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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1787 Mr. Tavenner. Meaning, of course, that it has met with your gen- eral approval as being a product which was worthy of acquiring? Mr. Gordon. Worthy of further consideration. Mr. Tavenner. How long have you been engaged in the work of an editor? Mr. Gordon. Well, I have been in my present position for a little over 3 years. Is that what you meant ? Mr. Tavenner. Yes, sir. ' Prior to that time what was your par- ticular work? Mr. Gordon. I was head of the reading department at Paramount for G years. Mr. Tavenner. Will you describe briefly what the duties of a reader are. Mr. Gordon. Of a reader? Mr. Tavenner. Yes. Mr. Gordon. The primary work of a reader is to read literary and dramatic material and to synopsize it and to comment upon it. This is the first stage in a consideration of literary material. Mr. Tavenner. For how long a period of time did you engage in the work of a reader ? Mr. Gordon. Well, I don't know how to put it because I have been a reader at various times and assistant at various times, head of read- ing, and back and forth. I have been engaged in this work for ap- proximately 25 years. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Gordon, a witness, Mr. Martin Berkeley, who appeared before this committee, identified you as a member of the Communist Party and in so doing stated: I met with him with the Screen Writers' Guild. I attended a meeting of the Screen Writers' Guild at which I met Don Gordon and subsequently later met him at the meetings of the writers' fraction. Was that testimony by Mr. Berkeley true or was it false? Mr. Gordon. Well, I have never been a member of the Screen Writers' Guild, except possibly at one point when the Screen Readers' Guild was in a sense affiliated with it. As to this testimony, or any response to your question, I claim the privilege under the fifth amend- ment which states that a witness may not be required to testify against himself. Mr. Tavenner. When was it that the Readers' Guild was affiliated with the Screen Writers' Guild? Mr. Gordon. It w T as a long time ago, but I think it was somewhere in 1933 that that affiliation began and it terminated somewhere in the next 2 or 3 years. Mr. Tavenner. Where did you reside in 1932; did you tell us that ? Mr. Gordon. 1932? Mr. Tavenner. Yes, sir. Mr. Gordon. I have lived in the same house for about 18 years. I'm not sure of the exact date. It w T as either 1932 or 1933 that I moved into it. Mr. Tavenner. What is your present address ? Mr. Gordon. 6853 Pacific View Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Tavenner. Prior to that time what was the place of your resi- dence ? Mr. Gordon. Well, for about a year or so I lived on a street called, I think it was, Cumberland, but I don't remember the address.