The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-07

resentative or representatives of | any or all of the organizations" al- legedly attacking the communist party was made today by Charles w. Campbell, communist organizer, in statement prepared for pub lication. MT Campbell proposes to meet in open debate any member of any organization interested in opposing the communist move- ment.
 Let the people of Waterbury decide for themselves who is right. We are unafraid to state our posi- tion at any time, any place." lie states.
 Charging that newspaper &C., counts of local organization activ- ities have been distorted and twisted beyond recognitnon," MT Campbell continues:
 statements issued to newspapers have not appeared, and in their place have been printed a whole series of statements fabricated out of whole cloth. All the statements about allegiance to the flag and 'subversive activities in the gram mar and high schools are inven-  denying"
 What Is Behind the Anti-Com- munist Campaign in the Water- bury Newspapers?
 During the past few days we have been treated to a whole series | communist party and it's support It I.a 1~t al no = | pers have carried story after story
 in which the communist position has been distorted and twisted be-
 yond recognition. Statements is- sued to the newspapers have not | appeared, and in their place have
 been printed a whole series of statements fabricated out of the | whole cloth. All the statements about allegiance to the flag" and "su5versive activities in the gram mar and high schools" are inven. tions which we are hereby flatly denying. We are at this time stat- ing clearly and beyond any am- biguity or doubt the position of the communist party on the ques- tions now being discussed through the newspapers.
 IeuCn1Ns CI1llurcu
 It is perfectly true that there exist in the working class move ment organizations of young pio- neers and the Young Communist league, made up of the children of working class parents, who are or ganized together for the purpose of better understanding the situation of their parents, the real cause of the present economic crisis and depression, why millions of work CTS are unemployed, why there is want and misery in the midst of plenty, why there is hunger and starvation in the richest country in the world. Most of these young people happen to be of school age and in the schools. The communist party extends an invitation to all the youth of Waterbury to partic- ipate in these classes. These classes will be held weekly and will be open to young and old alike. These classes will give q Marxian inter- pretation of our present economic crisis, unemployment, the trade union movement, social insurance, the anti-war fight, etc. These classes will teach the Marxist- Leninist theory of the class strug- gle and that the cnly way out of the present miserable conditions is under the leadership of the com munist party.
 We are also planning open forums, to be held at stated inter- vals, on these same general topics, the economic crisis, unemploy- ment, the laws of decline and de- cay of the capitalist system, etc, to which the public of Waterbury will be invited. At these open fo- rums well-known and prominent figures will speak, followed by an open question period in which any one in the audience will have an opportunity to speak either for or against the subject at hand. Reasons Given
 We make no secret of these ac- tivities. Why, then, such a series of attacks against the communist party, as we'll as conscious mis- statement of facts and statements? | Precisely because we of the com munist party have been instrument tai in gaining more relief and bet ter conditions for the unemployed 1 of Waterbury, because we have l d DTOuu IlONCHlGAL IOL
 unemployment and social insurance
 in this city, because we are initiat-
 ing and developing movement for honest, aggressive unionizing
 of the workers in the big factories
 of Waterbury, in short, because in
 the sixth year of the crisis, the
 masses of workers of Waterbury are more and more looking to the
 communist party for leadership
 in their efforts to better their con-
 ditions and to find way out of the
 misery which they are experience
 ing. The capitalists. the bankers. the manufacturers and landowners are afraid of this favorable senti- | ment toward the communist party. | These are the reasons behind the ferocious campaign now launched against us.
 True Americans
 We are accused of being un- American, of lacking patriotism, of not loving our country. We answer most emphatically in the words of Earl Browder, general-secretary Cf the communist party of the United l States of America:
 we communists love our coun- l try, with the same passionate love