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Evening star., 1947-10-28

to see what you have against me, -
returned the witness.
"Oh, you would" laughed Mr.
Thomas.
Without further ado, the witness
was ordered to leave the stand.
Report on Trumbo Admitted.
Then Mr.. STRIPPING asked permis-
sion to read a report by committee
investigators entitled, Communist
Affiliations of Dalton Trumbo." Mr..
Thomas asked how long it was.
Like Mr. Lawson's, it is nine
pages. Mr.. Chairman the counsel
replied
He was given permission to intro
duce it and, after beginning to read,
turned the task over to an assistant.
The report included the following
charges in its 80 counts.
l. That Mr.. Trumbo was not
known to have denied holding Com
munist Party Book No. 36S02, about
which a film industry trade paper
had asked him
2. That he had openly indorsed
Communist candidates. including
Mrs. La Rue Mccormick, who ran
for the California State Senate, "and
has openly co-operated with the
Communist Party and its instru-
ments'
Script Called Anti War.
g. His script for The Remarkable
Andrew was so anti-British and
anti-war that Paramount refused
to continue with the picture after
paying $27 1000 for 1t"
4. That he had been active in, or
appeared at meetings sponsored by
a number of organizations held to
be Communist fronts, including the
International Workers Order, Amer
lean Peace Crusade, American Youth
for Democracy (alleged successor to
the Young Communist League)
American Peace Mobilization, Ma
tional Federation for Constitutional
Liberties, League of American Writ
ers, Hollywood Writers Mobilization,
Motion Picture Democratic Commit
tee and the Artists Front to Win
the War.
5. That Mr.. Trumbo joined with
Singer Paul Robeson, who has a
long record of Communist afflia-
tions," in sponsoring the American
Crusade to End Lynching.
6. That he has written for Com
munist publications, including Main
stream, described as a "Marxist liter
ary magazine" the Daily Worker
and News Masses.
Political Coincidence.
The statement Mr.. Trumbo was
not allowed to read into the record
called attention to the political
coincidence that nearly all friendly
witnesses summoned by the COM
mittee have violently opposed the
ideals of Wendell Willkie and Frank
lin Roosevelt, while without excep-
ton the friendly witnesses have sup
ported such ideals
Mr. Trumbo. in the statement.
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into q Communist controlled indus
trial union
The plan, he said, started with
jeff Kibre, whom he described as
Communist agent sent to Holly
wood in 1885, and was carried on
by Mr. Sorrell, whom he identified
as another Communist.
Mr.. Brewer said he was convinced
there is active in Hollywood "an
underground smear organization
which is very effective" and which
Fonce had spread rapidly an un-
[founded rumor about his previous
labor record.
Representative Mcdowell asked If
Mr.. Brewer had heard the testimony
of Mr.. Trumbo.
The union official said he had
and Mr.. Mcdowell then wanted to
know If he would have objected to
a question about membership in a
labor union.
Mr.. Brewer said he would have
seen no reason to refuse an answer
to such a question.
Mr.. Brewer, in answer to ques-
tions, listed the Painters Union
Local 644, Screen Cartoonists' Guild
and the Screen Story Analysts
Guild among Hollywood unions
completely dominated" by Com
munists.
Part of today, the rest of this
week and perhaps part of next week
will be devoted to the hostile wit
nesseS."
Thomas Pledge.
Chairman Thomas pledged the
committee to a week of exposing"
just before banging the gavel to re-
cess yesterdays turbulent session.
Addressing the last witness, Eric
Johnston, president of the Motion
Picture Association OF America, Mr..
Thomas said: @
You've been critical OF the COM
mittee by inference This commit
tee was created by law. One of
its duties is to expose. I don't
see the movie industry has any
sanctum sanctorum about them.
We're going to continue to expose
Evening star., 1947-10-28

