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The "Daily Worker" on December 1, 194-7. on page 3, an article entitled "Leaders in Arts,’ Hit Pix Purge", and continued that sixty-five 1 rs. it arts, Sciences, and Professions, yesterday deno the | motion picture producers for their "shocking and degrading: lation to the discredited and irresponsible House Committee on Un-American Activities and warned that the film mogul: opened the door to Government censorship to all means of* communication." An open letter by the group to the movi: industry declared: eg es ace ES "The decision of the Motion Picture Associati vamerica to purge and blacklist those writer, directors producers who deny the Un-American Committee's right to; into the political opinions #f private citizens is a.submy to government censorship and. dictation". The same films who, at the Washington hearings only a few weeks ago, % the committee's: techniques and its ambition to censor | -nowadopt those techniques and gratify that ambition", ., _continued.- The letter, made public by the. Arts, Science: Professional Council of, the Progressive Citizens 16) . warned in@ustry leaders that:their attempt to appe “invites additional: in on from tt