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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1579 Abraham Lincoln Brigade, was sent to Spain, got as far as Paris, changed his mind and came back and became a screen reader again. I haven't seen Mr. Sabinson since 1936, or thereabouts. I may possibly have bumped into him in New York on a visit but I can't recall it. Another member of the group was a man who is at present a screen writer in Hollywood and one of the most vociferous Communists we have in our guild. His name is Edward Huebsch, H-u-e-b-s-c-h. I don't know much about Mr. Huebsch except he is a Communist and a troublemaker. Also in the group was a man named Nicholas Bela, B-e-l-a, a Hun- garian, who had been in the revolution in Hungary with Bela Kun. We received a great deal of cooperation at that time in the organi- zation of the Screen Readers' Guild from Eve Ettinger, who at that time was an assistant in the story department at Columbia and who today is the story editor of that studio. I had talks with Miss Ettinger at a later date when I was in New York and Miss Ettinger told me that she had left the party, and I have every reason to believe that she was telling me the truth. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Chairman, I call to your attention the fact that Eve Ettinger, the person identified just now by the witness, ap- peared a few weeks ago in executive session of this committee and admitted her Communist Party membership and at the time indicated and stated, also, that she had withdrawn from the party. Mr. Berkeley. I believe she has, from every possible indication. Through the work with the Screen Readers' Guild, and in order to publicize the work that we were doing, V. J. Jerome, who was in charge of the cultural work of the Communist Party, put me in touch with a man named Herbert Klein, K-1-e-i-n, who then was the editor or one of the editors of New Theater magazine. Later he made many excellent documentary films and after quarreling with the party po- litically was expelled from the party, and to the best of my knowledge and belief is no longer a party member. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Berkeley, were you present in the hearing room at the close of the session yesterday ? Mr. Berkeley. No, sir. This is the first time I have been here. Mr. Tavenner. You did not see the Herbert Klein who testified before the committee yesterday? Mr. Berkeley. No, sir. Is he a movie director or a picture writer?* Mr. Tavenner. How do you spell the name Klein, the person to whom you refer ? Mr. Berkeley. I believe his name is spelled K-1-e-i-n or K-1-i-n-e. Mr. Tavenner. Can you give us further identifying information relating to the Herbert Klein to whom you refer as having been a member of this group in New York City in 1936 ? Mr. Berkeley. Counsel, it's 14 years since I have seen Mr. Klein. I met him organizationally twice and I haven't seen him since. I would hate to hang a man on identification like that. As I remember him, he was dark, of medium height. Both times I saw him he wore a dark suit. *\ Mr. Tavenner. I have before me the morning paper which has a photograph of the witness Herbert Klein who appeared before the committee yesterday. Mr. Berkeley. May I see it, sir %