Lillian Hellman, 46, the talented author of such Broadway and Hollywood hits as The Little Foxes and Watch on the Rhine, has quite a record of political activity outside the theater. Her sympathies for the world's downtrodden, by her own account, have led her twice to visit Russia. In 1945 she was the Soviet government's honored guest. Her sympathies have also led her to attend countless Red-inspired rallies and to lend her name to various Communist-front crusades. Playwright Hellman, who once described herself as "the greatest meeting-goer in the country," went last week...
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