said he would make no comment at
all on the petty professional jeal-
ousies, the private feuds, the intra-
studio conflicts, which have been
elevated to the dignity Of the rec
ord" and he added:
And only with reluctance and
shame do I find 1t necessary to re-
call how fulsomely this committee
has complimented witnesses who
have proposed that all who disagree
with them be deprived of citizen
ship and handed over to the mercy
of mobs."
Three Charges Made.
The statement then made these
three charges:
l. That the committee has at
tempted to compel management to
hire and fire "at your own dictation
without any regard for rights and
agreements already established be-
tween management and labor" with
in the movie industry.
2. That the committee has con-
sistently attached the constitutional
guarantees of free press, which
encompass the guarantee of a free
screen and that the committee had
clearly revealed It's intention to eS-
tablish "a slave screen, subservient
to the cultural standards of j. Parnell
Thomas and the humanitarian pre-
cepts of John E. Rankin
3. That the committee has ap-
proved the "groSsest attacks ON the
right of an artist to express his
ideas freely and honestly and is now
attacking his right to think and
seeking by public inquisition to fer
ret out his innermost ideas and his
most private and personal convic-
tionS."
Mr.. Brewer, rated even before his
appearance as a friendly witness,
blamed the four Hollywood strikes
in the past three years on Com
munist domination of the Confer
ence of Studio Unions and expressed
the belief that much Of" the
violence accompanying the strikes
was due to Communist influence.
Says "Observers" Aided Strike.
He gave the committee list of
film personalities who, he said.
alleged they were observers on the
strike scene but actually assisted the
strikers. The list included:
John Garfield, John Wexley, Sid
ney Buchanan, Howard Koch, Larry
Adler. Lewis Milestone, Mr.. Trumbo,
Mr. Lawson, Carey MacWilliams.
Frank Tuttle, Robert Rossen and
William Pomerance.
He told the committee that while
Evening star., 1947-10-28
Lovery Wants to Tell Probers
How Motion Pictures Are Made

What I'd like to do is to have
about half an hour to explain how
motion pictures are made. No.
body has gone into that yet at this
hearing-the steps involved and
how difficult it is to get propaganda
onto the screen
The chunky. smiling man with
the well-cropped hair was wander
ing bit uncertainty around the
hearing room after the film inquiry
session ended yesterday.
I'm an eager Witness" he de-
clared I'm no shy flower"
Emmett Lavery, playwright, screen
writer. member of the New York Bar
and president of the recently much
maligned Screen Writers Guild, was
wondering why he had not been
called to testify, although he had
been subpoenaed.
Wants to Present Statement.
Finally. he approached Chairman
Thomas of the House Committee on
American Activities, who greeted
him cordially and assured him every
= effort would be made to fit him in
today.
I have a statement I'd like to
present" Mr. Lavery said.
Mr.. Thomas told him there would
be no objection to offering it ''if it's
pertinent to the hearing"
Mr. Lavery promised anything
he'd say would be pertinent.
A reporter asked what he thought
of the conflicting testimony about
him given by witnesses at the hear
ing last week. He was described
variously as believed to be Com
munist," leader of the Communist
dominated Screen Writers Guild"
and leader of the moderates" in
the guild, it was recalled.
Says Play Is His Answer.
This is my answer" Mr.. Layery
replied, exhibiting copy Of his
play. The Magnificent Yankee" )"
"A Communist doesn't write a play
about Oliver Wendell Holmes date
Supreme CoNt justice)."
Evening star., 1947-10-28

the Communist plan to control the
Hollywood unions had been defeated
thus far, the real American Fed
Grafton of Labor unions" in the
studios have had to make tremen-
tdous sacrifices.
Hollywood workers have fought
valiantly to prevent their unions
from becoming an adjunct of Soviet
foreign policy" he declared. Hun
dreds have suffered personal in
iuries. Homes have been bombed
automobiles destroyed and children
threatened. Intimidation and coer-
cion have caused many to live for
weeks in terror"
He contended that the Conference
of Studio Unions, headed by Herbert
TX. Sorrell, had tried to disrupt and
destroy the AFL unions in the stu
dios and throw the working people
Evening star., 1947-10-28

