Louis C. Fraina (1892–1953) was a founding member of the
American Communist Party in 1919. After running afoul of the
Communist International in 1921 over the alleged misappropriation of funds, Fraina left the organized radical movement, emerging in 1926 as a left wing
public intellectual by the name of
Lewis Corey. During the
McCarthy period, deportation proceedings were initiated against Fraina-Corey. After a protracted legal battle, Corey died of a
cerebral hemorrhage before the action against him was formally abandoned.