. Mr. Tavenner. You stated you were on the road. Mrs. Levitt. I mean traveling across the country. We came in a car. Mr. Tavenner. Did you enter a profession? Mrs. Levitt. I worked before I came out here. Mr. Tavenner. What general type of work ? Mrs. Levitt. Well, I had one job while I was at college. I did work as a salesgirl part time, but when I completed college, in fact the day after my last exam Mr. Tavenner. Let me suggest that we confine it to the period of time since you have been in Los Angeles. Mrs. Levitt. Fine. Mostly—I have had a succession of secretarial and administrative type jobs, terminating, it must have been, the fall of 1945. I retired to raise a family. I haven't been gainfully employed since then. Mr. Tavenner. Since what date? Mrs. Levitt. It must have been the end of October 1945, I went east to meet my husband, who was coming back from overseas, and after that I had two children and haven't worked. 1 have two children now. Mr. Tavenner. What was your last employment ? Mrs. Levitt. It was a secretarial job for a theatrical group. Mr. Tavenner. What theatrical group? Mrs. Levitt. I shall have to decline, or, I'm sorry, I decline to answer that question on the grounds of the first and fifth amend- ments, in that it might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Tavenner. Were you a secretary of John Garfield ? Mrs. Levitt. I decline to answer that question on the same grounds. Mr. Tavenner. In the testimony of Mr. Garfield before the Com- mittee on Un-American Activities, on April 23 of this year, he testified that you were his secretary. (Counsel conferred with the witness.) Mr. Tavenner. In the light of that statement by Mr. Garfield are you willing to tell us now whether or not you were his secretary ? Mrs. Levitt. My answer stands, if you don't mind. I would like to keep my answer as it was. Mr. Tavenner. Did you ever attend Mr. Wood. I believe your answer would be a little bit more audible if you could sit a little closer to the microphone. Mrs. Levitt. Could I move the chair, please? Mr. Tavenner. Your name before marriage was Helen Slote, was it not?