ABSTRACT
Isabel Paterson frequently emphasized her belief that the government should never punish opinion, no matter how erroneous it was. But she was concerned about the influence of American communists and communist apologists on public life. In Russia, Mr. Reynolds found, "one could not, for example, inquire too closely about the so-called enemies of the state. Some day perhaps some foreign correspondent will come to the United States and investigate this singular phenomenon, the working of the Communist party in the United States. Mr. Elmer Davis might even wonder why any American should assume that the United States is not fully capable of fighting its own fight and doing at least a tolerable job of it. When he looked at Germany or Russia or Japan today, he might ask himself whether the alleged accomplishments of such nations are not owing to resources borrowed, stolen or copied from the free nations of the earth.
