- "... when I first began applying for jobs, every application asked if you are or ever have been a member of the Communist Party."
I started working (officially) in 1953, at the age of 14 when I was issued my Social Security Card. To date, I have NEVER been asked on a job application, or by an employer in any way, if I have ever belonged to the communist party. That included my first job out of high school at the Douglass Aircraft Company. What kind of employer would ask that? And, would I even want such a job?
Frank