Jurisdictional disputes in the motion-picture Industry : hearings before a special subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first-session, pursuant to H. Res. 111 (1948)
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1556 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
Others who signed this letter and who are now actively supporting the present Communist-inspired strike in the Hollywood studios were Dr. Frank C. Davis, University of California at Los Angeles; Carey McWilliams ; Ernest Dawson; Abraham Isserman; Dalton Trumbo ; Earl Robinson.
La Rue McCormick, Communist Candidate for State Senator
In the November 1942 election, La Rue McCormick, a known Communist, and an officer of the Communist Party and the Communist Political Association, was a candidate for the office of State Senator of California.
To support the campaign of the Communist, La Rue McCormick, a committee was set up. It was called Democrats for McCormick.
Herbert K. Sorrell was the cliairman of this committee.
That is a display advertisement in the Los Angeles Daily News, November 2, 1942.
Others listed as supporting this Communist for office and who are now supporting the Communist-inspired strike in the Hollywood studios were: John Howard Lawson, screen writer; Dalton Trumbo, screen writer; Rev. Clayton Russell; Charlotta Bass; Al S. Waxman.
Others listed in the People's World, Communist publication, of October 31, 1942, as supporters of the McCormick campaign, were : Ellis E. Patterson, Congressman, Sixteenth District ; Paul Jarrico, screen writer ; Viola Brothers Shore, screen writer ; John Bright, screen writer ; Lester Cole, screen writer ; Leo Gallagher of Katz, Gallagher & Margolis ; Richard Collins, screen wirter ; Jay Gorney, Hollywood song writer ; Henry Myers, Hollywood song writer ; and A. Maymudes.
From the New York Times, October 18, 1943 :
American Youth foe. Democracy (Formerly the Young Communist League)
On October 17, 1943, the Young Communist League held its national convention in New York City. At this convention the name was changed from Young Communist League to American Youth for Democracy. This was done for tactical reasons, and was so stated.
From the People's World, December 1, 1944 :
On December 1, 1944, tlie American Youth for Democracy of the Los Angeles area held a meeting and a celebration of the first anniversary of the change of name at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.
Herbert K. Sorrell was one of the sponsors of this gathering.
Others who sponsored this organization and who are now actively supporting the present Communist-inspired strike in the Hollywood studios were Ellis E. Patterson, Congressman, Sixteenth District ; Ned R. Healy, Congressman; Dalton Trumbo; George Bradley; Dr. Frank C. Davis; Dr. Franklin Fearing; Dr. Ernest Caldecott; Augustus C. Hawkins, assemblyman; Judge Stanley Moffatt; Rev. Clayton D. Russell; John Howard Lawson; Edward Dmytryk; Mrs. John Garfield ; Thomas Mann ; Earl Robinson ; Frank Scully ; Reuben Borough ; Charlotta A. Bass ; Ernest Dawson ; Peter M. Kahn ; Ring Lardner, Jr.; Albert Maltz; A. Maymudes; Samuel Ornitz; Al S. Waxman; Phillip M. Connelly ; and Alvin Wilder.
The People's World of December 5, 1944, adds the following to this meeting :
Albert Dekker, assemblyman from Hollywood district, acted as master of ceremonies.
Ellis E. Patterson and Ned R. Healy, Congressman from the Fifteenth and Thirteenth Districts, respectively, were honored guests.
Rueben Borough welcomed the guests and "spoke of the pride of the sponsoring committee in the growth of the AYD in its first year."