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-nonbore of the Gonnaniet Party had atated thathe a Isobar oi the Party. . hie aource ateted that or until ;19%. eeebere e! the !etien.el Gemittee e! the ten!-!n_e=t ?ee't;'i~7"?";:-I31, had adrieed of Rica leliaanh continued nppe:-tel
gzgniet Pu-t§- Louis Buden:,;-'D/R 3+-1?-51*, State §'..' :2 -.53? ' _ ",3 =;1-* ;' is . _.c_=;--5.-r__-: he - '~-sr»: =-';-;'~f *.=?'__-,;d_;'*"_-;-n_e"_; --_-'_;_'-_ '"-Q ' P01: Septcdaer 19, 1951, Martin Berkeley, ecree_n1Iritc','
testified before a public session of the louse Gonmitteacn n-A-t _
American lctivitiea in Lo: Angelo: that Lillian Hellman no presentet the new-tin; - in hie hone in llollprood in June; 1.937 at yhieh_;;.time the llollrrood Section e! the Gonnnniet Party was §orned.":=_;i_':~ -
!..er!.e1eg teet-!ied thet$e enheeqeently beeeree e eeeher et large
hecauee of her prominence to that her mecberehip would not he
known to the rank and file taanbcrstl/R, CIA 5-16-52, State 7-15-2100-28760-so 62-31.79-6 9! ' l l " : ~. ~- 5 In August, 1§38; u.'§n{ni1'='u1}'
Lillian Bellman attended the 10th National Convention of the"
Goa. '-- h took lace in Iev York C y during June,
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Goneuniett could count lwong their allies ouch names ea Lillian
Iellman" and others. It continued stating that with one 5,1;-_i_*;--_'.,,-;-=l__=»_',}e::ception,probehl{ none of theta peogla were Gomnuniete, hnt'i_;]_-_{-,¢';"'"'-' _vcr_a §el1o1I_tra_we are tho ranted to elp fight Fascieedél-7559-+A1_ .P --_- . yr. ,-' _ t ' ~- .- " -gt ' _ _, '-___ _. ~. . -:3-=. =. -"-.-.l ' -:-- .
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on December lh, 1939, the contents of the leeflet Iere re
hy the Goalluniet Party for the poae of helping bring jatetcnant to the attention of arfcititenet hon; other
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5 3 1 'n¢9i%?i1 17, 192.9, issus "New York Daily
Mirror in a colunn by Victor Riesel stated "Playwright Lillian
Bellman is soliciting funds to pay bills for dispatching pro-
Oonnunist 'peace and cultural front organisers to every
section of the country to mobilise millions in a roll call
r° P °"' 00-zeveo-53, _b. 10!
According to en article entitled "Lillian ellnan
Says She's No he? Now but Refuses to Discuss Past carried
in the May 21, 1952, Nee York World Telegram and Sun, Lillian
Hellman testified before the House Un-American Activities
Committee on Lay 21, l952, that she was not a Party member as
late as two years ago. However, she declined to say whether she
was a Party sesber three or more years ago, on grounds her
answers night be'self-incriminating. O@_l3aq5L_A!
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lincoln Brigade
iccording to a letterhead of the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade dated February lb, 1939. Lillian Hellman was a sponsor
of that organisation. QO_7Q6Q-L1, og_ 3!
The Iovenber, 19b6, issue of the 'Vo1unteer for Liberty"
contained the following greeting from Lillian Hellman:
That you will tell the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade how sorry I an to be unable to be at your convention and
tell them of the wars good wishes I send them. U/1 6l3h9; 100-
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It was reliably reported that Lillian Hellman was
one of the speakers at the 10th Anniversary Dinner of the
Veterans of the Abraham
lstor on February 12, l9L7
3/H L-17-51; Qtate "Mari can Council mg Soviet
according to the March 7, l9hl issue of the HenYork Times, a Theodore Dreiser testimonial luncheon was held
at the Hotel Commodore, New York City, on Larch 1 l9hl, underthe auspices of the American Council on Soviet Relations. Lillian
Hellnan was one of the guests of honor st the luncheon. /3 h-5_L7
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- er can e I in Var s '- A-__z__1=mn_n__es___|n:_z_»_o.n i';'rp-zvvlfit cl reliable source advised that since 193$.
Iellean bad been a neaber of th -- - d of the has e
league 1 o inst Ier and fascism
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ship and iesce Campaign, inericen League for Ponce and Democracy,listed Lillian llellman as a sponsor of that org'|aisatiep. Rep;;,;-1;
of the I-ICUA - 78th Congress. 19u+; 61-7552-1295, p, 419! .;
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o -- The December l9 l9kO, issue at the "Montana Laborlows, a weakly rublished in Ielena, Romans, listed Lillian '
Hellman as one 6& the national sponmrs of the Areriean Rescue
Ship Mission» 00-7061-50!
T ll__eric&n _Qeg_.'_g_gn _l_nstitntg [gr Qulgggl Re1,etion'a92ri§_lJ' Q; -- i_ei92ion .- Q . A .'
n G-a January 17, 191.2, Lillian llellean was reliablyrortad to be a member of the Lee:-ican Russian Institute tor0 tural B.r.latio:.e with the Soviet Unioh. [High ccmf source, f ff3/R 5-iv " "-" -2?-1+? Sta?-F: 1-1i+-I'+9;'100-28760-6, p. 101 *1 'e_.1.':a_il2e°c;e.u c . s ; o
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A reliable source advised t.at Lillian Hellman was -'
listed ea a nenber of the dqmvsittea on the program ler e s o -. .
dinner held on October 16 19%, as a Salute to Young l|lerica"held under the auspices oi the I-merican Youth for Democracy, -at the Hotel Cosnodcre Iew York Citg, High emf source; State1-19-1.9, c-2 102?-W, 15/a 5-1-is; 1 0-23760-35, p. 1! -~ 1' i_§-I31 Qorgittee _ 5"" ' ""161"-' '
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an ranc 500 on c e a a . t Iof a Citizens Committee {er Barr; h§-;¢§@§,'§§1§§'m- 1-Qi-=§°'-go"
inform the public es to the realities behind the deportation
trial oi Harry Bridges, and to furnish aid to Bridges.9-.915- ! <wq ~ A
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the An article in the I ril 9. l9L2,ew York Times stated that Lillian Hellman was one of the speaker
at a Council on African Affairs leeting in Manhattan Center,
Jiti Street end 8th Avenue, Iew York City, on April 8, 19k2.
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lnternational Labor_Pefcnsg .
" " Lillian Hellman was one of the sponsors of the lee
Year: Eve ball December 31, 1938, which was given for the
benefit of Political Refugeesfrom Iasi Terror, et the Hotel
Riverside Plaza, New York City, under the auspices of the
Non-Sectarian Committee for Political Refugees, according to
a flier distributed by th:t orgznis tion. According to its
stationery tkis Committee was affiliated eitn the International
Labor Defense, State 1-lh-L9, D/R 5-hL8, G-2 10-27*h7; 100-
22760-6, p. 12; 61-7561-256!
The October 27, 1938, issue of the "Daily Record
stated that the Conittea to Lid Excluded Loyalist! Veteran!
U45 atte"pting to save 12 Yuteranl of txe Abrahar Lincoln Brigade
from deportation. The Comittee was joined by the International
Leno: Defense in this ndrtaking, According to the article
Lillian Hollnen was one of a delegation of persons who Visited
thuB¬ men on Ellis Island, reported on tkeir condition, end
stressed the importance of bringing pressure to bear on the
Secretary of Labor to permit heie men to enter the United
Ststes.l-7561-2&3, L13!
!he_Joint,Antif§§cist Re[ngee Committee
in article in the December 8, 19L!, issue of the'Dail{ Worker" reflected tkat Lillian Hellnan was to be honored
at a uncheon to be held under the auspices of the Women's
Division of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Couzittee on
December 11». 1910- D/R 5-1.-1.2, 0-2 10-27-1+7; 100-25760-9, p. 2!
According to an article in the larch 25, 19b5, issue
of the Daily Worker" Lillian Hellman was the principal speaker
at s dinner held in her honor on larch 22, 19&5, and sponsored
by tte Joint lntl-Fascist Refugee Committee. Ins article advised
that in her talk Miss Hellman had stated that Spain's tragedy
was followed by the tragedy of millions everywhere, end that
Soviet people had suffered more than others. She stated
concerning life in Russia, "It is not s -lellOn of whether
Ia approve of the Soviet system. They like it end fight for
it remarkably. 00-29760-38, p. 2! iii.
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A reliable source ldfisod ti at Lilliln Bellman
contributed $1,000 to the cauee,c.t a meeting called A
Christ-as Salute to S "nish Republic" and sponsored by the
znish Refugee Aposza , Joint Anti-Fascist Re
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It was announced that Lillian Hellman had ributed
$100 to the Joint Anti-F:-lciat Refugee Comrittee at fl rally
of that Organization told at Padioon Square Garden few YorkCity. on Be==='="-er 16. 19L?- Fisir, State 8-1+-51, n/R 1.-17-51; 100-
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Referee Aooeel of the Joint
listed Lillian 1-lellwaan a -1.".al', llrganizati on.23760-53 0. 7!In; _l,e3_,e-uc of American Kritirg Estationery oi the Spa-.nilh
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the nati anal sponsors of
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A flier entitled A Call to the Third American
Iriterl Congress" held June 2 to June 5, 1939, in New York
City, under the auspices of the Leagzo of l:1e:-icon Writerl
listed Lillian Hellman as one of the Si§ .*:é:i of tpe eall.
