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366 COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
American, groveling before men whose names are Thomas and Kankin, but who now carry out activities in America like those carried out in Germany by Goebbels and Himmler.
The American people are going to have to choose between the Bill of Rights and the Thomas committee. They cannot have both. One or the other must be abolished in the immediate future.
The Chairman. Mr. Stripling (pounding gavel).
Mr. Stripling.
Mr. Stripling. Mr. Maltz, what is your occupation?
Mr. Maltz. I am a writer.
Mr. Stripling. Are you employed in the motion-picture industry?
Mr. Malt2. I work in various fields of writing and I have sometimes accepted employment in the motion-picture industry.
Mr. Stripling. Have you written the scripts for a number of pictures ?
Mr. Maltz. It is a matter of public record that I have written scripts for certain motion pictures.
Mr. Stripling. Are you a member of the Screen Writers Guild ?
The Chairman. Louder, Mr. Stripling.
Mr. Stripling. Are you a member of the Screen Writers Guild ?
Mr. Maltz. Next you are going to ask me what religious group J. belong to.
The Chairman. No, no ; we are not.
Mr. Maltz. And any such question as that
The Chairman. I know.
Mr. Maltz. Is an obvious attempt to invade my rights under the Constitution.
Mr. Stripling. Do you object to answering whether or not you are a member of the Screen Writers Guild ?
Mr. Maltz. I have not objected to answering that question. On the contrary, I ]3oint out that next you are going to ask me whether or not I am a member of a certain religious group and suggest that I be blacklisted from an industry because I am a member of a group you don't like.
(The chairman pounds gavel.)
Mr. Stripling. Mr. Maltz, do you decline to answer the question?
Mr. Maltz. I certainly do not decline to answer the question. I have answered the question.
Mr. Stripling. I repeat, Are you a member of the Screen AVriters Guild?
Mr. Maltz. And I repeat my answer, sir, that any such question is an obvious attempt to invade my list of organizations as an American citizen and I would be a shabby American if I didn't answer as I have.
Mr. Stripling. Mr. Maltz, are you a member of the Communist Party?
Mr. Maltz. Next you are going to ask what my religious beliefs are.
Mr. McDowell. That is not answering the question.
Mr. Maltz. And you are going to insist before various members of the industry that since you do not like my religious beliefs I should not work in such industry. Any such question is quite irrelevant.
Mr. Stripling. I repeat the question. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party ?
Mr. Maltz. I have answered the question, Mr. Quisling. I am sorry. I want you to know