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During [[World War II]] Fast worked in the [[Office of War Information]]. Fast was a reciepient of the [[Stalin Peace Prize]] in 1953. Howard Fast was a member of the [[Communist Party]].<ref>http://www.nndb.com/org/715/000041592/</ref> | During [[World War II]] Fast worked in the [[Office of War Information]]. Fast was a reciepient of the [[Stalin Peace Prize]] in 1953. Howard Fast was a member of the [[Communist Party]].<ref>http://www.nndb.com/org/715/000041592/</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:28, July 26, 2009
Howard Fast (1914 - 2003) was a pro-Communist writer who was cited for contempt of Congress in 1946 for refusing to produce records of the Communist-dominated front organization cited on the Attorney General's list of subversive organizations known as the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. He was convicted in Federal courts on July 16, 1947, and jailed following a Supreme Court decision upholding his conviction.
During World War II Fast worked in the Office of War Information. Fast was a reciepient of the Stalin Peace Prize in 1953. Howard Fast was a member of the Communist Party.[1]
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