In Hoboken, N.J. one day last month, honey-haired Ruth Comfort, a University of Toronto student, was all set to walk down the gangplank of the Volendam and take the train home. Then a U.S. immigration officer began to question her.
Hadn't she made a pro-Communist speech on the ship? "No, this must all be a mistake." Had she ever read Karl Marx? "No, never." Had she read Lenin? "No, no." There were more questions, including one about how she had voted in the last election. Then she was whisked off to Ellis Island. Twenty-four hours later, after Canadian Ambassador Hume...
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