American  Activities) as a "perfect example of the propaganda that Communists  like to inject" and accused Clifford Odets (qv) of being a  Communist. Rogers cited the line spoken by "Ernie" to his mother,  "Youre not going to get me to work here and squeeze pennies out of  little people who are poorer than I am," as an example of Communist  propaganda. Hanns Eisler (qv), who was nominated for an Academy  Award for composing the films score, was also interrogated by HUAC  and was designated as an unfriendly witness for his refusal to  cooperate.