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)

416 COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY The People's World of January 13, 1944, page 4, states that Herbert Biberman was on the staff of the People's Educational Center during that j-ear, and according to the summer 1945 catalog of that school, he was listed as a lecturer. His biography included therein states that he spent "6 months in the U. S. S. R. studying the Soviet theater.'' Tlie Peoph^'s World is the official west coast organ of the Communist Party. Herbert B-lbermau's affiliation with the People's Educational Cetner during the year 1947 is shown in Variety, June .'JO, 1947, page 10. 2. In an exhibit presented before the Special Committee on Un-American Activities during the public hearings (vol. 14, p. 85S.i), Herbert Biberman's name appears as a sponsor of a testimonial dinner to Leo Gallagher. In 1938 Leo Gallagher was the Communist Party candidate for the office of secretary of state in California. The dinner was lield on June 2, 1941, in Los Angeles. 3. Mr. Biberman has written for the New Masses, the official weekly magazine of the Communist Party which was described as a "Communist periodical" by Attorney General Francis Biddle in the Congressional Record of September 24, 1942, page 7688. His contributions appear in the is.sues of August 20, 1940, pag.i S ; June 17, 1941, page 17 ; July 8, 1941, page 26 ; and July 29, 1941. page 16. 4. The Daily Worker of September 3, 1940, page 4, which is the official organ of the Communist I'arty of tlie United States, named Herbert Biberman as a member of tlie National Council o¥ the American Peace Mobilization, and his name appears as one of the signers of the Call to the American People's Meeting which was held in New York City, April 5-6, 1941. The proceedings of the first convention, November 30-December 1, 1940, page 4. also lists his name as the honorary chairman of tlie Los Angeles Branch of the organization. The American Peace Mobilization will be remembsred as the organization which picketed the White House during the time of the StalinHitler pact. On the day that Hitler attacked Russia, the pickets were withdrawn from tlie White House. According to New Masses of August 6, 1940, page 22, Herbert Dlbi-rman was the temporary chairman and speaker at an April 6, 1940, mass meeting of tlie American Peace Crusade, which was the forerunner of the American Peace Mobilization in California. He was also listed as an officer of the American Peace Crusade in the leaflet. We, the People of the United States Will Keep Out of War, published by that organization. According to the Daily Worker of April 21, 1941, page 7, Herbert Biberman was a leader of the American Peace Crusade which aided in the formation of the American Peace Mobilization. The Emergency Peace Mobilization was held on August 31 (o September 2, 1940, in Chicago, for the purpose of organizing the American Peace Mobilization. 5. IMr. Biberman is listed on a program leaflet of June 7, 1940, page 4, and a letterhead of June 3, 1940, as a member of the provisional committee of the Conference on Constitutional Liberties in America which was cited as a Communist front bv the Special Committee on Un-American Activities in the report of March 29, 1944. The Conference on Constitutional Liberties in America was the predecessor to the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, an organization noted for its defense of Communists. A letterhead of the latter organization lists Mr. Biberman as a sponsor. In addition to being cited as a Communist front by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities in Reports of June 25, 1942, and March 29, 1944, and by the Committee on Un-American Activities in the report of Jmie 12, 1947, the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties was cited by Attorney General Francis Biddle in these words : "The defenses of Communist leaders such as Sam Darcy and Robert Wood, party secretaries for Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, have been major efforts of the federation" (Congressional Record, Sept. 24, 1942, p. 7687). 6. The American Committee to Save Refugees was a part of the Communist campaign for Loyalist Spain, and it provided transportation and support for international Communist agents such as Gerhart Eisler. An undated folder, "For the Rescue of Refugees," lists the name of Herbert Biberman as a signer of a pro-Soviet statement of this organization. The American Committee to Save Refugees was also cited as a Communist front bv the Special Committee on UnAmerican Activities in report 1311, March 29, 1914. 7. The Communist International at its seventh congress Tlie CiiAiPMAN. Suspend the reading, ])lea.se. Without objection, further reading will be dispensed with. It will all be placed in the record at this point.