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2342 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Blankfort. No, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Referring again to the greetings alleged to have been sent by you to the National Conference of the New Theater League, it would indicate that you were a member of the New Theater League; is that true? Mr. Blankfort. I wrote for a magazine called The New Theater magazine, which may have been the organ of the New Theater League. 1 wrote a series of three articles on the psychology of the audience— what makes an audience respond as it does to different kinds of material. Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee what the New Theater League was, how it was created and what it advocated ? Mr. Blankfort. I was never an active or leading member of the New Theater League, but my recollection was that it was an organ- ization to which Little Theater groups, throughout the country, are joined. It was an organization of theaters. There was a theater in Los Angeles, which I am reminded of by this article. There were Little Theaters throughout the country doing plays like Bury the Dead, Waiting for Lefty, and others, that formed a national organ- ization, and this was it. (Representative Bernard W. Kearney left the hearing room at this point.) Mr. Tavenner. Did you at any time travel outside of the United States? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, sir; many times. Mr. Tavenner. Have you visited any countries of Europe ? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, sir; almost all of them. Mr. Tavenner. Did you visit the Soviet Union ? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. When was that? Mr. Blankfort. In 1929. Mr. Tavenner. What was the purpose of your trip ? Mr. Blankfort. I had been teaching at Bowdoin College. It was the first money I made and I wanted a trip to Europe, i found out that there was an American tour of anthropologists being sent into the remote part of the Caucasus. I remember the name of a Uni- versity of Buffalo anthropologist—I think he was the head of it—a man named Leslie White. As a psychologist, I was interested. So somehow, I can't remember who arranged it—my meeting with Leslie White—I then joined the party. I can remember two girls from Philadelphia, sisters, named Wasserman. I remember their names. We went down to the Caucasus and spent most of our time, about 5 weeks, on horse, and went into a village of the Caucasus, in the inner Caucasus, where people spoke pure Greek. The myth was that Jason was there for the Golden Fleece, and that is how these people spoke the Greek that they did. They had blood feuds. They lived in fortified farms with towers, and so on. Mr. Tavenner. Let me ask you whether or not World Tourists, Inc., or Open Road Mr. Blankfort. Open Road. A man named Rothschild, I think, was head of the Open Road at that time. Mr. Tavenner. This was sponsored by Open Road ?