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2096 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Shayne. Well, you have a remarkable memory for that sort of thing. I apparently don't. Mr. Jackson. Well, I beg to differ with you on that particular point. Did you also attend, you say, the Workers' School? Mr. Shayne. In New York, yes. Mr. Jackson. In New York'4 Mr. Shayne. Yes. Mr. Jackson. Not in Los Angeles? Mr. Shayne. Not in Los Angeles. Mr. Jackson. How long did you attend the Workers' School ? Mr. Shayne. Well, as I said before, I don't recall the exact time, but as near as I can recall it must have been—oh, 3 or 4 months. Mr. Jackson. What particular studies were you pursuing in the Workers' School ? Mr. Shayne. It was just a general lecture course. Mr. Jackson. A general lecture course ? Mr. Shayne. Yes. Mr. Jackson. Do you recall the names of any of them who gave lectures during the period of time you were in attendance? Mr. Shayne. No, sir, I don't. Mr. Jackson. Did you ever know a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Shayne. Did I ever know one? Mr. Jackson. Did you ever know of your own knowledge a member of the Communist Party ? Mr. Shayne. Well, the people that procured me must have been, but what their names are, as I say, I don't remember. Since I have been out here in Hollywood I couldn't tell you who was a member of the Communist Party or who wasn't. I have no knowledge, because I do not—I have not discussed politics or political affiliations with any- body. Mr. Jackson. Well, how about the period of time you were in New York? Did you know of your own personal knowledge any indi- vidual Mr. Shayne. Not that I can recall, no, sir. Mr. Jackson. Were you in the Armed Forces? Mr. Shayne. No, sir. Mr. Jackson. Have you been in the Armed Forces? Mr. Shayne. I am 50 years of age. Mr. Jackson. Well, as I say, we have no desire to persecute anyone in the course of this investigation, and these preliminary hearings are for the purpose of setting out our agenda for the open hearings which are to start next Monday, and the extent of the cooperation given by witnesses in the preliminary hearings is largely to be the yardstick of whether or not they are to appear at the open hearings. Now, I personally feel, Mr. Shayne, that you have not been com- pletely frank with the subcommittee. Mr. Shayne. I don't see how you can say so. I have been perfectly frank. I am perfectly willing to be frank with you. I have been honest with you. I don't know how else I could be. Mr. Jackson. I repeat that one semester in screen writing under an instructor is, to me, a glaring inconsistency when one is unable to tell the name. The name might necessarily connote nothing. It does not necessarily say that the instructor was a Communist or hav-