1948-10-01 Counterattack

The naïveté of the media and the public is discernable through their treatment of Joseph Stalin, Samuel Novick, and Clarence Hiskey.  Counterattack declares that Stalin is fooling the West through seeming to be incapacitated by the Politbureau.  Samuel Novick, an important supporter of communist fronts, helped a Soviet spy, Arthur Adams, enter the United States.  Clarence Hiskey, a professor analytical chemistry, is also accused of helping Adams.  The potential that a communist labor federation might split from the CIO is discussed.  Also, the author discusses Eleanor Roosevelt speaking out against Counterattack in her newspaper column.