Almond, Gabriel, 13, 43–44, 114–15, 166
American Communism. See Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 149–50
Bentley, Eric, 188
Black Communists. See Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Blum, Henry (pseud.): on present attitudes, 181–82; and “significant other,” 46; and World War II, 145–46
Blum, Laura (pseud.): and children, 179–80; on Depression generation, 177; and “significant other,” 46; trade–union experiences of, 100
Boorstein, Daniel, 169
Boyte, Harry, 74
Brown, Norman O., 5
Buhle, Paul, 206
Bullitt, William C., 147
Caldwell, Mike (pseud.): on Jews and blacks, 83; and the McCarthy period, 123–24, 155, 160; and World War II, 146
Catholic Communists, 71
Charney, George, 67; on Depression generation, 166; on Jews and blacks, 75; on union leadership, 135–36; and World War II, 144
Clecak, Peter, 7
Cohen, Sammy (pseud.), 67; and Jewishness, 73; and the McCarthy period, 156; marriage of, 95, 179; radicalization of, 29–30; and World War II, 145, 146
Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), 9; and anti-white chauvinist campaigns, 78; Depression generation within, 166–67; and ethnicity, 21–23, 27, 131; during the McCarthy period, 153; marriage and the family within, 87–90, 92, 96; during the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 141–43; during the 1956 crisis, 160–66; organizational structure of, 51, 56; personal behavior of members of, 65–66, 129, 139–40; during the Popular Front, 23–24, 138–41; during the Progressive Party period, 148–53; subculture within, 61–69; during the Third Period, 22–23; during World War II, 143–48
Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3: activities within, 63–64; and blacks, 71, 76–84; and Browder expulsion, 148; child-rearing within, 91, 101–3, 179–80; coping skills within, 170–71; ethnic dynamics within, 68, 71, 76–84, 145; Jewishness of, 58, 71, 145, 180–81; during the McCarthy period, 153–60; marriage and the family within, 88, 89, 91, 101–5, 107, 176–80; members’ views of the 1960s, 177–78; members’ views of socialism, 175–76; and the 1943 mayoral election, 147–48; organizational structure of, 52–60, 111–12, 114–16, 131–36; and the Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC) strike of 1943, 146–47; post–1956 lives of veterans of, 170–71, 174–75; sexual attitudes within, 97–98, 177–78; and Smith Act prosecutions, 159–60; social network within, 63, 181–82; underground experiences within, 156–57; and women, 88, 104–5, 107, 132–33, 178; during World War 11, 144–46. See also Philadelphia
Darcy, Sam: expulsion of, 147–48; as functionary (D.O.), 57, 133; marriage of, 89; role of, in 1943 mayoral election, 147
Davis, Sol (pseud.): as a colonizer, 121–23, 136; on Jewishness, 73
Dennis, Eugene, 162
Dennis, Peggy, 149; on Bolshevik ideal, 129; marriage of, 90, 97; on women in CPUSA, 104
Depression generation, 14, 20, 25–26, 41–43
Dimitrov, Georgi, 23
Ethnicity. See Catholic Communists; Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3; Jews
Feminism, 87. See also Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Freedman, Harry (pseud.): on Browder expulsion, 77; marriage and family of, 88, 103; on Progressive Party, 151; on racial harmony in Party, 77; radicalization of, 25, 42, 47; and World War II, 144
Gannett, Betty, 47
Garst, Fred (pseud.), 28, 66, 162; as a cadre, 115; on ethnicity, 73; marriage of, 95; and “significant other,” 47; and World War II, 145
Glazer, Nathan, 13, 32, 43, 72, 81
Goldberg, Milt (pseud.), 177; as cadre, 124–26; on Jewishness, 73; radicalization of, 33, 45–46; and World War II, 144–45
Gornick, Vivian, 70–71, 132; on behavior of Communists, 65, 69; on everyday life, 50, 65, 182; interview sample of, 13; on legacy of CPUSA, 136–37
Green, Ben (pseud.), 183; on child neglect, 103; and 1956 crisis, 164; as rank-and-file member, 113; on Sholom Aleichem Club, 180
Greenly, Mark (pseud.), 132; on ethnicity, 81; and McCarthy period, 158; marriage of, 91; and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 141; and Progressive Party, 150; radicalization of, 36–39; and World War II, 146
Hareven, Tamara, 11
Harrington, Michael, 153
Hartz, Louis, 5
Isserman, Maurice, 165
Jackson, Paul (pseud.), 84
Jews, 72–76. See also Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Katz, Sam (pseud.): marriage of, 84, 95, 103; on name-changing among Jewish Communists, 76; and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 142; radicalization of, 30–32; and social networks, 67–68; and World War II, 145
Keniston, Kenneth, 179
Klehr, Harvey E., 48, 50, 104, 114
