[DPB101]

Mort Scheer was a CPUSA member who broke with the party because it wasn't radical enough. Wonder if he is Robert's dad. Mort is mentioned on this thread:

Thirteenth Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities--California

[liberalnot]

i have no idea.

i read it and found mort scheer, but there is nothing to date him.

robert scheer would be in his early to mid 60s, i would guess.

i believe his mother was catholic and his father jewish.

[liberalnot]

the person that knows a lot about the mccarthy era, and of course, california, is the owner of this forum, jim robinson. i remember seeing something that he'd written years ago about the mccarthy era and the communists.