[The plight of liberals] in a period whose chief contribution to politics is the smear, guilt by association, conviction without hearing and loyalty by threat is the general subject of ["The Troubled Air"]. Since the particular subject is the firing of five persons from a radio program because a fly-by-night magazine charges they are Communists or fellow travelers, it could hardly be more timely. The point it makes may not endure, but meanwhile it should interest anyone who gives a second thought to his political position.
Considering the present state of political feeling, it took courage on the part of the novelist to make a liberal the sympathetic central character. (p. 1)
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