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== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Flato was born in New York on May 27, 1908 to David A. and Hilda (Firot) Flato. He suffered from [[polio]] as a child and as a result was deformed, standing only a little over three feet in height and left with a hunchback forcing him to walk with a cane.<ref>[http://www.ioba.org/newsletter/archive/8(4)/reference2.php ''Books About Bookselling: A Backward Look'']</ref> His younger brother Jerome (1918-1981) served in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Charles Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref>

Flato was born in New York on May 27, 1908 to David A. and Hilda (Firot) Flato. He suffered from [[polio]] as a child and as a result was deformed, standing only a little over three feet in height and left with a hunchback forcing him to walk with a cane.<ref>[http://www.ioba.org/newsletter/archive/8(4)/reference2.php ''Books About Bookselling: A Backward Look'']</ref> His younger brother Jerome (1918-1981) served in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Charles Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref>

During the winter of 1932 he and homosexual author John Cheever rented Prescott Townsend's place in Provincetown, Massachusetts.<ref>''John Cheever: A Biography'', Scott Donaldson, 2002</ref> Flato wrote an article on [[Matthew Brady|Matthew Brady's]] Civil War photographs that was subsequently published in the Harvard University literary magazine Hound & Horn.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_n4_v23/ai_18339989/print ''Afterimage'', "Scavenging the landscape: Walker Evans and American life," Melissa Rachleff, Jan-Feb 1996.]</ref> The article "Matthew B. Brady 1823-1896" was published in the October–December 1933 issue.<ref>''Afterimage'', "Scavenging the landscape: Walker Evans and American life," Melissa Rachleff, Jan-Feb 1996.</ref> One drawback to this article is that he credits Brady with all the Civil War photographs even though Brady often had others take the pictures for him.<ref>''Afterimage'', "Scavenging the landscape: Walker Evans and American life," Melissa Rachleff, Jan-Feb 1996.</ref> Flato also wrote poetry which was published in Hound & Horn and of which Yvor Winters called "rotten." Winters defined rotten saying, "it is nothing; it means nothing."<ref>''Studies in American Literature'', Volume 6, Mouton, 1966, page 175.</ref>

During the winter of 1932 he and homosexual author John Cheever rented Prescott Townsend's place in Provincetown, Massachusetts.<ref>''John Cheever: A Biography'', Scott Donaldson, 2002</ref> Flato wrote an article on [[Matthew Brady|Matthew Brady's]] Civil War photographs that was subsequently published in the Harvard University literary magazine Hound & Horn.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_n4_v23/ai_18339989/print ''Afterimage'', "Scavenging the landscape: Walker Evans and American life," Melissa Rachleff, Jan-Feb 1996.]</ref> The article "Matthew B. Brady 1823-1896" was published in the October–December 1933 issue.<ref>''Afterimage'', "Scavenging the landscape: Walker Evans and American life," Melissa Rachleff, Jan-Feb 1996.</ref> One drawback to this article is that he credits Brady with all the Civil War photographs even though Brady often had others take the pictures for him.<ref>''Afterimage'', "Scavenging the landscape: Walker Evans and American life," Melissa Rachleff, Jan-Feb 1996.</ref> Flato also wrote poetry which was published in Hound & Horn and of which Yvor Winters called "rotten." Winters defined rotten saying, "it is nothing; it means nothing."<ref>''Studies in American Literature'', Volume 6, Mouton, 1966, page 175.</ref>

== Later life ==

== Later life ==

Sometime in the 1950s he and his wife divorced.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Charles Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref> He was invited to appear before the Jenner subcommitte at some point and was asked questions about his communist affiliations. It was reported that he "invoked the privilege" and refused to answer.<ref>''The Twenty Year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower'', Chesly Manly, H. Regnery Co., 1957, pge 54.</ref> According to counsel Alfred M. Nittle, "Flato appeared in hearings before the Senate Internal  

Sometime in the 1950s he and his wife divorced.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Charles Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref> He was invited to appear before the Jenner subcommitte at some point and was asked questions about his communist affiliations. It was reported that he "invoked the privilege" and refused to answer.<ref>''The Twenty Year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower'', Chesly Manly, H. Regnery Co., 1957, pge 54.</ref> According to counsel Alfred M. Nittle, "Flato appeared in hearings before the Senate Internal  

Security Subcommittee, during the course of which he invoked the fifth amendment as a basis for refusal to answer questions, particularly relating to his Communist Party membership."<ref>"U. S. Communist Party assistance to foreign Communist governments ; (Medical Aid to Cuba Committee and Friends of British Guiana) : hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session, November 14–15, 1962"</ref> Flato did, however, mention prominently Henry Folwer who was Secretary-Treasurer to the South's biggest [[Communist front]] organization, the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.<ref>Traitors and Treason, Robert W. Pelton, Buy Books on the web, 2002, pages 220 & 221.</ref>   

Security Subcommittee, during the course of which he invoked the fifth amendment as a basis for refusal to answer questions, particularly relating to his Communist Party membership."<ref>"U. S. Communist Party assistance to foreign Communist governments ; (Medical Aid to Cuba Committee and Friends of British Guiana) : hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session, November 14–15, 1962"</ref> Flato did, however, mention prominently Henry Folwer who was Secretary-Treasurer to the South's biggest [[Communist front]] organization, the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.<ref>Traitors and Treason, Robert W. Pelton, Buy Books on the web, 2002, pages 220 & 221.</ref>