6 - - X ' 1 7559 3K?:%:o%'l!ing; to the Se ten or 1, 1939 iasue ofthe "Daily worker, Lillian Hellman was one oi the Vice-
Preaidentt of the League oi lnerican Iriterlalél-7559-¢56?5l{2!
The Membership Corporation Book in the Bureau of
Corpo:-atione, State or lieu lurk, reflects that the League
of Loerican writers, Incorporated, was incorporated on July 26,
1939, rt iew fork iity. Lillian nallman was one of the pg-YBOQI
w o was to act as a director of tHl crg-znitation until it:
first annual neeting. D/R h5-1+7, INS 8-10-50; 100-7322-8, p. M
¢,..ieeording, to e letter elgned by Lillian Hellman and
others she was a newer of the Exiled iriters Colriittee of
the League of Lnarican Writers in August, 19b0, In this capacity
liias Bellman appealed for funds to aid anti-llazi writers in
France. 1-7559-1032110
Lillian Hellman was one of the signers of the
Call oi the L-.agi..-e of America.-. Writers Concreso hold in
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that Lilliar was a nuzrbor of that. lights reflects , .an Organism:-ion in 1940 and 191,2 D/R 5-L,-1,8, G02 10-27-1+7," State 1-11+-l+9' 100-28760-6! - .1? -_ _-_ _- ' , -, 1-*==="*'-=*-~=" A % ~-1:1---' -:-- "1-I-92 -.. .., - -- *.--.-I-"~...".F ;-.=.- -:1
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The larch 8 19%, issue of the Daily Yorkerstated t~at Lillian Hellman had spoken at a tea co:nr..emorating
late:-national --caw's Day. Ehc article stated that this tcc
sas held at the Soviet Consulate at New York City and sponsored
by the Iationul Council of American-Soviet Friendship. 00-
28 on-an . !7 ' P lat was reliably reported in_l9b8,_tha_t_Lillis.n
I=-llnan was a sponsor of the National Council of A:ne!1¢l.Ii-
Soviet Friendship. According to a letterhead of thatorgnnisation dated July 67 19b9, Miss Hell:-an was also asponsor in 191@wmd,n L-1?--51, State 8-1+-51, 100-.
'!Q'7 _l-Z1 nnc I.:J{uu/! :1 92J 1+ K-H-92-A A-v' E It was reliably reported on April ll, 1950, that
Lillian Hellman had suhmitted her resignation fl"Orr- resnbership
in the Iatianal Council of American-Soviet ndshi since
the Bo-md of Director /R, 6-2,
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Lillian Hetlman was listed as one of the sponsors
nof a campaign of the nited Spar-isr Aid Committee to help
free the men of the I ternational Brigade Volunteers in hunch
and Spanish Concentra-
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D/R 5-u- - 10-2?-L7; -22760-12, p.
Lillian Hellman was reliably reported to have been
present at s dinner in tribute to anti-Fascist fighters held
at the Hotel Biltr-ore, on March 13 191.2, under the auspicesof the American Couuzitt e Save §sf ees and the UnitedSpanish Aid Co-n|:ittes. %uR 5-l»38, G-2 10-27-L7, State
1-11+-L9, 109-237éQ-6, p, ,,
fhe House Committee on Cn-American Activities in its§
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report dated larch 29, 191.1,, sited the American Gonsnlttes to Gav
Refugees as a Communist front.
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its report dated Juno 25, l9h2, cited tie American Committee
for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom as a 'cOmmUn18t fronturic; defended Comunist teachers. .-_-en,
1American friend; of Sgnish Democragl
The April 9, 1938, issue of the "Daily Yorker
announced that on April 8, l938, the American Friends at
Spnih Denoeracy made public an appeal to President Roosevelt
to end the arms enb2PgO against Spain. Tris statcvent was
signed by 92 pezsons among whom sac Lillian Bellnan.[51-7551-2031!
The louse Committee on Un-American Activities in
its report dated Larch 29, 19kb, cited the American Friends
of Spa;is* D0mOCPd¢Y as follows: In 1937-38, the Communist
Party threw itself I'oleheertedly into the campuign for the
lupport of txe Spanish Loyalist cause, recruiting men and
organising multifarious so-called relief organisations - - -
such as - - - American Friends of Spanish Democracy.
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Tue "Daily Worker for October l5, l9L2, announced
that Lillian Hellman was one of the leading stars Of the
literary and entert;in'unt world expected to speak at the
"Second Front meeting sponsored by the Artists'Front to Vin
the War. Concern ng ttil meeting the October 16, 19L2, issue
of the "New York fines ltat d that Lillian Hellnan lauded the
hed Arry and dBm3dBd all-out aid to our allies. According
to the program oi this seating ies Hellman sac a sponsor
ef t1-at =rem1I=-=1<>n- ecua report; 100-25760-6, p. 17; 61-§- 75P2-1293, p._57a!The ouse Committee on Un-American Activities in its
report dated March 2?, 19kb, cited the Artists'Front to Uin the
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The House Oolmittce on Un-American Activities in its
report dated March 29, 19kb, cited "Equality" as f§,¢l?!1ItPart! enterprise." 1
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In February, 1939, the literature of iilna for
Democracy, New York City, listed Lillian Hellran as a number
of the Advisory Board of that organisation.1-7566-1357!
The Rouse Committee on Un-American Activities in
its report dated March 29, 19kb, cited Filll for Democrat]
as "a Communilt front organisation.
Qriendeiol the lb§ghan_Lincoln Brig5de_
According to the June ll, 1938, issue of the
Daily Worker Lillian Hellman was a sponsor of a drive
of the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade to bring hone
lateral hundred wounded Americans from France and Spain.
1-7551-21?X6!A newspaper item appearing in the Her York Times
for Getober 19, 1938, stated that fourteen Azerican toluntecre
who had been captured by the Franco forces duing the Spanish
Civil War had arrivzd in New York City fror Spain. A dinner
was given for these individuals on the night cf 0ctoer 16,
1938, at the Hoo~l Com odore Rev for; Cit and was theOCC&liOn for the launching of a drive for £150,000 to bring
back ct-er American volunteers from Spain. The dinner vac
given by the Friends of the Abrahar Lincoln Brigade. The
article ltated that Lillian Hellman was among the speaker!
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The Earch 22, 1939, issue of the "Daily Hotter
stated tbat Lillian Relluan was one of the sponaora of a
campaign to raiae $160,000 for the DieaL1ed Veterans Fund
launched by the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade-
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The House Colmittee on Un-American Activities in
its report dated Karch 29, 19kb, cited the Friends cf_the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade as follows: In 1937-38, the Couzuniat
Party threw itself vholehearteily into the campaign for the
support of the Spanl5h Loyalist cause, recruiting men and
organising multifarious so-called relief organisations. lmong
these was the above 0omnunietfront organisation.
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On April 16, 19b5, Lillian Hellman was reliably 73l,r792,resorted to have been chosen a representative of the Theatre p. 3!B Division of the National Council of the Arts Sciences andProfessions. L"!/5. L-1'?-El; St-te ¢'-.1.-E1;gft"{'-2?7éO-53, p. 5!
It vie reliably reported on Hay 2, 19b892'¬hatLillian Hellman W;-B present as Chairman representing the
thestre, of the Rational Council of the Arts, Sciences
. and Profsss .eetinz held at Ridge}! Hall, Baltimore,
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iable source advised that Lillian Hellman spokeat a meeting held at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on June 17,
l9L8 and sponsored by the ationei Council of the Arts, Ecienceiand §ro£essions. According to this source Kiss Bellman stated
that the "Truman Loyalty Order is legalising spying on the
1» ri 1 ' Sh l t t d th t G F i ed if can poop e. e a so s a e a erean ssc sm us
the sens ergnnenta t*nt eere being used in this country against
Communis, and that Germ F sciets also worked r g!
cause, to stop Cowmunisa >tate5-.-_-51; 1.-"7-51; 1F"."J-EFQJ-,|--"I, L rrs. ! .1 I
The October 19, 19b8, issue of the Daily Yorker
stated that Lillian Eellman was one of the signers of a itsteient
issued by the National Council of the Arts, Sciences andU P ofes ions which backed the candidacy of Henry Wallace. Qo,/:1 ,-.~17-51, State .=-1+-51; 1C0-2 7oO, pg. 9!_= It use eteted in the February Zl, i949, issue oi
the Daily Worker" that Lillian Hellman was a aeabsr of the
Program Committee and a sponsor of the Cultural and Scientific
Conference for World Peace to be held Karch 25 and 27, 1959, and
sponsored by the Iational Council L of the Arts, Sciences and
Professions. I reliable source stated that some persons were
critical of the inclusion of bias Hellaan as a founding sponsor
of this conference and they advised Harlow Shaploy, National
Tics-Chairman of the Progressive Citisens of America, that
Hellman :s: = cardecirrying Gonnnniet end eonld ultimatelyenbarraes his. 09-2876C~53, D5. ll!The Neill, 1950, issue of the Daily Iorker' stated
that Lillian =1 an was one of the speakers at a two-day
contention held by the Estioncl Gonncil of the Arts, Sciences
and Professions at the Hotel Capitol in New York City.-12 - 3v_yRET,
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in its report dated Apil 26, 1950, cited the Iatisnal Council
of the Arts, Sciences and Professions as 'a Gonnnist trout.
