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~~. o\ €______._Hebourh ign HELIUON ot6 not onae in any Commnsshic activitd ) Al Communistic activiti though Miss HELIMAN did not engaze an ry while in Fair Mies HELIMAN disclosed that she,\wes born June 20, 1905 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the only daughter of ARD and JULIA (Jewhouse) “MELLVAN. Her mother's people were associated with the United Fruit Company and financially well situated. Her father's people were also wealthy but his business was not disclosed. She is,of course,of Jewish extraction. HELLMAN grew up in considerable wealth and luxury and having, according to her own statement, “wasted and literally threw money away." She acquired an extreme dislike for her mother’s people because they were so greedy, grasping: for money and financial gains, even to the extent of taking undue advantages of others and depriving them of an equal opportunity in a business transaction. Thas, she became dissatisfied with her home life, ‘The HELLMAN family moved to New York City where subject attended a public school and the New York and Columbia Universities, completing this phase of her education in 1924. She seems to have had a desire from early childhood to become a writer and therefore obtained a Job with HORACE LIVERICHT, Inc., Publishers, at $17450 a week, the early 19208 the HELLMAN family lost their fortune and subject experienced many hardships and had quite a financial struggle| after she finished college. At the age of 20, and in 1925 she married ARTHUR|KOBER, a playwright and authar who is reported to have come from a less fortunate and social family. In 1930 they went to Hollywood, , - SENET Ff LOAN