Ka kammala wannan magana: Burdett ya zauna a aikinsa na farko, a "Brooklyn Daily Eagle", na tsawon shekaru biyar. A lokacin da yake a "Eagle" Burdett yayi aiki a matsayin fim, wasan kwaikwayo da kuma marubucin littafi. Burdett ya fara shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis a 1937 yayin da yake aiki a "Eagle", ta hanyar kungiyar da ke da alaƙa da American Newspaper Guild (ANG). Nathan Einhorn ne ya nemi ya yi masa leken asiri. Einhorn, mai ba da rahoto kuma sakataren zartarwa na New York ANG na gida, yana son Burdett ya sadu da Joseph North, editan "New Masses", jaridar Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Amurka. A taron Arewa ya ba da shawarar aikin leken asiri kuma ya gabatar da shi ga wani mutumin da ba a san shi ba. A wani taro kuma a Union Square na New York, Burdett ya ji cewa aikinsa a Finland ne. Finland ta yi yaƙi da
1939 Soviet mamayewa zuwa wani deadlock. Daga baya Burdett ya gano abokin hulɗarsa a Union Square a cikin hoto a matsayin haɗin tsakanin CPUSA da KGB, Jacob Golos.