Kramer, Otto (pseud.), 33, 42; marriage of, 88, 107; and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 142; and 1956 crisis, 164; and Spanish Civil War, 25
Kramer, Tessie (pseud.), 33, 42, 45; marriage of, 88, 106, 107, 108; and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 142; on sexual behavior in CPUSA, 178
Lenin, V. I., 17
Levitt, Mort (pseud.), 26, 33, 42
Levy, Moe (pseud.): as colonizer, 155–56; marriage of, 89; on racism, 79, 80; radicalization of, 41, 44; and World War II, 145
Levy, Sarah (pseud.): as colonizer, 155; on Jewishness, 74; marriage of, 89
Liebman, Arthur, 13, 27, 45, 71
Litvinov, Maxim, 25
McCarthy period, 123–24, 153–60
Markowitz, Norman, 149
Mills, C. Wright, 4
Mitford, Jessica: on everyday life in the CPUSA, 67, 136; on McCarthy period, 154; on post–1956 activities, 175
Moore, Stanley, 16
1905er generation, 195
Paine, Ethel (pseud.), 132, 175; family background of, 36; and “significant other,” 47
Paine, George (pseud.), 175; on racism in the CPUSA, 78; as rank-and-file member, 113
Palen, Tim (pseud.), 36, 47; and childrearing, 103; as rank-and-file member, 113
Pells, Richard H., 26
Philadelphia, 34. See also Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC) strike of 1943, 146–47
Postwar demographic trends, 154
Progressive Citizens of America (PCA), 149
Protestant Communists. See Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Quill, Mike, 151
Radicalization, 6, 19–20; patterns of, 6–7, 46–48; theories of, 5
Rank–and-file, definition of, 111–14
“Red-diaper” babies, 32
Reich, Wilhelm, 5
Rein, Al (pseud.), 162
Repice, Angie (pseud.): as cadre, 119–20; on ethnicity, 85; on organizing, 133; and Progressive Party, 150; radicalization of, 34–36
Robeson, Eslanda, 47
Rosenstone, Robert, 25
Russo, Mario (pseud.): on ethnicity, 84–85; friendships of, 67; on postwar trends, 154
Ryan, Jack (pseud.), 175; on ethnicity, 84; and “significant other,” 47; working–class background of, 36
Samuels, Edith (pseud.), 174, 181; on child-rearing, 100, 102; marriage of, 92, 101, 105; on Party and family life, 63, 183; on sexist behavior in the Party, 97, 99
Samuels, Ike (pseud.), 67; as cadre, 126–29; and McCarthy period, 155; marriage of, 88, 92, 98, 100, 140; radicalization of, 41, 45; and World War II labor activity, 146
Schappes, Morris U., 77
Schwartz, Al (pseud.), 33; as colonizer, 121; and McCarthy period, 155
Schwartz, Vera (pseud.), 106–7
Selznick, Philip, 114
Sennett, Richard, 65
Shapiro, Abe (pseud.): on blacks and the CPUSA, 78; friendships of, 61, 66–67; as intellectual, 131–32; post-1956 experiences of, 172–73; as rank-and-file campus activist, 111–12
Shapiro, Ruth (pseud.): on Jewish-Left milieu, 32, 43; and McCarthy period, 158; marriage of, 93–94, 105; and 1956 crisis, 163
Sholom Aleichem Club, 180
Social network, 10. See also Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Sondergaard, Gale, 164
Spanish Civil War, 25. See also Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3
Starobin, Joseph, 129, 130, 149; on CPUSA as family, 69, 184
Subculture within CPUSA. See Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA); Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), District 3; Social network
Thirties generation. See Depression generation
Tisa, Johnny, 47; as cadre, 116–18; and ethnicity, 85; and McCarthy period, 156; marriage of, 88; post-1956 life of, 171–72; and the Spanish Civil War, 25; and World War II, 144
Transport Workers Union, Local 234 (CIO), 146–47
Turpin, Sally (pseud.): on Browder expulsion, 148; on Jewish Communists, 81; marriage of 95–96; and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 142; and 1956 crisis, 164; and Progressive Party, 150; radicalization of, 40–41; on women workers, 100
Twenties generation, 195. See also Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA)
Wallace, Henry A., 149
Wax, Stan (pseud.), 175; and McCarthy period, 152; marriage of, 89; and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 142; as organizer, 62; radicalization of, 44, 45
Weiner, Meyer (pseud.), 33, 174, 175; marriage of, 89, 103; and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 142; and Progressive Party, 152; on underground, 157
Weinstein, James, 91, 105, 167, 187
Weisbord, Vera Buch, 211
Williams, William A., 4
Working-class backgrounds among Philadelphia Communists, 33
World War II: expulsion of Browder during, 147–48; Communist G.I.s serving in, 144–46; expulsion of Darcy during, 147–48; mayoral campaign during 1943, 147–48; Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC) strike during 1943, 146–47