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LA 105-1636 Fa “Un leacing directors and writers. He said: We've got them in cur hand, and the Dr. has never failed on one; pive him an hour and he convince you. "Cf course bolshevism then implied no sy srestize as Communism does today. I was busy and ignored He bye phoned and I evaded, but several days later he was 4 he studio when I cot through for the dav, asking me to tate 2 ride. "Then he calmly warned me that if I wanted te get ahead in Hollywocd [ had better play ball with hin, thet through FINSTEIN they were getting control of every studic, end that if I didn't be sensible I might be through in Hollywood. .... "I said: a. you ere becoming 9 crackpot; you've PIC got Gelusionr about UHPT bolshevik thing, and ere veally ::otng heywire. . "Dut he said soberly: Alright, I'm warning you es ‘-a friend; I don't like to see you get hurt and you would be valusble, If you change your mind, phone mse, "within threeweeks I was stetgered to hear the writers hea asked that I be discharged, that they couldn't get along - with me. "Leter I hac four contracts cancelled after they had been signed, and I never was able to stay in a Hollyveo? studio more than a few weels. He concluded that: a .: in deadly earnest when he talked with ms," and characterized ALBERT EINSTEIN es ap- b£7e parently "one of the most dangerous and powerful figures in what hes become the Communist movement." Un steted thet r ersonal intery! ov iar he first me wbese first naan ho cont? act roll. cbent 1°19, soon nfter rrived in the United Stotes: thet wee: then unuble te speak English well and that he helped b67¢,D im get started in this country and i him over a period on of "severel years," He estimated thet attempted to re- cruit him as @ proparandist into the Comnunist movement some- tine in the mid-20's or shortly thereafter instead of the early 1930's as alleged in his letter, based on his recollection that FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT had been President for several years and