But in the campaign, his Communist affiliation was criticized in posters and stickers that appeared in hallways.
"Every time I mention it to local people," he said, "they bring up his Communist affiliations."
Along with this group, known as the Hollywood 10, several hundred others in the movie industry lost their jobs for actual or suspected Communist affiliation.
More moderate criticism held that it was essential to ensure Communist affiliation to the Labour Party before appealing to other diverse political elements.
The suggestion of Communist affiliation to the Labour Party was regarded as an unwarrantable departure from principle.
The showdown over a loyalty oath that would deny any Communist affiliation had finally arrived.
A number of innocent performers were accused of Communist affiliations and lost their careers.
For a year Hoover investigated Sinatra's alleged Communist affiliations, but found no evidence.
Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
Zimmerman was stripped of his position due to his Communist political affiliation in 1925.