Jerry Zalph
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Jerry Zalph was an American
journalist. He spent many years as the chief proofreader of The New York Times
. He is also remembered for being one of many journalists implicated as Communists
during the 1950s.
's 1932 march on Washington, and the subsequent riot at the Anacostia
Flats. His political leanings got him the attention of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee when he was implicated by Winston Burdett
in 1955. The subcommittee subpoenaed him in November 1955 and he testified the next January. Zalph remained a Communist even after the hearings and he retired from the Times with a full pension.
United States
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journalist. He spent many years as the chief proofreader of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. He is also remembered for being one of many journalists implicated as Communists
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
during the 1950s.
Other work
Zalph was an ardent and active Communist all of his adult life, including the time he worked at the New York Times. His brother, Izzy Zalph, wrote the official communist history of the Bonus Expeditionary ForceBonus Army
The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand immediate cash-payment redemption of their service certificates...
's 1932 march on Washington, and the subsequent riot at the Anacostia
Anacostia
Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Its historic downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue It is the most famous neighborhood in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, located east of the Anacostia River, after which the...
Flats. His political leanings got him the attention of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee when he was implicated by Winston Burdett
Winston Burdett
Winston Burdett was an American broadcast journalist and correspondent for the CBS Radio Network during World War II and later for CBS television news. He was born in Buffalo, New York. From 1937-1942 he was involved with the Communist Party...
in 1955. The subcommittee subpoenaed him in November 1955 and he testified the next January. Zalph remained a Communist even after the hearings and he retired from the Times with a full pension.