Evening star., 1947-10-29

Ilican, of Pennsylvania told Mr.
Lavery:
You're a good example Of a lib.
eral. Liberals are part of Amer
lea, just as I am and I'm not 9
liberal"
Lawyer Receives Warning.
Although the hearing is due tc
run probably into next week, Mr.
Thomas has made it clear he is
already satisfied that the commit
tee has never looked into any
thing where we found more evil
dence of communistic activity than
in Hollywood"
The entrance and prompt exit
of hostile" witnesses yesterday had
begun to reach the repetitious stage
when Mr.. Kenny was put on the
stand and warned that if the COM
mittee found he was advising his
clients to Invite prosecution" the
matter would ne referred to the
United States attorney.
AS the afternoon session began
yesterday, Paul v. McNutt, counsel
for the Motion Picture Association
of America and the Association OF
Motion Picture Producers, asked
and was granted permission to read
a statement charging that the COM
mittee had accused his clients by
'insinuation and inuendo" of at
tempts to "stif1e" the investigation
He declared the public was entitled
to know If the committee had any
proof of these "gratuitous insinua
tions."
Such veiled accusations of pres
sure efforts, he declared, hardly
become a committee of the Con-
gress which has expressed its in
tention to conduct fair and i'm
partial hearing"
When Mr.. Malts left the stand
Mr.. STRIPPING asked that Mr. Kenny
be called. The lawyer had beer
seated beside the witness and Mr.
Thomas promptly swore him.
Mr.. Thomas then began reading
from newspaper article, pub
lished yesterday, which quoted Mr.
Kenny as declaring he had advised
his clients to Invite prosecution
and to walk the plank"
Mr.. Kenny protested the chair.
man was inquiring into the priv.
ileged relationship of lawyer anc
client and said:
Il would be disgraced before ever,
one of a hundred thousand lawyer
in the United States If I answered
that question"
Kenny Is Questioned.
Mr.. Thomas pressed his query
after reading from the Federal con
spiracy statute and commenting Mr.
Kenny might find himself "in NOR.
trouble than some of your clients
if he had made the quoted state.
ments.
Mr.. Kenny said he did not like tt
correct newspaper report but woulc
have to say he did not advise hi!
clients to court prosecution.
1--WE have advised our clients tt
conduct themselves in manner
which would not invite successful
prosecution" he added.
"As the chairman, I want to lei
you know you've squirmed out o1
this one" Mr.. Thomas said warn.
ing the matter would be referred tt
the United States attorney if the
committee found Mr.. Kenny was
giving any such advice to his clients
as that attributed to him by the
article.
And I might say that the COM
mittee has squirmed out of this one
too," the former attorney genera
of California replied, blandly, ex.
planning he was sure the committee
had not intended to invade the
lawyer client relationship.
/ "Oh, no, and neither would you
want to commit conspiracy" re-
turned Mr.. Thomas, nodding signif1-
cantly toward Mr.. Kenny.
Shall we say neither one of us
has been intimidated, tr. Chair
man?" Mr.. Kenny inquired.
At least one actor had praise fol
the committee yesterday. Repre-
sentative Mcdowell read into the
record a telegram from Leo Garlic
congratulating the group on smok'
ing out "rattlesnake" Communist.
| in Hollywood.
The 29 Hollywood stars, writers