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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 2389
Mr. McCank. Now. that card on tlie face of it is a card which states, '•I liave received meml)ershi)) book."' You don't recall having seen that?
Mr. RoBiNSOx. I wouldn't swear to it. I saw his identification there, but 1 wouldn't swear — 1 undoubtedly did see it, but I wouldn't swear to it.
Mr. McCann. Now, is this the card you referred to as the card which was his Communist card?
Mr. Robinson. That is the one I had reference to. The name was what struck me. He very clearly stated that he never used the name.
Mr. Owens. Did you say you saw a card that was folded ?
Mr. Robinson. Yes ; it seems to me it was in a folder.
Mr. Owens. You said that it was folded up ?
Mr. Robinson. If I remember correctly it had another half on it. What was on the other side of it now I don't remember.
Mr. McCann. Mr. Chairman, I call attention to the fact that this card does not seem to have a perforated edge. The card which he said he could not identify did have a perforated edge.
Mr. Owens. In other words, it was a different card than that.
Mr. McCann. What conversation did jou have after that, Mr. Robinson?
Mr, Robinson. Well, we arrived down at strike headquarters. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary; apparently it was just a couple of strike leaders discussing things. We had many other things come up there to occupy our time.
But then I started watching things a little closer to see what was happening.
During the progress of the strike there were many things came u]) that to me bore the stamp of pure Communist actions, that is, sabotage and stuff like that that they wanted to pull, that I immediately vetoed. It was brought up before the strike committee
Mr. Ow'ENS. You what?
Mr. Robinson. It was brought up before the strike committee that they wanted to do a lot of sabotage, and so forth. I always explained to them that if a strike was to be w^on at any time, any strike anywhere, it had to be with the good will of the public. We had to keep the good will of the public, keep the public behind us. If we pulled any sabotage and got the public against us, we were sure to lose. I was able to keep down most of the violence, and so forth.
Mr. McCann. How long were you identified as one of the leaders in the strike, sir?
Mr. Robinson. Until the agreements were signed by all organizations, except for my own.
Mr. McCann. When w^as that?
Mr. Robinson. I don't remember the exact date. If I remember correctly, the strike lasted about 7 weeks.
Mr. ]\IcCann. And you were identified with them for the entire 7 weeks ?
Mr. Robinson. Yes.
]\Ir. McCann. Did you see Sorrell at any other time after this tri]:)?
Mr. Robinson. Oh, sure, I would see him every day at strike headquarters.
Mr. McCann. For 7 weeks?