Blacklisted writer in the 50s, a victim of the Republican-led HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), he still continued to write under pseudonyms as did many other blacklisted writers such as Ring Lardner Jr. and Dalton Trumbo, and his biggest contribution during that time was probably his writing work with other blacklisted writers Arnold Manoff & Abraham Polonsky on the "You Are There" (1953) TV segments starring Walter Cronkite. Of large importance is his screenplay for th ...[Read Story]