and If you sit around this week
you'll see more exposing"
Then Mr.. Thomas told Mr..
Johnston that 1t makes no differ
ence" to the committee 'if you've
got lot of glamor girls or funds
behind you"
Film Stars on Hand.
The chairman's reference to CLAM
or girls apparently concerned Lau-
rem Bacall, Marsha Hunt, Evelyn
Keyes, June Havoc and other screen
stars who form the Hollywood con-
tingent here to protest what they
consider a violation of the guaran-
tees OF the first amendment to the
Constitution.
The glamor girls and the maScu-
line contingent, led by Humphrey
Bogart, slipped ice water and ate ice
cream In their Statler Hotel suite
after the session yesterday. They
explained it was the first time they
had had a chance to rest since they
chartered a plane and started for
Washington over the week end.
With the Hollywood group. which
represents the newly formed Com
mittee for the First Amendment to
the Constitution, the show in the
flood Lighted caucus room of tie
Old House Office Building now has
divided itself into five distinct seq
ments, all vocal.
Five Groups at Probe.
They include:
l. The committee members.
2 The motion picture producers
Mr.. Johnston, whose position is
that he welcomes the investiga-
tion but not some of the committee
methods; Paul v. McNutt, counsel
for the organized producers, and
battery OF aides ranged at a long
table at right angles to the COM
mittee's dais.
3. The 10 hostile" Witnesses
Screen writer's, directors and Actor
Larry Parks who sit in the first
row of spectator seats, occasionally
applaud and laugh but leave the
statements to their own legal forces,
headed by Mr.. Kenny and Mr..
Crum. Mr.. Lawson, lead-of1 man
of this group before the COM
mittee, acted on advice of counsel.
according to Mr.. Crum, in avoiding
the committees effort to pin him
down on whether or not he was a
Communist.
According to sketch in the
biographical dictionary, Twentieth
Century Authors, Mr.. Lawson's plays
ARE well to the left both in view
point and in style, many of the
earlier ones being 'expressionistic' in
mode" The sketch says he Is a
native of New York City and is OF
Jewish descent, the family name
originally being hevy.
4. The Bogart-Bacall delegation
a flying squad of rs film personali-
ties who hold themselves aloof from
both the witnesses and producers
Evening star., 1947-10-28

Was he, then, the leader of the
moderates?"
Definitely" said Mr., Lavery. "I
wouldn't be here as the represen-
tative of the Screen Writers Gaild,
my favorite guild. if I didn't feel
we had the situation under con-
troll"
Perhaps, he suggested, he wouldn't
be a very interesting witness, since
the popular ones appeared to be
those who say the Commies are
taking over the town"
| Mr. Lavery declared anyone who
called him Communist would have
difficult time making the charge
stick. He's Catholic, he pointed
out; his writings have no party
line tinge, he insisted.
And I'm on the executive board
of ADA (Ameficans for Democratic
Action, which describes itself as
vigorously anti-Communist)," he
added. They'll have a hard time
explaining that"
No Idea of Starting Rumpus.
Mr.. Lavery emphasized he would
speak for the guild and for himself
but had not intention of starting
rumpus. He said he hoped, how
ever, the committee would permit
him to explain just how films are
made. step by step.
Was he associated with the group
of 10 hostile witnesses?"
mo, I'm no part of the common
defense, he replied. I'm a mem
ber of the bar of the State OF New
York. I'm my own counsel and I'm
counsel for the Screen Writers
Guild"
What about the Committee for.
the First Amendment, which sent
a group of Hollywood stars here to
protest procedure of the investiga-
ton?
I'm not tied up with any group"
said Mr.. Lavery But I'm willing
witness. If they hadn't subpoenaed
me I'd have been down here knock
ing on their door"
Evening star., 1947-10-28

