With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.
Edward DmytrykThe films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.
Edward DmytrykNot a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.
Edward DmytrykI only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee.
Edward Dmytryk