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Stripping wanted to know If he was
aware of any effort to inject Com
munist propaganda or scenes hos
lille to the American way of life
into any of his pictures.
:. Refers to Lunatic Fringe.
/, II have heard these people re-
ferred to as the lunatic fringe" the
actor responded, but I don't think
any Of them are crazy enough to
1nject Communist propaganda in
any film I have had anything to
do with"
. 1t was then he told the committee
"In 1889 gave up my job to fight
q totalitarianism called fascism. I
am quite willing to give up my job
again to fight a totalitarianisn
called communism"
Mr.. Montgomery drove an ambu-
lance for the French Army before
joiningthe United States Navy after
Pearl Harbor. Before leaving the
witness stand the actor asked per-
mission to correct an "unintentional
impression" given in reporting the
COInInlCCee lnVeSClRdClOn.
The impression has been given. F"
he said, that small minority is
fighting communism in Hollywood.
The reverse is true"
Estimate Of Communists.
Mr.. Murphy, described the efforts
Of the Screen Actors Guild to keep
affected workers on the job while
the Hollywood strike was being set
tied. 1t was then, he said, that he
got his estimate Of the number of
Communists among the actors.
After a mass meeting at which
union leaders discussed the strike,
he reported, a secret ballot was dis
tributed to members of the Actors
Guild. He said 97.3; per cent of the
actors voted not to join the strike.
On the basis of that, he placed
the number of active Communists at
below l per cent of the actors "be-
cause assume all their people voted
and some of ours may not have" :"
He said he had been called a
"scab" because bes crossed picket
lines, but, as far Is Communist ir-
filtration of the guild was con-
cerned. he described It as constant
irritation from very small group
Lavery Called Moderate.
Mr.. Niblo listed Emmett Lavery,
president of the Writers Guild, as
one who has associated himself"
with the moderates. who have
reflected some reforms" in the guild.
Mr.. Lavery was pictured by wit
nesses yesterday as leader of the
reported Communist domination of
the Screen Writers Guild.
Talking rapidly and decisively, Mr.
Niblo told the committee he hsS
been In the movie industry for 10
years and during the past II has
been employed as a writer for major
studios.
He "hesitated" to join the
Writer'S Guild, he said, because he
had some suspicious" that the
Communists controlled it. When he
did join, he continued, he found
those suspicious confirmed.
Says Reds "Smeared" Him.
Before long he was pretty badly
smeared" by what he called spokes-
men for the Communist line group
in the guild.
An advertisement in a trade
paper accused me of being linked
with a prominent political figure
who was not held In high regard
by that group" he went on. II was
linked up with Senator Reynolds
former Senator Reynolds, Demo-
crat, of North Carolina. However,
for better or for worse, I never was
connected with Senator REYNOLDS
in any way"
Mr. Niblo went into detail in de-
scribing the conduct of Writers
Guild meetings. He described how
Mr.. Lawson, previously identified
by Adolphe Menjou as the man
he had heard" is Communist
chief in the movie colony, en-
gagged with sympathetic members
in floor dialogues that sounded
very fshy as If they had been re-
hearsed in caucus"
Refused Membership Roster.
The witness also disclosed that he
made two unsuccessful efforts in
July, 1914, and February, 1945, to
obtain the Writers Guild member
ship roster. The Executive Com