As sports editor of Manhattan's Communist Daily Worker, Lester Rodney, 41, has the job of twisting sports to fit the party line. Rodney does his work well. When he announced that he planned to cover the Olympic Games in Helsinki, he gave this reason for going: "The very nature of sports and the spirit of sportsmanship inherent in such games has started to get in its licks against the inevitable war hoax." To finance his trip, the Worker started an "On to Helsinki" campaign, raised about $700 from its readers.
Last week, ticket in hand, Rodney got some bad news. When he...
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