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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1637 Mr. Tavenner. During that period of time did you also appear in screen plays? Mrs. Alexander. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. What are some of the principal plays in which you have taken a part? Mrs. Alexander. I have been in quite a few plays during this time, and I don't know as I can recall them all. Don Renegade, Dream Girl, Cause for Alarm. I am a free-lance actress, and as such I play small character parts, and there have been quite a lot. Mr. Tavenner. What has been the extent of your participation in radio work in recent years? Mrs. Alexander. Again as a free-lance actress. I have played off and on in dramatic presentations on the radio. Mr. Tavenner. What are some of the principal plays that you have engaged in? Mrs. Alexander. Oh, NBC Theatre, Let George Do It, Screen Di- rectors' Guild. (Conferring with counsel.) There have been quite a few. I can't recall them at the moment. I have done quite a number of radio plays. Excuse me a minute. (Conferring with counsel.) I really don't remember. You go on a show in radio and you go on one time, and then you don't get a call for that show again for several months, and some other director calls you for another show, and that's the way it goes. Mr. Tavenner. Well, the committee has information that during the period of time that you have been here, or at least during part of that time, you have been a member of the Communist Party. If that is true, we would like for you to tell the committee the circum- stances under which you became a member of the party and to give us information which you have or should have had if you were such a member. Mrs. Alexander. I feel that it is not only my right but my duty in taking the privilege of the fifth amendment on any questions con- cerning organizations which this committee has deemed subversive, or other words; and I decline to answer this question on the grounds that an answer might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Tavenner. Do you consider that membership in the Communist Party constitutes membership in a subversive organization? Mrs. Alexander. That is your definition. You have said that. Mr. Tavenner. I am asking you. Mrs. Alexander. I decline to answer on the grounds of the fifth amendment. Mr. Tavenner. I have no further questions. Mr. Wood. Any questions, Mr. Walter? Mr. Walter. No questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Doyle, any questions? Mr. Doyle. No questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Jackson, any questions ? Mr. Jackson. No questions. Mr. Wood. Mr. Potter, any questions ? Mr. Potter. No questions. Mrs. Alexander. May I submit a statement, please?