Box Score

To his collection of startling remarks, ex-President Harry S. Truman added this one last fortnight: "I'm the only man who ever sent a Communist to jail." What about the Eisenhower Administration's record to date? The question was answered by Attorney General Herbert Brownell on last week's Report from the White House radio program. In its first year, Brownell said, the Eisenhower Administration has: P: Convicted and jailed, under the Smith Act, 17 Communist Party leaders. They were indicted when Truman was still in office, and are now free on bail, pending appeal.

P: Indicted 20 more Communist Party leaders, who are awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy against the U.S.

P: Caught a group of Communists--fugitives and the Communists who were harboring them.

P: Indicted twelve*; Communists for lying when they denied their party membership under oath.

P: Deported 219 subversive aliens.

P: Started deportation action against 495 other subversive aliens.

P: Listed twelve Communist-front organizations as subject to the Subversive Activities Control Board's restrictions and scrutiny.

* Actually eleven.

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