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According to the April 29, 19b0, issue of the
Daily Worker Lillian Bellman was one of the 36 persons sending
an open letter to the United States Senate Inaigretion Committee
condemning the anti-alien DOup801 Bill. The letter was cent
by the Iationel Emergency Conterece for Democratic lights and
pointed out that the Iccormick rider attached to the Bill
could be used against labor and labor g;nilat1onl.1-7562_A!
Ihe louse Committee on Uh-American Activities in
its report dated Herch 29, l9AL, cited the Iational Energeacy
Conference for Democratic Digits as "a Gounniist front.
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According to the Yebruary 22, 1937. issue of the
'Uestcfn Iorker,' Lillian Hellman I-I one of the signers of
an Open Letter to American Liberals, which its addressed
to persons approached to join the American Committee for
the Defense of Leon Trotsky. tall letter defended the Soviet
Foreign policy of peace and international Indcrltnnding and
also defended the fairness of the trials of persons in
Moscow, Russia.1-7559_1;5@X!
The louse Committee on in-lnerican Activities in itsreport dated Jena 25 l9k2, ctated regarding the gten Letter toAmerican Liberals "la larch, 1937 a group of we -known Communist:and Comunist collaborators published an Open letter bearing thetitle given above. The letter was a defense of the Ioscow puge
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In 19kt, a leaflet of the Progressive Committee
to Rebuild American Labo Party listed Lillian Iellnen as e
n~nber of the Executive Committee of that organisation.t-.51-"594-1.2-;~r2*, p. 1500! X F-"TQ Q » -I I
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Lillian Iellman was listed in the Dedcmbcr 22,
l9L3, issue of the New York Times es one of the signers
of s declaration epon ored by the Beichetag Fire Trill
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The House Committee on Un-American Activities inite report dated March 29, 19th, cited the Reichetag Fire Trial
Anniversary Committee as a Communist front which use founded in
December, 19b3, by prominent Communists end Communist synpathieers
to honor Georgi Dinitrov, former heed of the Communist Inter-
notional.
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Presented bi Allied Votere Against udert,' Lillian Hellman weelisted no s sponsor of thin grescnttion held on October 2119h2, et Carnegie Hall, law ark Cityel7592-1298, pg. 316!
The l9L8 report of the California Committee on Un-
Anerican Activities cited the Allied Voters Against Coudert so
"a Colmuniet front.
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The l9LL report of the Speciel Committee on Un- -
laeflcan Activities, Rouse of Representetires, 78th Congreesstates on page 1772 that the letterhead of the American Round
Table on Indie lieta Lillian Bellman ee e leebereiél-7582-129?, pg,_ 1772! H
The 19k8 report of the California Committee on In-
American Activitice Citcd the Asarican Round Table on India ss
"A Coununiet front headed by Robert Iorton, e well-knoun neiber
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as follows: "Incorporated on June 8, 1936 ss the HollywoodLesgue Against Nazi-ism, it became the Hollywood lnti-lssi
LF&gJi on September 23, 1936. ifhe Stalin-Hitler neet brought this
front to an abrupt termination of activities in August of 1939.
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successor.'
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A reliable source advised that Lillian Hellnan was* '""*"'*""' °Y W *< " ' M'5=°2E:'5,A11/%!2=r,1_
M Gel I 60:, 1 o U port Of the i ornia In ttsu on n-
Lmeriean Activities cited the Hollywood Theatre Alliance es
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The December 30, 19b6, issue of the "Daily Worker
reflected that the newly 0rg~tited Progressive Citizens of
inerica bad set up s Board of irectors equally divided between
foreer sembers of the Iational Citizens Political Action
Committee and the Independent Citizens Committee of the Lrts,
Sciences and Professions. Lillian Bellman was listed es one
er the Vice-Gheirpen en this seereioo=2e?e0=ti, p. 5%
According to the larch 16, 19b7, issue of the
Daily Yorker" Lillian Hellmzn appeared as a speaker for the
New Iork State Chapter of the Progressive Citizens of America
in en effort to fight final Znactment of the Taft-Hartley Labor
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It was reliably reported that Lillian Hellman was
having en section on Decanter lb, l9£?, st her home at 63 East82nd Street, ew York Cit if the benefit of the ProgressiveCitisens of ieeriea. O-28760-53, p. 1+!
w Lillian Hellman was reliably reported to have been
esent.nt s meeting held in l9h8 for<thd purpose of completingtie merger of the Prorr ssive Citizens of America into thelmerlcan Labor Party. wt 8-l+-51 D/R L-17-bl; 100-29760-53!
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efforts to capturc the entire American Labor P-rt! throughout
Iew York Stats. They succeeded in capturing the Manhattan and
Br okl ti n of the American Labor Part but out o yn sec o s 1 IIork City they have been unable to win control. 5
A reliable source ldvised on larch 5 19b8, thatLillian Hellsnn, Vice-Chairman of Progressive Citisens of
Annrica, was one of the delsgates to the natic " convention of
the Progressive Party held in Chicsgo, '3 5-17-51; st
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cited the Progressive Oitisons of America as "A new and broader
Co¢"unist front for ue entire United States, formed in
Septcmhcr l9A6, at the direction of Communist ltecring comxitteefrom t?e éomeunist dominated National Citisuns Politicel Action
Committee and te Independent Citisens Committee of the Arts,
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The Decerber 5, 19b2, lllue of the "Daily Iorker'
stated that Lillian Hellman bad donated $1,000 to Russian
Var Relief at a husih War Relief dinner held on December J,
19L2. The February 26 19L3 issue of the Daily Worker announced that Lies Hellnznzid speak on that date at s Russian
War Relief benefit rally sponsored by the Sheepshead Bay Chapter
of Russian s'a.r Hcl. 00-28760-6, p. 10!
The l9&0 report of the California Committee on Un-
American Activities states concsrning Russian War Relief "t.-
Rusoian War Relief is in cvery"respect s satellite front of tho
Communist P=rty...'
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ProgresoiYeo' which was signed by lpprollnvttlf 150 so-called
'lneriqgn Progressives. Tnis ststamsnt completely supported the°1i°7 °r the 5°'1'tUnion it 1:. so-callodemnnstration trials,
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[61-7559-29*?! ,The new York Times for January 21 l9LO, carriedan item to the effect that Lillian Hellman had etatsi that aid
to Finland during the Bueoo-Finnish war would imperil peace.
The article pointed out that lies Helllin had opposed the benefit
showing of her play, The Little Force," on behalf of Finland
on the ground that such action would give a defenseless inpetue
to the war soirit in this country. Ber statewent was in reply
to an assertion by Tallulah Bankhead in which the star of the-elay had intimated that His: Hellaan had refused to allow
The Little Foxes" to play a Finnish ielief Benefit because of
a pro-Soviet bias. l7565-l7hLxL!
The Baily Worker" for April t, 19L1 carried alengthy review of Lillian Hellnan'a play entitled 'Jatch on
the Rhine. This article etvted that Kiss Hellman as the writer
and Herman Shunlin ae the producer have given broadway thefirst real play basal on the third alternative for the "
tevolutionary way out." Publication files!
The February 20 19L3, issue of the Daily Yorkerannounced that Lillian Hellman was one of the sponsors of a
dinner to be held at the Hotel Commodore on February 22, l9&3,
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ed Army. OO_2¢76O_6 D,- , _.
The June 30, l9L3, issue of the Daily orist
announced that Lillian Hellman was one of the honorary co-
chairaen on the rtional Reception Comzittee sponsored by th
Committee of Jewish Writers and Artiste. This committee woeto welcome Solomon Michaela, Soviet director an actor, and
Lieutenant Colonel Itsik Ferfor, Soviet poet, headed a reception
to be held at the Royale Theater, New Iork City, on September 17,
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The Kew York "Herald Tribune of March 2, 19b5, reported
that Lillian Hellman, who was just back from Russia, had etated
the day before that, The Russians are a terrific people. Whether
you like or dislike their government ie not the point they area wonderful ggople, and I have nothing but the deepest adriration
for then. e article reported Hellman as stating that she
believed that the was the first foreign civilian to visit a
Bed fighting front. Hellman indicated that she did not see
Stalin an his secretary told her that he "was too busy with the
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* Lillian Hellman was reported to have given a dinner
party in honor of Gerhardt Eisler in 19L9 just nrior to his
departure fro the United States for Berna
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that Lillian Hellman, one of its favorite Broadway playwrights,
~; was ad inisterei a sad, g.ntle, but provocative rebuke by the
Party because her new play, "The Autumn Garden,"rs£leets that
great sense of fidelity which the middle elais ii i whole, tendeto react to the world crisis of capitalism. lhia article
noted-the "Daily Horker" ea stating "Let us hope that Lillian&e1lm&h'8 retreat is temporary. 0O_13375h_A!
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the Id York Jcmrlll American tze House tee on 911-. 1-" -. _
' lnericln lctivitiee made public e lol 'lie't 0.lanee includingncre tben e ecore Ibo were tell knonn in the field or ontertlinmeut, 1
i-__. 1!!-eretnre 11!! Art, !h_-LQ it irigtiiied en eponeeye Q; _g'on_ng __;_= 1,6 =which participated in the loce11el Ccnlmnint Pence Offensive - ""*$ --" ,.. - -H.:;., hil Gjittee claimed that Lillian Hellman belongeo to ebout ___,;_ _______ _;
- -._ The Septmber S, 1951, ieeue of the Washington '*'-e'-""*"-_"
. 5, IeII'in anertiele by 1?:-ederick Ieltnnn captioned "Little, Bronn _ _ _-
" hi Coepy Seen Sure You Can De Buainenn iith 3ta1in,' stated
that Lillian llellnen "perennial Conunist Party £1-outer" n-as one
oi the 3l Little, Brown and C-Clip!!! authors of recent yearn
tied up with the Conzaniet novennt er Conauniet fronte._ i . __ ; _. Y - - . l- _-- I-4~_ . _ . _ . , , 1 _ _ _ _ _______ _ '_./___92_
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ville, Zia! York, was reliaaly reported to nave-been included on _
n list of very important people maintained by the Tess I-I»;-we Awenc1°. ed 1313...: iiovenber 7 invite;ione..'.b 1-iclnerney, State 1-3-52; 100-183 - - 31+, pg.
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altionel defenle of the United State! within the naming of the ' V ',
__, eepionage lawn, Title 18, U.$.C. Sece. 793 and 795, the " "-trlneainaiol I revelation of which in any nennerr to en un-
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out of War, "Aid to Anti-Fascist Writers seeking Aid in the
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American writers Congress was part of Communist
cultural front, which has followed the political deviations of
the Soviet Union and the CP since its organization 6 years
previously. NY "world-Telegram,"-6/B/W1!
Subject, in lgig, donated $1,000 to Russian Her Relief at
a dinner in NYC. "Dai y Worker", 12/5/N2!
Subject was sponsor of 10th Anniversary of Us-soviet
Friendship congress, to have been held, ll/6,7/N3, at Madison
Square Garden, NYC. "Daily Worker", 9/29/#3!f
subject spoke at 10th Anniversary of the Reichstag
Fire Trial at Carnegie Hall in 1943 and lauded GEORGE DIMITROFF
as noble fighter against Fascism. "Daily Worker," l/2/Rh!
subject was elected an Executive Board member of E?
Council of American-soviet F endshi at n e 0 28Term was to last 2 years.
. Subject took a 3 month visit to Soviet Union 1944-1935.
on interview in Loni,England, 2/1/N5, she branded as Red-Baiters
"Those who claim that Russia is laying foundation for a third
world conflict." NY "Daily News", 2/E/W5!
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according to Louis Budenz was considered a member of
the Communist Party. In 1952 Lillian Hellman denied
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two years when testifying before a hearing of the House
Committee on Un-American Activities. She has been
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A A characterization of Free omways appears in, p the Appendix Section attached hereto. ,
By means of a suitable pretext conducted by aSpecial Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation onJuly 3, 1963 it was determined that Lillian Hellman leftthe United States around the middle of May, 1963 and herreturn date was not known.
The following is a description of Lillian Hellman:
Race: White _Sex: r Female .
Date of Birth: June 20, 1905Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
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New York City.Height: 5 feet 3 inches
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The records of the Secretary of State, New York
State Department of State, Albany, New York, reflect that
the certificate of incorporation of Freedomways Associates,
Inc., was filed on March 2, 1901.
The Spring, 1962, issue of "Freedomways" is self-
as "a Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom
published by Freedomways Associates, Inc., 799
New York City.described
Movement"
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n Mav QB 1061- a source advised that a report was -n .~, -., , ,
given on "Freedomways" at a meeting or the Nstional_Board,
Communist Party, U.S.A. CPUSA!, held on May 24, 1901. It
was stated that the original plan called for the publication
" to be openly Marxist, but that it was later decided it would __
not be avowedly a Marxist publication. Editorials are in the
hands of a mixed group of Marxists and non-Marxists. It was
stated that the central purpose of "Freedomways" is to
develop a theory and positive criticism of currents in the
Negro movement, as well as to raise the level of understanding
and discussion taking place in Negro life today and to project
a socialist and pro-Soviet orientation.
On May 25, 1961, another source advised that
"Freedomways" was set up for the CPUSA by JAMS JACKSON,
a member of the National Committee of the CPUSA.
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June 20, 1905
New Orleans, Louisiana
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the principal organizer of the
Fgroup, also spoke at today's
news conference. She said shefelt impelled to do something
last spring because "some of
us thought we heard the voice
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_ _ In an article entitled "FBI Head Scored By Ramsey Clark" appeaig
in the 11/18/'70, issue of "The New York Times, " it was reported that _capti0ne_i'
Committee was a newly formed organization of prominent private citizens_ whg_
were concerned that the Nation has entered what was calledva "period of political
repressio_n." _In addition to Ramsey Clarlg, the article listed the following |individuals as member;-sg this Committeei Blair Clark, Dr. Robert Coles,Norman Dorsen, Lilli ellman, Burke Marshall, Robert B. Silvers, Telfor NTaylor, Jerome Weisner, Roger W. Wilkins, and Harold Willens. K1!
In response to the Director's request, there are aached rnenioranit
on these 10 individuals. Briey, these rnemoranda reect the following: g
born 8/22/17, East Hampton, New York, is _Asso_ciate_g_ubli_she;§r
Post,_" He has not been subject of investigation but les.CLARK
ROBERT COLES was born in _929 and is presently Research Psychiatrist at
arvai-J University Health Service. He has not been investigated by us, but lesweal he was ?.°*.~!Y° a5_3_-¥?..AdVi591'_.t.9.l.119 Council 9i_F°¬§¥_ete¬9rsang.t§jOn-§__i3onnection with its Mississippi _Summer Projec_t_ln_l_96§_._ /4 4 - w ______ _o1=uvuu~1 nonsnn general counsel of the American Civil Lm: has noten investigate y us; but files'revea1 he has supported _ e National
_Emcrgcncy Civil Liberties C0lllI1'lilt8Q, _a_,cit'ed organization. He prepargdg brief
submitted before the U. S. Supreme Court requesting it to re'I1'EW ie conviction oi
Robert Soblen, convicted in 1961 oi conspiracy to commit espionage. Dorsen was
one of a number of law professors who attacked the Department's claim that the
Government may wiretap a'n'd' bug domestic organizations considered subversive
without court supervision. In l92_liar__ch, 1970, _he_p_arj:_i__qipa_t_e_d_ 3. _ ate__wi -
Abbott Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and Rennie Davis -- '1'. Y ,.." ,,___2 r e
linclosures ' - _ '§i'ti§__0F
'1"- Mr. Sullivan - Enc. 1 - Mr. Brennan - Enc. Roses--rzse.
1 - Mr. Bishop - Enc. . 1 - Mr. Gale - Enc. 1 - M. A. Jones - Enc.
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RE: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR P LIC JUSTICE
C0 E *_LlLLIAN was born on 6/20/05, ew Louisiana, is a noted
playwright and the subject of a closed security-type investigation initiated by us in
1943. The results of a le check on her were furnished the Director in my
memorandum to you dated 11/18/70, a copy of which is attached.
our-om nmnsnnnn was born 16/'1/22,r?18.I1 nfieid, new Jersey, and was subject of
Evorable applicant-type investigation by us in 1961, following which he was
appointed Assistant Attorney General of Civil Rights Division,. resigning in early
1965, We had frequent contact with him and he was not considered a friend of the
_FBI._ In 1964 he made false allegations to White House that we leaked informatio_1_:_|
on Martin Luther King's background to the press, Regarding this the Director
"noted "Marshall is a liar, " and he was subsequently set straight on his allegation.
ROBERT B , born 12/31/29, lriineola, New York, was tormerly with
rpes magazine, He is described as the Edito1_'_of "The New York Review o_f
Books," which in 1964 reportedly used individuals with "leftist tendencies" to 1
review books dealing with security matters and the U. S. Government. Allegations
that this publication was directed or controlled by the CP were not substantiated.
Silvers, who visited Cuba in late 1968, was one of Board of Directors of "Center
for Cuban Studies, 'f New_,York City, the subject of a current Registration Act-
Cuba investigation. e
TELFORD TAYLOR, born 2/24/oa Schenectady, New York, was Chief Prosecu tor
bi the Nuremberg trials and is presently Professor of Law, Columbia University
Law School; He was subject oi favorable applicant-type investigation in 1939 and
subject of Hatch Act investigation in 1942. Admitted membership in National
Lawyers Guild in 1942 and during 1949-51 was member of Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace Tfhich cooperated with Soviet Gave:-nment.,_ He associated with
members of CP and fellow travelers and has indicated sympathy for Soviet Union,
He has represented many CP members m com't and beiore Cong_ressionm__
Committees and has been consulted by attorneys for many other communists:
"5 +1 E s s="-A . .DR. JEROME BERT WEI,SEf£,winte1'vnational1y known scientist, born 5/30/ 15,
betroif, 'Michigan,i has been affiliated withMIT since 19g_§, and is a ooosdn_dnt_
at large to the President's Science Advisory Committee, He was subject of
several applicant-type investigations during 1947-67, and subject of Special Inquiry
for White House in July, 1970. Although investigations were generally favorable,
he admitted past membership in the American Association of Scientic Workers,
communist front organization and allegedly indicated sympathy for communists in,
*4 "ole mid 1940s. Several of nil associates u mr were publicly ideonnedss henna
sees ailiatgd with the cP_._ He attended me Second Pugwash coorormqe in Quebu
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was active as the National Cochairman of the Business Executives Move ior
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and early 1940;-3. In 1944, Willens was among individuals appealing for executive__
clemency for Morris If. Schappes Communist Party member convicted of perjury,Willens may be identical with person by same name_ born 4/2e/14, in Russia, No, I
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?The Little Foxes" is an ex'E- E5?-Hinary social shocker.Movies are uncompromisingly honest and direct as this er}hot made in Hollywood every day. Or every year. For H3;
tleep importance of what it h to say and the intense
effective way it says it it can stand -'- ~71 ~
in the same company with
Grapes of Wrath." - '
" Take it any wsy you will there is
Iileoious little to which it eln
"easily be compared. How oiten has
Hpilywood dared tell even some oi
the truth about rich people, shout
how they make their monefi About
the rottenness, to be direct. that
eats its way into the core of espi-
itallsts lives? - ..
