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TEXT or m aroma ‘MADE BYMYRON O. FAGAN more THE STAGEor THE ax. PATIO.THEATRE AFTERTHE OPENING Inc-HT P m o m u c aor " Tamvea PARADISE" ON MON‑DAY, APRIL 12, 1948. ‑Tonight. my fr iends, y o u shal l hear a b o u t Corn‑

munism i n Ho l l ywood t h a t w i l l shock you i n t o a f u l l"realization of wha t a menace these t r a i t o r s are to t h esa f e t y of America.As rnost of y o u know, t h e re-opening of “Th ieves

Paradise" here instead of in N e w Y o r k was p r omp t e dby the determination of the courageous, Ame r i c a nwomen w h o organ ized “C i t i zens United f o r Amer i canPrinciples" f o r the d is t i nc t purpose of p rov ing to t heHol lywood Communists and the i r desp icab le pa l s y ‑-waisles t h a t they canno t contro l t h e l eg i t ima tetheater a s tnev contro l mos t o f t h e F i lm i n d u s t r y ' s .

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of “Thieves Paradise" did I become f u l l y aware wha t' an i r on r i n g the Commles have welded a round t h eMotion Pic tu re Studios a n d t h e Broadcas t ing Sta t ions .The moment i announced my intention to reéopent h e y came roar ing o u t of the i r r a t holes w i t h onec r y : “ S t o p ‘Thleves Paradise’ at a l l c o s t s ! " Wh ?Because t h i s I s t h e fi r s t a n d o n l y an t i -Commun a tp l a y t o a p p ea r o n t h e s t a g e ‐ a n d t h e y f u l l y real ize

' t ha t if th is p l a y survives their sabotage it Wi l l b r e a kt he i r hold-wit wi l l s t i f f en t he sp ines of t h e Studioheads-At w i l l encourage o the r p laywr ights to s t a r t ac y c l e of ant i -Communist Pia s and films. And t h epressure t h e y app l i ed one no me t h i s t ime wa s f a rg rea te r t h a n t he fi r s t t ime . A n d they were a r r o g a n t ‑l v positive tha t t h e y wou ld make I t imposs ib le f o rme to re -open . L ikew ise t hey had everybody in t n :p r o f e s s i o n convinced t h a t l w ou i d never be ab l e t ore -open . Theatre owners dernanded cash in-advancef o r two weeks of- a l l o pe r a t i o na l costs. Even JohnHube r, t h e man who pub l i shes the r e g u i a r p r og ramfo r ' al l t h e theaters demanded t h a t l p u t up t he costo f p r i n t i n g t h e P l a ygoe r t o , insure h i m aga i n s t loss ‐ ‑tha t ' s w h y y o u do n o t see t h e P l a ygoe r i n t h i s thea te r 't on igh t . A g e n t s b l u n t l y to ld .me t h e y wou l d n o t o rcould not “ p e rm i t t h e i r actors t o appear i n t h i s p lay.1 have had to comb, li_terally,,thru t he ent i re actorcolony in Ho l l ywood to fi n d e i g h t actors‐and under ‑s tud ie r -w l th enough cou rage and American s p i r i t t od e f y t he threats o t h e Commies t h a t I t wou ld meant h e end of the i r careers if t h e y dared to appear inth i s p l a y. '

Club Women AmusedTo give y o u a c l ea r, b u t b y no means a comp l e t e

p i c t u r e of h ow deeply t h e Comm ies have entrenchedthemselves in Ho l l ywood, I w i l l go back to the d a ya f t e r t h e y forced the c los ing of ”Th ieves Parad ise"las t New Year ’s Eve : l was p repa r i ng t o leave f o rNew Yo r k when a p r om i n en t C l u b woman ca l l edme on t h e phone and asked me to hold my_ departurei n a b e y a n c ef o r a f e w d a y s ‐ s h e was ve r y anx i o u sto have me meet a g r o u p of Presidents of Women ' sClubs a n d t e l l t hem e x a c t l y what h a d happened. Sheto l d me how she had been figh t i n g Commun i sm inHo l l ywood f o r 2 0 y e a r s u a n d w h a t an uph i l l fi g h t i thad been. O f course, i p r omp t l y ag r eed t o meet w i t hh e r ‐ a n d he lp , i f i could. When i me t these womenI was deep l y moved by the i r g r a n d a nd unse l fishAmer i can i sm . T h e y u r g e d me to re -open “Th ievesParad ise” r i g h t here in Ho l l y w o o d in defiance of t h eReds ‐and t h e y p r om i sed me t h e suppo r t o f the. fullmembe r s h i p o f t h e i r C lubs . l hesitated. I h a d , j u s tbeen t h r u a v e r y t o u g h and g r u e l i n g e x p e r i e n c e ‐andi k n ew how much t oughe r i t w o u l d be t o r e - open .T he y continued to urge m e - a n d then p roposed tohold a luncheon mee t i ng two weeks la te r a t wh icht hey wou l d assemble at least a no t h e r hundred p r e s i ‑den ts of other Women’s clubs w h o wou ld also sup'p o r t t h e r e - o p e n i n g ‐ a n d m a k e t h a t re-opening t ebreach in to t h e Red s t r o n g h o l d . l ag reed to. l i s tensome more. N o w i come t o m y most s t a r t l i n g d i s ’c o v e r y fl o f h ow the Studio heads themselves a c t u a l l yp r o t e c t t h e Communists in t h e i n dus t r y.

