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100-15124, coNFIVENTIAL COE {i 1 73 according to the source, went on to explain thai the script writers had needed a composer immediately, and felt that they coulc 4, not wait until uctober when_EISLin would possibly be free. It was therezare, —_ . necessary; for them to hire went on to explain that EISLER should recontact anc that some arrangement micht be made to have EUJZLSM come to France as soon as he was able to leave the United states, AFA The confidential source furnished an unsigned leiter addressed to his Excellency, The Ambassador of the United States of America, the Embassy of the United States of America, 1 Grosvenor, London, W.1, and dated Gct, €, 1g7. This letter was anparently from the Composers! Guild of Great Britian and protestec the treatment that HANS EISLon had received at the hands of arr =; tats - shSanentie e4%-eastise 4 wee ct the House Committee on Un=-american Ac tivities, and subject! BS £Wo PeTlen. arrest. It further compared the hearings before the House Committee to the legal pro- ceecings in Nazi Germany during the years 1933 to 1939, anc stated that "the proceedings of this Committee are on a lower level than legal proceedings in Nazi_Gerren, It is believed that this letter was composed ai the instization accordins to information received from name anc sadress have previously been reported in this investigation, liv The confidential source continued thet on September 29, 1947, a message was directec to the subject by JOSEP PORER stating that EISLER nerd not be alarmed about the fact that the Committee on Un-american activi‘ies vac furnished his name to the Justice Department. Furin did not telieve tht either deportation proceedings or prosecution for alleged false statements coulé be brought. In the interests of safety, however, FUNER suggested, as EisLiun's avtorney, that EISLEN should "not discuss with anyone, newsbaper men, FBT investigators er anybody else, anything about whether you joinec the Communist Farty in Germany or signed an application to join. Be sure you follow this advice strictly. Whatever you said in the Conmittee Hearing cannot by statute be used against you at the proceedings; put this is not jee of anything you may say outside of the Committee Hearing." yy a ¥ According to the Esrfidential sourgeg 5n October 1), 1947, LOTISS MARGOLIS was a first class man and an excellent labor lawyer. he stated that he had given HAKNS all the help he could without a penny © salary, but that MARGOLIS was absolutely unfamiliar with deportation cases which MARGOLIS elf admitted never having handled. Mrs. EISLER went on to say that MARGOLIS Was now working with CAROL KING, who is "an authority, but a very left one, which might make it difficult for her to bring concessions from them that ther might grant, all be it grudgingly to a less radical attorney." krs. EISLEX went on to say that up until October jth only "the left peofe™ have jead, and commented that a good "bourgois law;zr would be wonderful, if you take advice from CahoOL who is an authority in cases of this sirtine DEE “ “SISLER wrote a letter addressed Wear Harold'in which she re slats that BEN awye lirs. EISLER indicated to HAROLD that the main purpose for i and her husband was to secure a voluntary departure apreement fron nih