In Hartford, Conn, last week, justice tried to decide whether a housewife should be punished for accusing of pro-Communism two people who certainly ran with Communist fronts, if they did not actually stand with them. Said Federal Judge J. Joseph Smith to the jury in the case: "In the present climate of this country there can be no question that to charge a man with being a Communist or pro-Communist or a traitor does hold him up to ridicule and contempt."
The case before Judge Smith was a $200,000 damage suit brought by Larry...
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