Some time during this period. Kazan "realized that I still carried with me some of the Communist dogma. It is part of their line to say that 'we Communists and you liberals are in the same boat.'

"This just isn't true." Kazan declared yesterday. The secrecy of the Communist Party can be answered only by a forthright statement of fact, he said. Because unofficial, unorganized groups bring irresponsible charges, and because confusion over the ambiguity of one's position leads to self-censorship, a clear, open statement is needed, he said.

The picture business has almost succeeded in muzzling itself," he added, pointing out that true freedom must include the right to be wrong and the right to be unpopular

The required record should be comforted by the House Un-American Activities Committee, Kazan felt, and he related how he went to that group with an affidavit containing the names he had previously withheld.

Kazan concluded his lecture by stating that he felt that the decisions of today can be made only with freedom from the additional problem secrecy. After I gave the information to the Committee, he said, "I realized that it won't be the Committee which will settle the issue of Communism and Civil Rights, it will be the people--and I was happier...."

Kazan was introduced by Harry T Levin '33, professor of Comparative Literature. In his opening remarks Levin stated the lectures had been instituted to "bridge the gap between drama on the page and drama on the stage," something that Professor Spencer had always tried to do during his own lifetime.

Following the talk, Kazan was honored at a reception at the Signet Society