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1947 - Government, USA, HUAC Hearing: Eric Johnston Testimony, R1 of 2. 27Oct47 Card 2 of 3
continued.. CU SOF: “his livelihood, his reputation, & his personal dignity. When just one man is falsely damned as a Communist in an hour like this when the Red issue is at white heat, no one is safe. Gentlemen, I maintain that preservation of the rights of the individual is a proper duty for this Committee on Un-American Activities. This country's entire tradition is based on the principle that the individual is a higher power than the state; that the state owes its authority to the individual & must treat him accordingly. Expose communism, but don't put any American who isn't a Communist in the concentration camp of suspicion. We are not willing to give up our freedoms to save our freedoms.” (edit)
11:26:01 MS SOF: “Revolutions plotted by frustrated intellectuals at cocktail parties won't get anywhere if we wipe out the potential source & cause for communism. The most effective way is to make democracy work for greater opportunity, for greater participation, for greater security for all of our people. The real breeding ground of communism is in the slums. It is everywhere where people haven't enough to eat or enough to wear through no fault of their own. Communism hunts misery, feeds on misery, and profits by it.” (edit)
11:26:42 “hungry for it today. It is true to day it needs our wheat & our fuel to stave off hunger & to fight off cold, but hunger and cold as they may be, men still hunger for freedom. We want to continue to practice & to export freedom. If we fortify our democracy to lick want, we will lick communism - here & abroad. Communists can hang all the iron curtains they like, but they'll never be able to shut out the story of a land where freemen walk without fear & live with abundance.”
11:27:25 LS SOF: “I’ve I have been told that there were Communists in Hollywood. I have been told that the motion-picture Screen Writers Guild had Communists & therefore I went & talked to the Screen Writers Guild
to the Screen Writers Guild, I laid it on the line to them, and I said to them...”
Stripling (Counsel for Committee): “Just a moment. Why did you go?”
Johnston: “Because I had been told that there were Communists in the Screen Writers Guild.”
Stripling: “You had just been told that?”
Johnston: “That is right.”
Stripling: “You made no effort to determine whether they were there or not?”
Johnston: “Mr. Stripling, I have no way of making any definite determination. Who is going to prove that a man is a Communist?”
Stripling: “I think this committee is going to prove it.”
Johnston: “All right sir, but I am not this committee, Mr. Stripling.”
Stripling: “I wouldn't be surprised. From the statements you have been making in the last few days, you certainly attempted to run it.”
The Chairman: “Just a minute...” Continued on card 3 of 3
Cold War; Hollywood 10; Screen Writers Guild; Patriotism; Red Scare; MPAA; Motion Picture Association of America; Communists; Anti-Communists; communism; Witch Hunt; Congressional Committee; Testimony; House Committee on Un-American Activities; 1940s;
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1947 - Government, USA, HUAC Hearing: Eric Johnston Testimony, R1 of 2. 27Oct47 Card 2 of 3 continued.. CU SOF: “his livelihood, his reputation, & his personal dignity. When just one man is falsely damned as a Communist in an hour like this when the Red issue is at white heat, no one is safe. Gentlemen, I maintain that preservation of the rights of the individual is a proper duty for this Committee on Un-American Activities. This country's entire tradition is based on the principle that the individual is a higher power than the state; that the state owes its authority to the individual & must treat him accordingly. Expose communism, but don't put any American who isn't a Communist in the concentration camp of suspicion. We are not willing to give up our freedoms to save our freedoms.” (edit) 11:26:01 MS SOF: “Revolutions plotted by frustrated intellectuals at cocktail parties won't get anywhere if we wipe out the potential source & cause for communism. The most effective way is to make democracy work for greater opportunity, for greater participation, for greater security for all of our people. The real breeding ground of communism is in the slums. It is everywhere where people haven't enough to eat or enough to wear through no fault of their own. Communism hunts misery, feeds on misery, and profits by it.” (edit) 11:26:42 “hungry for it today. It is true to day it needs our wheat & our fuel to stave off hunger & to fight off cold, but hunger and cold as they may be, men still hunger for freedom. We want to continue to practice & to export freedom. If we fortify our democracy to lick want, we will lick communism - here & abroad. Communists can hang all the iron curtains they like, but they'll never be able to shut out the story of a land where freemen walk without fear & live with abundance.” 11:27:25 LS SOF: “I’ve I have been told that there were Communists in Hollywood. I have been told that the motion-picture Screen Writers Guild had Communists & therefore I went & talked to the Screen Writers Guild to the Screen Writers Guild, I laid it on the line to them, and I said to them...” Stripling (Counsel for Committee): “Just a moment. Why did you go?” Johnston: “Because I had been told that there were Communists in the Screen Writers Guild.” Stripling: “You had just been told that?” Johnston: “That is right.” Stripling: “You made no effort to determine whether they were there or not?” Johnston: “Mr. Stripling, I have no way of making any definite determination. Who is going to prove that a man is a Communist?” Stripling: “I think this committee is going to prove it.” Johnston: “All right sir, but I am not this committee, Mr. Stripling.” Stripling: “I wouldn't be surprised. From the statements you have been making in the last few days, you certainly attempted to run it.” The Chairman: “Just a minute...” Continued on card 3 of 3 Cold War; Hollywood 10; Screen Writers Guild; Patriotism; Red Scare; MPAA; Motion Picture Association of America; Communists; Anti-Communists; communism; Witch Hunt; Congressional Committee; Testimony; House Committee on Un-American Activities; 1940s; NOTE: Upon request will provide portion or entire of 11:21:04 - 11:29:37 (3 cards) at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk