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3512 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Wood. Very well. It is so ordered. The committee will stank, in recess until 2: 30 this afternoon. (Whereupon, at 12: 30 p. m., the committee was recessed until 2: 30 p. m. the same day.) AFTERNOON SESSION (The subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities reconvened at 2:40 p. m., Representative John S. Wood (chairman), Francis E. Walter, and Harold L. Velde being present.) Mr. Wood. Come to order, please. The same subcommittee of this morning will be for this afternoon session. Mr. Velde and Mr. Wood are present, and Mr. Walter will be in in a moment. Who do you have? Mr. Tavenner. Isobel Lennart, please. Mr. Wood. You do solemnly swear the evidence you shall give to this subcommittee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ? Miss Lennart. I do. TESTIMONY OF ISOBEL LENNART Mr. Wood. Are you represented by counsel ? Miss Lennart. I have seen counsel but I don't think I need him to be with me. Mr. Wood. In the event you determine that you need counsel, you may have him. Miss Lennart. Thank you. Mr. Tavenner. What is your name, please? Miss Lennart. Isobel Lennart. Mr. Tavenner. Where were you born? Miss Lennart. New York City. Mr. Tavenner. Where do you reside now ? Miss Lennart. Malibu, Calif. Mr. Tavenner. Give us the name again? Miss Lennart. Malibu, Calif. Mr. Tavenner. Are you here in pursuance to a subpena? Miss Lennart. No, Mr. Tavenner, I am here at my own request. I asked the committee for a hearing, and they said anyone who had ever been a Communist and wished to get the record straight on him- self would have the privilege of coming here, and I took advantage of it. May I say something about this, though, because a year ago, May 1951, a year ago, Mr. Wheeler, the investigator for the committee came to see me. He had a subpena for me at that time. He did not serve it, I am pretty sure, because I was in the third month of a pregnancy. Shall I go on? I would like to tell about this whole thing. Mr. Tavenner. Make any explanation that you desire. Miss Lennart. There is a particular reason why I wish to. When Mr. Wheeler came to see me he asked me if I cared to discuss it with him—he thought evidently at that time that I was going to testify— if I would care to discuss with him what my position would be, and I said "Yes," I certainly would, that I would tell the truth about myself and my past associations, and that I did not think that I would name names, nor did I at that time, for reasons which I would rather discuss later if I may.