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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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 #:
00075
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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COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF HOLLYWOOD MOTION- PICTURE INDUSTRY—PART 6 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1951 United States House of Representatives, Subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities, Los Angeles, Calif. EXECUTIVE SESSION A special subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activ- ities met, pursuant to call at 11 a. m., in conference room C, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif., Hon. Donald L. Jackson presiding. Committee member present: Representative Donald L. Jackson. Staff members present: Thomas W. Beale, Sr., assistant counsel; and William A. Wheeler, investigator. Mr. Jackson. Mr. Wheeler, will you call the witness ? Mr. Wheeler. Prokop Jack Prokop. Mr. Jackson. Mr. Prokop, will you stand and be sworn, please? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you give this subcom- mittee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ? Mr. Prokop. I do. TESTIMONY OF PROKOP JACK PROKOP, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, BEN MARGOLIS Mr. Wheeler. State your full name, please. Mr. Prokop. Prokop Jack Prokop. Mr. Wheeler. Where were you born ? Mr. Prokop. In Hlinsko, Bohemia. Mr. Wheeler. Were you born on July 28, 1881 ? Mr. Prokop. That is right. Mr. Wheeler. You entered the United States September 30, 1930 ? Mr. Prokop. That is right—the United States, you say ? Mr. Wheeler. Yes. Mr. Prokop. September 1, 1913, not 1930. Mr. Wheeler. 1913? Mr. Prokop. Yes. Mr. Wheeler. When were you naturalized ? Mr. Prokop. About 14 years ago. Mr. Wheeler. On February 10, 1939, you received your final papers ? 2117