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: “8 TRIED 0. BE A A COMMUNIST ag nr ee was free of all party relations. I avoided 4anit meetings for fear of being subjected to ‘Decasionally & Nogro Communist — de- . jiieciplinn. .. a: ~ ene fee Ae ae 7 nother admitted Ed Groce, sho man who bad a “material I was collecting from the comrades. I ‘4 “yatared at him as I lay abed and I knew that hecon- 4 ‘adored van lever end evorn sone of t# PAY. : . "Buddy Nealeon was the Negro who hed formu. Hated ts —pame to my home and informed me of current charges that Communists were bringing — “Spgainst one another. “To my astonishment I heard SF aghat Buddy Neslson bad branded me a “emuggler " Sileol reaction.” the Communist position for the American Negro: ; ho had made speeches in the Kremlin; he had vaio . "Wan o you went? eed Bunly. *Xoa we Pn il.” - ~ a Sf havo a meage from the party for you” he pamaid. "ad had pot paid good day, end he hed not offered wto say it. scaly tey Bak nem Be -dooked curiously at my bleak room. + "This ia the home of « bartardintllectanl J ; “© What does that mean?” “He says that you are corrupting the party ‘with nee hip withthe party wus about over;Tahould have “He stared ‘without BL blinking. | could not ‘eodure “gande me my, “Bit down.” ae "STim in a hurry.” do spoke Uke an ary oficer. ““What do you want to tell me?” - “Do you know Buddy Nealson?” be asked. face re ans Ly Wo and my -_Spwefual to react incited Nealson into eoining more Febeurd phrases I was termed a bastard intelloo- ° ‘hat 1 posecased an antilesderdhip attitude” and that I was manifesting “seraphim tendencies” — s phrase meaning that one has withdrawn from the “L@truggle of life and considers oneself infallible. “Working: all day and writing half the night brought ailment._While “:23 was suspicious, Was thiss politicaltrap? = “What about Buddy Nealson?” 1 eskod, com-— 3, ‘poltting myself to pothing until I knew the kind of 4 “" “He wants to see you,”.Ed Green said. “What about?” J esked, still suspicious. - 4 “He wants to talk with you about your party 4 work,” be said. ‘3 “~“T’m il] and can’t eee him watil Pm well,” I anid. a __3EA Green stood for a frection of « second, then d wile “ll, a Knock eame at my door one moming, My ee Sian Near was heces Nae “When my chest healed, I sought an appointment .. cmith Buddy Nealson. "He was 6 ebort, black man ; -“with an ever ready amile, thick lips, a furtive man- “3 ier, and a greasy, sweaty look. His bearing was 3 . Bervous, welf-conscious; he seemed always to be hid- _. ing some deep irritation. fle spoke in short, jerky 3 per tence, hopping pity from Hew to thought,"