Evening star., 1938-08-22
C0MMUN|STPL0T
ON DEMOCRATIC
PARTY CHARGED
Push Split to Open Way for
Farmer-L Labor Group,
Matthews Says.
NEW SOVIET AMERICA
AIM, HE TELLS QUIZ
Shirley Temple and Robert Taylor
Are Listed as Among Those
Exploited by Communists.
By JAMES E, CHINN.

Communist strategy in America
calls for the destruction Of the Demo-
cratic party as a prelude to the es-
tablishment Of Soviet America"
DR.. ]. B. Matthews, writer and lec-
turer, who described himself as q
former inside worker" for the COM
munists, today testified before the
House committee investigating un.
American activities.
M-. Matthews said that the Com
munists hope that from a chaotic
Democratic party would emerge a
Farmer-Labor party on which, with
industrial labor unions, the Commu.
nists could base their efforts at the
sabotage Of the capitalist system"
Among the Americans who have
"carelessly' lent their names to be
exploited by Communists, DR.. Mat
thews testified, are so members Of
Congress and such motion picture ac-
tors and actresses as Shirley Temple,
Clark Gable, Robert Taylor and James
Cagney.
The deliberate aim" of the Com
munists, DR.. Matthews continued, Is
the disintegration of the Democratic
party by driving wedge between its
so-called liberal wing and its So
called conservative wing
Sees Revolutionary Aim.
DR.. Matthews said the party aims
ultimately at revolution-the complete
overthrow Of the system known as
capitalism and the liquidation of the
bourgeois class, so called. This ulti-
mate aim Is, however, to be attained
in stages which are conceived to fol-
low logically one upon the other.
The present stage in Communist
strategy may be called the united
front phase. This is the period during
which the party extends its influence
in the many devious ways-a little
rehabilitation here, little there, Dor.
ing, penetrating, infiltrating, cease.
lessly maneuvering for some gain,
however slight. The program is aimed
more at winning an enormous number
OF sympathizers than at increasing the
card-hold membership, although the
latter is not to be upderestimated
In particular. call attention to
the deliberate aim of disintegrating
the Democratic party by driving .
wedge between its so-called liberal
wing and its so-called conservative
wing. Before the Communist party
can hope to advance far toward its
revolutionary goal, it understands, and
rightly, that there must be a sweep.
ing realignment of political forces in
this country. That realignment Is
sought at the price of the very
existence Of the Democratic party.
Out Of the chaos OF the Democratic
partys destruction, it is hoped that
national Farmer-Labor party would
emerge. The backbone of this new
grouping would be the industrial
unions. single political bloc number
ing millions and susceptible of being
moved as chess pieces upon the po-
litical board
The effort of the Communist
party will be everywhere to hold a
commanding influence, not necessarily
numerical majority, in these indus
trial unions. and, consequently, in
the Farmer-Labor party.
Would Sabotage System"
With Farmer-Labor party In
power, the Communist party would
exert every ounce of its influence to
use it as means to the sabotage Of
the capitalist system of production by
placing upon that system burdens Of
restrictive legislation and enervating
taxation. These ends would, it Is
hoped, be achieved by the slogans OF
social security. unprecedented sums
for relief of every conceivable sort,
until the collapse of the currency In
duced major crisis in the working
Of the economy.
Meanwhile, political power would
be built upon these gifts Of relief-a
veritable monster Of politics Unsuitable
in its appetite for compensation with
out toll. Not only upon the economy's
currency. but upon every other front
Of the capitalist system, this incessant
sabotage would do its work until
finally the system would require q
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