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. SECURITY INFORMATION - Coueewmng, <2 {Sh fable “members ‘of the. Communist Party had stated that Billian Helleans 3. - = rod >». Was a member of the Party. This source stated that iealis By until - M2 eS: OLS, members of the Wational Cormittee af the Cecauniat Part Party cies “Usa, had advised of Miss Hellman's etinucd support ef the). See - Sereesse Part¥e(Louis Buiens, . D/R 4-17-52, Btate 8-4. 515. 200= ren x a _ , fbn On Septeaber 19, 1951, Martin Berkeley, screen writer,’ i . Rostified before @ publie session ef the House Comaittce on Un- 23 = American Activities in Los Angeles, that Lillian Hellman was present et at the mecting in his home in Boll ywood in dune, 1937, at whieh | 3Pa 0 thee the Hollywood Section ef the Chamunist Party was forued. =< EN . Berkeley tast 4 thatshe subsequently beeame a menber at large , because of her prosinence so that her merbershi p would not be known to the rank and file menberse(D/R, CIA 5- "16-52, State lek , ~ 100-28760- 56; 62-3479~6 “Tn August, 1 1938) ¢ re was reliably reported that oper i &, “Ldlisan Helinan attended the 10th National Convention ef the ee Con h in New York City during June, ©: o~hb8; Bo tou oa ee 6) - =(‘The January . {saue af "Time 7359 ite detried t. Sgn article in whieh {t was tated that "By 1936 Un{ted States ©" ~ " Gomaunists eould count arong their allies such naaes as Lillian Be -. Mellman® and others. It continued stating that with one). .1- Bis .. ,-@eception, Tot travel none of these ket were Communists, but 7 were (fellow travelera who wanted elp fight Raseiem. (61- ~7559-4) A leaflet entitled ‘yn Defense of the Bill of Rights® gtr las aatribuces in various seetions ef the United States in the ; early part of 1940. This leaflet contained a atatencnt thet. on December ihe 1939, the contents of the leaflet wore re ated - -— wy the Communist Party for the pose of helping bring ~ gtatemen§& to the attention of all citizens. Among other things, this atateremt contained the following: “de point out sharply that this concerted campaign to lay the basis for outright suppression of the Conmrunist Party is reminiscent of the post war liysteria which culminated in the now universally condesned 2 S ie Br <7 : ‘ 83 perk