Or lock st it from this angle.
Where are the movies to counter-
balance the lies oi s. "Gone with
the Wind." 8. "Virginie," a Mary-
llnd."--all or them crude or subtle
inesks ex-penslvely designed to con-
desl the diseased lace of s dying
Southern aristocracy. Or piece "The
Little Foxes" next to the gentle
iibes at the siiectlonetely-terrned
1-lousy rich oi "Philadelphia Story."
No Uncle Toms
In Film
And see. too, how the many Negro
characters in "Little Foxes are
drawn. and match them with whin-
B.-ig is-svesties like Btepin Iletehlir
likes or cnricstured Aunt Jemirnss
like iiattie McDsniell's.
7 All this is imbedded in the rock-
hottom story oi two brothers and e
sister whose common lust for money
[gins everything decent in them-
selves" - snd those around them.
"'Iake us the foxes." says the Old
Testament. "the ittle tones, thatspoiled the v sJ;r" or vines haverid leaves. Xl1@~£ hx Qt. Miss Hell-m rtmises u The Hubbard Ism-
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logue and bit of movement upon
' the horror oi mu rum oichance and when they had pinched
to trier enough they bousht I11
_m rieo their way into ownersh
er , crumbling cotton plantation.
ll-scale success, when the mov
s they ere negctistins with
Northern textile msnufsctlirer for
partnership in his factory. to be re-
moved iron-1 Massachusetts where
wages ere $8, to this Southern town
where 15','I1Di3.iii2 iermhencls can be.
hired ior $3. Besides cheap labor
they can offer the Northerner free.
water newer. had by bribery oi the
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~- Y-roomplete the deal the brothers _
flee-1 ten muai investinent from;
their 'lster Regina. who can get it:
only irbm her seriously sick hus-
band. These three Hubbards are s
12.:-hily grou-'1 unmatched on the
screen tor their ruthless grasping.
To get more rn:ney they will lie end.
cheat and steal. They will make
thiev'es of their sons. broken-
spirited drurkerds ottheir wives,§
anti bargains oi their daughters}
And when it comes to that point, 1
They will murder. The inevitable
fevesls even one oi these acts. To
ltt-ain their end. brothers and sis-
-ter commit almost every offense
ageinst huniendeoeney. And when
they have gotten whet they went,
{or the time. there is nothing left
oi them but a mind and I hand
outstretched Ior more.
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[these two opposing Irouiie thatwinovie is weak. Both come upon
scene aireadi-' 5% bad, and
end finds them only more so.
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'_ By RALPH WARNER '
Li- t , RITIC can always tell when a illuinH_'[§llI_ll§._l'_i__ play is in town. He meets
-strangers on the street, receives telephone
calls, letters asking: "What did you think
of it '2" Or--"Did you mean what you said
in your review?" .
This is healthy stui!it means that Miss Hell-
insn .w-rites ""fr'li.S which people tnu'"ii, tilli,argue. _ 'l'T|%e;arching Wind" is that sort oi
theatre piec --not as nE'w as this morning: news-
paper, but valuable in understanding this morning? -
newspaper. For it concerns an American diplomat
who saw the wag coming at rst hand; who knew
what the appeisers were up to--but did nothing
about it. , _ _
First, to my friends who ask: "What do you
think or it?" I want to say-it's the second vital
American play oi this season, sharin with "De-
cision" honors. ior. tLIn.eliness. it ottsoL_ i'.o_r~ci=,.m ot
its core in ten-no which are understandable to the
brohd audience which attends Miss.He1lm.an's works.
As I have pointed out in other columns. this
has been a parlous season from 1 qualitative point
of view. If. for example. our theatre had been
enriched by ne topical plays of the war and the
peace to come by other authors, one might judge
e Searching Wind" as somewhat less than might
eve been expected irom Miss Hellman.
- The Searching Wind" is strongest when it re-gnils the steps by which war came, the support
emocracy gave in iis mortal enemy, fascism: the
unwavering anti-fascist position l-alien by the Soviet
Union, and the manner in which Chamberlain and
Daiadier yielded to Hitler at Munich, Miss Hellman
has directly linked our fate of today. the death!
and wounds or our soldier sons and brothers, to
the perfldy of Munich. This is I. stratling thought
tor the millions who still do not realize this simple
link between. let us-say, the pre-war isolationist:
and our own immersion in the blood bath. ' .
not-M_iss §§Ql1LF92_&!l hos not gone quite tar
enough. She has not made plain that many Amer-
icans worked and are still working to perpetuate
the policies or appeasement, which are cloaked
variously under the names 01' isolationism, defeat-
inm.- pacist support for 0. negotiated peace, na-
i.ionilis.';i_, or '1'-hat sou will-all, whether consciously
or not, objective support for fascism. This Miss
Hellman does not do. - _ ' 1
I am not surewhy she omitted this last link
between yesterday and today. Ierhpe she did not
wish to stun her audience too ruli. Perhaps she
did not choose. to go beyond the limi.ts,of compre-
hension of the average member or her audience.
' At one point in The Searching Wind, she puts
this frantic query into the mouth o! a character;
"Where are those who can readthe events oi today,
who can tell not three months irom today, but
blows now the meaning or happenings?"
1 Where, on, where? rising in my
hestra.'chair did. ggrryon Broadway. i e, _ J " lalll-I11 _l'1Ull.I_J'-I.92I.Ll.I__
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tgggb; did. '. . . Dimitro, mm. fusions-m,_ 0/
ieck. lrcolij xuusuien, uwinbv, atann did . . .
many others did. -. ' ' .
-Perhaps it would have been Inconvenient even
--to have suggested thh historic tact. But, save tor
s scene in which one or the characters perceives
Mussolinfs intent as long ego as 1922. none oi
Miss Hellmarrs ctional personalities rises above
coniusion except. of course, the Nazi diplomat on
the day bei'one_Ilu.nich in 1938. .I_t is not, true that
everyone was confused-about the progression of
is-soism-Mi". Roosevelt called for quarantining the
pggressors in 1938. "The Searching Wind" would
have been a better play ir note had been made of
this historic division oi ooimon regs.-ding '92,,ol|.-cy,strateiy and tactic: in approaching global nu,. l - -- i _ Q '_ =3
Where "The Searching.-Windf.'-.3 weakest; oddly
°%° =h- "F '9 the *¢°h"l!~?J lilo .1.:.1or¢ em
parallels. the mliiir-:1 ¥i>0FY¥,-g-he .cli,pIdiiia,t's u_ivs_1i:_e
is muddled. Be. :e;e..'-is §l"iG'?'u u'3$7v'_'.9213t'_F§Tli_I¬ii1V_3
young teacher, nisrriesls ljie'slthr.woma-n'irho us-'
wittingly plays around with fascists, and "is tome:
hunted by his otrn.pem_na'.1 confusion .1nnis rela-
tions with ibis wife.,'Obvious1¥ he is somewhat less
it!-n master oi his personal sestmr. This inner
oooict is not Tvell eiplained. Even less clear is the
relationship between the two women-there is
unhealthy implication in their early friendship an
later hatred tor each other. - Then, in the diameter of M , tnlwilsonisn liberal who abandons iTi'§ wspaper _
the face oi trim realities. Miss Hellman notdone herself justice. That tine actor, Du
plays this ro1eas Dudley Digges. It's the same
old lion-no character, zoos for chuckifs, but not
a serious study oi, l us say, a Rel tzer oran Osg!;1d._il1.£1II;?$_i¥Ii1. For
liberals umsuyiiriiore non turn their bl-cks-
I'd be air to Hr. Pulitzer ii I did not point out
that Louis Post-Dis tch has kept in the
rm. but the Vlllards. cow1_eys,r;i;-cnweys beat
about the bush, landing in the moms oi anti-
Communism, doing than to to eiui toe cries oi
those who were shedding their blood in Spain
against the rascisls nearly as 1036. - -
Finally, on the technical side, Miss Hellmancommits the uniorgiysble crime of the double ossn-
back, ashbacks from 1944 to 1922 pre bad enough;
m 11.; scenes hm: 2-ielirnen goes ircm '44 m '2 to
'44 to '83 to '88"tol4."_1"undamerita.i. to a solid work
oi art is uniiy-the ashback my be a frame,
but when it cuts across a pill as in "Thelug Wind," it breeds ooniusiigl. NOT R '-J --.8'IAPRE2.7_l944
In other words, The Searching Wind" is !m- * "1"
perfect as an example oi playwriting. It is not a
II!-5-E Plait But it is one of the two aignl!'eas|e- ----- -"""
plays of this The public has taken it to its
heart»-proof that the public [rants more Ind more
plays about the war. Miss Eielloisn stul otnrii in
the_toreiront oi ow shattered, dramatic phalanx.
