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4264 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY you have any objection to the photographers taking your picture at this time ? Mr. Huggins. No, I don't. Mr. Wood. Very well, gentlemen. You -will proceed and then let us get along with the testimony. TESTIMONY OF ROY HUGGINS Mr. Tavenner. What is your name, please, sir ? Mr. Huggins. Roy Huggins. Mr. Tavenner. When and where were you born, Mr. Huggins ? Mr. Huggins. Lytle, Wash., in 1914. Mr. Tavenner. Where do you now reside? Mr. Huggins. Malibu Beach. Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee, please, in a general way what your educational training has been ? Mr. Huggins. I went to UCLA, and graduated in 1939, and did 2 years of graduate work. Mr. Tavenner. Could you speak a little louder ? Mr. Huggins. I did 2 years of graduate work from 1939 through 1941 and that is all at UCLA, the graduate work. Mr. Tavenner. In what field did you do your graduate work? Mr. Huggins. Well, my major in college was political philosophy, but my graduate work was done in public administration. Mr. Tavenner. Would you tell the committee briefly how you have been employed since the termination of your graduate work? Mr. Wood. Will you pardon me for a moment ? I neglected to ask the witness, do you have counsel representing you ? Mr. Huggin. No; I don't. Mr. Wood. If you desire to have counsel at any time, during the progress of your interrogation, please let me know. Mr. Huggins. All right. I have forgotten the question. Mr. Tavenner. I asked you to tell us the field in which you spe- cialized while in college. Mr. Huggins. Political philosophy. Mr. Tavenner. You answered that question, I believe. Mr. Huggins. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. And then my question was: How have you been employed since completion of your educational training? Mr. Huggins. I was employed by the city of Los Angeles as a personnel technician, and I Mr. Tavenner. Would you give the approximate dates, please? Mr. Huggins. I think it was in 1941, just after I left UCLA. I became a special representative of the United States Civil Service Commission from 1941 to 1943, I believe it was, or 1944. I was an industrial engineer in 1944, I think it was, until the end of the war. At the end of the war, I started writing, and I have been a writer ever since. Mr. Tavenner. You stated since the period of the war you have been engaged in work as a writer. In what general field have you been a writer? Mr. Huggins. Well, I wrote about 100,000 words of fiction for the Saturday Evening Post, and I have written three novels, and several screen plays.