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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 3461 Mr. Tayexxer. Well, who would call the special meetings and act as chairman \ Mr. Odets. I am sorry. I don't remember. Mr. Tavenner. Who was the treasurer of the group ? Mr. Odets. I don't remember. Mr. Tavexxer. Did you pay dues? Mr. Odets. I must have. Mr. Tavexxer. To whom did you pay them? Mr. Odets. My only thought would be that it was to one of these members of the group within the group, but who that was I don't remember. Mr. Tavexxer. How much dues did you pay ? Mr. Odets. I am sure it must have been a very slight amount, per- haps 50 cents or a dollar a week, or something of that sort. Mr. Tavexner. Were you required to subscribe to the Daily Worker ? Mr. Odets. You were asked to do that, but if you were a poor actor you weren't going to pay $10 a year for a newspaper. Mr. Tavexxer. Did you subscribe to it? Mr. Odets. I think maybe I did, for 3 months. You could get quarter subscriptions. That was a very expensive item. Mr. Tavexx t er. Have you made financial contributions of any char- acter to the Daily Worker, above the subscription, above your subscrip- tion amounts? Mr. Odets. I don't remember Mr. Tavexxer. Either while you were within the party or after- ward ? Mr. Odets. I don't remember doing it for the Daily Worker, but I have been tapped, I was tapped then, from time to time, for a contri- bution to the New Masses. Someone might come up and say we are hard pressed, you can give us or lend us $'25 or $50. Mr. Kearxey. Was this during the period of the time that you were a poor actor ? Mr. Odets. This was during the period when I first began to-make money as a playwright. Mr. Yelde. What period was that? Mr. Odets. At the beginning of 1935. January, February, March of 1935. Mr. Tavexxer. Were you a member of the Communist Party at the time you were requested to make donations to the New Masses? Mr. Odets. They came up frequently after that, too, and asked for donations. Mr. Tavexxer. Did you make them ? Mr. Odets. Not to the best of my memory. I may have, but not to the best of my memory. Mr. Tavenner. When was the last contribution you made for New Masses ? Mr. Odets. If I had to make a guess, it would be some time in 1935. Mr. Tavexxer. Going back again to Ted Wellman, you told us that you visited Tennessee, and did you state that while you were there that you saw Wellman ? Mr. Odets. I did see him, yes. I think I had. Mr. Tavexxer. What was the occasion for your visit to Tennessee?