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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 3489 No: I did not attend this meeting because I have never been in Man- hattan Center in my life. Mr. Tavenner. Let me refresh your recollection about that. I show- yon a copy of New Masses, issue of June 17, 1941. On pages 10 and 11 are drawings of several people in attendance at the congress. Will you examine the exhibit and state whether you are depicted as in attendance? Mr. Odets. Yes, I am depicted. Mr. Tavenner. Does that refresh your recollection ? Mr. Odets. Well, if my drawing is there I must have been there, and that must have been the meeting that I broke up. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know the present status of the League of American Writers ? Mr. Odets. I was just supposing it is totally defunct. Mr. Tavenner. That was the last of its meetings the one just re- ferred to. Do you know that the League of American Writers ceased to exist shortly after the attack on Russia by Germany ? In other words, it was an imperialist war on June 21, but on June 22 it was the people's war, if you recall. Do you recall that sudden switch in the Communist Party line when the White House was being picketed one day, and the President called a warmonger, and the next day he was a great leader of the freedom-loving nations. Mr. Odets. I remember that. I didn't remember but you say the league broke up on this issue, or something. I didn't remember that until you told me the last time. Mr. Tavenner. I am asking, do you know whether or not it did break up almost as quickly as the Communist Party changed its line? Mr. Odets. No ; you gave me that information the last time I was here. That was all I knew about it. Mr. Tavenner. Then the League of American Writers set up a com- mittee known as the Exiled Writers' Committee. I believe the Holly- wood counterpart was called the Hollywood Committee for Writers in Exile. Were you affiliated with either of those groups while in Hollywood or in New York ? Mr. Odets. I must frankly say I have no memory of it. Mr. Wood. The committee will stand in recess until 10: 30 in the morning. (Whereupon, at 4: 30 p. m., the committee was recessed to reconvene at 10: 30 a. m., Tuesday, May 20, 1952.)