She also spoke at the Highlander Folk School--a communist training camp. She supported the Communists in Spain, attended a convention of the National Lawyers Guild (a communist front), accepted an award from Local #5 of American Federation of Teachers (another Communist front which was eventually kicked out of the union), supported a concert by Paul Robeson (an avowed communist) and was a long time, very vocal admirer of the American Youth Congress
Of possible spies in her husband's adminstration, she said:
"Smearing good people like Alger Hiss and Lauchlin Currie is, I think, unforgivable...Anyone knowing either Mr. Currie or Mr. Hiss, who are two people whom I happen to know fairly well, would not need any denial on their part to know they are not Communists. Their records prove it."