The State of Howard K. Smith

EDWIN McDOWELL

It had been a long time since the man had been heard from. It was known that he had a job of sorts in New York; he was occasionally glimpsed at a leftist or civil rights rally. But the public had pretty much forgotten him. He erupted into short-lived headlines in the ’56 election when Harry (who else but Harry?) had insisted the man had never been a Communist, and Adlai (poor Adlai) had been forced to admit publicly that he had been guilty of the charges brought against him. In 1957 he wrote a book proclaiming his innocence, which was buried as fast and as decently as possible. His name came up again four years later when the chief Witness against him died.

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EDWIN McDOWELL

It had been a long time since the man had been heard from. It was known that he had a job of sorts in New York; he was occasionally glimpsed at a leftist or civil rights rally. But the public had pretty much forgotten him. He erupted into short-lived headlines in the ’56 election when Harry (who else but Harry?) had insisted the man had never been a Communist, and Adlai (poor Adlai) had been forced to admit publicly that he had been guilty of the charges brought against him. In 1957 he wrote a book proclaiming his innocence, which was buried as fast and as decently as possible. His name came up again four years later when the chief Witness against him died.