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2058 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Wood. Proceed. Mr. Wheeler. The logical person to register this would have been J. R. Prior, he having an interest in the manuscript? Mr. Strawn. I will have to claim the same privilege, because I think this is an attempt to get me to incriminate myself. Mr. Wheeler. Isnt' it a fact that J. Redmond Prior is Lester Cole ? Mr. Strawn. In view of the fact that he has been rather promi- nently labeled as subversive, and so on, by this committee, I will have to claim my privilege for the reasons given, because I think it is an attempt to link me up with someone who has been incriminated and I am afraid the answer to that question might tend to incrimi- nate me. Mr. Wheeler. Do you know Lester Cole % Mr. Strawn. I will make the same answer to that question. Mr. Wheeler. You mentioned previously Mr. Strawn. May I interrupt and say that any question which I feel is in any way an attempt to link me with any organization or any individual, that I understand to have been listed as subversive by this committee, that I do not care ■ Mr. Wood. Let me set you straight about that right now. This committee has listed no one as subversive. Mr. Strawn. I have seen printed lists of organizations. Mr. Wood. I am talking about individuals. Mr. Strawn. Individuals connected with those organizations or who have been subpenaed or cited for contempt, any attempt to link me with any of those people I am going to, in that connection, claim the same privilege because I feel that it represents an attempt to incriminate me. Mr. Wheeler. You previously stated, in your testimony, that you were the author of a story called Bad Men of Tombstone. Mr. Strawn. That is right; yes. Mr. Wheeler. Was that sold directly to Monogram or do you still have a percentage of the picture ? Mr. Strawn. I do not have any percentage of the picture. Mr. Wheeler. In other words, you sold it outright to Monogram ? Mr. Strawn. No, sir. Mr. Wheeler. Then tell us the mechanics of that. Mr. Strawn. Monogram had a picture with that title or some ap- proximate title, and they wanted rewriting done on the version that they had. I was engaged to do some rewriting on this. Mr. Wheeler. Did you do the rewriting yourself or in conjunction with another party ? Mr. Strawn. I did it in conjunction with another party. Mr. Wheeler. Who was the other party ? Mr. Strawn. I will have to decline to answer that question on the grounds already stated. Mr. Wheeler. Wasn't J. R. Prior or J. Redmond Prior also en- gaged on that ? Mr. Strawn. I will make the same answer to that question. Mr. Wheeler. Mr. Strawn, have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Strawn. I decline to answer that question on the same grounds as heretofore stated.