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1562 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY TESTIMONY OF HERBERT ARTHUR KLEIN. ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, ROBERT KENNY Mr. Tavenner. Will you state your name, please, sir ? Mr. Klein. As soon as the pictures are over. Mr. Tavenner. Yes, sir. Mr. Klein. Sir? Mr. Tavenner. Will you state your full name, please, sir I Mr. Klein. Yes. Herbert Arthur Klein. Mr. Tavenner. How do you spell your last name ? Mr. Klein. K-1-e-i-n. Mr. Tavenner. When and where were you born, Mr. Klein ? Mr. Klein. In New York City, 1907, January 7.' Mr. Tavenner. Will you state to the committee what your educa- tional background has been? Mr. Klein. Yes. Grammar and high schools in Los Angeles; Stan- ford University, A. B. degree. Mr. Tavenner. When were you at Stanford ? Mr. Klein. Until 1928. Occidental College, master's degree. Mr. Tavenner. Excuse me. Will you raise your voice a little. It is hard for me to hear with the fans over to my left. Mr. Klein. Yes, sure. Occidental College, master's degree. Gradu- ate work in European universities and at Columbia University. Mr. Tavenner. Where did you receive graduate work in Europe ? Mr. Klein. I had several semesters in German universities in the city of Berlin. Mr. Tavenner. What university ? Mr. Klein. The University of Berlin, itself, and the Handels- Hochschule, which is the equivalent of a graduate school of business or economics. . Mr. Tavenner. Will you spell the name of the institution. Mr. Klein. Surely. H-a-n-d-e-1-s—H-o-c-h-s-c-h-u-l-e. Mr. Tavenner. Did you receive a degree or degrees as a result of the graduate work ? Mr. Klein. No, no further degrees beyond the master's. Mr. Tavenner. Now, what was the year in which you completed your graduate work in Germany? Mr. Klein. 1933. Mr. Tavenner. How long did you remain in Germany after the completion of your work? Mr. Klein. Oh, I believe I left very shortly thereafter. I left Germany, if I am not mistaken, in April of 1933. April or May. Mr. Tavenner. Did you return at that time to the United States? Mr. Klein. Well, no. Mr. Tavenner. When you say you left Germany Mr. Klein. Yes. No, I was engaged in newspaper work, also, and from Germany I went to London where I continued in newspaper work for a number of months. Mr. Tavenner. Now, what type of newspaper work were you en- gaged in ? Mr. Klein. I was working for news services. I was working for the Chicago Tribune at the time. Mr. Tavenner. When did you return to the United States? Mr. Klein. In the latter part of the summer of 1933.