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4 a ee Bi ee stsanmsusintilesna : st on at et nee te ee ama one te nods tlm So I would like to put this auestion to you ladies and pentlenen listening right this moment: Have you seen and enjoyed any of the pictures we nave made? ‘Have you ever read a line or heard a line, or seen any overt act? Have you ever left the theatre thinking that perhaps you might like the form of govern- ment thst was being portrayed on the screen better than the American form of government? . . Actually, your voices are what we need. You are the ones who are Bupposed to tell the people who are running this Committee that you don't believe that what you are seeing in pictures is Communist-dominated, or acts of Communists, or that they are trying to overthrow the government, We are not doing that in the motion picture industry. We are very proud of our 4ndustry being a clean, wholesome entertainment, and we'd like to hear your voices on it agreeing with us in that matter. ANNOUNCER Thank you very much, DANNY KAYE. ae i I understand thet JO OUSTON, the spokesman for this group, is in the room, I wonder if he'd céte to make comment this morning. Mr. HOUS TON? JCHN HCUSTCH We came to .ashington es moving picture people who were very worried ab out a denger they felt their professions were in, We are coming away from Washing- ton es Americans who are deeply disturbed that their rights as citizens are being violated. ; We saw in’many instances the rights guaranteed by our Constitution violated in the nvestigation that's taking place at this. time. - ANNOUNCER Thank you very much, Mr. HOUSTON, us Hollywood personality =—- one of the great ID, who would have something to say at ¥ ” . : : . . + Be” : ‘ me sys . : Se . ” ‘ i PAUL HENRED - - Pas a foo, 2 fk, And now here's another f actors of the screen, Mr. PA ‘this time, Mr. HENREID? n” < ae ah eee aS I don't think it can be repeated enough that we came to Washington as cit- fizens of the United States of America, not to attack any person or group of persons, and not to defend any person or group of persons, ‘We.ceme there to witness the hearings and come to our own conclusions, and be reaffirmed in the belief that our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, has been inveded seriously.