Hearings regarding the communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session. Public law 601 (section 121, subsection Q (1947)

52 COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY men to builfl a railroad out West. Whether it i.s true or false I don't know. I really don't know because I wasn't there. He said, "There is no reason why we can't do that becjiuse it is in the school books. They have been writing about it for almost 100 years and it is a fact." Then he recited a picture that we made about the i-ailroad barons, or whatever you want to call them in the East, a picture called Saratoga Trunk, directed by Sam Wood, a very tine man. If you saw that film you will remember Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. It came out a couple of years ago. The men were trying to steal railroads from one another. I don't Ivuow, they called them robber barons or s(»mething of that nature. Tliey come back with those kinds of things, "You permitted it in Saratoga Truidv and you don't let it go here. That is the way I feel about it. This is really not about Indians. It is really about the building of the West." They have the routine of the Indians and the colored folks. That is always their set-up. Mr. Thomas. The committee appreciates your coming here, Mr. Warner. You are doing a .splendid job. We only wish that it could be carried through into some of the other companies. If at any time you have any ideas as to how you can -rt'ork out the situation with the other producers in order to accomplish just what you have been doing I think it would be helpful to the country. The main thing I want to say right now is we certainly appreciate your coming here today and giving us your cooperation. What you said has been very helpful to the committee. This is off the record. Mr. Warner. May I give you a couple of more things in case you want to use them ■? Mr. Thomas. Go right ahead. Mr. Warner. It is t)ften difficult to prevent the hiring of certain people due to the fact the majority of employees are hired through unions and through the guilds, some of which are Communist-controlled. Also the discharging of subversive employees is difficult because of union regulations. We have to do it along seniority lines. One of the guilds was pretty pink and we had to close a complete department in order to get rid of them The Story Analysts was the name of it. We had to close the whole thing and do it in New York, which I did. We established some time ago a unit to investigate these things and this type of work in the studio. Mr. Thomas. Is there anything in your testimony which you have given here today that you are willing for us to give out to the press? Mr. Warner. Let me tell you two more things, about the Bulletin which we have here, and I would like to submit a photostatic copy of an open letter to Jack Warner, dated October 23, 1945, printed in the New Masses. Mr. Thomas. That will be the next exhibit. (Theoi>en letter was marked "Warner's Exhibit No. 7.") i" Mr. Matthews. We have some bulletins issued by the lATSE. (The bulletins referred to dated November 2 and 13, 1945, were marked "Warner's Exhibits 8 and 9," respectively.) ^i Mr. Thomas. Now, is there anything which you have given us that you would like for us to say to the press? Mr. Warner. There is one thing that is very important, something I would not like to give to the press ; let's put it that way. Mr. Thomas. What is that? Mr. Warner. That is the whole routine on Mission to Moscow. Mr. Thomas. That is the one thing you don't want to give to the press? Mr. War.M':r. That is the one thing I don't want to give to the press because that is like throwing the hananer and sickle up in front of you, and it all happened back in 1942. Mr. Thomas. That is all. (Witness excused.) The Chairman. Mr. Vail ? Mr. Vail. I avouUI like to get one or two specific answers from Mr. Warner. Touching again upon the association, you are a very responsible executive in tlie motion-picture industry, Mr. Warner. You are thrown '" Sec appendix, p. 52,S, for exhibit 15. " See appondix, p. .523, for exhibits 16 and 17.