She ll in there '|hti.l'i'§, perhaps lOt.W1i1h- fl-ill
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I have been approadred b a rouy 3 E of sincere men and. women in my home county of Westc ester. They aslred meto work with them in the formation of a committee to backthe re-election of President Franklin Delano Rwsevelt. Myanswer was "Yes"-wholeheartedly and without qualication,
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I a%reed to serve on the ROOSEVELT COMMITTEE OFIVES CHESTER. I want to urge you to do the lame. Thiselection is the most crucial in our lifetime. Let as not returnto the days of closed banks, business failures, home fore-closures and mass unem Ip oyment. -
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BY MISS HELLMAN
Home, She Says Soviet Will
.Dea| With Fascism-Hopes
Weboths Same in U.S./ I
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"M=hi >4-i ll Cg a this comment
from the Red Army front: We'll,
take care of fascism on the Euro- .'
pean Continent, and hope that
you'll take care of it on the Ameri-
cm!!
1 The first civilian foreigner to
visit the Red Army front, Miss
_I-Iellman returned Tuesday afterIour months in Russia as gust of
the Soviet Government. at the
Russian tront she held two dis-1.
missions" '-vim righ-nl-ring Rodi
Army men. Asked What will the
United .States do about Argen-
tina?" Miss Hellman countered,
"What will Russia do about Fran-
co?" In reply, the soviet soldier,
declared Russians will handle fas-
cism in Europe and hoped Ameri-
cans will do likewise on this con-
tinent. .
Reporting on her second visit
to Russia the first was in 1937!
at a press conference in her newhome, B3 East Eighty-seconcll
Etet, Miss Hellman declared Rus-sians are a "polite, Puril-B,-m ro-F
mantle, terric" .people about
whom too little is known, too muchmisunderstood. iFailed to Bee Stalin ,=
Miss Hellman failed to see Stalin,
but his "secretary sent her his
message: "very sorry. . _. . but too
busy with the Poles." However,
Miss Hellman spent the week be-
fore Warsaw fell in the secretheadquarters of Gen. Gregory K1
Zhuiroff. St. Basiiis athedrai wasl
opened for her in Moscow. Every-
where, Boviets proudly showed her
American-made goods," £i.'tim92trucks, jeeps and planes, to sheetsi
and sweaters in hospitals. Vodka
toasts were always to the [reatf
American Army, the great Ameri-
can people and to Mr. Roosevelt. Russians hoped the American,and British Armies would meet}E.l'E&$1--lér was no word,llrlying to Moscowin a Russisin;lp ane, tre!!r'!'n1tIbanlu lhssslgh-S -
beria, Miss Hellman made-the U117
in fourteen days late last Beptetm =
Iber. On the final, most dlicllt
ilap of the ight, a Rusian woman
served as co-pilot. Miss Hel1man;l~
returned by way of Cairo to Eng-
land, where she spent a month.
-She will go back next tall or win-
-ter to write a mm for the nnusn,
Qniatry or In.torm.ation. Mean-1
while she is writing the screen
version oi hehr play. The Search-ling Wir1d." - T
Last night. her earlier drama
"Watch on the Rhine," opened inf
3_Mocow. The motion picture, The;
-North Star." for which she wrote
=t.he original script, also has beenlreleased in Russia. Both screen andl
stage showings or her play The
L-lttle Foxes" are pending here.
Llrnlh Political Remarks
' As guest of _VOX, the Soviet,
x-lion*s office o1',cultiu-al relations
with foreign nations, and specifi-
cally as a playwright declining the
role of "expert" on Russia, Miss
Hellman limited her political re-
marks. 1
. I wouldn't want to see Gom-
mimlsm here," she said. "Werenever golnghto have it. It is noproblem wi us. I see no signs oi
it here."
The Crimean Charter-issued at
Yalta Miss Hellman hailed as
wonderful and excii.ing." She
found the Red Army too well dis-
ciplined" tor individual reprisals
against Germany, but was im-
pressed by the Russians resolu-
tion tor complete and absoluteEunishment" of German war crim-als. l '
"Artists are treated like kings
in Russia in the respect and re-
muneration acccs-ded them," bliss
Hellman said. Bhe considers con-5
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although Leningrad had a dead:city igffity," its destruction was
not as bad as_t.hat in Lon-.
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pletely forgot" about an interview
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M0SC09292'.l,§.U¢iaCn ew/laich on the runner has inn?been produced on g by Hellman '
la known to Soviet audiences ior her splendid motion picture "NorthStar. warmth and sensitivity with which eheuiegcts Soviet
people during the early day!-d-ll! Hitlerite lavas n _ e_artistic faithfulness of the char-4' " '- ' '
act
the Soviet theatrical world to
her plays. As a result, Lillian
Hellman: "Watch on the P.l-13:2,
which deals with the struggle
against fascism appeared on the
stage of one of the best theaters
in the Soviet capital
In the Lenin Komsomol The
ater or Moscow, Lillian Hell
man: play iinds a worthy ren
idition.
Our actors find real pleasure
-in acting In this play," Berama
Birman, the producer declared.The character oi Ulrich Werner,
champion oi freedom, a rnan lu-
'prernely loyal to his cause. a
wonderiul friend and lather. is
.pa,I.nted lllfhtly In romantic
style. The actor must beware oi
1 the danger of clipping into scenic
rosinees, to which it is but
step to sentimental hanalism. The
;role is ably played by Freilich.
Fills Ulrich is both romantic and
real.
Sarah Werner as played by G1-
platsiniova is unforgettable in the
1 character oi the loyal companion
lot the seless father. But the
most striking character in the
play is doubtlessly Fanny Far-
reily played by Serafima Birrna.
Why has Finny Farrelly
lo! the nroducer?
biii T
DATEere attracted the attention or p _
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Q-6-r'II*!®EEPTIF IRON a-e-n
The main reabon is that five
years separate the time when the r
play was written and the time
of its production. During theeeyears people lsst not only theirpeace of rnln but also their,sleep, just aa the Farrell family. 92 Iillim-.-. no i92Ql-ado; ----as ah- -AAIVLILIIUIIB 92-ll y92792-fill P@E§§IJ Z15 I-7' 1
vere test of iron and blood. The
storm which swept over the Far-
hell home can no longer atir us.
al it did in the prewar yearn.A. number oi situations, evenT.' 92central ones in the play, lost}?
-way of Ulrich and Sarah and al- ;.
so David and Martha. Only Fan- .inir Farrelly, one of the millions
ioi people of "good will," en-I
ltangled in conventionalltiee does.
t know which way to
i- e;_'__ _ s. Iw~n-liwhat will happen to her!
Whither will ahe turn? will she '
{grasp the meaning of all this?
The deliberate stress laid onill!!! penonallty in the productionIii coect. The tirnei made he!-$1ue principal theme in the play.in u no accident um the scene
' ich 1: h r Eln which Fanny atre ea ou e -u to Ulrich who kills the Nazi 4'! 4/
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. 9 . _ Le he e he e el _ J By David Plait -_-.1
Tm appeasement policy which almost brought about the wreckago
oi western civilization is given a good going-over in the movie
oi Lillian Helima-n's The Searching Wind at the Paramount!. Despite
numerous political and dramatic shortcomings, the lm provokes
thought and will hold your attention. e ' P
With Rome, Berlin and Madrid as the bockgro1ind.e,Tl|e so-menialWinn! trains a spotlight on a group of Americana ' ' - g
whooontributecltotherboot xeemmmnumpe. '
between 1921 and 1941: '
It puts the rmer on Alex llaoe Robert Yotng!. '
a State Department omelal who believed that world
war could be atave ol by giving the taaeiota a tree
hand. Slaps bio wealthy aoeiallte wife Ann lJch- _
arlsl. whooe heel lrienda were lollowera oi Benito
r-'4 A%!. Takes to task her tether {L--eta Bigger},
o tired and disillusioned Wiloonl-an liberal who recog-
nlueil the monstrous evil that had oprang op lot
refused u mm. it. Aoportofhloclelatlamhe - oold his powerful newspaper to a reactionary. ' ' " i
Opposing this trio oi "neutrals" and appeaeers are Cassie iylvta
Eliiineyl, anti-in-aoist newspaper writer and jriend of the family who
broke oi! with them when she saw the direction they were _ :
and young Sam Hasen, son oi statesman Hasen, who lost a leg in thevery war which his clever lather thought he was averting by op l
the Ioscists. 5 .. _
'l'llR,[LLlNG BPEEGB-BUT '_ l i
a nal, moving ooene, Sam I-looen demands that those who run
tion do oomething now to make sure that it will not happen
e speech thrills but it fails to quiet the Iear that Ale_!_Hasen,
the great diplomat, will keep on making the nme tragic e.ri'm-I over
and over again. Even alter a war which has wiped out millions of
young men like Sam, the amhaaoador Ia oi-Ill busy writing articles
0! an appeasement ehaneter. '- - l 1
Thetruthiathat Santaon-ingapeeehansl 0oaaIeoo.ntl-hoehn:
arenototroagenooghtooeereomathelaek w! Iharpnelllllolert
lung: portrayal of the amlaaandor. The illm b mneh too
Q2 symbol 9! .!.:.92e.!@e gm:-otlrag :_l-re-..£. !¥"..!-.L~%.
