Mr. MARKMAN. Yes.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Markman, have you ever applied for a U.S. passport?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. I display to you now, if you please, sir, a photostatic reproduction of a passport application executed on October 2, 1958, bearing the signature of Marvin J. Markman, which we have procured from the Department of State.

I ask you first of all, please, sir, to examine the last page of it on which appears your signature and tell us whether or not that is a true and correct reproduction of your signature.

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Markman, you will observe on page 2 of this photostatic reproduction of the passport application, blanks which appear after questions: "Are you now a member of the Communist Party? Write yes or no." "Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? Write yes or no." "If ever a member, state period of membership, from to

I invite your attention specifically to these items, and I ask you whether or not at the time you executed the passport application, as indicated here in 1958, you were then a member of the Communist Party.

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. In the passport application under the question repecting the purpose of your proposed trip the following appears: Tourist." Under the heading, "List each country to be visited" appears: "England, France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland."

Did you in 1958 intend to make a trip to England, France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland as a tourist?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Did you, in 1958 at the time you filed your passport application, contemplate a trip to Europe for the purpose of engaging n preliminary arrangements for the Youth Festival to be held in Vienna?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Was a U.S. passport issued to you pursuant to the pplication which you filed with the State Department? Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Who is Leonard Potash? I observe here in this passpost application that he is given as a witness to your signature. Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

(Document marked "Markman Exhibit No. 2" and retained in Committee files.)

Mr. ARENS. IS Leonard Potash to your certain knowledge a member of the Communist Party?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Did you leave the United States in 1958 ?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Did you travel to Europe in 1958?
Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Marknam, I display to you a thermofax repronetion of a report of an organizational meeting of the United States Festival Committee held October 4, 1958, and ask you to examine

it and tell us if that report is factual when it states, "The meeting opened at 10:45 a.m. with introductory words of welcome by the Chairman, Marvin Markman * * *”

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

(Document marked "Markman Exhibit No. 3" and retained in committee files.)

The CHAIRMAN. Where was this meeting?

Mr. ARENS. In New York.

Now, Mr. Markman, on the record which we are continuing today we have had the testimony of responsible witnesses under oath t the effect that the leadership of the United States Festival Commit tee was comprised of persons who were known to be members of the Communist Party.

Do you have information bearing on that subject matter which you could supply to this committee at this time?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same as before.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Charles Wiley was a member of the United State Festival Committee delegation. Did you know him?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. In the course of his testimony, Mr. Wiley testifie that the leaders of the United States Festival Committee, whom h identified as Marvin Markman, Paul Robeson, Jr., and Alan Mo Gowan, received instruction on how they should operate within th American delegation from the leaders of the International Prepara tory Committee, whom he identified as Jean Garcias, a French Com munist; Floyd Williston, a Canadian Communist; and Max Schneider an Austrian Communist. To your knowledge is this testimony o Mr. Wiley's true?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Did you in December of 1958 and in January of 195 participate in preparations for a festival in Vienna, Austria, know as the Seventh World Youth Festival?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Markman, on this record, which we are contin ing today, Mr. Herbert Romerstein, Charles Wiley, and Charle Jones testified to the effect that at a meeting of the majority of th American youth in Vienna a vote was taken on a motion and adopte which rejected the leadership of the United States Festival Commi tee. Were any votes taken which rejected the leadership of McGowa Paul Robeson, Jr., and yourself, to your knowledge?

(The witness conferred with his counsel.)

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. I display to you now a thermofax reproduction of report which has been identified to this committee by reputable wi nesses under oath as a report issued in Vienna, Austria.

This report bears the typewritten names of Marvin Markman, A thea Sims, Paul Robeson, Jr., and Alan McGowan.

The first paragraph of this report reads:

The elected representatives of the United States Festival Committee hay been negotiating with the American Youth Festival Organization in an attem to end the destructive split among us.

and the like.

Kindly look at that report and tell us whether or not you authorize your name to be affixed to the report.

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer is the same.

(Document marked "Markman Exhibit No. 4" and retained in committee files.)

Mr. ARENS. Since you were subpenaed to appear before this committee in the current hearings, have you issued any public statements respecting the hearings?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. I display to you now, if you please, sir, a thermofax reproduction of a statement issued by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, whcih contains a statement of Marvin Markman who is identified as having served as chairman of the United States Festival Committee at the Seventh World Youth Festival in Vienna in the summer of 1959.

Is this statement which I now display to you a true and correct reproduction of a statement prepared and issued by yourself under the auspices of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee respecting the instant hearings in which you are now appearing?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

(Document marked "Markman Exhibit No. 5" and retained in the committee files.)

Mr. ARENS. I now display to you a photostatic reproduction of a report from the United States Festival Committee issued, according to the terms of the document, at 5 o'clock on January 26, 1959, and I ask you if the attack upon the individuals and organizations contained in this report was, like the attack contained in your statement, intended to give aid and comfort to the Communist control of the Seventh World Youth Festival?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on this.

(Document marked "Markman Exhibit No. 6" and retained in committee files.)

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Markman, I display to you a thermofax reproduction of an article appearing in the Communist Worker a few days ago, February 28, 1960.

