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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1853 have another executive secretary named Frances Engels. In both these cases, I think these secretaries are above reproach. As far as your asking "Do you feel that there is any chance of a repetition ?" I think there is always the chance of a repetition if people don't remain vigi- lant. I think we have the situation well in hand. I think that it could get out of hand if we didn't watch it. I think it could get out of hand in this country if we didn't watch it. I think the clear and present danger is communism today. Mr. Jackson. I think that is pretty generally accepted, and it would certainly be my hope that other organizations which are under this attack would take a look at the experiences in the Screen Writers' Guild and realize that it is not sheer force of numbers that makes it possible to dominate and direct but, rather, a laxity on the part of the majority of the members of the organization who come late and leave early and allow untrammeled control of the operations of the organi- zation. I have no further questions. Mr. Walter. Mr. Tunberg, we deeply appreciate your coopera- tion Mr. Tunberg. Mr. Chairman, could I ask one further question? Mr. Walter. Yes. Mr. Tunberg. In the testimony yesterday—I watched it on tele- vision; I believe it was yesterday—a certain editorial was read into the record. I think maybe some people may get the impression from this that people who have cooperated with the committee in the past in the form of so-called friendly witnesses may have been victimized by certain employers. Mr. Walter. I am wondering. I was just about to ask you do you know who the witnesses were—■— Mr. Tunberg. Yes, sir. Mr. Walter (continuing). Who testified before this committee? Mr. Tunberg. Yes, sir. Mr. Walter. Who were they ? Mr. Tunberg. I would like to say that at the beginning of this cur- rent hearing, the Motion Picture Industry Council did write a letter— and the Motion Picture Industry Council does represent all phases of the motion-picture industry, creative, crafts, management, producers, directors—pointing out that these people had not been victimized in any way by any employer in the motion-picture industry. I do have a list of these people who were mentioned who testified. Mr. Walter. Do you know what they are doing now ? Mr. Tunberg. Yes, sir. I have Mr. Walter. Well, will you give us the list and tell us what they tire doing, whether employed, whether they have been employed since they testified in Washington. Mr. Tunberg. This is a list of people who testified on the so-called friendly basis, and in some quarters it has been said that they were kept out of employment. Morrie Kiskind was one. Now, Mr. Ris- kind, I want to point out, has never really been, primarily, a film writer. He has written several pictures, but he was primarily a playwright and a very brilliant one, and I think for a period before his testimony he had not worked in pictures. He has not worked a great deal in pictures since then because he, as I understand it, is engaged in writing a play. Leo McCarey was one of the so-called friendly witnesses. I think he has been busy every day since