Parting of the Ways

The first of Hollywood's ex-Reds to come clean for the House Un-American Activities Committee's current probe was Larry (The Jolson Story) Parks (TIME, April 2).-Last week ex-Communist Parks got his answer from his employer. Columbia announced that his one-film-a-year contract was being terminated by "mutual agreement."

Both Columbia and Actor Parks were cautiously noncommittal about the whole affair. But three days later he got a helping hand from an unexpected source. After a short secret hearing in Hollywood, Committee Chairman John S. Wood went out of his way to praise Parks for his help to the committee, bluntly advised the movie industry to "state where it stands." Added Wood: "If they would say that their employees would not be penalized, it would be a great incentive for others who have dropped out of the party to come forth and testify."

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