Yesterday in my writers’ room, the subject of the blacklists and

Communist writers came up. I quickly found myself outnumbered 11 to 1

(the Annoying Friend, my only conservative ally, was out writing a

script, damn him) and also (as usual) a bit under-informed. I need a

good article or two on the subject, countering the following

assumptions: 1) Communists in Hollywood weren’t putting their ideology

into their work. 2) The threat was just paranoia. 3) The United

States is a democracy, so if people want to be Communist, that’s their

right. 4) The people who “named names” were cowards. Thanks in

advance.