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October 21, 1947

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FILM MEN ADMIT ACTIVITY BY REDS; HOLD IT IS FOILED; Sam Wood Lists Writers by Name as Communists and Says Group Seeks Rule

By Samuel A. Tower

L B Mayer, J Warner and S Wood testify; Wood names screen writers and dirs having Communist leanings, citing J Cromwell, I Pichel, E Dmytryk, F Tuttle, D Trumbo, D O Stewart and J H Lawson; Warner says contracts were denied by his co to persons with un-Amer leanings, naming I Shaw, C Odets, A Bessie, G Kahn, R Lardner Jr, A Maltz, Lawson and others; Mayer says Trumbo, Stewart and L Cole are reputed Communists; defends his studio and pictures produced; Mrs F O'Connor (A Rand) testifies, denouncing certain films; com refuses to take up motion to quash subpoenaes issued against 19 Hollywood figures

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1947Dominique Braye, French politician[†]

Dominique Braye is a former member of the Senate of France, representing the Yvelines department from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.