Reign of Terror in HollywoodT h e y h a d asked me t o g e t a Movie " c e l e b r i t y " t o

a t t end t h i s m e e t i n g - to speak on “Communism inH o l l y w o o d ” P r e f e r a b l y one o f those men w h o hadgone t o Wash i n g t o n t o appea r before the T h oma sCommit tee. i spoke to at l eas t a dozen men a l l o l df r iends, men w h o had worked in my p lays a n dp i c t u r e s ‐ a n d a l l staunch Amer icans. One b y one,t h e y a l l " r e l u c t a n t l y " t u r ned m e down. i t p u z z l e dme. F i n a l l y one o f t h em gave m e t he t r u e reason f o ra l l these t u r n d own s .Shor t iv a f t e r t h a t t h e Thomas invest igat ion fizz led

ou t , a n d the " f r i e n d l y witnesses" re tu rned f r o mWa s h m g t o n . aas t r i c t b u t sec re t o r d e r had g r a p e v i n e di t s w a y t h r u a l l t h e A g e n t s ' o ffices t h a t anybody n oma t t e r h ow b i g a personal i ty. w h o wou l d da re to t a l kabou t Communism in t h e Mot ion Picture indus t r ywou ld be blackl isted o u t of Ho l l ywood ! Th is statem e n t came f r o m a s t a r who commands $100,000 p e rp i c t u r e ! A t th i s t ime I won’ t men t i on his n ame be ‑“cause i f i d o h e w i l l b e t h r o u g h . B u t i am w i l l i n g ,if called u p o n . to give t h a t n a m e in s t r ic t confidenceto J. E d g a r Hoove r. However. I could hardly bel ievew h a t i heard. l immed ia t e l y p u t t he cuestion to oneof t h e Studio heads and. a f t e r i p ledged m y s e l f n o tto d i vu l ge his name, he confirmed t h a t statement, a n dt h en proceeded to vindicate t h a ‘ s t a n d by t h e "Godso f t h e i n d u s t r y. " H e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t Studios had

mil l ions o f do l lars invested in such s ta rs aa Kather ineHepbu r n , Gene K e l l e y , John Garfie ld , M y r n a L o y . etc..etc., whose values w o u l d be des t r o yed i f t h e i r nameswere pub l i c l y l inked w i t h Commun i sm .

Movie Colony Fotmdedon Reds“ D o y o u mean to t e l l me." I demanded, “ t h a t t h e

Lou is B. Mayer's, t h e H a r r y Warners. t h e Schenksa n d the Dav id Seiznicks are de l i be ra te l y f o s t e r i n gCommun i sm i n t h e p i c t u r e i n d u s t r y ‐ a n d a l l ow i n gthose rate t o p o i s o n t h e minds o f o u r y o u t h Just t osave t h e i r l ousy do l l a r s? "“ O h , n o ! ” r ep l i ed t h i s executive, “ b u t we a re in a

t o u g h s p o t w h i c h y o u c a n ' t seem to understand. Wehave a g r e a t man y br i l l iant m inds in o u r intimit-ry,rg r e a t ac to r s , g r e a t w r i t e r s , g r e a t d i r ec to r s . i t ' s t r ue .u n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h a t some a r e commun i s t i c a i i y inclined.b u t we cou ld n o t su r v i ve w i t h ou t t h e m . "“We l l , my f r i end , " i retorted. “ a l l i can s a y is t h a t

I f the motion p i c t u r e I n d u s t r y cannot surv ive w i t h o u tthose r a t s , t hen t h e mo t i on p i c t u r e i n d u s t r y has n or i g h t to surv ive."A t th i s po in t I w i l l s h o w y o u j u s t h ow f a r these

Studio heads g o t o p r o t e c t these “ c ommu n i s t i c a l l yi nc l i ned " enemies o f Ame r i c a ‐ a n d , i n turn. pun i s hothers f o r the i r Americanism.

