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on, a ey. ae ” Bubject attended lew ‘York Eniversity and was eradnated © ‘from Columbia ‘University. In 1936 and 1937 she visited Russia and Spain * and in Spain spent a month with the loyalist forces. Im 1940 she ‘Fecelved | _ os an WA Degree from Tufts College, Medford, Massachisetts. In 1941 she was. evardod 1 the dramatice award for "Watch on the Rhine", an anti-Nazj play.” eg she oe 0 OG sak ma Ree a we. Mag A ee Ste Te - ee voce. oy e : Subject reportedly associated with Commnists and =” Communist organizations. She was affiliated with American Friends of Spanish | Democracy, Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Wew York Ieague of Women Shoppers, Awerican Council on Soviet Relations, the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee and the League of American Rights or Comsunist dominated groupe, Bbs was affiliated with the American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy and sian - War Relief, both Communist dominsted. She was also associated with ted” ~ States-Soviet Congress (Commnist sponsored), the Ameriean-Russian Institute {a propaganda organization which circulates approximately 70 Ruesian periodicals _Yreleting to the government of the Soviet Unicon), : the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia (a Commnist front), the Screen Writers Guild | -(a Commnist front) and the Citizens Committee for HARRY BRIDGES (a Communist - front). The American Council on Soviet Relations, the Joint Anti-Fascist — Refugee Committee and the League of American Writers were cited as Commnistic by the Attorney General, "a re Pa co ce In 1942 HRELIMAW sign “an ‘open ‘etter’ sponsored by the frertean Council on Soviet Relations to/Preeident Roosevelt urging a ~ 7+ declaration of war on Finland. In September, 1943, she was one of the hosts - . @t a Bollywood reception for TOZOY, Russian Director and an ', Official of the Soviet Film Indvstry. This reception was Arranged by the i: tional 1 of America viet Friendship with PA BESON, CLIFORD =" QDETS, ORS WELLES, FRANCHO NE and LILLIAN HELLMAN as hosts . ++ > Qn October 14, 1944, HELLMAN left Seattle, Washington _ for Fairbanks, Alaska and from Fairbanks flew to Moscow in a Soviet plana. In July, 1947 she was a delegate to a Paris Conference _—s«- to discuss the formation of an International Theater Institute--HELLMAN . = “reportedly atated, "politically I ama liberal. I choose to think that a Oak -that means that I believe more in the Tights ¢ of the working man than rT aod “believe in any other rights." tg A ne wa The participation of the ‘pubject. in interlocking organs: of solute? ary Theater Front Movements gince the early 1930's - activity in thevInternational Theater Institute pointed to the revival Se a ee te ae eee ae Se Cae ~ as jfations r Jb 0-2.3760-44 _ SPRRET RM Oi ARTES Laberinto te ingest angen 1° Since nbegm-amry re