Waldorf Statement

Japanese: ウォルドーフ声明 - うぉるどーふせいめい
Waldorf Statement

...The first hearing was cut short with 11 of the 19 scheduled witnesses present, the last being Brecht, who returned to Germany via Switzerland after answering the committee's questions about his exile status and political beliefs.
[after that]
On November 24th, the day the House of Representatives passed a bill to indict the Hollywood Ten for contempt of Congress, 50 representatives from the Motion Picture Producers Guild of America and the Guild of Independent Film Producers met at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and issued the Waldorf Manifesto, a resolution to expel Communists and their sympathizers. The excuse for this policy was added: "There is a danger of injury to innocent people."

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Waldorf Statement" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第1回聴聞会は,亡命者である身分と政治的信条について委員会の質問に答えてスイスを経てドイツへ帰国したブレヒトを最後に,予定された19人の証人のうち11人で打ちきられた。
[その後]
 〈ハリウッド・テン〉を〈議会侮辱罪〉で告発することが下院で可決された11月24日,アメリカ映画製作者協会と独立映画製作者協会の代表50人がニューヨークのウォルドーフ・アストリア・ホテルで会合を開き,共産主義者とその同調者の追放を決議した〈ウォルドーフ声明〉を発表した。この方針には,〈無実の人を傷つける危険が存在する〉という言いわけさえつけ加えられた。…

※「ウォルドーフ声明」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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