fore his employment In January,
1916. and his background had been
thoroughly investigated.
He suggested that the committee
call Mr.. Cheyfitz. who is in charge
of the associations program on
visual education. He. also gave ths
committee a sheaf of letters, all
dated October 20 or later, recon-.
mending Mr.. Cheyfitz.
Mr.. Thomas noted the dates on
the letters and commented that Mr..
Johnston kind of had q suspicion
this was coming up"
Knowing Mr. STRIPPING" replied
Mr.. Johnston, Il was prepared for
anything"
The crowd laughed and ap-
plauded.
Among the letters commencing
Mr.. Cheyfltz as q citizen of high
character were communications
signed by the Most Rev. Karl j.
Alter, Bishop OF Toledo: the Rev.
John F. Cronin. S. S., assistant di-
rector of the department Of social
action, National Catholic Welfare
Conference; Bill Hard of Readers
Digest. Jack Biggers, president of
Libby -Owens-Ford Glass Co.: James
B. Carey. secretary-treasurer of the
CIO; Charles Pack, vice president
of the Doehler-Jarvis Corp, New
York, and John j. Driscoll, chair-l
man of the Progressive Metal Work.
ers Council, CIO Industrial Union
of Marine and Shipbuilding Work.
ers of America.
Elsewhere in the questioning Mr..
STRIPPING asked Mr.. Johnston if he
would hire Mr.. Lawson, assuming
all the evidence against him were
proven.
IF all the evidence were proven
true" Mr.. Johnston replied, Il
would not hire Mr.. Lawson. would
not employ any proven Communist
because he would be q disruptivs
| force"
Mr.. Mcdowell then took over the
microphone to assure Mr.. Johnston
that the motion picture industry
has come out of this hearing with
a very fine reputation" Mr.. Nc
Dowell went on to say that the COM
mittee as group had never sug-
gested that the producers make anti
Communist movies and 80 long as I
am a member, that won't be done"
Mr.. Johnston smiled at Mr.. Nc
Dowell and told him:
LAS there are good and bad writer's
in Hollywood, there are also differ
ent kind Of Congressman. You're
the kind we like"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15
FREDERICK

On August 4 the Frederick Vol
unteer Fire Company held their
monthly meeting at the
fire house. Delegates were appoint
ed to attend the Kent County AS
sociation's 200th meeting to be
held August 20 in Harrington.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Sipple re-
ceived word that their son, Pfc.
Alfred Supple is on his way home
from Guam.
Little Bob Hazard of near Will
mington is spending week with
his grandparents and Mrs. j. A.
Gray
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Rash of
Harrington spent Sunday with Mrs.
Pearl Rash.
Mrs. Clarence Person and daugh-
ter Lucille, Mrs. Benjamin Matlack
and son attended the art exhibits
at Rehoboth on Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Mitten and son re-
turned to their home in Baltimore
after spending sometime here with
relatives. Mrs, Naomi Tribbett and
son accompanied them home. for a
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daugherty of Will
mington were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Boone.
Buddy Brown of the u. S. Navy
and wife of Philadelphia, were
weekend guests of Mrs. Hattie
Palmer. Buddy will leave soon for
California.
Charles Palmer of Wilmington
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Melvin Palmer, over the week
end.
Joan Marie Robbins, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Robbins, is g
patient at the Milford Memorial
Hospital. She is very much i'm
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Langrel
and daughter Carol and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Albert French and son Alvin
of Milford spent Sunday at River
view Beach, N j.
Mrs. Jeanette B. Dodd is spend
ing sometime at the Dodd apart
ment, East Orange, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer r. Belts o
Detroit, Michigan, were Monda,
visitors of their aunt, Mrs. I. W
Belts, Sr. They were returning b
way of Syracuse, N. Y.
Mrs. Virginia Krevs of Philadel
phia is visiting Mrs. Annie M. Har
ringtOn.
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond Wilso
entertained Miss Lena Carey an
George Carey and daughter of Mar
Gus Hook, Pa, last week.
Bulletins were presented to tn
church this week by Teddy an
David Wells.
Rev. T. o. Wells was welcome
to the pulpit Sunday morning. Mr.
Wells. was guest soloist, accom-
panied by Sylvia B. Dodd, the oil
,ganist.
Donald Cook, Miss Mackey an
Mrs. Jane Cook of Wilmington wer
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Samu'
Cook on Sunday.
Mrs. Julia Camper and son Ne
son and Miss Mildred Coverdale {
town spent Tuesday in Whining
ton.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15

