Evening star., 1947-10-20

difference II the person Is Com
munist or Fascist as long as be is
un-American. I
Mr.. Warner said some Of the
writer's he named had worked for
eight or 10 months on a picture
sometimes and had not produced
anything.
Mr.. Warner was then asked to
name the pictures in which these
writers attempted to inject Commu-
mist propaganda. The list follows:
Mr.. Bessie-"The Very Thought of
You"
Mr.. Kahn-"Her Kind of Man"
Mr.. Koch-"In Our Time"
Mr.. Lardner-"The Kokomo Kid"
but Mr.. Warner said he didn't put
any message into that.
Mr.. Lawson-"Action in the North
Atlantic
Mr.. Maltz-"Pride of the Marines"
Mr.. Rossen-"They Won't Forget"
and Dust Be My Destiny"
Hollywood Celebrities Protest.
Meanwhile, a telegram of protest
from q group of Hollywood celeb
rites not under subpoena was re-
leased.
The message read:
I'VE the undersigned, as Ameri-
can citizens who believe in constitu-
tional democratic government, are
shocked and outraged by the con-
tinu1ng attempts Of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities to
smear the motion picture industry.
I'VE hold that these hearings are
undemocratic because:
Amy investigation into the
political beliefs of the individual is
contrary to the basic principles of
our democracy.
"2-Any attempt to curb the free
dom OF expression and to set arbi-
trary standards of Americanism is
in itself disloyal to, both the spirit
and the letter of our Constitution. I"
The signers were listed as Pau
lette Goddard, Henry Fonda. Greg
ory Peck, Van Hef1in, Myrna 10y,
Katherine Hepburn, Burgess Mere
dith, Ava Gardner, Dorothy Nc
Guire, Eddie Cantor, Norman Cor
win, Cornell Wilde, Marsha Hunt,
Paul Henreid, Barry Sullivan,
Sheppard Strudwick, William Wyler,
Anatole Litvak, Jerry Wald. Norman
Krasna, John Huston, Philip Dunno,
Doris Nolan, Sheridan Gibney,
Richard Conte, Julius Epstein,
John Houseman, Collier Young.
Court Test Threatened.
Disclosure of the legal maneuver
to quash the subpoenas came first
at a press conference yesterday,
presided over by Mr.. Kenny, who
with Mr.. Crum, Martin Pepper of
Washington, Ben Margolis and
Charles Katz of Los Angeles and
Samuel Rosenwein of New York are
attorneys for the 10 who attacked
the subpoenas. Mr.. Kenny said he
would take the demand to court If
he failed before the committee.
The 10 movie men protesting
the subpoenas are Larry Parks, who
starred in 1.-THE Jolson Story" and
these writers, producers and di-
rectors: Lewis Milestone, Dalton
Trumbo, Albert Maltz, Edward
Dmytryk, Adrian Scott, John How
ard Lawson, Ring Lardner, jr.;
Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman,
Berthold Brecht, Lester Cole, Rich
ard Coils, Gordon Kahn, Howard
Koch, Samuel Ornitz, Irving Pichel,
Robert Rossen and Waldo Salt.
Parks Among Early Arrivals.
Mr.. Parks and Is other witnesses
represented by Mr.. Kenny and his
associates were among the early ar
rivals at the hearing. =.
Despite the Hollywood reputation
for .-colorful clothes, this group
looked like so many businessmen in
conservative sack suitss MI, Parks
was dressed in2a plaid. Jacket and
light gray trousers. He chewed gum,
appearing interested but unper-
turbed.
Beside him III the front row of
spectator seats sat Mr.. Pichel, for
mer actor, now director. He wore
a dark gray sack suit. Beyond the
two Of them sat a battery of lawyers.
A squad Of policemen and, re-
portedly, some Secret Service men
were on hand to keep order. At the
start, their job was not too difficult
since crowds did not begin to form
until after 9 am.
First to arrive was a woman
lawyer from California. who said
she reached the scene at am. She
said she knew none of the witnesses
but had come to Washington "be-
cause Of the principles involved. -
"It's going to be on inquisition, :"
she declared.
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