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_{Continued from page ' or any action which was “ 0-19 Refuses to Say ; If She Was Red al or subveraive. |. “I do not like subversion or dis- loyalty in any form, and if I had Offers to Tell House Inquiry But to hurt innocent people whom|; i knew many years ago in order! | About Herself but Not to save myself is, to me, Inhuman .R A and indecent and dishonorable. Others; Bid Is Rejgcted "I cannot and will not cut my|: . conscience to fit this year’s fash- Tracy. By Don irwin fons, even though I long ago came Laughlin. __ WASHINGTON, May 21.—Lil- to the conclusion that I was not}, Nohr lian ‘Hellman, author of a dozen ® political person and could have Tele. Rm, Broadway and Hollywood hits, re- No comfortable place in any po- j Holiomas Aitical group.” fused today to tell the House Com,|: Gandy mittee on Un-American Activities sition as Frank &. Tavenner jr,{! whether she had ever been a mem- {counsel during the committee's]: | ber of the Communist party. engthy inquiry into Communist Appearing under subpoena to infiltration inte the enterialn-|| answer charges that she had been iment field, read testimony naming s Communist “member-at-large” : in Hollywood in 1937,.Miss Hell- by Mart f man said she would willingly tes- ‘and ex-Communist, "wns Wated tify about herself but would es (Miss Hellman among 160 Reds he} involve others. She refused to tes- had known in the film colony, tity on the Constitutional ground ‘ Mr. Berkeley said Miss Hellman of self-incrimination after Rep.| attended a Communist organiza-|' John S. Wood, D., Ga., committee Hon | meeting at his Hollywood]. chairman, replied that the com-! welters Dohedint on with other|. mittee would not countenance Btewart oe ey oneld Ogden); , wart, Dashiel Hammett and “trading with witnesses." Dorothy Parker. He said he saw Miss Hellman let drop only one them at no more meetings, but wasl! hint as to her past during the half- told they had been assigned as|' hour hearing. She denied that she these ee or at large.” He defined is presently a Communist or that persons es she had been one for the last two oe eat unwilling to be exposed) . yesrs. She declined to state Later, Mr, Tavenner cited Miss(t 4? 6 whether she had been a member of Heliman’s denial of Communist! the Communist party three years membership in the last two years|' ago. ad her refusal to state whether|: member i _ _ Accompanied by Attorney years ago, and aa ed if tee ee Miss Hellman, blonde, forty-six war “had any hearing on your | and trim figured, was accompa- answer.” wee re nied at the hearing by Joseph L. “No, sir. I don’t think so," Miss} ‘Rauh, jr., Washington attorney, Hellman responded. She refysed to but consulted him only once. She answer other 3 uestions on the sub- wore 4 close-fitting black hat and dept and yas: oon Sherestier dis- ‘a tailored brown - and - black , nr ‘checked silk dress, and clenched . ia handkerchif in clasped hands es . [she testified. ho PE7PbL® 1 ‘The witness, who won New York / dratne critics’ awards for her plays . “Watch on the Rhine” and “Thel Times-Herald ___ Little Foxes,” stated her Position| to the committee in @ letter read LP at the hearing. | . Wash. Post : ‘J am most willing to answer all questions about myself,” the! i / Ot - 2 § 76 O ~A, Wash. News —_—. letter said. But-it added that ree geree eT counsel had advised that Miss! NOT RECORDED e v . Hellman would risk ‘a contempt ash. Sear citation if she replied to questions about herself apd refused to 136 JUN 4 195. N.Y. Mirror = =___ testify about others. ———_— oo “J am not willing, Dow or in the future,” the letter continued, “to @rt N.Y. Compass bring bad trouble to people who, in my past association with them,| were completely innogent of spny raf on page 10, column #) ON. hea Terloane ~\ AY ZL looe Date: