In his efforts to foster social justice and integration he found himself at times in step with civil rights groups and Communists ( though Hammond himself was never a member of the Communist Party ) .
John Hammond was an independent iconoclast .
In John Hammond 's efforts to foster social justice and integration John Hammond found himself at times in step with civil rights groups and Communists ( iconoclast Hammond himself was never a member of the Communist Party ) .
John Hammond was an independent iconoclast .