soothe onrlerlying Ha-oen'o political ieelaiolu. . "
One wonders why Ilse Hellman did not otate frankly in her
picture that behind Alex Hasen's "neutrality" and appeasement wae_
tear ot the Soviet Union, lea: nl the working elaeeee. ' v _
This failure to mention the Soviet Union aa the only great power
ling tor ooileove action against the iiocists weakens the lm:
indictment of those Americana in responsible poet! who betrayed our
national interests by retuelng to collaborate with Russia toatop itler.It limits the value oi the picture at a time when men like Alexaooen
ore still at work preparing the ground for another blood bath. . J; The political iiawa in The Searching Wind are carried org"; into
the love story. Comic: pernts tent love for the ambassador ihhooe
ideas she despises nerves to throw doubt upon her anti-Iaeclaln. The;
domestic struggle between Alex Hasen, the appeaeer. and his Cliveden
Bet wile likewise tends to take the edges off Ho-ten! guilt. She result
B not a very realistic depiction oi the way people like Gayle agr
Jilex Haeen aetoilly hehaured-luring thooe critical gears. if ._ 5 |,.-;I*l".~,V Y-
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Soothing Wind pull; punches but it manages to
hnpor thing; nevertheless. With all its faults,-it B by
nes llywood lm on a contemporary theme that we---_.-_;.__'W . ___ o of "" -"i~§-Emoarn-L _in anv. Jnnnths. '
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F1¬'lIf6S I ugntful , if ix . 4 - 3 .-_ o - 0 . 1 -. e -Ante asclst E||m eBy David Plntt'I_he movie of Lillian Hellmalfs :Ihe arc Winddescribes one American Iamiljs contribution to the growth
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ho11-enroll of fascism in Europe betwee
meroue dramatic and iaolltical short
comings it is a thoughtful indict;
t of th
pe
bring about world
war two
The |:naii-owns
include Alex
Hasen Robert
Young!, a State
Department ol-
cial who believed
that war could
prevented by giv-
ing the fascist;
,even=thim they asked for; 111.1 wile
;E2rnily Ann Richards!. a veaithy
cists; his father-in-law Mose; pug-
iley Digges!. a Wilsonlnn liberal.
who smelled the danger of fascisnl
but was too tired to do manning
about ll; Cassie Sylvia Sidney!, an
anti-fascist newspaper woman gm
friend of the family who broke.
away from them for political rea-
sons; Bun Haaen Douglas Dick!;
who lost n leg in the very war
-which his lather thought he was
averting by appensing tile !e_&I1.§92_§.
I Alex, Bully, Cassie end Moanfwere in Itgly when Museum,
jmarched on Rome. Alex, who|o%la.ly representing his G-01% rm t, said it was none oi his
M! "lined w take sides. '*-feld-it home at the parties tI;:;h
gby the Blackshh-i.a. Her disillusioned.
liberal lather, who had sold
powerful! newspaper to a tory, reoog1l
énized the monstrous evil that had
lspr-in; up but maintained i deieat-*1
ithie new threat to humanity. She
land Alex were considering marriage,men e appeasement poll
, that he! Ii to
socialite who hobnobed with m-. '1921 and 1941. Despite nu-1
_"n'¥neuu
,,, ge...¢un returns holue-Gee!!!
wounded and mabittend. That h
ex Hasen's small punishment {or
l-wen!; yum of eowatdliee.
In a nal. 81111910: scene. Ha-sen:
L nun demands that those who A
the country do
make sure that
gain.
1 It's -a _
1, qnletjhe Sea:
t, will I
name mistakes over
Even after a. war
outmil-Homo!
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I-lath .lIelIman'e I SEAICIING. Iuii, A in Wei? producliln di-ted by William i elerle. Bcreeney hr Lillian Bellman. Cut Inai den Robert Young. Bylvla Hdney,
iey Blues, Ann Richards, DouélaK Diet. M the Paramount.
the diplomat is still writ-E artic
but she dropped him when she saw
flht oonservatism was Elvin:
ioomiori. to lm enemy oi democracy.
f'1l'|e yea.rs_pass. A105: is now an
Jlrnbassador in Berlin. And still
making one tragic mitake alter
another. He has married Elnilr.
ithough still deeply in 1i.'|ve._I"lth
Cassie. They have a young bun. this symbol or America! puaeyioot
' ing abroad. Alex is convinced that the Nazi
menace will hlow over. when thefascia war against Spainout _ta.auaneut|'alpoeltion. -oi an appeasement character
The truth ll that Bums stirring
speech and Caseies anti iaselsln
are not strong enough to overcome
the lack of sharpness in Robert
Young: "portrayal of the conserve-tive State Departnient 1-epreee:1ta- ,
ve. The fin: is much too polite to
One wonders why All-as5% dldnotltetefrankly inherpieturLint at the bottom oi 11.12:. Elmater a ort ltrug With Ii-ll It political struggle was {ear pi
ncleh he dictates 1 mum Soviet Union. fear or Lbe we
Wald n mmlortin; the
at Hl.l!ll1_:h;_ 7, 1 - ", that he vru hithluil
out State &§;EI@-1'1
11-a policy or npposi in-
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author also refused to answer"
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¢-grounds to do so might incrimi-
jiite her. '
l Miss Hellman, author of "The;
Children: Hour, The Littlerioxes." The Watch on thei~ Rhine," and other hits, wasi
named as a member of the Red
"oriaaizion last year by Martin.Berkeley, a screen writer, during
committee hearings in Holly-;wood. ' =° Mm.jem
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3r§Bas1I£"§Za;f1"I'tH gnsan;922%F "211?.iue§tM
'.,,1;tt2¥§gfmzvehich I an} ashamed," she;
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lnswere &E.aeii sEe'_'92%ould also have to?
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M -rt were eompietel
IGISXJLLZ .._ Committee Counsel Frank
Tovenner asked if the outbreakof war in Kore; bed any in=
lluence on Miss Hellman: will-
ingness to say she was not aCommun"t two years ago butD
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Miss Hellman, in her letter,
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disloyalty in any form and if
I had ever seen my I would
have considered it my duty to
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i[liqnOHell|1!an Refuses To 3
iscuss Others at HouseProbe
By NANCY SHANNONCOIPASS Washington Bureau .
Washington, May 21--Play-
wright Lillian Hellman told the
House Un-American Activities
Committee today that she is not
a member of the Communist
Party and was not a year ago or
two years ago. but declined on
constitutional grounds to say
whether she was a member at
ansntime before then.
The gray-haired author of
such hit plays as The Little
Foxes." Children's Hour and
Watch on Rhine" answered
some questions about herself, but
balked when asked ii she knew
Martin Berkeley, a screen writer
who had told the committee she
attended a 1937 party meeting inHollywood. i
She drew attention to a letterhe had written the cornmlttee_ _92; 14141 792|1'Lj_"| 't:'-1! '92
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answer all questions about my-
self." but not about other per-
sons. - ,_ -
I have nothing to hide from
your committee," she wrote, "and
there is "nothing in my life of
which I am ashamed."- _
But I am not willing." she
added. "now or in the future, to
bring bad trouble to people who,
in my past association with
them, were completely innocent
of any talk or any action that
was clisloyal or subversive.
Committee Chairman Wood
D-Ga.! said cannot permit
a witness to set forth the terms
under which he will testify.
Miss Hellman was excused after
committee counsel Frank S. Ta-
venner. J!'.. said it. was obvious
the committee would get no
helpful testimony" from h.e.r *
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l,O'ers toTell House Inquiry
About Herself but Not
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WASHINGTON, May 2l.--LiI-
an Hellman, author of a dozenZLilli.anI:Iel§lf_In§
Refuses to ay+
Broadway and Hollywood hits, re-
fused today to tell the House Com,
mittee on Un-American Activities
whether she had ever been s. mem-
ber of the Communist party.
Appearing under subpoena to
answer charges that she had been
a Communist "member-at-large"
in Hollywood in 1937, Miss Hell-
man said she would willingly tes-1
tiiy about herself but would not
involve others. She refused to tes-
tify on the Constitutional ground
of self-incrimlnation after Rep.
John S. Wood. D., Ga., committee
chairman, replied that the com-,
mittee would not countenance
trading with witnesses." ;
Miss Hellman let drop only one
hint as to her hast during the half-
hour hearing. She denied that she.
is presently s Communist or that
she had been one for the last two;
years. She declined to state
whether she had been a member of
the Communist party three years
I80.
p Accompanied by Attorney
Miss Hellman. blonde, forty-six
and trim gured, was accompa-
nied at the hearing by Joseph L.
Rauh, 1r., Washington attorney,
but consulted him only once. She
wore a close-tting black hat and
_a tailored brown - and - black
checked silk dress, and clenched
la hendkerchii in clasped hands as
she testiiied.
= The witness. who won New York
drama critics awards for her plays
"Watch on the Rhine and "The
51-ittle Foxes," stated her position
to the committee in a letter read
at the hearing.
"I am most wining to answer
iall questions about myselr," the
.letter said. But -it added that
lcounsel had advised that Miss
Hellman would risk 'a contempt
citation if she replied to questions
about herself and refined to
testify about others.
"I am not willing, now or in the
futllre, the letter continued, to
brine bad trouble to people who,
in my past association with them.
were completely innqon-Lani.-Ins
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or any action which was dis-l
- al or subversive. ._ " .
. I do not like |ubv'e:-slon or dis-I
loyalty in any term. and u r ma
ever seen any I would have con-U92l
sidered it my duty to have re-it1P°1"l>¢d it *0 Proper authorities.[But to hurt innocent people whomI knew many roan no in orderti
to lave myself is. to me, inhuman"land indecent and dishonorable.
_ "I cannot and will not cut my 2
conscience to fit this. yc8r's iash- I
lions. even thouih I long ago came
to the conclusion that I was nott,
a political Person and could have
no comfortable place in any po-
iiticai group."
Miss Hellman stuck to her po-
lsition as Frank 5. Tavenner it-.."llwumel din-ins the commit!-ee's -
enethy inquiry into Communistjiniiltration into the entertain-ll{went eld. read testimony naming.her as a Hollywood Red. It wast-.