Katherine Hepburn, anExample

Katherine He p b u r n ’ s l ove f o r Joe Sta l i n is no secret.However. she is coming o u t in “ S t a t e of t h e Un ion . "M G M has l ong been j i t t e r y abou t w h a t wou l d happento t h a t p i c t u r e un less some th ing w a s done to wh i t e ‑wash t h a t young woman. So one of t h e b i g shots soldF u l t o n L e w i s a b i l l o f goods t h a t l i t t l e M i ss H e p b u r nhas decided to r e p e n t and recent. One of t h e thingsshe is supposed to have r e p e n t e d o f a nd recanted ish e r now famous -no r sha l l we s a y, i n f amous? speechon behal f o f M i s t e r H e n r y A . Wa l l a ce i n wh i c h shedenounced the Thomas Congress iona l i n ves t i g a t i n gCommi t t ee a n d ‐ q u o t e " A l l t h e i r i l k " unquo t e ; andt h e Te n n e y Committee a n d ‐ q u o t e “ a l l t h e i r l i k "unquo te .T h i s M GM executive t o l d M r . L ew i s t h a t Miss H e p ‑

b u r n had been d r awn in t o de l i ve r i ng t ha t speech byv e r y dear f r iends at the l a s t momen t , t h a t she wasn a t u r a l l y a v e r y i m p e t u o u s l i t t l e woman a n d . h a dacquiesced without s t o p p i n g to th ink-wand thus i l ladgisedly read a s p e e c h w r i t t e n and prepared byo ers.N a t u r a l l y M r . Le_wls scoop t ed t h a t statement. com.‑

i n g f r o m such a m a n , i n g o od f a i t h - a n d announcedt h e s t o r y in one of h is broadcasts.B u t a shor t t ime la te r M r . Lew is learned t h a t t h a t

M GM gen t l eman had de l i be ra t e l y l ied! He a lsolea rned t h a t u p o n hea r i n g t h e broadcast Miss H e p ‑b u r n h a d f u r i o u s l y denounced- a l l t h e heads of MGM .

He also learned t h a t M iss H e p b u r n had herself w r i t ‑t e n t h a t speech-mend h a d de l i be ra te l y and d e fi a n t l ywo rn a r e d d r e s s to emphasize h e r speech. Can M G Mde n y t h e t r u t h o f th is s t o r y ? To fur ther emphas izet h e f a c t t h a t Miss Hepbu r n ne i the r r e pen t s nor r e ‑cants. Ed i t h G w y n n e o f t h e Ho l l ywood Repo r t e r hasannounced t h a t Miss H e p b u r n is go ing to s t u m p f o rthe confused a n d bewildered H e n r y to become t h ePres iden t of t h e Uni ted ‘States‐wdeer God fo r b i d !

Myrna Lo y InvolvedAnothe r y o u n g w oma n who t h i n k s n o t h i n g o f l e nd .

i n g her name a n d her mora l a n d financia l s u p po r tto t h e enemies of t he America wh ich has made h e rpopu la r and w e a l t h y , i s M y r n a L o y - “ b u t s h e resentsanybody w h o dares to e x p o s e t h a t f a c t . Recen t l y inan address be f o r e t he W o m a n is C l ub o f L o n g Beach1 d id e x p o s e t h a t fac t . H e r s e c r e t a r y v e r y p r o m p t l yp r o t e s t e d t o t h e President o f t h a t C lub . The n e x td a y a representat ive of the S tud i o wh ich m a d e he rl a s t p i c t u r e cal led m e u p a n d asked me w h a t i hadsaid a b o u t h e r . i r e pea t ed t o h i m who I had said i nmy address ‐and to l d h i m t h a t i f she desired to sueme she could do so, t h a t i wou l d welcome an oppor»t u n i t y to cross-examine a n y of the S t a r s i ment ioni n a Cou r t o f L a w where p e r j u r y i s a pen i t en t i a r yoffense and a re fusa l to p r ope r l y answer quest ions isc o n t e m p t o f cour t and equa l l y a Jail offense. A n dthis representat ive wa r ned me t h a t t he I n d u s t r ywould fi n d a w a y t o m u z z l e . m e w i thou t i n v o l v i n gtheir s ta r s in open suits.

