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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 3471 Mr. Odets. No, I certainly did not write that. I know some of the facts about that situation, but I didn't write that. Mr. Tavenner. As chairman of the committee, which put out that report over your name, weren't you aware of that language and didn't you approve it? Mr. Odets. I see here that it says Clifford Odets, chairman of the commission, has written a story of what happened to the commission in Cuba. Here we want to present only your conclusions. So it is quite apparent to me that I didn't write that. But after, what I am reputed to have written, there is this extra statement by some execu- tive committee. Mr. Tavenner. You recognize fully at this time, do you not, that this was all a part of the Communist Party propaganda, that it was embarking upon at that time? Mr. Odets. Except that I still right now don't know that this was exclusively a Communist affair. For instance, I am almost certain that Carleton Beals is not and was not a Communist. Mr. Tavenner. But the Communist Party is well known for the manner in which it uses other people. Mr. Wood. Was Carleton Beals on the mission with you? Mr. Odets. No, sir; he was not. Mr. Wood. Mr. Odets, who got you out of jail ? Mr. Odets. I can give you my guess about that. Mr. Wood. Do you know ? Mr. Odets. No, sir. Mr. Wood. The door just opened and you were turned out? Mr. Odets. Pardon? Mr. Wood. Did they open the doors and turn you out ? Mr. Odets. No ; they very carefully waited until another ship was ready and carefully under guard marched us on the ship, put us on the ship and said don't come back again. I said we will come back and I will bring people you can't touch. I will bring famous liberals in New York. And that is what I wanted to do. But that never hap- pened. Mr. Wood. Was there ever any formal charge made against you while you were in jail? Mr. Odets. None. Mr. Tavenner. Do you recall having written any other articles relating to a commission to Cuba ? Mr. Odets. As I say, the one in the New York Evening Post. Mr. Tavenner. I mean in addition to those you have named. Mr. Odets. I may have, but I don't remember them. Mr. Tavenner. Do you recall writing an article for New Masses on the subject? Mr. Odets. No ; I don't. Mr. Tavenner. I show you a photostatic copy of an issue of New Masses for July 16, 1935, where there appears an article entitled "What Happened to Us in Cuba," by Clifford Odets. Will you exam- ine it, please, and state whether or not you wrote it ? Mr. Odets. This one, I know I wrote. When I read it, I recognize my style. Mr. Tavenner. What were the circumstances under which you wrote that article for New Masses ?