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Benjamin J. Davis, New York's Communist councilman who thinks Communism is a science (TIME, Jan. 26), uncovered another foul capitalist plot last week. This time, said he, it was "an attempt to intimidate the powerful Negro sentiment behind the presidential candidacy of Henry Wallace."
What got Communist Davis' dander up was the arrest in Harlem one night last week of Claudia Jones, 32, nee Claudia Vera Cumberbatch, known also as Mrs. Scholnick (for her ex-husband). Miss Jones, a Negro, is secretary of the National Women's Commission of the Communist Party...
HARVARD '26 BROOKLINE HIGH Howe, l.w. r.w., Conway Harding, c. c., Badarracco Davis, r.w. l.w., Hall Martin, l.d. r.d., O'Sullivan Pratt, r.d. l.d., Murray Bradford, g. g., Driscoll
Sir: I believe Producer Louis G. Cowan's radio show, R.F.D. America [TIME, Jan. 5], is for city folks. Rural America, you'll find, retires before 9:30 p.m. (E.S.T.). J. WALTER DAVIS Wrightstown, NJ.
Last week New York's Communist Councilman Benjamin J. Davis explained why it is Communists all think and act alike. "Communism is a science," he declared, "and science is the same everywhere. H2O is water in Moscow and H2O is water in America. We are not against water because...