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COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 517
by Bransten for Maniiilsky were Frederick Thompson, Holland Roberts, president of the California Labor School, and Max Yergan.
Mr. Stripling. That was Holland Roberts ?
Mr. Russell. That is right.
Mr. Stripling. H-o-l-l-a-n-d?
Mr. Russell. Yes. Roberts, R-o-b-e-r-t-s.
INIr. Stripling. Mr. Russell, will you tell the committee the various connections between Louise Bransten and persons in Hollywood or the motion-picture industry ?
Mr. Russell. Yes.
First, we have the direct connection between Louise Bransten and Charles A. Page, who operated as a free-lance writer in Hollywood for a period of 7 years. Then tliere is the association of Gregori Kheifets, the Soviet consul, with Hanns Eisler and Louise Bransten.
Mr. Stripling. Mr. Chairman, I would like to point out that Mr. Bsrthold Brecht, the witness this morning, admitted having met with Kheifets on several occasions and of Kheifets coming to his liome.
Mr. Russell. Hanns Eisler, of course, was employed by the Hollywood moving-picture industry. Then there is a tie-up between Page, tlie associate of Bransten, and Herbert Biberman and John Howarct Lawson of the movie colony. Also it might be stated at this point that when Louise Bransten went to New York City in November 1945 she was contacted by an individual known as George George, a member of the Communist Party, and a contact of Hanns Eisler in Los Angeles, Calif. George at one time worked for one of the studios in Hollywood as a free-lance writer.
Mr. Stripling. Did he work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mr. Russell ?
Mv, Russell. Yes.
Mr. Stripling. Can you at this point furnish the committee with any information concerning contacts in Hollywood, Calif., which have been made by outstanding or notorious leaders of the Communist Party?
jNIr. Russell. Yes.
On May 3, 1942, Alexander Stevens, also known as J. Peters, and whose real name is Goldberger, visited Los Angeles, Calif. When he arrived in Los Angeles he was met by Herbert Biberman at the Union Station. During that day a meeting was held by Alexander Stevens, Waldo Salt, and Herbert Biberman. Also on tliat same date another metting was held at Herbert Biberman's home, which was attended by Paul Jarrico, Morton Grant, Robert Rossen, and Hyman Kraft. Rossen, Biberman, Salt, and Jarrico are also associated with the motionpicture industry. Also on that same date a third meeting was held by Alexander Stevens, J. Peters, R. Goldberger, as he is known, Morton Grant, John Howard Lawson, and Vera Harris, the wife of Lou Harris, a screen writer.
During the evening of May 3, 1942, another meeting was held in Herbert Biberman's home between Stevens or Peters, John Howard Lawson, Lester Cole, Madeline Ruthven, and Herta Uerkvitz. Lester Cole is a screen writer while Ruthven and Uerkvitz are Communist Party functionaries in Los Angeles, Calif. Ruthven, Lawson, Stevens, and Salt also held a meeting on the same date, late at night, in the home of Waldo Salt. During this visit, among other things, Stevens