{"value"=>"<p>Includes material about the charges of Harvey M. Matusow, made in the press, in speeches and before congressional committees, that there were some 120 communists employed by the NYT. The papers include Matusow's affidavits, made after an interview with Gladwin Hill, stating that his allegatioin was based on an unverified estimate and that he could name no more than six individuals who were or had been communists while employed by the NYT, Hill's detailed report on the interview, documents about the arrangements for the interview (Sept.--Oct. 1953), a transcript of Matusow's testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, excerpts from the subcommittee's report, and related documents, Matusow's affidavit submitted in the trial of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, et al. (1955), correspondence about Robert R. Young's speech to the Sales Executives Club in which he cited Matusow's charges (Sept. 1953), A. J. Gordon's detailed report on Matusow's career, photographs (June 1953), and memoranda by AHS and others about efforts to rebut Matusow's charges, including contacts with J. Edgar Hoover, Louis Budenz and others (Dec. 1952 - May 1953).</p>"}