Talk:Hilbert Philip Zarky
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"In 1954, during the McCarthy Era, the Department of Justice sought to fire Zarky for his position with the Department, based primarily on his wife’s brief flirtation with Communism when she was an undergraduate in the mid-1930’s, along with such “crimes” as their belonging to a particular book club and knowing certain “suspect” individuals."
I don't think the quotation marks within this paragraph belong there. I don't believe anyone actually claimed it was a crime to belong to a certain book club, or tried to prosecute; more likely, it was believed that belonging to a certain book club made the person unsuitable for a position requiring loyalty to the American people. The punctuation appears to be nothing more than scare quotes. Boris B (talk) 01:17, 27 November 2009 (UTC)