Clay Risen

He was. He was. And that's why, well, I mean, I think he stood on principle, but everyone knew what the answer was. He wasn't a secret communist. Everyone knew that he was in charge of the Communist Party in Hollywood, but he refused to answer on principled grounds.

He was. He was. And that's why, well, I mean, I think he stood on principle, but everyone knew what the answer was. He wasn't a secret communist. Everyone knew that he was in charge of the Communist Party in Hollywood, but he refused to answer on principled grounds.

He was. He was. And that's why, well, I mean, I think he stood on principle, but everyone knew what the answer was. He wasn't a secret communist. Everyone knew that he was in charge of the Communist Party in Hollywood, but he refused to answer on principled grounds.

No, not at all.

No, not at all.

No, not at all.

No, no.

No, no.

No, no.

Yeah, and they should have listened to the warning. So they also met with one of the leading, one of the most outspoken liberal members of Congress, Manny Seller from New York, who in the past had gone after HUAC and had stood up against anti-communism. But they met with him and he said, look, I'm not going to say anything about this.

Yeah, and they should have listened to the warning. So they also met with one of the leading, one of the most outspoken liberal members of Congress, Manny Seller from New York, who in the past had gone after HUAC and had stood up against anti-communism. But they met with him and he said, look, I'm not going to say anything about this.

Yeah, and they should have listened to the warning. So they also met with one of the leading, one of the most outspoken liberal members of Congress, Manny Seller from New York, who in the past had gone after HUAC and had stood up against anti-communism. But they met with him and he said, look, I'm not going to say anything about this.

I wouldn't touch this issue with a 10-foot pole now because, you know, it's taking over. And then sure enough, you know, within months, Eric Johnson helped lead the creation of the Blacklist.

I wouldn't touch this issue with a 10-foot pole now because, you know, it's taking over. And then sure enough, you know, within months, Eric Johnson helped lead the creation of the Blacklist.

I wouldn't touch this issue with a 10-foot pole now because, you know, it's taking over. And then sure enough, you know, within months, Eric Johnson helped lead the creation of the Blacklist.

Yeah, they largely stood aside. Now, the Screen Actors Guild was run by Ronald Reagan, who by then had begun his transition from being what he called a hemophiliac liberal. Yeah. All the way to, you know, the conservative that he became. He testified in those hearings. He actually came before the unfriendly witnesses, the writers, and he actually struck a note of caution.

Yeah, they largely stood aside. Now, the Screen Actors Guild was run by Ronald Reagan, who by then had begun his transition from being what he called a hemophiliac liberal. Yeah. All the way to, you know, the conservative that he became. He testified in those hearings. He actually came before the unfriendly witnesses, the writers, and he actually struck a note of caution.

Yeah, they largely stood aside. Now, the Screen Actors Guild was run by Ronald Reagan, who by then had begun his transition from being what he called a hemophiliac liberal. Yeah. All the way to, you know, the conservative that he became. He testified in those hearings. He actually came before the unfriendly witnesses, the writers, and he actually struck a note of caution.

You know, he had said, look, there is communism in Hollywood, and we don't want it there, but... But we can't go after people for speaking their minds. Other people were less guarded. But Reagan actually at the time was fairly measured. But what was striking was that the Screenwriters Guild, which had been a fairly progressive group, started to give away very quickly.

You know, he had said, look, there is communism in Hollywood, and we don't want it there, but... But we can't go after people for speaking their minds. Other people were less guarded. But Reagan actually at the time was fairly measured. But what was striking was that the Screenwriters Guild, which had been a fairly progressive group, started to give away very quickly.