[nopardons]

Desi Arnez was never a memeber of the Communist Party. Lucille Ball was, as a teen/young adult ( I don't remember her exact age at joining ) made to join by her step father and later repudiated it . McCarthy had absolutely NOTHING whatsoever to do with HUAC, Lucille Ball, and most assuredly nothing, nada, zilch, zip, zero to do with Desi !

[whereasandsoforth]

It was Lucile Ball's grandfather, Fred Hunt, that got Lucille involved with the communist party. Desi's book covers that period about his ex-wife. I thought it was a good example of the era and what those close to the action went through. Of course, the only thing Red about Lucy was her hair. Even that wasn't real! (I borrowed that from Desi)