In college, friends say, he was a fervent supporter of Mao's China, which many people here regarded as a Communist menace.

He has dropped all talk of the Communist menace, saying he was right 40 years ago about the stupidities of socialist economies.

The Communist menace may have receded, but the music in the air is anything but relieved.

He began: "The Communist menace must be stopped.

President Reagan has not given up his views about the Communist menace by any means.

Human beings, more and more, were recognizing the Communist menace.

Others focussed on what they considered a fearsome Communist menace inside the United States.

The Communist menace supplied the paranoid fringe with more than enough grist for nearly 70 years.

He appears to blame all our problems on government spending and the Communist menace.