Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-03-01 | Page 5 | Red Probe Unit Subpenas Actor, Actress, Scripter

Red Probe Unit Actor Actress HOLLYWOOD March 1 UP An An Academy winning award-winning actress actress actress ac ac- ac- ac tress an actor and a movie mo writer said Thursday they have been sub sub- penned to testify at a March 21 hearing of the House un-American un Activities committee in Washing Washing- ashington ton The They were actress Gale gaard who won her Oscar as best supporting actress of 1936 I for her role in Anthony Adverse erse Actor H How Howard o w a r d da Silva who played the part of Judd in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma and Writer Waldo Vado Salt The three said they have re retained retained re- re tamed Attorney Robert W W. Kenny to represent them I Kenny represented the Hollywood Hollywood Holly wood 10 a g group r o 0 u P composed chiefly of screenwriters who received received received re re- re- re jail sentences for contempt for refusing to tell teU the committee whether they were Communists Miss is the wife of writer Herbert Biberman a member member mem- mem ber of the Hollywood 10 who ho recently returned home after serving serving ing ng five fl months in jail on the contempt contempt contempt con con- tempt conviction I Salt is chairman of the com corn to free the Hollywood 1 10 I and also was one of 19 movie figures figures fig fig- ures as unfriendly witnesses by the House committee commit commit- tee in in October 1947 1917 He did no not test testify y at that time Da Silva SlIva who described himself as an advocate ocate of peace said his position as an actor allows me meto meto meto to express the popular sentiment for peace The House committee revealed last week that it was sending agents to Hollywood with sub sub- for reopening its invest investigation investigation gation of possible movie communism communism communism but it withheld names 6 of f fall all prospective witnesses except Actor Larry Parks