The HUAC did a deal with me. I was pretty much worn down. I had no money. I couldn’t borrow.

When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying.

After a certain point it grows to implied as well as articulated threats, and people succumb. My wife did, and she was institutionalized.

If this gesture was the way of getting out of the penitentiary, I’d do it.