Word: ex-communist
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...assassination; in France, where he ran a school for anti-Franco saboteurs. But Comorera, always strong-willed and undisciplined, became intolerant of Moscow's rule. Reprimanded, he shot back: "We are Spanish Communists, not Russians." He was read out of the party. Even his own Communist daughter attacked him over Radio Moscow. A few months ago, learning that a fellow ex-Communist had been tracked down and killed by Red assassins, Comorera grew a beard and fled Toulouse for Paris. Then he decided that a return to his homeland was a lesser risk than staying in France...
Accused of past Red ties by two ex-Communist tattlers, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, 49, Nobel Peace Prizewinner and now director of the U.N. Trusteeship Division, was given a clean political bill of health by the International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board. Keeping mum on the possibility of perjury charges which might be slapped on Bunche's accusers, the board announced, after a two-day closed hearing: "There is no doubt as to [his] loyalty...
Among men who hate McCarthy most, none has been more outspoken than Herman ("Hank") Greenspun, 44, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun (circ. 11,034). His fight with the Senator reached the boiling point in 1952 when McCarthy, speaking in Las Vegas, referred to Greenspun as a "confessed ex-Communist." At that Greenspun, who was in the audience, elbowed his way to the platform as McCarthy made for the exit. McCarthy later corrected himself: what he had meant to say was "ex-convict," for in 1950 Greenspun was convicted and fined $10,000 for violating the Neutrality Act by running...
...Camille Bornerie, ex-Communist newsman, recalled that in 1937 the Communists received $1,000,000 from Russia for propaganda purposes, concluded: "I don't know why L'Humanité started this trial. When you are a Bolshevik soldier, there is nothing dishonorable about receiving money from the Soviet Union...
Disscussing the ex-Communist teacher who invokes the Fifth amendment, Griswold said, "Putting aside the question of his wisdom in doing this, can there be any doubt that the claim (of the privilege) is legally proper? Past membership in the Communist Party is not a crime in itself; but admitting such membership may well be a link in a chain of proof of a criminal charge against him... thus. an answer to the question will delicately incriminate him, that is, provide evidence which could be used in a prosecution against...