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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 2351 Mr. Jackson. The membership lists would have (old you a great deal more about the organizations than the avowed principles. Mr. Blankfort. I agree with you. However. I subsequently have been shocked to find that there have been people connected with these organizations who have been listed as Communist Party mem- bers. It had never occurred to me. honestly, that a lot of these people who have been listed, were Communist Party members. Mr. Tavexxer. You are aware that the Attorney General has listed the American Peace Mobilization as a Communist organiza- tion, and that it has also been cited by this committer, are you not? Mr. Blankfort. That was in 1948 it was cited \ Mr. Tavexx t er. I do not think I gave you the date of the American Peace Mobilization. December 4, 1947, was the date it was cited as subversive and Communist by Attorney General Tom Clark, and also by Attorney General Francis Biddle, on September 24, 1942, and it was cited by this committee first on June 25, 1942, and later on Janu- ary 2,1943, and March 29, 1944, as one of the most seditious organiza- tions which ever operated in the United States, and an instrument of the Communist Party prior to Hitler's attack on Russia. Mr. Blax t kfort. I certainly would not knowingly have remained in any organization that was cited as subversive. Mr. Tavexxer. Did you write the book The Big Yankee? Mr. Blax'kfort. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavexxer. Was this book based on the life of Evans F. Carlson ? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, sir. Mr.' Tavexxer. Were you personally acquainted with Evans F. Carlson ? Mr. Blankfort. Yes, sir. May I comment on that? Mr. Tavexxer. Yes, sir. Mr. Blaxkf :rt. The first time I met the then Col. Evans F. Carlson was at Camp Pendleton, when I served in the Marine Corps. This is a man whose reputation, as it came to me, was as a Marine Corps leader who had won the adoration of every marine who had ever heard of him. My friendship with General Carlson is one of the dearest things of my memory. I cannot tell you with what out- rage I responded to the accusation and allegation that General Carl- son was a member of the Communist Party, for many reasons. One, I knew him well; but more than that, his public record. His public record as a God-fearing man, who made no pretenses about it, whose eulogy after his death at Guadalcanal, in which his own words were used, stated "This experience reaffirms our belief in the Supreme Being." This is a man who fought at Guadalcanal, at Tarawa, at Makin, was wounded twice, and at Saipan. I would like to point out that his father is a Congregational ist minister, who is still alive. When I was at General Carlson's home, grace was said before meals. His total attitude toward life is that of a very deep feeling religious man. I would like to add further that any reference to General Carlson in relation to the Chinese Communist armies—so it is on the record- was done, as far as I know, and as far as the records are, as a member of the Naval Intelligence. He sent his reports in, and that is what he was there for. And it is a terrible blow to the American morale. 95829 52—pt. 7 4