With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.

With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I absolutely believed was immoral and wrong. It's as simple as that.

I 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.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

I knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the Party and our traditional democratic structure I would fight the Party and our traditional democratic structure I would fight the Party to the bitter end.

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.