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| INTRODUCTION AND SOM&£AEY front organizations rather than directly. Stalin is using the Russian Orthodox Church ax a front for his Pan-Slav, policies. Next the infil- tration of Communism in government was treated. Unfortunately this phase * of the study could not be done adequately, because Communists in government have been driven underground by the Hatch Act and the Committee on Un- American Activities. It is reliably reported that they do not even meet in Washington. Their only liaison with the Party is through their home units. Accurate information on Communism in government is available, but this in- vestigator was unsuccessful in efforts to secure access to it. Rather than use inaccurate material, only a brief treatment of infiltration in govern- ment and in the Army is offered. The same difficulty prevented a lengthly discussion of Communism in what might be called the "public opinion" field. Scattered facts are given about Communism in the press and publishing busi- ness, among teachers, motion picture and radio performers and writers, and the like* Thus, such a conservative publication as the New York Herald Tribune has pro-Soviet Joseph Barnes as foreign editor, Bert Andrews as chief of the Washington Bureau, and many Communist sympathizers among the book reviewers. It is difficult to purchase anti-Soviet books in Brentano's and Macy's. Perhaps these scattered items will fit together more coherent- ly when the activities of the front group, the Independent Citizens' Committee on Arts, Sciences, and Professions, brings Communist sympathizers into the open. The treatment of Hollywood presents a different problem. Here the writer had an abundance of material compiled with great diligence. Adequate presentation of these sources would have required a separate chapter. Furthermore, the problems of Hollywood are so unique that perspective and insight could be acquired only by a lengthy on-the-spot study. Time was lacking for such an inquiry, particularly when the publication of the Duclos article and the consequent reversal of Communist policy made obsolete much of the material gathered during the first six months of the investigation and forced a renewed study of other fields* The key section to much of Chapter IV is the discussion of liberals on pages 52-55, The same subject is treated with great discrimination by Eugene Lyons in the Red Deacde. Without the aid of the liberal dupe or fellow traveler, much of the important Communist front activity would be impossible. Some liberals seem to be impervious to any kind of Soviet cruelty. Lyons notes their indifference towards Soviet mistreatment of the Russian people, and recently they have been equally complacent about the police regimes of Eastern and Southern Europe, Such are the effects of the pi*gmatism which has pervaded so much of American thinking. The final chapter consists of recommendations for a positive pro- gram. As a counter to Communist propaganda, certain sources are suggested for direct, factual telling of the story of Soviet imperialism and its American ally. It is also recommended that a revised version of this Report be prepared for priests, and that semiannual reports be given to the Bishops, these reports to deal with trends and developments. A con- tinuing, full-time investigation was deemed inadvisable. The bulk of the recommendations were positive, on the theory that the best defense is an attack. The attack would consist of efforts to promote a positive, complete^ religious program for the 100 million who have little formal religious faith, as suggested by Fr. Keller, M.M. It would also be an elaborate program for |