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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...actively hostile to it. The U.S. had recognized Russia, had not yet recognized that all Communists' allegiance is to Moscow, that they are therefore disloyal citizens of every non-Communist country. No major U.S. political leader, from F.D.R. to any of his political opponents, ever suggested that the Communist Party be outlawed. It was a legal party then - and still is today (although some states bar it from the ballot...
From a political standpoint, Truman's previous red-herring charges were understandable. They had been made at a stage when the Hiss-Chambers case was largely a debate between the two men as to whether they had ever known one another as fellow Communists. But, a reporter asked, did the President still think it was a red herring? He certainly did, Truman fired back-the' Un-American Activities Committee was not prosecuting anybody, it was just after headlines...
...Ever since Madame Chiang had arrived in the U.S., it had been obvious that her mission was going badly. She was the guest of Mrs. George Marshall at Leesburg, Va., and had twice gone to Walter Reed Hospital to see the Secretary of State. But, as far as anyone knew, her old friend George Marshall had held to his stern decision that there was nothing more which the U.S. could or should do to help China now-a decision reinforced by the fact that Chinese Nationalists had surrendered 236,000 rifles, 14,000 machine guns and 26,000 tommy guns...
Brown was arrested. Last week an all-white jury found him guilty of assault with intent to rape. Tampa's Judge Roy Amidon commented: "This is the most reprehensible case that ever came before me. It is much worse than if the races of the participants were reversed." He sentenced Brown to 20 years in the state penitentiary...
...minister was interviewing two applicants for a job. Each claimed a simon-pure record in the party. "Look here," boasted Boris, "I've been to Moscow three times. I've been a party member for 26 years and I've read every word that Karl Marx ever wrote." "That's nothing," crowed Nikolai, "I was a Resistance leader. I fought in the underground. I have a signed letter from Lenin, and I've been a party member since the day I was born...