Anti-Communists FiredAn d n o w i w i l l t e l l you h o w ou r “ g o d s o f t he M 0 ‑

t ion P i c t u r e i n d u s t r y ” pun i s h those who have t heb razen audac i t y t o t r y t o p r o t e c t Amer ica by expos‑i n g t h e b r i l l i a n t Communists In Ho l l ywood .A w r i t e r , w h o a p p e a r e d be fo re t he Thomas Com ‑

mit tee i n Wash i ng t on a n d named names was fi redand has n o t h a d a j o b since. Ano the r man , one o ft he most famous names: i n t he i n d u s t r y has been de‑p r i v e d o f t w o p i c t u r e ass i gnmen t s for wh i ch he h a dbeen scheduled-fifor the same offenseu-for n am i n genemies of America! i w i l l n o t at t h i s t i m e mentionthe names o f these good a n d l oya l Amer i cans ‐ i tm i g h t mean more pun i shmen t Yor t h em by t h e godso f the i n d u s t r y ‐ b u t I a m w i l l i n g t o g ive t he i r names---and more f a c t s to t he proper authori t ies i f t h e y w i l lgua ran tee to p ro tec t t h e peop le i name.A n d now j u s t a wo r d to Er i c Johnson ; M r . J o h n s o n ,

you are so b u s y keep i n t h e fi lm s mo ra i a n d cleanof sex l - H o w a b o u t k e e p on them Amer ican and cleanof America's mo s t vicious" a n d m o r t a l e nemy : C om ‑mun ism! it w a s these-discoveries t h a t fi n a l l y b r o u g h tme to a decision to r e - o p e n “ T h i e v e s Paradise."A t t h e nex t mee t i n g o f C l u b Pres iden ts ‐and there

were more t h a n 150 p r e s e n t -m l to ld t h em t h a t iwould re -open “Th ieves Pa rad i se ” on one condit ion:

T h a t t h e y band t o g e t h e r t o a b so l u t e l y c l e a n a l l t h eReds ou t o f t h e Stud ios a n d B r o a d c a s t i n g S t a t i o n s .My decis ion was g r e e t e d w i t h cheers by a l l t hoseg r a n d w omen ‐God b less t h em . “ G i v e u s a p l a n ! ”t h e y a l l t r i e d ou t . A n d i gave t h em t h e p l a n :

Challenge to Good CitizensWe w o u l d o rgan i ze “C i t i zens Un i ted f o r Amer l~

can P r i n c i p l e s . " We wo u l d en r o l l a t l eas t 75,000women membe r s . A n d t h en a l l t h e m e m b e r s o f C U A Pw o u l d b o y c o t t a n y a n d a l l p i c t u r e s i n wh i c h a n yRed a c t o r appears , o r Red w r i t e r w r i t e s , o r Red d i ‑r e c t o r d i r e c t s ! A n d b l ack l i s t a n y t h e a t e r i n wh i chs u c h a p i c t u r e i s s h own ! The same t r e a tm e n t t o b ea p p l i e d to the Broadcas t i ng Sta t ions. Once t h i sm o v eme n t h a s ga i n ed p r o p e r headway i n L o s Ange l e swe w o u l d s p r e a d o u t i n t o S a n Franc isco, Den ve r ,Ch icago . N e w Yo r kw i n t o every c i t y a n d v i l l age i nAme r i c a . We w i l l n eed no Congress iona l i nves t i ga ‑t ions-who l a w s t h a t can be tied up w i t h r e d t a p e byu n s c r u p u l o u s l a w y e r s ‐ n o fu t i l e debates i n “ t o w nh a l l m e e t i n g s o n the a i r . ”Publ ic Op in ion -wand a dead box - o f fi ce w i l l v e r y

qu i c k l y b r i n g about a housecleaning by t he Studioheads , Who va l u e the i r do l l a r above t he we l f a r e a n ds a f e t y o f Am e r i c a ,

