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1564 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Tavenner. Did you hold any office or position in any newspaper or news service ? Mr. Klein. Office or position ? Mr. Tavenner. Yes; such as an editor of a paper, a business mana- ger or any other position with a news publication or news service. (Witness consults with counsel.) Mr. Klein. Oh, I see. You mean a position of some authority or executive position ? Mr. Tavenner. Well, of course, I used it in a rather broad sense. Mr. Klein. Well, I was wondering if you meant that being office bo}' was a position, also ? Mr. Tavenner. Oh, no. I wouldn't accuse you of being an office boy, see. Mr. Klein. I wouldn't take it amiss if you did. Mr. Tavenner. Let us forget about any menial positions of that character, but I am speaking of a position such as an editor, the head of a news organization, or a position comparable to that. Mr. Klein. I see. Well, I decline to answer that on the grounds previously stated. I decline to answer on the grounds that I have previously given. Mr. Tavenner. Were you the head of the Federated Press in 1944 Mr. Klein. I decline Mr. Tavenner. In Los Angeles? Mr. Klein. I decline to answer that question on the grounds of possible self-incrimination and the rights guaranteed me"under the fifth amendment of the Constitution. Mr. Tavenner. Did you contribute articles to the New Masses at any time ? Mr. Klein. I decline to answer that on the grounds previously stated. Mr. Tavenner. Now, we have talked about your employment record in the newspaper field and in the news service field. Mr. Klein. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. You said you also have been part-time teacher. Will you tell us more about your occupation and your work as a teacher ? Mr. Klein. Yes. I was a member of the faculty of Los Angeles City College from 1938 until, I believe, the latter part of December 1941. Just after Pearl Harbor. And I returned to teaching in the junior college field in February of 1949 and continued until the close of the summer just ended—just ending. Mr. Tavenner. Now, where was that ? Mr. Klein. At the junior college, El Camino Junior College. Mr. Tavenner. Now, in addition to your employment in the news- paper field and as a teacher, were you employed in the motion-picture industry in any capacity at any time? Mr. Klein. I had some employment as a member of the publicity organizations of three or four motion-picture studios. This was in the period, I believe, between the beginning of 1945—I beg your par- don—between the beginning of 1935 and, I think, the close of 1938. It was all within that general period. I worked as what it known as a unit man. That is to say, I gathered news stories about motion