Word: communisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most encouraging is Mr. Poor, who, with "In Defense of Democracy," makes a stirring though somewhat verbose appeal for liberalism against both Fascism and Communism. Mr. De Veaux Smith, with his playlet "Good-Luck," endeavours to meet the challenge of unemployment in a two-room flat on Third Avenue, where Mary Young and her son, Rob, eke out their days, Rob having had no work for thirteen months. To them, bearing a Thanksgiving day basket, comes a woman of wealth who turns out to have been a childhood playmate of Mary Young; Mr. Smith avoids the most obvious inducements...
Least concerned was Niece Lucille Norton. Found by newshawks last week in an armchair with a book entitled The Meaning of Marx at hand, she scoffed at the idea of any Communist trying to "convert" her, admitted that Chicago is "one of the best places to learn about Communism if you want...
...Fair of 1893 was held. In the evening she would be back and next morning Uncle Charles would ask about her work again. Soon Lucille did not need to be asked. She talked at length of the things she learned. To Charles Rudolph Walgreen those things sounded dangerously like Communism...
...midst of much sound and fury these self-style "patriotic" organizations have campaigned to legislate Communism out of the halls of learning. One of the bill's supporters--in order to be doubly safe-guarded against subversive influences--even proposed that all school employees be required to take the oath of allegiance once a week. Communism certainly must be more of a flood than is commonly supposed, if all the cracks have to be caulked weekly...
...serious implications of this measure, aimed at the handful of Communists in the teaching profession have not been fully considered. A full-blooded Communist would hardly be averse to oath-taking if his "mission of revolution" could be advanced by continuing to teach. More explanation of Communism would undoubtedly cause many unwarranted dismissals. It is impossible to subscribe to the opinion of our super-patriotic organizations that ignorance is bliss. Nor is it possible it support yellow-press inspired and emotional legislating rather than reason in the effort to thwart Communism...