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4258 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Tavenner. Can you remember what type of literature it was, or the names of the pamphlets that were given you ? Mr. Schoenfeld. I don't know who wrote it, but I remember a pamphlet just called the Role of the Cultural Worker. That I re- member. And I remember a pamphlet by Gorki on writing, one by Browder, and, yes, one by—am I correct—Magil. Mr. Beale. A. B. Magil. Mr. Schoenfeld. That is right, sir. And is that the same as V. J. Jerome? Mr. Beale. No. Mr. Schoenfeld. Because there was one by that gentleman, too. I remember those. Mr. Tavenner. Do you recall any representatives of the Communist Party from higher levels meeting with your group ? Mr. Schoenfeld. No, sir, I do not. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know how your particular group or cell of the party received Communist Party instructions ? Mr. Schoenfeld. Well, I heard of fraction meetings, but never attended any. Lawson's name was constantly being mentioned. It was he who I always assumed was the spearhead. Because whenever any point of discussion between Biberman and Trivers or Michael Wilson came up, it would be, "Let's see Jack." So I presume that Mr. Lawson at that time must have been the spearhead. Mr. Tavenner. Now if you will return to your narrative statement, you stated that you returned in 1947. Mr. Schoenfeld. That is correct, sir. Mr. Tavenner. From the Pacific area. Mr. Schoenfeld. That is right. And I attended, as I say, one meeting, and one last meeting. And I remember being surprised, because, having been away all this time again, instead of the large group there were only five or six members present. I believe, I know, that Michael Wilson was there, Jack Berry, Edward Huebsch, Dick Collins—Richard Collins—and I am not sure, but I think so was Michael Uris. To the best of my recollection it was held at the Jack Berry home in Hollywood. I was rebuked again for having gone away and written on things that I wanted to write on, not having stayed in Hollywood, and I paid little attention to that before the meeting began. And there was a blast at the United Nations. I remember that. And the Marshall plan. And throughout the meeting, I sat silently and disgusted, until the meeting was over, and then Edward Huebsch came over to me and asked me why I had been away, and I told him, and then I was rebuked because I had been delinquent in dues while I was gone, and I told them I wasn't paying any, and I also told them that I was plan- ning to move to the beach to write a novel, and that I was not going to attend any more meetings; that I felt that the time had come when what they believed in and what I believed in were mutually exclusive by now, and it was over, as far as I was concerned. I did move to the beach in May in 1948, and in those months in between I would get phone calls by unfamiliar voices, contact voices, I would suppose you would call them, to come to meetings, and "What