Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Burdett akagara pabasa rake rokutanga, pa"Brooklyn Daily Eagle", kwamakore mashanu. Munguva yake pa "Eagle" Burdett akashanda semufirimu, mutambo uye bhuku rinotsoropodza. Burdett akatanga kubatana neCommunist Party muna 1937 achishanda pa"Eagle", kuburikidza neboka ikoko raive rakabatana neAmerican Newspaper Guild (ANG). Akasvikwa pamusoro pokuongorora naNathan Einhorn. Einhorn, mutori wenhau uye munyori mukuru weAng yomunzvimbomo yeNew York, aida kuti Burdett asangane naJoseph North, mupepeti we"New Masses", magazini yeCommunist Party yeUSA. Pamusangano uyu North akataura nezvebasa rokuongorora ndokumuratidza mumwe murume asina kutaurwa nezita. Pane mumwe musangano muNew York's Union Square Burdett akaziva kuti basa rake raiva muFinland. Finland yakanga yarwisana nokupinda kweSoviet muna 1939
kumamiriro ezvinhu asina kumira zvakanaka. Munhu waaisangana naye muUnion Square akazozivikanwa naBurdett mumufananidzo seakabatana pakati peCPUSA neKGB, Jacob Golos.