=i1ven in September in Hollywood{by Martin Berkeley, screen writer! lrm _ l _ d ex Communist. who listed
tlfiss Hellman amonl 180 Reds he had known in the film colony, A E Mr. Berkeley said Miss Hellman §
attended s Communist oreanlza-92._' . on mes?-ins at his Hollywood l
Home in June. um. with other-l , t _e rrit}""',,--"-' 0-19
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writers, including Donald Ogden l
Bewi. D9-ehiel Hammett and
Dorothy Parker. He said he sawthem at no more meetings, but wgg
told they had been assigned n5members at Iarze." He definedrs; ':.t':.m:.="...*.Ps":: *1 L" r. w 'as mud
er, Mr. Tavenner cite .He1lmans denial of esogtmillmembership in the last two years *'
and her refusal to state whemm;he W5 I D811! member three[=
Years aeo, and asked l.t,the Korean _war had any hearing on ymu;IIISWET." IL; . ' i__. " .'
"Nit B111 I don't think so." Miss :
Hellman responded. she refused to-
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Miss Lillla Hellman, the brilliant playwright, took a prin
, courageous and characteristically American stand
before the House Un American Activities Committee this
week. - -M Miss He|lmon.'s Answer Q- iy ran o. -rirsertm-zr -; 92 I/ ' Editor and lgllsher 92 , ' 1 l
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In its hunt for Communists, ex-Communists, reputed 0om- l,
munists, mlghtas-Well-have-been Communists, the House I
Gommittee is following a pattern for which the precedent was ]_set long ago by the Spanish Inquisition in'its hunt for heretics. i;
A premium is placed on denunciation of others.
A "friendly" witness is the witness who will point the linger 1oi accusation or suspicion at current or former friends or!
associates; the reward is release trom further persecutionq
The Committee needs fresh names, no matter bow ancient
the association, no matter how remote the time or circum-istance. _ - ' ' I1
The zoocl American--according to the House Committee--is 1
the informer and the conformlst who is willing to coniessl
that associations once regarded as -innocent must have heenj
evil ii the Gommlttee now says so, and that those associates
must be denounced by name no matter how tenuous the
association, how vague the memory. -
Miss Hellman responded to a summons from the Committee
~=-she was among those denounced by a previous witness as
having attended a 1937 meeting at the home of Martin Berk-
eley in Hollywood at a time when a "Hollywood Section! of
the Communist Party was organized. The witness who de-
nounced her was Martin Berkeley, who had in turn been
denounced by a previous informer. '- _
Bellman testled ea.-.: she is not a menses of the
Communist Party. e
She tistilied that she was not o member last year, or the
- But she atly refused to testify concerning her associates j
or her associations previous to that time. I l
I am ready and willing, she wrote the Committee in
advance of her testimony, to testify before the representa-
tives of our government as to my own opinions and my own
actions regardless of any risks or consequences to myself.
. . . I am not willing, new or in the futnre. % bring sad
- trouble to_people who In my past association with them ~
were completely innocent of any talk or action that was lls- "
loyal or subversive. I do not like subversion or disloyalty in
any form, and if I had ever seen any I would have considered -
it my duty to report it to the proper authorities. ;
"But to hurt innocent people whom I knew many years i
ago, in order to save myself, ls, to me, inhuman and inde-
cent and dishonorable. I cannot andwlil not out my con» p
lelence to lit this year: fashions, even thoueh I long ago ;
came to the conclusion that I was not I political person and
oouid have no comfortable place in any political grg|p|,2_.;it 1.3 Q §_ _ ._,_ .' no '
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in the week To;onnor,_n-lanaging editor oi Ta:
COMPASS, was tlen0uIiCIU"l7U'l;l'1e committee by a Mrs. mice
Bennett as having met with Communists in Los Angeles some
time in the late '30s. Mrs. Bennett had been denounced!»
the Committee by a former husband, Chgries Judson, who had
been denounced to the Committee by a previous witness, who
had been denounced by . . . and so'o nad inilnitum.
Mr. O'Connor testined under oath that he is not a. Com-
munist, was not a Communist ve years ago, nor ten years
ago, nor at my time in between. He declined to testify as
to the accuracy oi Mrs. Bennett's accusation concerning the
late '30s. .
When he had concluded his testimony, Congressman Velde
R.~Ill.!, former FBI agent and American Legion Americanism
Committee member, safe in his immunity from suit tor slander
or libel by virtue oi speaking as a member of Congress, took
the occasion to charge that in his opinion O'Connor is a Com-
munist nnd nn "extreme danger to the country as the manag-
ing editor 01 a large New York newspaper." g
The Congressman ls a liar; but his unwarranted and un-§:ported smear gave a lead and headline to reporters I.
wspapers which could not have been supported by the tes -
ny. For examples or decent'Arnericanism I give you M s
ltil|nanand Mr. O'Connor. d _ C
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AA LAAA HELLMll-lgg As PLAY READ
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§Drarn'atist Plans Only Minor
A RevisionsShe Opposes
Deep Collaboration
By ARTHUR GELB A
' The new play on whlch',
Lillian Hellman has been work-
ing for two years, and which.
she has re-written four times,.
solely at the urging of her own
artistic conscience, is nally
ready foglproduction.
_Kerinit __ _Bo_omggrd_en hasjoined Iiest¬P%sterm§.ri as thep s 'T:o'-p?'5df.1cer, and re-hgrsals are now set for the
e. of December, with a Broad-vi} opening planned for thes ond week of February. -
Miss Hellman, interviewed
yesterday in her duplex apart-f
rnent in an East Side brown-.
stone, said that she consideredthe script, which is still -_g:leclH;- "90 per cent nishél ."f0 words, she intends o;
make only very slight revisi s
trornthlspoint on, contrary 0
Kai of extensive.' §§f1a'i3'§i~l§'1§¢ re-writing, usually,
elated by the director lI"!_
'producer of an tnwmins Broad".
way production.
with smile, "that the.giidis good? But it's the best.I can do. Any $9351 ? Fe
writing out of town is not 801118
Ato improve it. frm IHY Wm °t
view." .1 Miss Hellman holds the some-;
lwhat lm°PU'1°d_F E E1!<*.°_*?f. BEEthe auihors point OIJVIEW 15 incone that con-I11-_5. Rn Pm 9
la ense of bewilderment at h
lw ingness of a. number 0!lte Porary plaYWE'1Bm-5 toAl to the sort o deep W7:"That doesn't mean. I119;_l Tome colleeer.-.a== 1-eeoéd =
. Every writer for the th tre' ¢ aborates to a certain ex-
|-E L" she continued. "This s e?B <1 and necessary thin A
play doesn't really exist ti}it s produced. But, however col-Jaborative an enterprise a play- 15. in the end there must be felt_,l-he force of the person who
created it. The last time I. feltsuch a force was when I aw ll-Iig for Godot. -
1 The deep collaboration finpikcticed today robs a pig ofth, sense of individual roe.
Th ee or four people cannot
lcoliaboratlvely make a serious"
piece or writing. There's no
4511011 thing as art by democraticmajority." '
The trouble is, Miss Hellmmi
'be1leves,_ that all writers, her-selt included, are haunted bythe fear of failure. "When this
fear becomes dominant. par-ti-'_:ulariy in terms of box-office;
i1'ecelpts, the writer loses faith
in himself," she said; "over-'
whelming fear of failure tor a'Aerious writer is death. I1 These are sad times for the}
_'- nus writer. The theatre s'
come so commercial
erylhing is either hit or m
1, ere is evidently a belief
ere ls a formula tor sue
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EIETOR: CHARLES MERZ
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BUFILE -
T.T?"0"'-DED
134 NOV 191959
, t "-her phrase-T»hl-L 1-ii'0 igzlléd to pmduc a mt play. 92 1-can I-I-:-In
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Land this without this formulafla play on: sv-L111-e. I haves";the sli htest idea what 5
tom-ml ls-any more I,
idld in 35 when I tint el
into the theatre. l !
l In those days you had a
point of view and wrote your
"play for better or worse. You
didrrt. discuss your play with
everyone and take all kinds of
buggesLlonssuggestlons that
-might have been perfectly valid,
but valueless to you-unless
-you believed in them yourself!; Miss Hellman conceded that
lit a writer wanted to collabo-
lrate for success, that was per-'dectly all right. But what con-;fuses her is the writer who,
collaborates to produce a ma:
and then later complains that
lhe was bluclgeoned into it-,
and tea a book about it or
lpublis es the "original" version-{tor hi script, which, presum-Fably e prefers. '
-. seems to me a question!
Q: ws...ting your cake and -t-f
,lng It," she said. "It's a se!
jot wanting, at the Same ti e,§
Pa. large1sounding thing cl,"Integrity. and a large amo t1
;0t money. Sometimes they gofltogether. thank God, but some-
times they don't." .~
-N Miss Hellman, who wants:p-simply to have her new play'"produced as she wrote it re-p
pealed that lt was set in New
101-leans "for no particular rea-
pon," and concerned ve people;ii. man, his two sisters, his wife
land his wife's mother. The rolelot the man ls to be played by
_ bards Jr. who com-1 it Several".months ago after having rad,the rst two acts. The four
women and the director areystill to be signed. '
. The play: title, Miss Hell-man no es, will be ggnishedby her £'lend,_ Doro J!wb. provided %l.
F_ Q r e,-Lit e Foxes" in its fourth 'ayO2 l ehearsal. .Ican never think of a tit .",.gil I-Ielhnan said, "Pve ca}." ° thy I-Ind told her the IIto come through for me agal ."l---_._________/1
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