Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Date:
1951
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O.
Volume:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Leaf #:
00011
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry -- United States, Communism -- California Los Angeles","Communism -- United States","Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY—PART 9 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1952 United States House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, Washington, D. C. PUBLIC HEARING A subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities met, pursuant to call, at 10 :30 a. m., in room 226, Old House Office Build- ing:, Hon, John S. Wood (chairman) presiding. Committee members present: Representatives John S. Wood (chair- man) and Harold H. Velde. Staff members present: Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., counsel; Thomas W. Beale, Sr., assistant counsel; John W. Carrington, clerk; and A. S. Poore, editor. Mr. Wood. Come to order, please. Let the record disclose that for the purposes of this hearing I have set up a subcommittee composed of Messrs. Velde and Wood, who are both present. Whom do you call, Mr. Tavenner ? Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Bernard C. Schoenfeld. Mr. Wood. Will you raise your right hand, sir, and be sworn ? You do solemnly swear that the evidence you give this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ? Mr. Schoenfeld. I do. TESTIMONY OF BERNARD C. SCHOENFELD Mr. Wood. Are you represented by counsel, Mr. Schoenfeld ? Mr. Schoenfeld. I am not. Mr. Wood. Do you desire counsel ? Mr. Schoenfeld. No, sir. Mr. Wood. Proceed. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Chairman, at the outset I would like to explain that when Mr. Stanley Roberts testified in open session before the committee regarding his open participation in Communist Party ac- tivities in Hollywood as a screen writer, he identified Mr. Schoenfeld as a person who collaborated with him in regard to his joining the Communist Party. On the following day, an attorney from New York called me and stated that Mr. Schoenfeld had been to see him, and that Mr. Schoen- feld desired to appear before the committee in response to the general 4249