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4486 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Burrows. Not known. However, I kind of assumed it. She was very intense about everything, you know, the kind of thing you associate with that. She was very intense and terribly active. « Mr. Tavexxer. Well, she was one of those named by Mr. Vinson as a member of this radio group of which he claimed you were a member. Do you recall attending meetings at which she was present? ■ Mr. Burrows. I recall meetings of the radio writers' group of HICCASP at Pauline Hopkins' house, where Georgia Backus was present. I don't recall what kind of meetings other than that I was with her at. I saw Georgia at meetings. You know, she was at everything. I saw her at meetings a couple of times a week. \ .Mr. Tavexxer. With what regularity did these meetings occur that you attended I Mr. Burrows. Well, no regularity, sir. Mr. Vinson himself says i,t. He says I was commuting, but actually I never attended any of these meetings with any regularity. I wasn't commuting. Mr. T \\ i:\xer. Who acted as a chairman at those meetings? j Mr. Burrows. I don't recall any definite chairman. Mr. Tavexxer. Were you acquainted witli Hy Alexander? i Mr. Burrows. I knew him as a radio writer, slightly, not well. , Mr. Tavexxer. Did you attend meetings at which he was present? v Mr. Burrows. Various meetings. He was an active member of the ^ladio Writers' Guild. .. Mr. Tavexxer. Was he chairman of any of the meetings that you attended? Mr. Burrows. Not to my knowledge. He wasn't the type of fellow that was a chairman. He was a kind of quiet fellow as I recall. I don't know him well, but I recall him being a very quiet fellow. I think he was married to Georgia Backus, was he not? I think so. He was married to somebody. Mr. Velde. Mr. Burrows, do I understand you to say that you have never signed an application for the Communist Party ? •Mr. Burrows. Not to my knowledge, sir. I think I would remem- ber signing such an application. Mr. Velde. Then you are pretty sure you never signed such an application? Mr. Burrows. Pretty sure, sir. Mr. Velde. And, furthermore, are you as equally as sure that you never signed the Communist Party card, yourself, signed your name on a Communist Party card? Mr. Burrows. Yes, sir. As I said before,.somebody told me they saw a card with my name on it. First of all, I don't know how any- body would have a card that I signed, and I think—well, let me put ijt this way, I think to sign a Communist Party card would have seemed like the height of insanity to me, even though I was around and listen- ing and involved in the fronts and entertaining with them, I wasn't really one of the fellows, Mr. Wood. Do you sign documents that you don't know what they are? Mr. Burrows. What, sir? Mr. Wood. Do you sign instruments without knowing what they are ? Mr. Burrows. No, sir. Mr. Wood. Not ever, do you?