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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 2325 (Representative Francis E. "Walter returned to the hearing room at this point.) Mr. Tavenner. You don't mean to say you would sign a person's petition for nomination and then vote against him? Mr. Levy. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Was that your view in this instance? Is that what you expected to do ? Mr. Levy. In this case I would have voted for one of the men and against the other one. In the case of Mr. Niblo, I would, and told him I would, vote against him. Mr. Tavenner. I am speaking about Lester Cole, the person known to you to be a member of the party. Mr. Levy. I say of these two people I would have voted for one and against the other. I don't reniembsr how I did vote. Mr. Tavenner. Well, did you intend in signing the petition to support Lester Cole, who was a person then known to you to be a member of the Communist Party ? Mr. Levy. Lester is the person I would not have voted for and did not vote for. Mr. Tavenner. Although you did sign his nominating petition? Mr. Levy. Yes, sir. I would and assume I did vote for Ring Lardner. Mr. Tavenner. Do you have any statement that you desire to make to the committee with regard to the character of your break with the Communist Party, that is, whether it was full and complete? Mr. Levy. Yes, sir. I assume that I have made that statement, that it was full and complete, I mean, that this is the content of my ap- pearance here; that it is full and complete, that I have not heard anything nor have any desire or reason to hear anything, since this last time, about 4 years ago. I don't think there would be Mr. Tavenner. That is all, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Doyle. Mr. Levy, do you have legal counsel with you? Mr. Levy. Yes, sir. Mr. Doyle. Do you want to identify him? Mr. Levy. Mr. Gang, sir. [Martin Gang.] Mr. Doyle. I was interested in your comment that back in 1943, as I thought you said, you thought you paid Earl Browder some dues. Mr. Levy. Yes. Mr. Doyle. Did he ask you for dues for the Communist Party, or how did you happen to pay him ? Mr. Levy. Well, as I remember, he gave me this card, and I don't remember the words, but the sense of it was, "I want a quarter," or it may have been a dime. The sums were very, very small. I mean, it just seemed to me the way things were done. Mr. Walter. Mr. Kearney? Mr. Potter? Is there any reason why the witness should not be excused? Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Chairman, there is one question I may desire to ask the witness, if you will bear with me a moment, please. There was a witness who appeared in Los Angeles in response to a subpena by the name of Carl Foreman. Were you acquainted with him? Mr. Levy. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know whether or not he was a member of the Communist Party?