Hanns Eisler swears in before House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington DC

MS Committee L. to R.: Rep. John McDowell, (R. PA); Chairman, Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R. N.J); Rep. John Wood (D. GA); and Rep. John E. Rankin (D. Miss.) seated at table / CU Chairman Thomas / WS Hanns Eisler, Native of Austria and Hollywood songwriter, brother of Gerhard Eisler who has been identified in previous hearings as a key Communist, being sworn in, sitting down / MS witnesses waiting to be called L. to R.: Sumner Welles, former under-secretary of state; Norman Littell, Welles' attorney; and George S. Messersmith, former Ambassador to Argentina and Mexico / CU Welles / CU Littell / CU Messersmith