Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Date:
1951
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O.
Volume:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Leaf #:
00034
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry -- United States, Communism -- California Los Angeles","Communism -- United States","Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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2076 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Wheeler. Have von ever been a member of the Joint Anti- Fascist Refugee Committee? .Mrs. Frank. No, sir. Mr. Wheeler. Have you ever been a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee ? Mrs. Frank. No, sir. Mr. Wheeler. Have you ever contributed to any of the organi- zations which I have named? Mrs. Frank. Yes. I searched my records and I found that I wrote the following checks to the organizations you named and to some of the following. The entire list in chronological order is as follows: January 17, 1944, $10 to the Labor Herald; February 21, 1944, $8.80, Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee; March 4, 1944, $8.15 to the Rus- sian War Relief; March 6, 1944, $2.77 to the Russian War Relief; April 7, 1944, $10, American Youth for Democracy; June 5, 1944, $5, Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee; June 14, 1944, $12*, Peo- ple's Educational Center; June 15. 1944, $5, Hollywood Democratic Committee; and October 5, 1944, $6, People's Educational Center. That is the list of the organizations to which I contributed and which may now be on the Attorney General's list of subversive organizations. Mr. Wheeler. That is all, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Jackson. The witness may be excused. (Whereupon the witness was excused.) (The following sworn statement was then made by Eve Ettinger to William A. Wheeler, committee investigator.) STATEMENT OF EVE ETTINGER Mr. Wheeler. Will you state your full name ? Miss Ettinger. Eve Ettinger. Mr. Wheeler. Where were you born ? Miss Ettinger. New York—Manhattan. Mr. Wheeler. Your present address? Miss Ettinger. 330 South Almont Drive, Los Angeles 48. Mr. Wheeler. You are here pursuant to subpena; is that correct? Miss Ettinger. Yes. Mr. Wheeler. Where are you presently employed? Miss Ettinger. At Columbia Pictures. Mr. Wheeler. What is your position ? Miss Ettinger. I am story editor. Mr. Wheeler. Will you relate briefly your educational background ? Miss Ettinger. I graduated from public school and high school. Mr. Wheeler. Would you relate your employment record? Miss Ettinger. I have been employed by Columbia Pictures for, I think, it is 15 years. Mr. Wheeler. Where were you employed before going to work for Columbia? Miss Ettinger. For a short while I was at Paramount as a secretary, then I came to Columbia as a reader. Mr. Wheeler. For a period of time you were employed in New York City by these organizations? Miss Ettinger. By Columbia. Up until May 1945 I worked in New York. Mr. Wheeler. Did you work for Paramount in New York, also?