The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-10
COMMUNISTS NOW CLAIM TO BE ONLY REAL AMERICANS
 Dec. Q. lo3G,


 Editor of The Democrat:
 The Communist Party of Water bury and of Connecticut have regis tered their protest to the establish ment of q Na2i camp in Southbury or any other part of the state. We greet the splendid demonstration Of Indignation voiced by Connecticut organizations who took similar steps.
 We condemn all efforts to divert the storm of protest into on attack on the Communist Party.
 Fascism is un-American, anti democratic and anti communist. Communism is American, anti fas- cist and democratic. Communism iS in no sense alien, no more than mathematics. Two and two are four everywhere. Communism Is c politi- col science.
 The methods of reaction have al- ways been the same. Democracy was once an alien menace imported from America. Now communism Is an alien menace imported from So- Viet Russia.
 The principles of communism were outlined by Karl Marx, q Ger man, long before they were cs- abolished In Russia. Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto in 1848D The American Communist Party iS an offspring of tho American So- cialist Party founded in 1901. It was organized and Is today lead by na. tive Americans.
 The relationship of the Commu. hist Party with the party of the Soviet Union Is no different than It's relationship with the Commu. nist Parties of Canada, England, France or Germany or any other country. All the parties together make up the Communist Interna- tional. The International meets In the Soviet Union for obvious and simple reasons.
 We communists stand foursquare for peace and democracy. We point out that the democratic nations of the world are faced with the threat of fascism and war. Our program calls for the collaboration of the peace loving democracies to check war and faScism. The Communist Party supports one hundred per. cent the principles of collective SC. curity as formulated by President Roosevelt in his Chicago speech on peace Wo will help to make the contents of his speech reality and the national policy of our country. We believe that keeping war out Of the world Is tho only way to keep America out of war. What is there un- American about thnt2
 Hitler and Mussolini include American democracy in their dofin- itIon of communism. They hate Roosevelt aS much as they hate democracy. But how about our own rcactionary capitalists of tho Libcr. ty League, the Hoovers, the Al smiths the Du Fonts and the Nor. gans? They are the American blood brothers of Hitler and Mussolini. They hate the president and the people who elected him. They bring charges of communism against all progressive social legislation. They are the allies of Hitler within our country. Their program Is the same They arc the American fascistS They are calling for the removal of Roosevelt by assassination. They follow 6 policy of encouragement to fascisn here and abroad.
 Capitalists have no love of coun- try. TO them 1t is something to be plundered and ruined for tho sake of profits. They arc cruel and pitt. less. They throw people out of em. ployment, they fight against relief, againsV higher wages, better work ing conditions. They are greedy, They do not care how many people starvc. They hate democracy be. cause they are overwhelmingly out- numbered. They use their power and wealth to prevent the organization of the people.
 We communists love our country. We love all that is fine and best of our culture and traditions. When we speak of our country we mean the millions and millions of work. ing people.
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