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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COMMUNIST INFILTKATION OF HOLLYWOOD MOTION- PICTURE INDUSTRY—PART 7 MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1952 United States House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, Washington, D. C. PUBLIC HEARING The Committee on Un-American Activities met, pursuant to ad- journment, at 10: 10 a. m., in room 226, Old House Office Building, Hon. Francis E. Walter presiding. Committee members present: Representatives Francis E. Walter, Morgan M. Moulder, Clyde Doyle, James B. Frazier, Jr., (appearance as noted in record), Harold H. Velde, (appearance as noted in record), Bernard W. Kearney, Donald L. Jackson, and Charles E. Potter. Staff members present: Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., counsel; Thomas W. Beale, Sr., assistant counsel; John W. Carrington, clerk; Raphael I. Nixon, director of research; William A. Wheeler and Courtney E. Owens, investigators; and A. S. Poore, editor. Mr. Walter. The committee will come to order, please. Let the record show that there are present Messrs. Moulder, Doyle, Frazier, Velde, Kearney, Jackson, Potter, and Walter. Who is your next witness, Mr. Tavenner? Mr. Tavenner. I will call Mr. Melvin Levy. What is your name, please, sir? Mr. Levy. Melvin Levy. Mr. Walter. Just a moment. Will you rise please, and hold up your right hand ? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. Levy. I do. TESTIMONY OF MELVIN LEVY Mr. Tavenner. What is your name, please, sir ? Mr. Levy. Melvin Levy. Mr. Tavenner. When and where were you born, Mr. Levy ? Mr. Levy. In Salt Lake City, on May 11,1902. Mr. Tavenner. Will you raise your voice just a little bit ? Mr. Levy. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee, please, briefly, what your educational training has been ? 2309