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- “The person in charge of the program feared that my presence on the panel, which was to comment on Communism, would cause disorder and demonstrations, My representative, August Johansen (R-Mich) a member of HUAC, said that if I appeared on the panel that he would fly down from Washington to speak against me. “Finally the PTA decided against having me appear on the panel, but assured me that the panel would present fairly both sides of the problem of public safety as opposed to private rights in regards to the Communist threat and HUAC, “After the movie was shown, the four panelists said, as do Hoover and the Committee, that the students involved were either Communists or Communist dupes and that the Communist threat must be combated at all costs, One panelist even advocated a preventative war to save the world for democracy. The side of the students, who. believe they were cemonstrating against a force in the United States, HUAC, that is detrimental to true democracy and freedom of speech, was not given. “Following the panel discussions the chairman asked if there were any questions from the audience, I stood up and gave the student's argument against the film that has been repeated by the Washington Post, the Reporter and other national publications. The first response I received from the audience was a highly indignant man rising to shout, ‘I don't have to listen to this kind of stuff.' He then stalked from the room followed closely by approximately 20 others. “After giving panel members and one member of the audience a chance to praise HUAC, cite the threat of Communism and ridicule the period of time I have had to read of the Communist threat the chairman... | closed the meeting, “Following the meeting, I was subjected to comments. such as ‘Why don't you go to Russia and talk to Khrushchev. He'll take your side,’ or, ‘We should run you out of town on a rail,‘ or ‘This is democracy, you can't talk that . way.' These comments combined with the wondering stares