 In an unconstitutional though widespread practice during the Communist <unk> , the U.S. State Department refused to renew Rossen 's passport . This , and his inability to find work , brought Rossen , like his friend , ex @-@ Communist Elia Kazan , back to the committee in May 1953 , where he named 57 people as Communists . He explained to the committee why he chose to testify : " I don 't think , after two years of thinking , that any one individual can indulge himself in the luxury of personal morality or pit it against what I feel today very strongly is the security and safety of this nation . " Stephen Rossen later shed light on his father 's decision : 
