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talent which influence morale. It is against this complex background that the views on "blacklisting" must be appraised. Views on "Blacklisting" "Blacklisting" is an ugly term. So ugly, that it is freely used throughout radio and television only by those who condemn wholeheartedly the variety of practices and policies associated with the term. Those who approve of such procedures as well as those who deny their existence object, and as a rule violently, to its use. According to Webster's Dictionary a blacklist is "a list of individuals regarded as suspect or as deserving of censure or adverse discrimi- nation"; and, specifically, "an employer's list of workers who hold opinions, or engage in activities, contrary to employers' interests, espe- cially a list of workers active in non-recognized union organizations." The essential aspect of this definition - the existence of an actual list — is denied by all top executives who were consulted, whatever their personal view or their organization's practices with regard to criteria for the employability of a person. There are "sources" which are con- sulted; there are "mysterious telephone numbers" as one respondent said, which are called; there are "information services" outside the industry which check on past and present political views and associa- tions of radio and television personnel. But there is no list. One executive mentioned the following incident: at a meeting attended by representatives of various organizations in the industry, a union official presented a proposal for improving the situation in the industry. The first part of the proposal contained the request that "everybody tear up his list." The proposal was voted down, in part because it was unrealistic. Everybody present agreed that there was no list to be torn up. So strong is the aversion to the term that one top executive who spoke with considerable frankness and in much detail about the methods he used to screen employees and job candidates for their views and associations felt compelled to add: "But this is not blacklisting. I define blacklisting as discrimination on the job because of race, creed, color or political belief. Communism or sympathy with communism is not an ordinary political belief. It is a conspiracy. Hence I am not engaged in blacklisting." The assertion from several sources that no list exists recalls a pro- found remark by Baudelaire: 'The most beautiful ruse of the Devil is to persuade us that he doesn't exist." 237