Affidavit submitted to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 18 April 1953.

Affidavit submitted to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 18 April 1953.

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Consumer Reports. Colston E. Warne papers. (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

Affidavit submitted to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 18 April 1953. Consumer Reports. Colston E. Warne papers. Box 99, folder “Criticisms—Subversive charges.” David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

A 1953 affidavit from Consumers Union president Colston E. Warne, formally denying communist ties before the House Un-American Activities Committee, stands as a defiant rebuttal to Cold War suspicion.