They said. "Why. it is manifest that when the law says that you can only deport those men prosecuted in this case because they were Communists. that means at the present time. If a man has resigned or failed to pay his dues. then he has ceased to be a Communist." So they construed the law that way. I had the pleasure of getting the statute changed to say that any man who had ever been a member of the Communist Party. no matter for how short or how long a time. or how long in the past. or where. should be deportable. Then that was too late to catch Joe Strecker. The Supreme Court freed him. and he is just as free today as you are or anybody else. but he says he has not changed his convictions a particle and. so far as I know. he may still be investing every cent of his savings. money earned here. in Soviet bonds.
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any man who had ever been a member of the Communist Party... should be deportable