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”. : . ni f =4- uN \ The particular& of GOJACK'S indictment included his retuéa to answer questions concerning membership in the Communist Party; associations with HENRY ARON, ELMER JOHNSON and RUSSELL WIXON and affiliation with the American Peace Crusade. Q _ VICTORY IN NEW YORK - , > . In the Spring of 199%) Combined Artists, Inc., a television producing firm, reached an agreement with the New York City Youth Board ' to-produce @ full length motion picture based on the Board's activities j , in dealing with juvenile delinquency in that city. According to The New :, Republic of December 26, 1955, page 12, Combined Artiats subsequently LER, author of The Crucible, All My Sons and Death of a Salesi#zh, write the film script. When advised of MILLER'S participation in the film, The American Legion National Commander J. ADDINGTON WAGNER issued a statement to the New York press calling attention to that fact that "during the past several years, MILLER has been identified with many organizations officially cited as subversive.'' WAGNER declared that “in view of the background aeffili- ations of ARTHUR MILLER with numerous Commmnist front organizations. The American Legion now asks: ‘Should he be entrusted with the delicate mission of objectively portraying the subject of juvenile delinquency on the ee alit SUCIGen: A six-member subcommittee appointed by the Youth Board to study this matter further, voted five to one in support of MILLER'S continued participation in the film on December 6, 1955. As a direct result of Commander WAGNER'S statement in conjunction with the New York press, the full Youth Board overruled its subcommittee on December 12, and voted to drop all association with the film, Let us examine MILLER'S record: According to Tue American Legis files, ARTHUR MILLER has been affiliated with numerous organizations and publications which are cited as subversive and Communist by the United States Attorney General and the House Committee On Un-American Activities. He has supported the Win-The-Peace Conference, World Peace Congress, American Youth For Democracy, People's Institute of Applied Religion, Inc., Progressive Citizens of America and Stage For Action. (See HUAC, Review of the Scientific . and Cultural Conference For World Peace, 1949, pages 9, 11, 22, 32, 33 and 34). MILLER has been affiliated with the Voice of Freedom Committee, World Federation of Democratic Youth and was listed as a supporter of Communist Bookshops in 1949. <A Sponsor of the Scientific and Cultural Conference For World Peace that same year, he was affiliated with the fommuniet macayine Masses & Mainstream. He al#o aponsored the National Od ee eed - et ——— = i Sael = Committee To Repeal The Mundt Bill, American Youth Congress, Book Find Club, International Workers Order, and was a 1948 Contributor to Jewish Life, a@ Communist publication. (See HUAC, Review of the Scientific and ~ Cultural Conference For World Peace, 1949, pages 35, 36, 55, and 59; . HUAC, Report On The National Committee To Defeat The Mundt Bill, 1950,-- — i page il; HUAC, Appendix 1X, 1944, page 538; and "Red Channels", 1950, | page 111), ; a —- = ea ea Mk ee "OS... > LA oe eee