I should like to read you a few paragraphs from it and then I will display the entire document to you.

It is entitled: "N. Y. City Marxist Youth Group Formed."

The Lincoln holiday weekend saw the formation of "Advance," a Marxist youth organization, in N.Y. Some 125 youth from the five boroughs discussed and ratified Jake Rosen's report for the organizing committee, then adopted a political program, and reports on education and social, culture and sports. and the like.

I am skipping several paragraphs. Then the following appears: Following the adoption of the report and the selection of a temporary name, cers were elected. Paul Perlman was named president unanimously. Other tirers elected were Jake Rosen and Marvin Markman, vice presidents, Mike tein, educational director, and six delegates-at-large.

Kindly look at this article that appeared in the Communist Worker few days ago and tell this committee whether or not the facts recited here to your knowledge are true and correct.

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on this.

Mr. ARENS. Are you the person who was elected vice president f this new Marxist group which was formed in New York City just few weeks ago, named Advance?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on that, sir.

Mr. ARENS. Is this group to your certain knowledge controlled by persons known by you to be members of the Communist Party? Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on that.

(Document marked "Markman Exhibit No. 7" and retained in committee files.)

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Markman, are you now, at the time of your ap pearance today before the Committee on Un-American Activities, a member of the Communist Party?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on that.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Markman, I should like to display to you, if you please, sir, three photographs which have been identified to this com mittee by reputable persons who attended the Vienna World Youth Festival, as photographs of groups of persons, including yourself taken at Vienna.

Kindly look at this first photograph which I display to you and tell this committee whether or not it is a true and correct reproduc tion of your physical features.

Mr. MARKMAN. A very bad photograph. My answer remains th

same.

Mr. ARENS. Is it a true and correct photograph, however?
Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. I display to you two similar photographs identified t this committee as having been taken at Vienna, in which your phys ical features appear.

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on this.

(Photographs marked "Markman Exhibit No. 8" and retained i committee files.)

Mr. ARENS. Do you know Paul Perlman who was named presiden a few weeks ago of this new group known as Advance?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Is Paul Perlman to your certain knowledge a membe of the Communist Party?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

Mr. ARENS. Do you know Jake Rosen and Mike Stein who lik wise, according to the Communist Worker of February 28, 1960, we elected as officers of this new group formed in New York City, to known as Advance?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on this and I real don't think that the committee has a right, moral or constitutional, question my personal associations or beliefs.

Mr. ARENS. We don't want to question your associations or belie We only want information respecting communism or persons who, your certain knowledge, are members of the Communist Party.

Mr. Markman, according to the Communist Worker of Sunda February 28, 1960, the Advance organization, which some 125 you have apparently joined, adopted an educational program which w support the Student Committee on Progressive Education and t Faculty of Social Science.

Can you give us information from your own knowledge as whether or not both of these organizations, the Student Committ on Progressive Education and the Faculty of Social Science, a controlled by individuals who, to your certain knowledge, are me bers of the Communist Party?

Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same.

The CHAIRMAN. What is the name of that?

Mr. ARENS. The new group is called Advance, A-d-v-a-n-c-e. It was just formed, according to the Communist Worker of February 28, 1960, a few weeks ago.

The CHAIRMAN. What is the name of the other organization?

Mr. ARENS. The two other organizations which have an alliance with the Advance, according to this article, are the Student Committee on Progressive Education and the Faculty of Social Science.

The CHAIRMAN. The Faculty of Social Science is successor to the Jefferson School.

Mr. ARENS. The chairman will recall we had hearings on that very issue some several months ago.

Mr. Chairman, we have covered with Mr. Markman the principal points of inquiry we had in mind.

There are a number of incidental matters we could inquire into, but with his answers remaining the same all the way through, I dislike to impose upon the committee's time further.

The CHAIRMAN. Any questions?

According to my recollection there were two groups, one from Chicago and the other from New York.

Did that mean that they all lived in those two cities; do you know? Mr. MARKMAN. My answer remains the same on that.

The CHAIRMAN. All right. The witness is excused.

(Whereupon, at 10:25 a.m., the hearing recessed until 2 p.m. the same day.)

AFTERNOON SESSION-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1960

The subcommittee reconvened at 2 p.m., Representative Francis E. Walter (chairman) presiding.

Members of the subcommittee present at time of reconvening: Representatives Walter and Scherer.

The CHAIRMAN. We will come to order.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. Chairman, the next witness is Mr. Stephen Tyler. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Tyler, do you solemnly swear that the evidence you shall give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. TYLER. I do.

TESTIMONY OF STEPHEN TYLER

Mr. ARENS. Please identify yourself by name, residence, and occupation.

Mr. TYLER. My name is Stephen Tyler. My residence is Hotel Regent, 2720 Broadway, New York City.

Mr. ARENS. And your occupation?

Mr. TYLER. My occupation is free-lance writer. I am also a parttime radio panelist.

Mr. ARENS. Would you kindly give us a word about your personal background and education?

Mr. TYLER. I am 26 years of age. I was brought up in New York City, and left school at the age of 16, and I am mainly self-educated. Mr. ARENS. Give us just a word, please, Mr. Tyler, about your professional experience as a writer.