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504 COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY ]
Mr. Stripling. You are familiar Avith the Mord-; to that (
Mr. liRECHT. Yes.
Mr. Stuipling. Would the committee like me to read that ? '
The Chairman. Yes; without objection. <ro aliead.
Mr. Stripling (reading) :
Forward, we've not forgotten our strenjjjth in the tights we"ve w<iii :
No matter what may threaten, forward, not forjrotten how strong wt' arc as one ;
Only these our hands now acting, huihl thn rond. tlic walls, thf towers. All the worhl is of our making.
Wliat of it can we call oursV
The refrain :
P'orward. March on to the towei-, through the city, hy land the world;
Forward. Advance it on. Just whose city is the city? Just whose world is^ the world?
Forward, we've not forgotten our union in hunger and pain, no matter what may threaten, forward, we've not forgotten.
We have a world to gain. We shall free the world of shadow ; every shop andl every room, every road and every meadow.
All the world will be our own.
Did you write that, Mr. Brecht?
Mr. Brecht. No. I wrote a German })oeni. but that is very different from this. [Laughter.]
]Mr. Stripling. Tliat is all the (questions I have. ]Mr. Chaiiman.
The Chairjman. Thank you very much. Mr. I^reclit. You are a goixl example to the witnesses of Mr. Kenny and Mr. Cnun.
We w ill recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
(Whereupon, at 12: 15 p. m., a recess was taken until '2 p. ni. of thu same day.)
afternoon session
The committee reconvened at 2 p. m.. pursuant to the taking of the recess.
The Chairman. The meeting will come to order.
Mr. Stripling.
Mr. Stripling. The first witness, Mr. Chairman, will Ite ]Mr. Louis J. Russell.
The Chairman. Mr. Russell, take the stand, please.
TESTIMONY OF LOUIS J. RUSSELL
Mr. Stripling. Mr. Russell, you have been previously sworn by the chairman, have you not?
Mr. Russell. I have.
Mr. Stripling. Will you state your full name?
Mr. Russell. Louis j. Russell.
Mr. Stripling. Will you give the committee again your past employment background, particularl}^ with the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
Mr. RussELiv. I was emjiloyed by the Federal Bureau of Investigatioh for a period of 10 years. I have also been employed by the Thomas A. Edison Co., Inc., of West Orange. N. J., as director of plant protection. I have been associtated with the Committee on Un-American Activities since May 1945.