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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE' INDUSTRY 1563 Mr. Tavenner. Since returning to the United States how have you been employed? Mr. Klein. My employment has been chiefly as a teacher. I have also had employment in newspaper and news service work. Mr. Tavenner. What has been your employment in newspaper and news service work ? Mr. Klein. Well, may I just give the most important instances? Mr. Tavenner. No, sir. We may differ on the question of impor- tance, so I would like for you to name all the newspapers that you have worked for. Mr. Klein. I see. Well, I have had employment of varying dura- tions for the French Kadio News Service in New York; with the Los Angeles Daily News; for the newspaper PM as a correspondent; and for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin and some other publications of a trade-union nature. Mr. Tavenner. Have you worked at any time in any capacity for a publication of the Communist Party ? By that, I am not indicating that I have information that that is correct. Mr. Klein. Publication of the Communist Party? Mr. Tavenner. Yes. The New Masses, for instance, was recognized as a publication, an official organ of the Communist Party. So was the Daily Worker and Mr. Klein. I see. Mr. Tavenner. Various other papers with which you are no doubt familiar. Mr. Klein. Well, I am not intimately familiar with the definitions and the ramifications of the listing of subversive organizations or publications, and I decline to give an answer to this question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination and a privilege as granted me under the fifth amendment of the Constitution. Mr. Tavenner. Now, what was your last newspaper assignment ? Mr. Klein. Pardon me just a moment. Are you referring to my latest employment by a daily newspaper ? Mr. Tavenner. Well, we will take that first. Mr. Klein. I mean, I don't wish to be hair-splitting, but I would like to know the nature of your question. Mr. Tavenner. Yes. Well, let's take that first, daily newspapers. Mr. Klein. That's right. The last time I worked for a daily news- paper, to the best of my recollection, was for the Los Angeles Daily News. Mr. Tavenner. When was that? Mr. Klein. That was until—that was approximately July of 1945, or possibly August. Mr. Tavenner. Then will you state your last employment with a news service of any other character, other than a daily paper? Mr. Klein. I see. Well, I must decline to answer that question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination and the rights guaranteed me under the fifth amendment. Mr. Wood. Well, that doesn't require you to decline to answer. Mr. Klein. I beg your pardon ? Mr. Wood. There isn't any compulsion. Mr. Klein. No, I understand. The phraseology called for is I do decline to answer as previously stated.