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

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2112 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Wheeler. Was it Peter Hyim ? I )r. Kkieger. No ; it was not. Mr. Jackson. But you met this Korean I Dr. Krieger. Oh, yes. Mr. Jackson. Where was the meeting effected ? Where did it take place ? Dr. Krieger. The meeting was effected on Olvera Street in the Mexican quarter there. We all had dinner together. Mr. Jackson. Who attended that dinner meeting? Dr. Krieger. Leo Cefkin and the Korean and, I believe, his girl friend. 1 don't remember whether it was his wife or girl friend. And my wife and myself. Mr. Wheeler. Well. Cefkin was then a member of this apparatus? Dr. Krieger. No; not actually. Mr. Wheeler. Well, he responded ? Dr. Krieger. He responded to it; that's right. Mr. Wheeler. Have you heard of him lately at all? Dr. Krieger. No ; I have not. As I told you before, the last I heard was when he came out of service and separated from his wife and he went East, and that was all that I know. Mr. Wheeler. What branch of service was he in? Dr. Krieger. I think he was in the Infantry. I know he saw active duty in Europe. Mr. Wheeler. What was his major at USC? Dr. Krieger. It wasn't USC. I think it was City College. He was a music major, as far as I can recall. Mr. Wheeler. A music major? Dr. Krieger. That's right. Mr. Wheeler. City College. Is that Los Angeles Dr. Krieger. Los Angeles City College. Mr. Wheeler. It used to be Los Angeles Junior College ? Dr. Krieger. I think it was Los Angeles Junior City College. Mr. Arnold Krieger. Yes. It is called the Los Angeles Junior College now. It used to be known as Los Angeles City College. Dr. Krieger. That's right. Mr. Arnold Krieger. It is the one over on Vermont near Santa Monica Boulevard. Mr. Wheeler. Do you have any questions, Mr. Beale? Mr. Beale. Doctor, have there been any attempts to rerecruit you into the Communist Party since you left it? Dr. Krieger. No ; none whatsoever. Mr. Beale. None of your old contacts have approached you to rejoin? Dr. Krieger. They have nothing to do with me any more. Mr. Wheeler. What is the attitude of Dr. Eosenblum? Dr. Krieger. Well, he was very nice and, in fact, at the time we pondered when my wife—because he had delivered another fluid, and my wife was very fond of him as a physician, and he is a very excel- lent one. Mr. Wheeler. He was your doctor prior to the time you testified in Canada? Dr. Krieger. Oh, yes. Mr. Wheeler. He showed no animosity? Dr. Krieger. Afterwards, you mean?