The repairs on the steeple and
roof of the church are now conf
pleted, but the wood work and
windows are in process of being
painted. The change in the APP
pearance of the steeple is crafty
ing indeed.
Senator and Mrs. Ray VanSant
and Miss Margaret Sharp of Will
mington, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Sharp and son Edward and Miss
Emma Catherine Slaughter of Do
yer, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper Bostic of
Bridgeville, Joseph Bostic of New
ark and Miss Warrington of Green
wood were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Sharp.
Mrs. w. w. Flanagan spent the
weekend with her sister, Mrs. P.
S. Raughley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Morris and
sons, Mrs. Harry Minner and
daughter Virgie and Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde Knots spent Sunday at Toll
chester, Md.
Mrs. A. j. warrington and daugn-
ter Faith of Brooklyn, N. Y, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Bur-
ris for a ten-day visit.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, Mrs. Clar'
ence Webb and son Bobby, Mrs
James Webb and Jane Webb spent
the weekend in Atlantic City
They attended the Ice Capades o.
1947 at Convention Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Camper o
Haddonfield, N. j., were guests OF
Sunday of Mrs. Annie L. Camper
of near Bowers. While here thu
three of them were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Short il
Rehoboth.
i Howard Wix is spending thi
week at LeWes.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15
GLENDALE
Community News

Community News
Miss Isabelle Webb, who is en-
ployed in Dover, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wisseman
and daughter Joyce spent last
week in Providence, r. l.
Sunday guests of Misses Allie
and Mia Macklin were Mrs. Vesta
Mills, Mrs. Eugene Mills and chill
dren of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence ]. Der
rickson and daughter, Laura Lois,
of Philadelphia, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Derrickson
and family last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis w. Ennis
and family had a delightful motor
trip on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Webb enter
tanned guests last week.
Earl Clark, Jr., of Wilmington
spent the weekend with i his wife
and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lee visit
ed friends on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius GOrlich
Sr., entertained guests from New
York last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Short anC
son Harold of Lincoln were callers
in town Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac F. Warren
Jr., and son and friends of Wash
ington, D. c., were guests of Mrs
Isaac F. Warren, Sr., last week.
Donald Ellingsworth of Ellen
dale and Richard Ellingsworth o
Milford are vacationing at Reho
both.
All Club News
The Glendale Sunshine All CluI
which is made up of nine girls
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15

received a total of nine prizes at
the Kent and Sussex Fair at Har-
rington. Fredetta Ireland won first
prize on vegetables in junior can
ming. Jeanette Wiley won fourth
prize on 3 vegetables in junior
canning. Shirley Lea Ellingsworth
won first prize in senior canning
on 5 vegetables. Barbara DECKER
son won the following prizes in the
senior group: First prize in six
jars of food representing a we'll
balanced dinner; first prize in 5
different kinds of jellies; first
prize in different cans of fruit;
second prize in vegetables; Sec
ond prize in clothing on dress. Mar
garet Sennett won second prize on
long party dress in senior sewing.
Home Demonstration News
Don't forget to look at the Ell
lendale Home Demonstration rug
on display in the Warren and Glib
son Furniture Store in Milford.
This rug will be given away in
September to the lucky one who
has correct number drawn.
Party
The Glendale Home Demonstra-
ton Club family picnic will be on
Saturday, August %, at the home
of Mrs. Norman Prettyman at Fen
wick's Island. Everyone bring a
covered dish and all invited.
FIIpndaIe Methodist Church
Rev. William Bundick, Pastor
Sunday, august IL
Sunday school services at 10 a
m. in charge of F. w. Ireland, SUI
perintendent.
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Rev. Robert b. NailOr, Pastor
Sunday, August II
Sunday school services at p. m
Preaching by pastor.
Everyone welcome.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15
ATLANTIC SEABOARD

