I Was a Communist for the FBI - Squeeze Play

Matt Cvetic is in attendance of a meeting held by Herbert Samish, the current communist cell leader, who is speaking to party members about their latest project. He says "Comrades, the real purpose of this public sympathy project is to prove the strength of our cause. Our job is to convince the American public that we communists are poor, mistreated, and misunderstood darlings who are being persecuted unjustly according to their own constitution. The procedure has been outlined for us by the National Board of the party. We are to choose a man who is awaiting trial in jail for some crime or other and help in every possible way to set him free. Once we've chosen our man, we will use every propaganda device we know, publications, petitions, public demonstrations, that sort of thing to make the public believe he is being persecuted not for the crime he may have committed, but for being sympathetic to the Communist Party. Political persecution, for some reason, is distasteful to Americans". Cvetic says "Comrade Samish, I have the file here on untried criminal cases". Samish says "Oh good, very good". Cvetic says "All the people listed here are in jail, now awaiting their trial". Looking at the list, Samish says "What about this Leo Bremner? You've circled his name". Cvetic says "Oh, he's worth considering. One of our front organizations in Woodford City received a letter from his mother asking us for help". Samish says "Woodford City, huh? That's good territory for us". Cvetic says "Mrs. Bremner claims her son was picked up on a murder charge two months ago and he's being held without a hearing. Lawyers won't take the case, and the police refuse to act on it". Samish says "In Woodford City that's quite possible. This man may be made to order for us". Another party member asks "Is Bremner sympathetic to the proletariat?" Cvetic says "What difference does it make? Our propaganda will make it seem that he is, of course. Remember, comrades, we'll be helping this poor man. He's in no position to look a gift horse in the mouth, even a red gift horse".