1:27:01
Your profession is that of a film director?
1:27:04
Yes.
1:27:05
TAVENNER: Let's begin by getting one matter
cleared up at once.
1:27:10
Mr. Merrill, are you now a member
of the Communist Party?
1:27:13
No.
1:27:15
TAVENNER: Were you ever a member?
DAVID: No.
1:27:17
TAVENNER: Did you attend
Communist Party meetings in the fall of 1 939?
1:27:26
Twelve years ago in an organization...
1:27:29
...as perfectly legal as the Republican
or Democratic Party...
1:27:33
...where they were getting together to talk
about new ideas...
1:27:36
...yes, I attended a few
Communist Party meetings.
1:27:39
TAVENNER: Under what circumstances did
you attend these meetings? When? Where?
1:27:50
Well, I only attended two or three,
at the most...
1:27:54
...over a period of two or three weeks.
1:27:57
TAVENNER: Under what circumstances
did you stop attending?
1:28:02
They threw me out.
1:28:08
I think I just argued too much.
1:28:11
TAVENNER: Where did these meetings
take place?
1:28:16
Los Angeles.
1:28:17
TAVENNER: Could you be more specific?
In someone's home?
1:28:24
I'll restate the question.
Were these meetings held in halls or homes?
1:28:29
Homes.
1:28:31
In whose homes...
1:28:33
...were these meetings held?
1:28:49
In whose homes were they held?
1:28:59
Mr. Chairman, may I confer with my client?