Word: anti-fascist
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Early in 1947, Bradley and 17 other members of the Executive Board of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee were called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The Board refused to submit its books and records to the House group. It said it feared the names of Loyalists it was aiding might get back to Franco Spain...
First, Rogge assumes that merely because certain "investigated" individuals are outstanding in their professions, they are of necessity loyal Americans. This does not mean that these people are not loyal Americans. But--in the case of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, for instance--it is an assumption which Rogge logically does not have to make to prove his point about House Committee improprieties...
...felt it was unfair for everyone from the members of the Joint Anti-Fascist Relief Committee to Wallace voters to be termed "un-American and subversive" by Attorney General Tom Clark...
Bradley, a member of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee which aided the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, urged the audience to recognize the prevalent tendency in this country which he claimed is toward a fascist state and preparation for war. He advocated a "return to the old ideals...
Bradley was removed from his position as head of the German department at New York University when the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee's national executive council, of which he is a member was cited by the House Un-American Activities Committee for refusing to turn over a list of the Spanish refugees they had helped to house...