[Antoninus]

Get it? No work for ten years because of what someone else said about him...that's not right.

He should have testified before Congress. Remaining silent wasn't an option--it was contempt of Congress. Based on his reaction, I'd say he probably was a communist.

[wtc911]

Da Silva mey well have been a party member but he was never officially accused of anything and never convicted of contempt of congress. The HUAC Hollywood hearings was a blot on our freedoms of association and speech. Equating a studio actor (somebody with zero power of any kind) with anyone like the Rosenbergs (genuine traitors and deservedly executed)doesn't make the injustice any less distasteful to those who respect those freedoms.

My opimion on this has nothing to do with communism, it is all about the rights of speech and association.