(In 1932, Rice had reluctantly supported the Communist Party candidate in the presidential election because he found Hoover and Roosevelt equally displeasing alternatives with an insufficient grasp of the crisis the country faced. though in subsequent elections he became an FDR supporter) He also spoke out against McCarthyism in the 1950s.
(Rice hade 1932 motvilligt stött kommunistpartiets kandidat i presidentvalet, eftersom han fann Hoover och Roosevelt lika misshagliga alternativ med en otillräcklig förståelse av krisen som landet stod inför, men i efterföljande val blev han en FDR supporter).