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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1661 all cognizant of them thoroughly. You were asked one simple question here and that is the question of your official connection with a certain committee that has been designated. Will you answer that question or not ? Mrs. Abowitz. Are you asking me the question now ? Mr. Wood. Yes, I am asking you if you will answer the question that counsel has propounded to you. Mrs. Abowitz. Well, he answered one question and then he said he was going to clarify it or something, and he said something else. Will } T ou please ask me the question again? Mr. Wood. I think I can phrase it for you and couch it in the same language he did, and that is whether or not you were a member, and if so, in what position, of the California State Central Committee of the Democratic Party at the time indicated in the question. Mrs. Abowitz. The secretary of State publishes a list every 2 years of the members of the State central committee. Mr. Wood. We are not concerned about that. We are asking you the direct question whether or not you were. Mrs. Abowitz. I intend to answer the question, Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood. How's that? Mrs. Abowitz. I intend to answer the question, Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood. Let's do it without comment, Would you or not? Mrs. Abowitz. It is a matter of public record that I was a member, for a long time, of the State Democratic Central Committee. Mr. Wood. At the time indicated in the question ? Mr. Tavenner. 1944 or 1945. Mr. Wood. 1944 or 1945? Mrs. Abowitz. I believe so. Mr. Wood. Is that your best recollection on the subject? Mrs. Abowitz. I think so. Mr. Tavenner. At the same time did you hold any position of employment? Mrs. Abowitz. Mr. Chairman, I decline to answer that question on the same grounds. Mr. Tavenner. Were you a secretary for the attorney general of the State of California at that time? Mrs. Abowitz. May I consult counsel, please? Mr. Wood. Yes, ma'am. Mrs. Abowitz (after conferring with her counsel). No. Mr. Tavenner. Were you a secretary in the attorney general's office of the State of California at any time? Mrs. Abowitz. No. Mr. Tavenner. Were you employed by the attorney general of the State of California at any time? Mrs. Abowitz. I beg your pardon ? I'm sorry. Mr. Tavenner. I say, were you employed by the attorney general of the State of California at any time? Mrs. Abowitz. No. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know who the attorney general was for the year 1944? Mrs. Abowitz. 1944? It was Robert W. Kenny, my counsel. Mr. Tavenner. Excuse me; I didn't hear you. Mrs. Abowttz. I think it was. Mr. Tavenner. I didn't hear you.