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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 20S5 Miss Ettinger. Arthur Kramer. We discuss various writers, we get their cards out, what they have done, what kind of stories, how many screen plays they have done, whether they were good pictures. And on the basis of that Ave pick out a list of the most suitable for that particular kind of a story. Then the producer says, "Well, let's get him and him and him in." He talks to all these people. Mr. Wheeler. Who calls them in? Miss Ettinger. Either I do or Arthur, or sometimes I have my secretary make the date. It is very informal. Mr. Wheeler. Who talks to them when they come in, you or your assistant or the producer? Miss Ettinger. They go to the producer. Sometimes they come down and tell me they have talked to the producer. Most of the times the producer calls me and says it was unsatisfactory, or satis- factory, or, "I like this guy and let's talk to Mr. Cohn." Then we get an O. K. If it is a project that Mr. Cohn isn't handling it is for Mr. Kahane. After they O. K. it they start to work for the producer and I practically never see them again. Mr. Wheeler. Who makes the deal after they are O. K.'d by Mr. Cohn, Mr. Kahane, or the producer ? Miss Ettinger. I make the deal with the agent. Mr. Wheeler. That has to do with terms and conditions and money and so forth? Miss Ettinger. Yes. Usually we know writers' salaries. It's a week-to-week deal. Mr. Wheeler. How many names are on this list that you have compiled ? Miss Ettinger. There are over 900 names on that list. Mr. Wheeler. With your permission I would like to review the list and just give the number of individuals who from our recollection have been identified as members of the Communist Party. Miss Et- tinger, I have reviewed the list of names which you have compiled, on which you state there are over 900 individuals, and I have recognized 38 as having been identified as having been members of the Commun- ist Party. Miss Ettinger. Maybe about 925 or 930. Mr. Wheeler. I want to ask you a question again. Was any pres- sure ever exerted on you by anyone to hire any writer by reason of Communist Party affiliations? Miss Ettinger. Mr. Wheeler, I can truthfully say never, or I was so dumb that I didn't recognize the signs. Mr. Wheeler. Do you recall anybody else now whom you remem- ber as a member of the Communist Party ? Miss Ettinger. I just can't. Mr. Wheeler. Don't you think it is a bit unusual for a person to be a member of the Communist Party for a period of 4 years and only remember about four or five individuals? Miss Ettinger. It may be, but it is a long time ago. This is not something I want to remember; it is something that I wanted to forget. And people, maybe they weren't there long enough, maybe I didn't know more than first names, maybe they moved around and others came in and came out, so I never got to know anybody thoroughly. These people, even though I joined, were never people that I asso-