The Press: Clear Cut

In the midst of the furor over newsmen who were members of the Communist Party (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the 27,302-member American Newspaper Guild last week took a clear-cut stand on a problem that has been worrying it for years. At its 22nd annual convention in Albany, N.Y., the Guild unanimously voted not to defend the employment rights of any member who is an admitted or proved Communist Party member.

Said the Guild declaration: "The A.N.G. and its locals need not resist the dismissal of any employee who has admitted [party membership] in an...

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