It's been a long time since I followed the literature on HUAC but two volumes worth reading are: Walter Goodman, THE COMMITTEE (New York: Farrar. Straus and Giroux, 1968; reprinted New York: Penguin Books, 1969) Nancy Lynn Schwartz, THE HOLLYWOOD WRITERS' WARS (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982) As the title implies, Goodman's book deals with HUAC from the beginning; the sub-title summarizes the thrust: "The extraordinary career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities." There is a brief mention of what Goodman calls the Waldorf interdict. Schwartz's book deals with the organization of the Writer's Guild and the right/left conflicts that eventuated in the HUAC hearings of the Hollywood Ten, most of whom were writers. There is a page or so on the meeting of the major studio heads which did take place at the prestigious Waldorf-Astoria and resulted in the firing of the Ten and many, many other film workers from writers, directors, players, technical people, musicians and anyone else who was even vaguely "liberal." It was indeed a SCOUNDREL TIME as Lillian Hellman titled her own apologia. If you're not in a position to do much research on the topic I strongly suggest Schwartz's book. As I remember, it's a "page-turner," as they say in the book reviewing jargon. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM>