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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1625 Mr. Doyle. That what? Mr. James. Not to give an answer which might incriminate me. Mr. Doyle. Yes; but that only applies to a criminal prosecution, doesn't it, or a criminal case? Mr. James. I think it applies, also, sir, to proceedings before this committee. I have been here for some 3 days Mr. Doyle. I have noticed you here every day. That led me to ask you this question: If you are not now a member of the Com- munist Party and not in sympathy with the purpose of communism, why, all this morning and every time that Mr. Berkeley mentioned the name of a Communist, did you make a note of it in the room? I saw you doing so, didn.'t I ? Mr. James. Yes; I have that list in my pocket right now. Mr. Doyle. Why did you make that list? Mr. James. The reason I made that list, sir, was because I wanted to think of the number of people who were going to be touched by Mr. Berkeley's testimony, a number of people who would suffer from Mr. Berkeley's testimony. Mr. Doyle. Did you go out and telephone any of them ? Mr. James. I did not. Mr. Doyle. Did you telephone anyone else in connection with them ? Mr. James. No, sir. I telephoned to my lawyer to be sure he would be here at my side this afternoon, although Mr. Wirin. Apparently Mr. Doyle. We are always glad to have counsel present. Mr. Wirin. Apparently he didn't need any help. Mr. Doyle. I realize he has good legal advice. Mr. Wirin. I am glad to be here. Mr. Doyle. But I couldn't help but notice, Mr. James, that you were doing that and I—in view of your answer that you are not now a Communist, do you want me to understand that you may have been one yesterday ? Mr. James. Sir, I am sorry you have raised this question, but I shall have to decline to answer this on previous grounds—previously stated grounds. Mr. Doyle. Well, you and your wife have been here ever since the hearings have opened. You are both young people, I notice. I am glad you are, because you have more time to serve your country than some of us that are older. That leads me to ask you this question: You heard me ask yesterday and the day before, witnesses whether or not they believed that the purpose of this committee, as assigned to it by the United States Congress, to investigate subversive persons and subversive programs, was an important function. I am sure you heard that, didn't you ? You shook your head. The shorthand writer can't take the shake of your head in his notes. Mr. James. Yes; I did hear it, sir. Mr. Doyle. You heard that. What is your answer to that same question ? Mr. James. I am not sure just what the question was, but I am aware of the act of Congress under which this committee operates. At the same time, I have said that I am not sympathetic to commu- nism and I must, to be fair, say that I am not sympathetic to this in- vestigation, not so much in terms of myself or people who come before it as I am in terms of what it could do to contribute to a certain