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COMMUNISM UN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1555 Mr. Doyle. I assure you, young man, that that is not our purpose at all. Mr. Levitt. I see. Mr. Doyle. But the way you answered me led me to believe that you were not quite accurate in your answer. Therefore I am not presuming upon your intelligence nor credulity or anything of the sort in asking you again to point out the name of the organization that you said you saw in this book. Mr. Levitt. On page 5G of this book a —I beg your pardon. On page 57 of this book there is listed— Hollywood Writers' Mobilization cited as subversive and Communist. Attorney General Tom Clark, Letters to Loyalty Review Board, released December 4, 1947, and September 21, 1948. Cited as a Communist-front organization whose "true purpose" was "the creation of a clearing house for Communist propaganda." California Committee on Un-American Activities Report 1945, page 130. Mr. Doyle. Thank you. Now, can you turn to the name of any other organization that you noted in that book ever before ? Mr. Levitt. I told you earlier, and I will repeat it again, that it is very difficult for me to distinguish between the sources of having learned that this committee considers one organization or another subversive. On some occasions it may have been from this book and on some occasions from reading the testimony. I can't recall on which occasion in relation to which particular organization. It is a rather—— Mr. Doyle. When did you ever on any other occasion note on that page the name of that organization which you just read? When on any other occasion before just now ? Mr. Levitt. Well, in consultation with my attorneys this book was shown me. Mr. Doyle. Within the last week or two ? Mr. Levitt. Within the last few weeks. Mr. Doyle. Well, that is what I assumed when I asked you these questions, which is all right. You have the perfect right to counsel. Don't misunderstand me. Mr. Levitt. Sir, I could not quite understand what the nature of your question was leading to. Mr. Doyle. Well, I was directing that question to the first time you ever noticed that list or that organization. Now, is that the only organization which you noticed in that book before a week ago when you were in counsel with your attorneys? Mr. Levitt. No ; I noticed others. Mr. Doyle. What others? Mr. Levitt. I thumbed through it. I can't recall which ones I noticed from this book. Mr. Doyle. That was a week ago. Were you looking for names of organizations of which you were a member at that time which might have been held subversive when you referred to that book, or for some other purpose? Mr. Levitt. I decline to answer that question on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Doyle. Of course, the reason I have asked you about that book is that you have referred to it as a book in which there is listed organ- 1 Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities. March 3, 1951. (Reference found on pase 59 of revised document printed under same tide, as House Document lP.T, May 14, 1951.) 81595—51—pt. 4 10