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tional music bureau. At one point
he asked the witness If he has not
expressed the view that music is a
powerful weapon in the fight to
bring about revolution.
Napoleon /" the witness
started to answer.
Never mind Napoleon" inter-
rupted Chairman Thomas. What
is your answer?"
First Came Here nj 1885.
Eisler replied that he thought
music could help the people in their
fight for improvement, but added,
"in Germany we were not very sue
cessful."
The witness said he first came to
the United States in 1885 under the
auspices of a British committee to
raise money for the children Of
German anti-Nazi refugees.
Questioned at length about the
International Music Bureau, Eisler
admitted he gave his advice when
asked about it, but was not an
organizer.
Mr.. Stripping produced a copy of
the Daily Worker, newspaper organ
of the Communist Party, showing
Hams Eisler in a group picture
arriving in this country in 1885 and
giving what the committee counsel
called the Communist salute.
s. Identifies HimseIt In sRicture.
Eisler identified himself in the
picture, but denied the Communists
had any monopoly on the salute.
This salute was invented in Ger
many, and was used not only by
Communists, but by all anti-Fas-
cists," the witness replied.
When Mr.. STRIPPING asked him to
give the committee demonstration,
he readily agreed, holding up one
arm with clenched fist.
Mr.. STRIPPING told the committee
that when Eisler entered the United
States he was asked if he had ever
co-operated with the Communist
and answered in the mega
tive. The committe counsel said he
also would seek to show that the
international Music Organization
was major program of the Soviet
Union to bring about world rev.
olution.
Composed "Comintern March,"
Mr.. STRIPPING asked if Hams had
gone to Communist Party head
quarters with his brother Gerhard
In November, 1885, to deliver a lee
ture.
The witness replied he did not re-
member having done so.
Asked if he was the author Of a
piece of music called "Comintern
March," he said he composed a
march which was later given that
name.
At the outset, the committee
turned down a request by Eisler
that his hearing be postponed until
other witnesses from the movie col
ony are heard next month.
The committee also denied re-
quests that he be permitted to cross
examine witnesses or to submit
questions to be put to other wit
nesses.
Charges Smear Attempt.
Charging the committee with try
ing for more than year to smear
his name, the composer said In his
statement:
"I am accused of being the brother
of Gerhard Eisler, whom I love and
admire, and whom I defend and
will continue to defend. Does the
committee believe that brotherly love
is un-American?"
During the past summer, Gerhard
was convicted twice in District Court
here, first, on a charge of contempt
of Congress growing out of his re-
fusal to be sworn before this same
committee earlier, and second, on
charges of passport fraud.
In the prepared statement, Hams
revealed that in october, 1910, he
was admitted to the United States
as an immigrant on nonquota
basis as a professor of music.
About that time the Rockefeller
Foundation made grant of $4,000
to him, he said, to direct a research
project on the relation of nodern
music to the films.
Appearance Starts Mildly.
The appearance of Hams EisleI
got off to a mild start in contrast
to the turbulent session nearly q
year ago, when his brother refused
to be sworn because the committee