viduast legislation for instance still has the whipping post though
is only rarely used
Above ALL with population less than the total number of employees
really big companies Delaware famous home
corporations and the incorporated Delaware may be
number of distinguished erhead This mostly because the
state has laws regard to capitalization Ford
Delaware corporation; CocaCoa Commonwealth South
the American Snuff Company american Radiator Bethlehem Steel
Pullman, Anis Chalmers Wrigley, Associated Gas Electric and
multitude of Others Competitors know tend to cluster together
Consider automobiles Detroit rubber in Akron. Similarly both
Hercules Powder and Atlas Powder exist side by side with Du Pon
Delaware, and does American Vsco great competitor rayon
Something special among International Dover
Delaware under the presidency Abraham N Spaniel which public
service regularly publishes long twocomn advertisements the
These do mention Latex they do mention the
conquer cancer the Maternal Child Welfare Act contemporary
chronicles scientific progress and the need for world organization
the atomic In effect these advertisements editorials
fact actual reprints of editorials from other newspapers articles
by specialists Their all progress Advertisements
of this type such scale characteristic American phenomenon;
do not think they exist anywhere else the world.
But the Du Points An astonsngy versatile
psng Frenan named Pierre Samuel Du Pont Nemours
France step of guotne $780,
hoping establish egants Shenandoah This
Pon who the matchmaker today considered the father
of the family He close friend of Thomas Jeerson many
letters that he exchanged with Jefferson They had point
among that agriculture should be the basis
national @ and striking that of Du Points oS, should
have of the conspicuous industrial organizations in
history Pierre Du Ponthad likewise remarkable
- absurd Character o.
tons comple polite" Whitney in WHO
merely
but provided that shareholders directors Delaware
drafted provisions & convenience Indeed
has been Preemnentn this field Nevada divorce
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15
Off Season Visitors View
FlamingOs at Hialeah

MIAMI - up = Between racing
seasons most horse tracks are as
deserted as a haunted barn. But not
Florida's showplace Hialeah park,
where more than 100000 off-season
visitors have come just to look.
The chief tourist attraction at
Hialeah is the herd of iamingos.
Their population has been increased
by 65 since racing closed.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-15

Cotton was used in Peru cen
turtles before white men came to
the Americas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
ROY C. FERGUS

Funeral services for Roy c. Fer.
gus, "a, who died at James Walker
Memorial hospital June % at 1870
p. m. after short illness, will be
held this afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church. The Rev. j. R. Edwards
will officiate and interment will
be held in Oakdsle cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter,
Edith M. Fergus; four sons, Robert
L.; I. E., DR.. L. c. Of Bonus,
Calf; D. j. Of Cleveland. Ohio;
four sisters, Mrs. L. S Blancc OF
Washington, D c.; Mrs. Clyde La
Sale of Washington, D. c.; Mrs.
Lodge Hollis; and Mrs. Fletcher
Tate of Winston-Salem; two broth
ers John B. Fergus of Carolina
Beach and Harry Fergus Of Port.
land. Oregon.
Active pallbearers will be E. A.
Rusher, Gordon Benfield, Cliff
Lewis, Getty Bennett, Frank Hollis,
William Hollis, Wilbur Register,
and Britt Willis.
Honorary pallbearers will be L.