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2350 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY master of ceremonies of the feature presented by the school for writers of the League of American Writers. Do you recall that occasion? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, I recall it now. Mr. Tavenner. Were you affiliated with the school for writers? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, sir; I was. Mr. Tavenner. I show you a photostatic copy of a circular con- cerning the American people's meeting held at Randall's Island, N- Y., on April 5, 1941. This was a meeting of the American Peace Mobilization. According to the circular you were a sponsor of the American Peace Mobilization. Is that correct? Mr. Blankfort. According to the circular, I was. Mr. Tavenner. And I desire to oifer the circular in evidence and ask that it be marked "Blankfort Exhibit No. 8." Mr. Walter. Mark it and let it be received . (The document referred to, marked "Blankfort Exhibit No. 8." is filed herewith.) Mr. Blankfort. May I comment on this. Mr. Tavenner. Yes, sir. I am going to ask you further questions. Mr. Blankfort. Pardon me. Mr. Tavenner. You state that, according to the circular, you are listed as a sponsor. Were you a sponsor? Mr. Blankfcrt. Mr. Tavenner, I do not recall ever sending per- mission or greetings or anything of that kind to the American Peace Mobilization. 1 want to say in this connection—and I think you have found this to be true of me so far, that of many of the activities in my past I have no apologies. If at any time I have ever been connected with the American Peace Mobilization, it is the one thing of which I am deeply ashamed. That is all I want to say. I can expand, but that is all I want to say now. I did not sponsor it, to my real recollection on the thing. Mr. Jackson. May I ask a question, Mr. Chairman, at that point? Mr. Walter. Mr. Jackson. Mr. Jackson. You remember that this is one of a number of organizations with which your name has been associated, and which have later been proscribed either by this committee, or by the Attor- ney General's Office, as being Communist-front organizations, and dominated by Communists. You have entered a vehement denial in the case of the Peace Mobilization. Does that mean that you did not effect such rejection of the other organizations upon the finding by the United States Government that they are and were Communist- dominated organizations? Mr. Blankfort. On the contrary, Mr. Jackson. I respect these. I would not belong to an organization that had been called subversive. Mr. Jackson. That is the point I wanted to make. You em- phatically reject the America Peace Mobilization? Mr. Blank.fi rt. I do, because my principle has been whenever I have joined an organization, to examine the objectives, the stated objectives. Mr. Jackson. You should have examined the membership lists of some of them. Mr. Blankfort. I certainly should have.