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1 X'osiafttffeleiCfmw'2 Saturday, oct. 25, 1 947-Pari 3 DISNEY SAYS REDS Protest Group" HOLLYWOOD TO PROTEST OVER RADIO TOMORROW TRIED TO TAKE OVER Cartoons Banned From Russian Screens, He Testifies, and Describes 'Smear' Campaign are trained propagandists and their way3 are devious," she cautioned. When Rep. Vail voiced doubt that highly paid studio workers could become sincere Communists, she fired back, "You're thinking like an American." 4 "I think their activities are increasing," "but I think it's had 'a great check put on it by those of us who saw it years ago." Communist invasion of Hollywood was carried on largely by The House Committee on Un- American Activities hearing be i 'J ing conducted in Washington yesterday came in for severe criticism from a group in the him that the C.S.U. could "make a dust bowl out of my place." "The first people to smear film capital.

me and put me on the unfair Continued from First Page have Infiltrated the film industry. Eefore Disney took the stand, Oliver Carlson, who conducts a workshop In writing for the University of California Extension Division, gave a detailed description of the People's Educational list were the Commie organizations," Disney recounted. "I i V. Eli Jacobsen, a charter member of the Communist party who founded the school now known as the People's Educational Center and who has disappeared since quitting the party, Carl A number of film personalities are scheduled to voice protests tomorrow on a 30-minute coast-to-coast radio broadcast on American Broadcasting Co. stations.

The program is entitled "Hol even ran into the same smear in South America. They lied in a way I couldn't fight back, and put up picket lines. They called to Fly to Capital Tomorrow at 7 a.m. some 40-odd Hollywood people will fly to Washington in a chartered T.W.A. Constellation to protest the House Un-American Committee's investigation of the film colony.

The charter fee of at least $6300 will be paid by the newly organized Committee for the First Amendment, according to Colin Miller, one of the moving spirits of the committee. Miller is assistant to Charles Einfeld, president of Enterprise Films. The committee yesterday named 135 persons as its members. Lists Fassengers Miller said the list of passengers has only been started, but named the first ones as Humphrey Bogart and his wife Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, John Huston, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly and Evelyn Keyes. Miller said the Committee for the First Amendment was organized tentatively before the Un-American Committee hearings began bit that its investi my plant a sweatshop, which it is not." lywood Fights Back," and will be Tells of Boycott In listing the groups which carried over Station KECA from joined the boycotts, Disney men 5 p.m.

to 5:30 p.m. (P.S.T.) tioned the League of Women X. i' Voters. Lavery Wires Thomas Meanwhile, Emmet Lavery, Convinced that Sorrell "is a it take immediate action "against the shocking spectacle" of the House committee inquiry. According to those signing the telegraphic message, the House group is attacking "the right of any American to think or speak as he chooses." In still another telegram addressed to Thomas, David Hubbard, president of the Screen Story Analysts' Guild, said he "categorically denies the charges of disloyalty made against our organization by witnesses appearing before your committee." In his telegram Hubbard said he particularly protests the "irresponsible, unsupported statements made by one John B.

Moffitt, whose testimony was not only grossly inaccurate as to facts but constituted, in our opinion, a slander against our entire organization." Winter Objects Ranald MacDougall, Warner Bros, producer-writer, also directed a message to Thomas in which he objected to testimony by Richard Macauley last Thursday. "I am not a Communist, a3 Mr. Macauley alleged," MacDougall said in the telegram. "I have never been one. I will never be one.

I am unalterably opposed to totalitarian government wherever it may exist, and have always been so." MacDougall also stated that he had been employed as a writer by the National Association of Manufacturers. He said that last president of the Screen Writers' Commie," Disney said he has Guild, wired a request to Chair been troubled by individuals he thinks were planted in his studio by the Communists. David man Thomas of the House Un- American Activities Committee Hilperman, "who has no re iJD Wlrephoto ENTERTAINS Walt Disney, cartoon creator, sketches characters for Bunny Stripling, left, daughter of Counsel Robert Stripling of House Committee on Un-American Activities, and Jerry Wheeler, son of William Wheeler, committee investigator. Disney was waiting to testify. ligion" and studied at the Moscow Art School, and William asking that Jack L.

Warner be recalled to the witness stand. Jn the wire he asked that records regarding Warner's testimony of last Monday be subpenaed. Pomerance were amo.ng the names he gave, commenting "they are all tied up with them great deal of financial aid. but I can't prove they were Com gation "brought the committee! son told the committee. During a long lecture on Communist methods Carlson presented the House group with catalogs of the People's Educational Center, noted that many persons with film industry connections are on the staff, admitted that a number of "innocent" individuals have been induced to give lectures and termed the school "extremely effective for training in Communist ideology." Disappearance Told Jacobsen, who set up the institution, was "very agitated" when he decided to get out of the Communist party, according to Carlson.

"I have never seen him since and don't know if he is alive or dead the U.C.L.A. instructor added. Before disappearing Jacob-sen telephoned he wanted to talk with "an old friend," Carlson elaborated. The P.E.C. founder then revealed he had been "sent to Hollywood by the party to conduct classes and educational propaganda among film folk, not the rank-and-file but the elite," Carlson went on.

