June
22, 1950
Hollywood Communists Revealed
“American Business Consultants", an anti-Communist
organization operated by three former FBI men, issued the booklet Red
Channels. Subtitled "The Report of Communist Influence in Radio
and Television", the book was a list of 151 names of actors, directors,
writers and producers that the Consultants identified either as members of the
Communist Party, or sympathizers ("fellow
travelers"). Some of the 151 were already being
denied employment because of their political beliefs, history, or mere
association with suspected "subversives". Red Channels
effectively placed the rest on the industry blacklist.
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