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Peters lost his position after testimony from accusers who would not speak under oath, even though prominent men spoke openly in his behalf...
...first term, there have been people in the South who tried to be Democrats in the state and Republicans nationally. If those characters lived in Peoria, they'd be Republicans. That's what they ought to be. We've got rid of the shotgun [the loyalty oath]; now we're working with a rifle to pick off the worst ones...
Getting in his kick, Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey, one of the backers of the 1952 loyalty oath, snapped that there will be no room at the 1956 convention for "half-Democrats or phony Democrats." Alabama's Senator John Sparkman, the 1952 nominee for Vice President, jumped in with both feet. "I don't think they have any place in a Democratic Convention until they come back and say they are sorry...
...Government consultant, he served only from four to ten days yearly (at $39.50 a day plus expenses) passing on applications for Public Health research grants. He admitted having taken part in causes with Communist connections. At three loyalty proceedings, he answered all questions, affirmed his loyalty, and denied under oath that he was a Communist...
...hero is Peter McKenzie, a hulking young safari leader who can stalk a kudu, sight a Mannlicher-Schoenauer and get shikkered on gin with the best big-game hunters. The sinister shadow on his life is his childhood playmate, the black Kimani. who becomes a Mau Mau at bestial oath-taking ceremonies in a mountain hideout and butchers Peter's family in sanguinary scenes of the kind that Author Ruark insists upon describing over and over again in detail...