MARINA DEL REY, CA -- The Ayn Rand Institute's Ad Hoc Committee for Naming Facts led the way in supporting the 89-year-old director who received a Lifetime Achievement award at last night's Oscars. More than 50 demonstrators gathered outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Committee spokesmen explained to journalists from the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Peru, Brazil and Australia that Kazan was moral to have testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) about the Communist Party threat to the rights of Americans.
     "It is the Hollywood Communists, who worked secretly to overthrow the U.S. government, who should apologize; it is Mr. Kazan who should be applauded," Committee Vice Chairman Scott McConnell told journalists. "By waving the hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet Union during their protest at the Oscars, the anti-Kazan protestors openly showed their support of the bloodiest regime in history. Their only argument has been to call Mr. Kazan a 'rat,' an admission that what he said was true."
     Kazan received his award to loud applause and offered no apology for his past actions.
     "Mr. Kazan showed himself to be a man of great integrity during his acceptance speech," said McConnell. "He didn't give in to his critics. He stayed true to his convictions and earned a great moral victory for himself and those other anti-Communists who refuse to be cowed by smears and abuse -- and a total disregard for facts."