The Enemy P001Fu r t h e rmo r e , w e don ' t care whe the r a n individual

canno t be p r o v e d to be an o u t r i g h t Communis t . Asf a r as we are concerned a n y m a n or woman w h o isa fe l l ow t r a v e l e r , o r be longs t o a Red f r o n t o r gan i za ‑t ion, o r has s u p po r t e d Communism w i t h fi n a n c i a l o rmora l s u p p o r t , a l a Cha r l i e C h a p l i n , o r has come o u ti n open s u p p o r t o f the t e n b randed men who defiedt h e Pa r n e l l T h oma s inves t i ga t i on , o r associates w i t hk n o w n Commun i s t s , o pen l y o r i n se c r e t , i s j u s t a sgu i l t y of treason. and is Just as m u c h an enemy ofAmer ica as a n y ou t r i gh t Commun is t . i n f a c t , mo reso! i have n o fear o f t h e known Commun l s t l i t i st he r a t w h o m a s q u e r a d e : a s a g o o d Amer ican b u twho se c r e t l y nourishes t h e Communis t ' s s l i m y cause,w h o is o u r g rea tes t menace. There a r e 175 mi l l i onRussians w h o do n o t be l ong to t he Commun i s t p a r t y,b u t when and i f we do have w a r w i t h Russ ia , those175 mi l l i on Russians wi l l . be shoo t i ng at us j u s t asmuch as t h e t h r ee mill ion Communists who ru le t h em .By t he same token a l l these fel low t rave le rs , p i n k sand l ibera ls who are suppor t ing , a i d i n g a n d abe t t i n g .w i t h money and w i t h cheers t h e o u t r i g h t Commlesw h o are w o r k i n g t o d e s t r o y our c o u n t r y a r e j u s t a sg u i l t y as those Commiesmand‘the Cit izens Unitedf o r American Pr inc ip les w i l l n o t s t o p to s e p a r a t et h em i n t o the i r var ious s l imy categor ies, b u t p o o lt h em a l l as enemies of Ame r i c a and refuse to s u p p o r tt h em w i t h ou r p a t r o n a g e .N o w ‐ h e r e I n m y hand , i hold a l i s t o f names : some

o f them are ou t r i gh t Beds who ho ld Commun is t m em .be r s h i p cards unde r fict i t ious names. some are memn

b e r s o f R e d f r o n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s , s o m e are f e n o wtraveIers. s o m e are m e r e l y poor- foois w h o seek toI n g r a t i a t e themselves w i t h t h e Comrades. b y g i v l n gthem financ ia l a id f o r m o r a l s u p p o r t - ‐ as f a r asC U A P I s c o n c e r n e d they a r e 31! f r i e n d s o f Russ ia a n denemies o f A m e r i c a - a n d e v e r y one o f o u r m e m b e r sh e n c e f o r t h w i l l refuse t o see a n y p i c t u r e m o r h e a r a n yb r o a d c a s t w h i c h t h e y w r i t e o r i n w h i c h t h e y a p p e a r !

J u s t s o t h a t t h e y w o n ’ t fee l s l i g h t e d b y t h e b u t ‑i n g , I w i l l n a m e t h e m a l p h a b e t i c a l l y :

L A R R Y A D L E R C A R S O N K A N I NL A U R E N B A C A L L . G E O R G E K A U F M A NJ O A N B E N N E T T G E N E K E L L YH E R B E R T J . B I B E R M A N C A N A D A L E EA L V A H B E S S I E A R T H U R L U B I NB E T S Y B L A I R F R I T Z L A N GD E W I T T B O D E E N R I N G LARDNER. J R .H U M P H R E Y BOGART J O H N H O W A R DR O M A N ‘ B O H N A N L A W S O NJ . E D W A R D BROMBERG “BURT L A N C A S T E REDDIE C A N T O R A N A T O L E L I T V A KM O R R I S CARNOVSKY M Y R N A L O YH A R O L D C L U R M A N P E T E R L O R R EN O R M A N C O R W I N G E N E M A R K E YC H A R L I E C H A P L I N F R E D E R I C M A R C HJEROME CHOOOROV B U R G E S S M E R E D I T HL E S T E R C O L E A L B E R T M A L T ZC H E R Y L C R AW F O R D O R A U C H O M A R XJ O H N C R O M W E L L L E W I S M I L E S T O N EH U M E C R O N Y N C L I F F O R D ODETSD E L M A R D AV E S S A M O R N I T ZW I L L I A M DIETERLE I A R R Y PARKRE D W A R D DMYTRIK I R V I N G P I C H E LP H I L I P D U N N E GREGORY P E C KM E LV Y N DOUGLAS V I N C E N T p m c eCHARL‐ES' E INF ‘ELD E D W A R D O. ROBINSONFLORENCE ELDRIDGE P A U L ROBESONDOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. H A R O L D R O M E

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