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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 3529 Miss Lennart. I most certainly believe that now. Most certainly. I believe with you. You can't be as irresponsible as to think that what you specifically are doing is all there is to it. You have to see how this ties in with what other people are doing, and you have to consider yourself a party to it, and that is why I did not want to be in it. Mr. Tavenner. Have you attended any Communist Party meeting since this time you state you withdrew from the party in the latter part of 1945 or 1946? Miss Lennart. August 1946 would be a definite day. No, I have not, Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Tavenner. Your withdrawal has been full and complete ? Miss Lennart. Full and complete, and permanent and final. Mr. Tavenner. I have no further questions. Mr. Wood. With no further questions, the committee wishes to thank you for your presence here, and you will be excused. Counsel, will you call the next witness ? Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Stanley Roberts. Mr. Wood. Do you solemnly swear that the evidence which you shall give the subcommittee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ? Mr. Eoberts. I do. TESTIMONY OF STANLEY EOBERTS Mr. Wood. Are you represented by counsel ? Mr. Egberts. I have had the advice of counsel, but I don't think I will need him. Mr. Tavenner. What is your name, please, sir ? Mr. Roberts. Stanley Roberts. Mr. Tavenner. When and where were you born ? Mr. Roberts. New York City, 1916. Mr. Tavenner. Are you here pursuant to a subpena ? Mr. Roberts. No'; I am not. There was no subpena issued of any kind. I read the chairman's offer in terms of this committee's asking people who had been Communists to come up and clear the facts. That is why I am here today. I would like to clear them up once and for all. Mr. Tavenner. You have been a member of the Communist Party in the past ? Air. Roberts. Yes; I have. Mr. Tavenner. Before we discuss that, what is your profession ? Mr. Roberts. I am a motion-picture writer, Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Tavenner. How long have you been a motion-picture writer? Mr. Roberts. I have been a motion-picture writer since 1936, for a little over 13 years. Air. Tavenner. What studios have you worked for ? Mr. Roberts. I worked for most of the major studios in the business. I worked for Metro-Goklwyn-Mayer. I worked for Columbia, Uni- versal, and I have to admit I even worked for Monogram. I worked for possibly all of the major studios with the exception of Fox and Paramount. Air. Tavenner. When did you become a member of the Communist Party?