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2124 COMMUNISM IX HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mrs. Reynolds. I would still refuse to answer on the same grounds. Mr. Wheeler. I might add, this was in the year 1938. Were you a member of the Communist Party in 1938 ? Mrs. Reynolds. I will give the same answer to that question. Mr. Wheeler. Our information also shows that in 1945 you were a member of the northwest section of the Communist Party in Holly- wood, and were issued Communist Book No. 41911. Would you like to affirm or deny that statement? Mrs. Reynolds. I would use the same answer that I gave before. Mr. Wheeler. Our information also discloses that in 1946 you held Communist book No. 36420. Would you like to affirm or deny that ? Mrs. Reynolds. I will refuse to answer that question on the same grounds. Mr. Jackson. You decline to answer? Mrs. Reynolds. Yes; I do. Mr. Jackson. On the grounds that it might incriminate you '. Mrs. Reynolds. On the grounds it might incriminate me, yes, and all the other grounds. Mr. Wheeler. Have you ever been employed by the United States Government ? Mrs. Reynolds. No. Mr. W t heeler. Weren't you emploved in a WPA theatre project in 1937? Mrs. Reynolds. I am sorry; I was employed by the Federal theater project. Mr. Wheeler. Were you a member of the Communist Party while employed by the WPA? Mrs. Reynolds. I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Wheeler. Our records also show that on August 11, 1950, you were a member of the legislative committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions Council; is that correct ? Mrs. Reynolds. I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me. Mr. Wheeler. You are a member of the A. F. of L. Motion Picture Dancers, are you ? Mrs. Reynolds. No. Mr. Wheeler. Do the dancers have a union or a guild ? Mrs. Reynolds. They do have, but I am not employed in the mo- tion-picture industry. I haven't been for about 5 years, so I don't belong to any of the trade-unions. Mr. Wheeler. Have you ever been a member of any trade-union? Mrs. Reynolds. Yes; I was a member of the Screen Actors" Guild at the time when the dancers were a junior part of that guild. Mr. Wheeler. Have you ever been a member of the Workers* Alli- ance? Mrs. Reynolds. I don't think so. Mr. Wheeler. According to our records, in 1938 you were registered in the Communist Party under the name of Becky Lewis. Do you have any knowledge of that? I think I previously asked you if you ever used the name of Becky Lewis. Mrs. Reynolds. No. Mr. Wheeler. Are you acquainted with James Ward?