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1634 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mrs. James. Well, I feel that this committee has certainly found the Communists are not being a very effective voice in Hollywood, be- cause I think most of the witnesses who have been here have said that they are not influencing the films that are distributed to the American people, so I don't feel that Mr. Doyle. I know. But I am asking you, How shall we investigate it? Mrs. James. That is your job, sir. Mr. Doyle. I know it is our job. Mrs. James. I don't wish to give an opinion. Mr. Doyle. And our job is to get your help. And your help, we believe, is to come clean and help us investigate subversive conduct in Hollywood. Now, you haven't answered that. Have you any way that we can get at the subversive people, the people that would uproot our constitutional form of government and favor Soviet Russia? Have you any recommendation of what we shall do ? You don't tell us anything about what you know about communism. Mrs. James. No; I have no recommendation. Mr. Doyle. Why don't you tell us what you know about it and heln us? (The witness made no answer.) Mr. Doyle. I don't want to urge you or hurry you to do it; I want you to take plenty of time to answer that question. Take more time if you want before you answer it. But why don't you help us, Mrs. James? You've got some young children growing up. Why don't you help us in the field of communistic influences in Hollywood ? Mrs. James (conferring with counsel). I will try to answer your question, Mr. Doyle, and this isn't what my lawyer just advised me. Mr. Doyle. I am glad you consulted your lawyer. Mrs. James. I feel that it is quite possible to be opposed to commu- nism and its principles and its alliance to the Soviet Union and to be in support of our Government, our Government's policy in Korea— which I certainly am—and still feel that it is not an American rule to have to name names of people when it will influence their lives and their families and their children. This is not my reason for declining. I decline on the grounds of the fifth amendment. But this is my position. Mr. Doyle. Thank you very much. Mr. Wood. Mr. Jackson. Mr. Jackson. Mrs. James, do I understand that you wrote Bloomer Girl, or had a part in the writing? Mrs. James. Yes; and several other people. Mr. Jackson. Did you also appear in Bloomer Girl? Mrs. James. No, sir. I am not an actress. Mr. Jackson. Were you ever a member of Actors' Equity? Mrs. James. Yes, I was a member of Actors' Equity when I was a ballet dancer, which was up until 1936, I believe. Mr. Jackson. Were you present at a meeting in the Astor at which time Actors' Equity undertook to censure Frank Fay ? Mrs. James. No, sir. Mr. Jackson. You were not present at that time ? Mrs. James. No, sir. I was in Hollywood. Mr. Jackson. I have no further questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Potter.