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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 2077 Miss Ettinger. Yes. I just got out of school. Mr. Wheeler. Were you a member of the Screen Readers' Guild in New York? Miss Ettinger. Yes. I think I was. Mr. Wheeler. It was also known as the Screen Analysts' Guild, either before the Screen Readers' Guild or after? Miss Ettinger. 1 think so, Mr. Wheeler, 1 say I think so. I nuist tell you, because I was a reader for not too long a time. I never thought of it until you brought it up. I forgot that there was a Screen Readers' Guild. Mr. Wheeler. Miss Ettinger, a witness has appeared before the committee and has given testimony to the effect that the witness knew you as a member of the Communist Party in New York. Would you like to affirm or deny that statement? Miss Ettinger. I was. I have also tried to tell Mr. Gang, my at- torney, that I honestly can't remember, and yet I must have had a party card. I do not remember carrying one or having one. Mr. Wheeler. Do you recall when you first joined the Communist Party \ Miss Ettinger. T have tried to straighten out the dates and dis- cussed this with Mr. Gang in trying to straighten myself out on it. I thought it was about 193G, but it might have been 1935. Mr. Wheeler. For what reason did you join the Communist Party ? Miss Ettinger. Mr. Wheeler, I will have to phrase it first for you, because I don't know whether this is what you mean. I had no— what is the word—no goal. All we were hearing around was what was going on in Europe, people being killed, people dying, and meet- ings being held on every single street corner in New York and adver- tisements of meetings being held, "We will tell you why this is going on in the world," and I listened to them and I went to them. Ap- parently I must have thought this is a way to learn what's going on, this is the way to find out what's happening in the world and what our role is in the world and what the roles were of not only minority groups but people who didn't want to be killed, what we could do to avoid it, I don't know whether that sounds silly now. I thought this was a place—you know, I am a great somebody who likes to sit and listen and have people talk at them. I thought this was a great place to read about the world and history and discuss it. This is what happened, we discussed. Mr. Wheeler. How long were you a member of the Communist Party? Miss Ettinger. Mr. Wheeler, again I will have to say I think it was to 1940. It couldn't have been later than 1941 at the latest, and probably earlier. Mr. Wheeler. Did you at any time renew your membership in the Communist Party in California? Miss Ettinger. No. Mr. Wheeler. Would you recall who asked you to join the Com- munist Party ? Miss Ettinger. I have been trying hard to do that with Mr. Gang, and even though I said to Mr. Gang I remember the first name of this fellow well, I remember because he took me to meetings. I don't even know whether he was the instrumental thing that brought me into the party, or whether I did it.