...revealed the following statement made to him one day by the chairman of a departmental loyalty board. Of course, the fact that a person believes in racial...fact that racial equality is part of the Communist line.78 There were other instances reported of such confused thought. During more than one proceeding,...

...the Red scare tarred millions of noncommunist left-wingers and liberals with the same broad brush. "Of course the fact that a person believes in racial equality doesn't prove that he's a Communist," as the chairman of one federal loyalty board put it, "but it certainly makes you look twice, doesn't...

...an illegitimate form of internationalism and seen as an invitation to investigate. As the chairman of one loyalty board put it, "Of course the fact that...doesn't prove that he's a Communist, but it certainly does make you look twice, doesn't it?" On the other hand, professions of racial tolerance and inclusiveness...

...answers to such questions prompted further investigation and firing. As the chair of one board explained, "Of course, the fact that a person believes in racial...that racial equality is part of the Communist line." Or, in the words of the chair of a state legislative committee, "If someone insists that there is discrimination...

...subject is not exaggerated. Mr. Lamont quotes the Chairman of a Government Loyalty Board as saying: "Of course, the fact that a person believes in racial...that racial equality is part of the Communist line." (See also the chapter "Mississippi Comes North" in Cedric Belfrage's The Frightened Giant.) I have...