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3460 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Odets. Yes, a number of times. Mr. Tavenner. Will you give us the occasion of those visits and the time, approximate time? Mr. Odets. I sleep very late, sometimes until 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, because I work very late. I work frequently until 5 or 6 in the morning. So, I might get up in the afternoon and he might telephone me and say "What are you doing for dinner?" I would say, "Nothing." Come on over and we will go for a walk and go to such-and-such a restaurant." The visits would be of that sort. Mr. Tavenner. When, over what period of time did that take place ? Mr. Odets. I would guess up until 1938, perhaps 1939,1 don't know; quite late. Mr. Tavennek. 1938 or 1939? Mr. Odets. I would guess so. Mr. Tavenner. In the course of the hearing conducted by this committee regarding [William Walter] Remington, there was testi- mony by Mr. [Howard Allen] Bridgman chat Ted Wellman was the organizer of the Communist Party for the State of Tennessee. That was at the time that Remington was employed at the Tennessee Val- ley Authority. And the period of time that Wellman was the State organizer of Tennessee was during this period that you say he visited you in New York, 1938 and 1939, and earlier. Do you know what Ted Wellman's business was in New York on those occasions when he visited you ? Mr. Odets. I have no way of knowing. My best memory is that he lived in New York City. My best memory would be that around 1939, perhaps even 1940, that he lived in New York. Mind you, I cannot be exact because my memory is not that good on dates. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Remington testified before this committee that he knew Ted Wellman and that he met him in Tennessee in the spring of 1937, and again in June of that year. Now, did he visit you during the period of 1937? Mr. Odets. I am sorry, I have no way of remembering that. There is no way that I can tie it up in my mind. Mr. Tavenner. Having met with him as a member of vhe Commu- nist Party in the year of 1935, it would seem no more than logical to expect that he discussed Communist Party matters with you when he later met you and was a visitor in your home. Mr. Odets. I would think that the most Mr. Tavenner. We would like to know about it, if that is the case. Mr. Odets. I always thought of him as a kind of political commen- tator, later, because he read every newspaper that came out. I know he wrote some kind of articles, and he gave me the impression of being, later, not a Communist Party organizer but some kind of professional political commentator. And if any politics were brought up in my house or when we met, it would be his kind of comments on what was happening in the world; that was all. Mr. Tavenner. Who was the leader of the group to which you were assigned, the group within the Communist Party ? Mr. Odets. I don't remember any leader. As a matter of fact, I don't know that there was a leader in the sense that you used the word.