It also calls the Nation and New Republic communist dominated.

EVEN MORE SERIOUS in the long run were the effects of Communist pressure groups upon the liberals. Pressure came through two broad channels. The first was the left-wing press, so widely read and highly regarded in Washington. Newspapers such as PM and periodicals such as the Nation and the New Republic enjoyed almost a sacrosanct status among many government officials. These publications in turn were pro-Soviet and often followed faithfully the Communist line. Indeed, the Washington staff of PM recently resigned, alleging continued Communist domination of the paper.