BradCollins,formerstevedore,isrisingfastinashippingcompanywhenlocalcommunistagitatorsusehisformerPartyaffiliationtoextorthishelpinstirringuptrouble.WhenBradresists,communistfemmefataleChristineworksthroughhisbrother-in-lawDon.ButBrad'snewwifeNanseesthatherhusbandandbrotherareunderpressure;whensheinvestigatesonherown,partybossVanningtakesruthlessaction.WrittenbyRodCrawford{puffinus@u.washington.edu}