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COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY—PART 8 TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1952 United States House of Representatives, Subcommittee or the Committee on Un-American Activities, Washington, D. C. public hearing A subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities met, pursuant to recess, at 11 a. m., in room 226, Old House Office Building, Hon. John S. Wood presiding. Committee members present: Representatives John S. Wood, Francis E. Walter, and Harold H. Velde. Staff members present: Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., counsel; Thomas W. Beale, Sr., assistant counsel; John W. Carrington, clerk; Raphael I. Nixon, research director; and A. S. Poore, editor. Mr. Wood. The committee will come to order. Let the record show that for the purpose of this hearing today I have set up a subcom- mittee composed of Mr. Walter, Mr. Velde, and Mr. Wood, who are all present. Proceed, Mr. Tavenner. TESTIMONY OF CLIFFORD ODETS, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COUNSEL, EUGENE GRESSMAN Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Odets, at the close of our session yesterday I was calling to your attention the committee records of various activi- ties of yours in connection with Communist-front organizations in a period after you stated you withdrew from the Communist Party. I desire now to continue with that same line of questioning. In the October 5, 1937, issue of New Masses you are listed as a sponsor of a reception and dinner given Herman Reissig, executive secretary of the American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. It will be recalled that Reissig made the trip to Cuba with you in 1935 as one of the members of your commission to investigate labor condi- tions in Cuba. At that time he was representing the American League Against War and Fascism. At this time, in 1937, we find him to be the executive secretary of the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. Will you state what the reason was for your sponsorship of this reception for Mr. Reissig? Was it clue to personal friendship for Reissig or was it the result of your sympathy for the organization he represented? Mr. Odets. Mr. Tavenner, I have no memory of this, but looking at the advertisement I see this is for Spanish aid to Spanish children, 3491