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'''Alice Prentice Barrows''' was a secretary of Dr. [[William A. Wirt]], who headed the U.S. [[Department of Education|Office of Education]] in the early days of the [[New Deal]] of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]. Barrows had been a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] since 1919, the same year she began working for the Office of Education. During [[World War II]] Barrows was the Executive Secretary of the the [[National Council of American-Soviet Friendship]].
'''Alice Prentice Barrows''' was a secretary of Dr. [[William A. Wirt]], who headed the U.S. [[Department of Education|Office of Education]] in the early days of the [[New Deal]] of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]. Barrows had been a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] since 1919, the same year she began working for the Office of Education. During [[World War II]] Barrows was the Executive Secretary of the [[National Council of American-Soviet Friendship]].
In 1934, a Congressional Investigation was held to examine statements Dr. Wirt made regarding a meeting in Alice Barrows home a year earlier. Laurence Todd, an American journalist who covered the Department of State for the Soviet news agency TASS from 1927 to 1952 was also in attendance. The '''"Wirt Incident"''' was widely reported and provoked much controversy. Barrows and several other government employees revealed to Wirt they were members of the Communist party. Wirt testified before the Bulwinkle investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934,
In 1934, a Congressional Investigation was held to examine statements Dr. Wirt made regarding a meeting in Alice Barrows home a year earlier. Laurence Todd, an American journalist who covered the Department of State for the Soviet news agency TASS from 1927 to 1952 was also in attendance. The '''"Wirt Incident"''' was widely reported and provoked much controversy. Barrows and several other government employees revealed to Wirt they were members of the Communist party. Wirt testified before the Bulwinkle investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934,