Reciting Jacobsen's activities, Carlson said, "He told me he prepared the groundwork for meetings for V. J. Jerome (reported head of the Communist Cultur munists. "These fantastic generaliza "Jacobsen told me untold tens With Chairman Thomas (R.) tions are a serious attack on the whole profession of writing," Center, which he said is one or the chief methods used by -Com-1 "munists to infiltrate into the studios. Stndlos Reprimanded Communist3 have "got their best work in" among screen writers.

Mrs. Lela Rogers, mother of Gingef Rogers, asserted while faying she and her daughter have turned down scripts "many times" because of un-American propaganda. Mrs. Roger3 also observed that "most of the people of Hollywood would not know a line of propaganda when they saw it." Major studios drew a stern reprimand during the day for giving a wrong impression of the House inquiry. Rep.

Vail (R.) 111., describing himself as an enthusiastic moviegoer, complained about the way newsreels have been covering the hearings. After a "lash" in the committee chamber there was "a lengthy statement" by Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association, "depreciating the ffort" of the investigating group, Vaii said. Noting that film "shorts" were used in thi3 country during the war for propaganda purposes, Disney intimated that Russia does not admit his cartoons because they do not accord with Communist ideas about influencing the public. The strike against his plant was called because "I wouldn't go along with their way of operation," he declared. X.J., noting that Disney is the fourth producer to tell about of thousands of dollars were collected through the softening-up process at house meetings he held," Carlson testified, observ Communist "inroads" in the stu Lavery said in the telegram, "and I submit that few people in America would be safe if the to truiuon.

He named as its steering committee, Huston, Philip Dunne, William Wyler, Shepperd Strud-wick and M. C. Levee, a talent agent. He said the committee not only will issue a list of passengers on tomorrow's plane but today will issue a statement of aims and purposes. dios, Disney said, "my boys have yardstick of Americanism were been fighting it longer than I have." ing, "Here is a treasure chest that is important Why worry about Moscow gold when you can get Hollywood greenbacks?" merely the measure of Jack Warner's satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the individual mar Bergman of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Herbert Sorrell, head of the CS.U.; Frank Tuttle, Sandra Gordi, Actress Karen Morley, Producer Stanley Rubin, Director Edward Dmytryk, Producer Kenneth Macgowan, Film Union Lawyers Leo Gallagher, Charles J.

Katz and Benjamin Margolis, Actress Dorothy Tree, Writers Robert Lee, Morton Grant, Thomas Job, Val Burton, Michael Uris. Quy Endore and Charles V. Milholland and Directors Irving Pichei and Herbert Biberman. The People's Educational Cen ter is "most assuredly" linked Inroads Described Effective work in combating Communism has been done by the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, Mrs. Rogers assured the with the film industry, he de June he resigned his position on Frotest to Truman Another telegram, signed by clared.

Reading from various more than a dozen leaders in the the hoard of the Screen Writers' Guild and proposed that the board "formulate a resolution catalogs, Carlson identified as lecturers, members of the advis committee, although Soviet Travel Group Elects CHICAGO, Oct. 24. (JP) The National Association, of Travel Officials today elected Everett Greaton of Augusta, as president, succeeding J. Herbert Walker of Harrisburg, Pa. California Democrats for Wal agents are persistent in their ory committee and officials the disavowing Communists, Communism, or Communist influence lace" political organization, was addressed to President Truman, following: "softening-up process conducted by "small, trained, disciplined cells." John Howard Lawson, Hel- in the affairs of the Guild." calling upon the President to! al Commission) and for Kyle Crichton (correspondent for Collier's magazine,) who had been writing under the name of Rob ert I orsyth fop New Masses and Although he has contracts who spoke at a large number of small meetings." The school organizer "in formed me part of hi3 job was to see to it that many important film persons were softened up with 30 unions, "the only real grievance was between Sorrell and the boys in the plant relative to an election," Disney said.

The walkout followed a discussion with Sorrell at which "I didn't pull punches," Disney continued. Conference Related "He said, 'You think I am a I told him what I so as to agree to join front organizations the Communist par ty was forming in Hollywood, Mrs. Rogers, explaining that Communists do not desire "nu-mercial superiority," warned that "when a Communist secures sound footing in pictures, he surrounds himself with other Communists." While the percentage of party-line followers among the actors is "very small," she said, "it's getting bigger. The Communist party brings them out there and smacks them straight into stardom and keeps them there." Devious Ways In reviewing her experience Mrs. Rogers told how Clifford Odets was allowed to do the screen version of "None but the Lonely and Hanns Eisler was hired to prepare the musical score.

Although the picture was not a box-office success, she said it was "typical of the t3pe of propaganda Communists like to inject" into Hollywood films. Film industry executives "are no more asleep than our people and our government" in Mrs. Rogers' opinion. "Communists such as the leagues against war and Fascism, the committee to had heard. He said he used their boycott the Olympics in Berlin and others," Carlson continued.

"He told me his job was to prepare the groundwork for money to finance the Disney detailed. getting substantial contributions The whole controversy involved procedure in determining for front organizations and pos which union represented his em ployees, Disney explained, say ing "it was not a labor prob sibly the party itself. 'Hollywood Greenbacks "The motion-picture industry is not exactly a sweatshop industry, so when you have actors, directors, writers and wives helping, you open the way to a lem at all. When he insisted on asking for an election under National Labor Relations Board auspices, Sorrell termed him "naive and foolish' and warned item. P' '('if 'EM.

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