70 years ago — November 24, 1947
Norman Corwin, a radio producer, who has been smeared frequently … is to be congratulated for the fighting speech he recently made against what he called a dangerous national wave of bigotry. … “According to standards of those who would control American thought, any opponent of the policies, ethics, and practices of the right wing of … [politics] or the advocates of … white supremacy is … a Communist.” And he was correct in assessing the idiocy of the present witch-hunting hysteria in the following words: “If you fight for lower rents, higher wages, better working conditions; if you are against silicosis in the mines or fraudulent advertising; if you favor health insurance and protection of the rights of foreign born; if you favor consumer cooperatives and fair employment practices; if you are for equal opportunity in education; if you are against Jim Crowism and the poll tax; if you are for foreign cultural exchange; if you stand for one world or any of the doctrines tributary to it – then you are suspect of participation in a colossal international Communist front.”
From “Are You a Communist?” reprinted from The Churchman
