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owe ts 7 UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNTA +. ie P) Puy Dorothy Parker, Donald Ogden Stewart, and a group of people who met “uy with a man who had come from the German undergroand. a Mrs, March stated that she had been a character witness for Herm 4 Shumlin, theatrical producer in New York, when he was tried for contempt of the House Committee on Un-American Activities together With other members of the Communist Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com- 2 Rien ee oe tree ee OS A a 4 a ae “ “so ‘ ag . - .. ay : . > . . s fs oe vy . ” Mrs. March admitted that she was acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Gurley Flrnn, a member of the national committee of the Communist Party, and that she was one of the delegates with Mrs. March who attended the Congress in Paris. She stated that she had not been active in the Congress of American Women for some time and that she had resigned from the board of the organization a year previous. She testified that she had given up her position in the International Democratic Federation. She emphasized the point that she had not given up her activities in these groups because she opposed them but because of ‘"eertain pressure of work.’ Mrs. March appeared with Frederic March, her husband, before Congressman Dies in August, 1940. On that occasion Frederic March was confronted with a former secretary of the Communist Party in Los ray ry a % sy, area t aa Angeles. At one point of his interrogation Frederic March made the noe following statement: ; Ee “‘Mr. Dies, ‘may I ask one more question in an attempt to sum et — “up?! Assuming Mr. Leech is attempting to tell the truth as he sees Pad a it, might it be possible that my name had been bandied aboutt’’ oan ‘- _- Mre. March was asked whether or not she found herself in a similar as position in 1948—‘‘that it might be possible that’’ her name ‘‘had been es bandied about’’; whether or not she should be held responsible for her connection with known Communists, such as Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, or had she been fooled because of the purported objectives used by the Communists in ‘‘window-dressing’’ their causes and organizations. She stated that she bad not been fooled ‘into going to the Congress in Europe.’’ She then read a telegram which she alleged was sent to the Congress in Paris by Eleanor Roosevelt. The communication read as , ollows : ‘May I take this opportunity to send all those attending the International Women's Conference my best wishes for courage and spiritual guidance in your struggle to restore your countries.’’ When Mrs. March was reminded that Mrs. Roosevelt bad admittcd on occasion that the Communists had fooled her, the witness replied by saving ‘TI might be fooled into doing something I thought was right in Going, but ] couldn't be fooled into something I thought was wrong.” DAILY WORKER This payer is the officia? organ of the Communist Party of the United States. On August 28, 192%. Gregory Zinaviev, chief of the Communist International, sent a cablegram to Charles E. Ruthenberg. executive secretary of the Workers Party (the American section of the Communist Os ot es hp han een ee SU ore serene ae. - i _- ~ oo, . “ah . .. fe cial i rs 1 : 3 ly ty . an