Page:Longines Chronicles with Charles E. Potter 1954 ARC-96012.ogv/17

Potter
There's no doubt about it, Larry. Today we're operating in a sort of a--in the area of contradiction. We say on one hand, that the people will say, well, the Communist Party is a political party, it's allowed on our ballots in certain states. Well then, in the same token, we tried communists under the Smith Act. So now I think that, today, I think there's no reason why any person should be so naïve to join the Communist Party without knowing what he's belonging to. It's an international conspiracy dedicated to overthrow our form of government. We might just well recognize it and to outlaw the Party.