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Show to isolate any person who was hurting Communists." Summit Tlu-lr Kni-mlps Dr. Dodd testified: "There Is absolutely no doubt in my mind lint anyone in America who dares to buck the Communist conspiracy conspir-acy is going to receive very rough treatment from Communists, who learn how, unfortunately, to utilize many unsuspecting people who think they are supporting freedom pt thought but who in reality are the best protections for the Communist Com-munist conspiracy." The actual Communist smear artists are to be found in all the media of national communications, communi-cations, Dr. Dodd said. "The Party has representatives, for instance, in the press, representatives in the magazine world, in the radio world. If everyone is concentrating upon one particular person, you get the cumulative effort of a party working on the many different differ-ent levels. The important fact is that not many American citizens understand under-stand the workings of this widespread, wide-spread, powerful, undermining conspiracy. con-spiracy. Ask your Congressman for the Jupdiciary Committee reports on "Subversive Influence in the Educational Process." , V JbCE0BCE& BENSON ,.,;0l KSSOK TALKS i, Ihhmi a pvat hue ami TuM'1 ,f circles gainst the inert in-ert inf!! into subversive aetivi-v:,t,i, aetivi-v:,t,i, " Vendue! ed by oom- l:"7c. wouU1 1,0 rv.i"f? ! ,vnv 'interested citizen, fl1 ,-miti" a eonelusion in the rfl ,s Joroad the latest sor-'pubiislioJ sor-'pubiislioJ sports by the i 'it ,e on the Judiciary, Unit-Senate. Unit-Senate. These reports, v3ilil ' Ve the transcript ot the PS Uimonv in the liearinss on cll ire influence in the Edu-. Edu-. -onal Process. T wis in Washington re- Bella V. Dodd. former, cf i teacher and college proies-one proies-one time member of the Communist Party;S na-A na-A , committee, was testifying at flaring conducted by the Ju-JaTommiUee Ju-JaTommiUee on interna Itv For 12 years she taught u lei science and economics at Cf Collet, New York City, h infected a great many stud-t stud-t with the Communist view-fnt view-fnt During this time she worked f" ' Ik- with the Communists but M not formally join the party i, 1Q43 Thereafter she helped 1 Communist control over ffl teachers in the New ork Teachers Union. She estimated' there were 1,000 Communist teachers teach-ers in the union. Worked with Reds Professor Dodd left the Party in 19-19 and has since endeavored to rectify the wrongs she did her country by warning the public of the menace of the Red infiltration in every walk of American life. Among- the educational profession in New York she obviously was an influential personage. Attractive, cultured and fluent in her speech, she was an effective witness at the Judiciary hearing. The room was crowded, and the hpnrinp- wnc televised. However, the utmost dignity was maintained. Two parts of Dr. Dodd's testimony testi-mony especially impressed me as I heard it in Washington and then read it in the report just published. publish-ed. During a number of years while an influential professor at Hunter College she was secretly doing the Communists' work for them, although al-though not officially connected with the party. Fellow Traveler Menace "I raised the question of whether wheth-er I should or should not belong to the Communists," she testified. She was instructed by a Communist Commu-nist official as follows: "No, it is not advisable for people like yourself, who are in strategic positions, posi-tions, to become members of the Communist Party, to have a card, or to attend meetings." Thus she was a fellow traveler, doing the bidding of the conspirators, while comparatively safe from exposure. Unaer these circumstances she was more valuable even than if she were a party member. The significant signifi-cant thing is that the Communists have claimed about 500,000 fellow travelers working in organizations and institutions throughout the nation, calling themselves "liberals." "lib-erals." The other portion of Dr. Dodd's testimony, of special interesi, concerned con-cerned the smear tactics which the Communists use against anyone who effectively fights them. While she was a top official in the party, she said, "If anyone tried to attack at-tack the Communist movement, the Communist Party immediately went among its allies, and on various var-ious bases got- the support and help of these people to smear and |