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3494 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Tavenner. Hollywood Now was the official organ of the Holly- wood anti-Nazi League? Mr. Odets. Hollywood Now? Mr. Tavenner. Yes; it is a publication, Hollywood Now. In the issue of March 26,1938, there is an article to the effect that 100 promi- nent liberals had petitioned the Home Minister of Japan asking the freedom of those Japanese impounded on political charges, since the beginning of the Japanese invasion of China. This petition was released by the International Labor Defense, and your name appears as one of the signers. Will you tell the committee the circumstances under which your signature was obtained to this petition and the circumstances under which you permitted the International Labor Defense to release it, release the petition? Mr. Odets. Mr. Tavenner, I might gladly have given my name to this, but 1 have no memory of it whatsoever, no memory of it at all. Mr. Tavenner. Do you recall any connection that you had or any contact that you had with the International Labor Defense in regard to that matter? Mr. Odets. No, I certainly never in my life had any official connec- tion or work to do with the ILD. If I did give my name to this, again it would have been a matter of something through the mail or perhaps a telegram, special delivery letter, but my memory of it is nonexistent. Mr. Tavenner. Did you know at or about the time of the release of this petition that your name appeared on it ? Mr. Odets. I am sorry, I really have no memory of it. Mr. Tavenner. I show you a photostatic copy of the letterhead of the Medical Bureau and North American Committee to Aid Span- ish Democracy, dated July 6, 1938. Will you examine the exhibit and state whether your name appears as a member of the theater arts committee of the organization? Mr. Odets. Yes; I see my name here. Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee the circumstances under which your sponsorship of that organization was obtained? Mr. Odets. Again I must say that it was probably done in the usual way, by a letter or telegram, and I might well have given my name if it had to do with medical aid for the Spanish civil war. But by whom I was contacted or when, I have no memory of that. Those things, I must say, were usually done by the officials of the organiza- tion, so whoever the top sponsoring officials were, if a letter came it would be signed by one, two, three, or four names. Any judgment I would make would usually be on the basis of those names, that is, judgment as to whether or not I should sign it. Mr. Tavenwer. I show you a photostatic copy of the letterhead of the American Relief Ship for Spain. Will you examine the exhibit and state whether your name appears as the sponsor ? Mr. Odets. My name is certainly there, yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee the circumstances under which your sponsorship to that organization was obtained? Mr. Odets. It could only be as outlined on the last one. Mr. Tavenner. You will note that the letter is signed by Anne Dubro. Mr. Odets. I have no idea who that is; not the slightest idea.