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tae ot® 7. Ge a FORM HS, BR ae Mffice Mein umn : STATES GOVERNMENT aes hae oe D. M LADD “pas we o oo vem , Wr. Tolsce So OM “Je P. I ¢ _.—_ “ our IBJECT: ee 6 _ f =: re eee : . . oy er ee es ’ oe wr. ee ol ° cee Refer 6 ote A Erste? Eee 7 ee 3... . A perusal of the nook stpMearings Regarding Hanne Eisler® . Bie tore 7 published by the Committee on Un-American Activities, House - ae Representatives, 80th Congress, First Session, covering teatimony on OTs 4 September 24, 25, and 26, 1947, r reveals the following facts hitherto m- 4 fe mown to the Bureau, The page number of the booklet on which the related testimony appears is shown after each items we eee ae ep eee Bd egpe es titres beh ee eae ees pert. age tient i. sate SSS Rado ae Biographical. a hicel_ oe RE PET : * : : =e . a Tet? a Tie Cette mee eee en ae cence ee ~—="—— pigler testified that he vieited Russia in 1929, 1932, end 1982, 7 2% “ though he was not certain as to the dates; went to Paris in 1938 after the 3 + Beichetag fire in Berlin, having had to flee Germany; remined in Paris from ae a7 Waroh to July, 1933; lived in London from Fall, 1934, to February or March, 4 1935; returned to London February, 19%, and remained there one year. P's a ~ . “ Professional Aotivity - —— - — (ose ak. vle See aa : ae _ ian é ot - Bheler testified, and the Committees brought out, that he was the pe peo: author of the poem, “About Killing® in 1929 or 1930. (P. 60); that he wrote “Ue ee. the misio to the songs “Song of the Dry Bread” and “Song of Demand end Supply ®. “= am a: (P. 68), that the song “Comintern®, previously acknowledged as having been ee itten by Eisler, was originally written under the title “We're Earohing, © 33 at ‘Comrades™ (P. 55)s that he composed the music in 1930 for the song “Fifty © sand Strong’. (P. 31); that he wrote the musio for the moving pictures ~-: ‘ "Hall on Barth" and°fempo Der Zeit® (the Tempo of our time), both spperentiy ee 33: produced in Europe. (P. 14) that he was employed by the Department of 74 AES 3g Agriculture for the purpose of making # short film, the date and title not aims, having been shown (P. 12); that in the United States he wrote the musis to: { following filme: “Soandal in Paris", "Deadline at Dewn® i "Hosen on. the eee = *So Well Remembered” o_. (Pe 32) me ete = aS einai Se piston, tite. thet he. mie. Trenton Sa os sa Fe See ‘although’ he would never éduit. belongl ig: 88 or: betnd” sett ve Fe os a ae ie ee on cater Party. His answers were extremely vaoillatings Hie most direct answer - $0 "was when asked “you joined when?”, to which he answered "January, 1926". he ape ipparent 1 he was & member the major, p part of that Phiten SPs. 8, 42, 43, ve pate) —r = fa Mosaew, & rick a age go aes ee : eat one" port om t200 ig * we. i aneats ras ble ry ae 19 ry