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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 4511 (The witness conferred with her counsel.) Mr. Marcantonio. When you say ''activities," in order for the wit- ness to be specific in her answer or decide on what to answer, 1 think the question ought to be a little bit more specific; and what do you mean by "other activities"? Mr. Tavenner. Were you engaged in any other line of work? Mr. Marcantonio. Besides acting, you mean \ Mr. Tavenner. Yes. Miss Morley. No. Mr. Tavenner. Did you do any work in organizing—labor organiz- ing '( (The witness conferred with her counsel.) Miss Morley. I refuse to answer that question, Mr. Tavenner, and invoke my privilege under the fifth amendment not to testify against myself. Mr. Tavenner. Are you acquainted with a newspaper known as the Pacific Coast Shipyard Worker, which is the official organ of Local 9 of the International Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers of America \ (The witness conferred with her counsel.) Miss Morley. I don't remember. Mr. Tavenner. I regret I don't have the issue of December 30,1943, of that paper, but I have reliable information that it contains an article reported by the Federated Press under a New York dateline, which reflects that Karen Morley had found union organizing more exciting than acting, and thought that unions should make better use of the movies as an educational and organizational weapon. And then you were quoted as saying that everyone in the country goes to the movies, and that they are too important to be left in Hollywood; that the unions should step in and start making pictures. Mr. Marcantonio. What is the question, Mr. Tavenner? Mr. Tavenner. Now, does that refresh your recollection to a point where you can tell us what activities you were engaged in at that time in using the movies or using short films as an organizational weapon in behalf of labor? (The witness conferred with her counsel.) Mr. Tavenner. I do not mean to infer there is anything wrong about using films for the assistance of labor. Miss Morley. I understand that. (The witness conferred with her counsel.) Miss Morley. In 1944,1 used what influence I could to get the United Automobile Workers to make a film on the Roosevelt campaign, and they did make a cartoon. Mr. Tavenner. Well, your work was not confined merely to that one effort; was it ? Miss Morley. That is the only movie, in whose production I had any part, that was made for a labor union. Mr. Tavenner. Yes, but were you active in that field in endeavor- ing to develop just what this newspaper article alleged you were interested in, that is, to make better use of the movies as an educa- tional and organization weapon in behalf of organizing unions? Miss Morley. Yes, I tried very hard to convince the national CIO Board that it should make motion pictures for the benefit of labor. Unfortunately, nothing came of these plans, that is, concretely, ex-