Evening star., 1952-01-23

Program cover for a Youth
Victory rally which Herbert A.
Philbrick helped to organize.
The Communists tried to con-
troll the rally but were smoth-
cred by nOn-Red idealiStS.
mixed battalion of Negroes and
whites in the Army to put an end
to racial segregation under arms
I remarked at one of our evening
soirees that I thought it would be
la wonderful thing to set up such
Ia battalion as a demonstration
that segregation was neither
necessary nor desirable.
One of my visitors retorted with
a sneer. .'Don't kid yourself" he
said. These petitions won't bring
any tangible results, and we don't
expect them to. But at least they
give us a wedge. They gain us a
hearing among these people, SO
that we can accomplish our
educational work among them. .
Such things undermined my
determination to stay on with the
Communists, and almost impelled
me to break off my relations with
them and with the FBI, to get out
altogether. In March of 1912 ]
was afforded an opportunity; Eva
broke the news that we might
have our third child in the fall
Decides to Pull Ont.
Through my connections in the
Advertising Club Of Boston
learned that there was an OPEN
ing in the Paramount Theaters
Division of New England, the M
q P. Theaters Company of Bos-
ton. I was hired as assistant ad-
vertising director of the group
and scheduled to start work in
April. was not only moving my
Office out of Cambridge, but j
planned to move my home as well
Arthur was surprised, but he
displayed no disappointment
What kind Of a job is it? hi
asked.
"I'll be the assistant to Harr,
Browning, dean of the entertain.
Iment press agents in New England
He has charge Of advertising anc
publicity for more than 100 thea.
ters in this part of the country. ,
"Wow!" exclaimed Arthur
That's great!" I hadn't expected
his enthusiasm to eqAal my own
How did you ever get such q
good job?
WELL" I replied, mostly
through my friends in the Ad-
|vertising Club"
"The Ad Club of Boston!,
Arthur almost leaped from his
chair. do you mean to tell me
you are a member there?"
Asked to Join Party.
The next evening a knock came
lat the apartment, and found
Arthur standing there, shifting
|nervously from one foot to an
other.
He paced the floor, his eyes
|darting about the room. IT car
only stay q minute" he said
Herb. by now you must realize
that I'm Communists. You know
Iall about the Young Communist
League"
I felt a shot of adrenalin iat
into my heart, and / remembered
Hal Leary's forewarning that such
IAN Invitation might be made.
We want you to work with us,
he said. 1T doesn't make any
difference. your moving out oi
Cambridge. II you go into q new
community. they need never know
land you could carry on in the
League here and do q good job
The following morning on my
way to work dropped into a tele.
phone booth and got Harold Leary
on the line.
Il have news for you. It's come.
Meet me at Harvard street anc
assachusetts at seven O'Clock
tonight"
Bureau Needs Help.
eWhat happened?" he asked be.
fore Ihad closed the car door.
They asked me to join thu
Young Communist League" Ha
did not change expression: 1t wa!
las If he had expected it.
The Bureau would like to have
you stay" Hal said. The YOUNG
Communist League is simply tn,
lpreparatory ademy for the Com
lmunist Party. You will go from
lone to the other in all likelihood
1--WE have good reason to believe
THAT information accurate, ipsid,