The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-29

to our republican form of govern ment?
 MT. Foster: Most assuredly.
 The Chairman: Well then, they do not claim allegiance to. the American flag in this country?
 MT. Foster: That is, you mean the support of capitalism in this country-no.
 Direct Answer
 Pressed by the chairman for a more direct answer and told that he did not have to answer "if it en- barrasses you, MT. Foster" MT. Foster replied, Tt does not embar- rass me at all. I stated very clearly that the red flag is the flag of the revolutionary class, and we are part of the revolutionary class"
 Twentieth Century AmericaniSm God forbid that the twentieth cen tury will ever see that American ism.
 MT. Stalin of Moscow has said: T consider the Communist Party of the United States as one of the few Communist Parties to which history has given the decisive tasks from the point of view of the world revolutionary movement. The revo- lutionary crisis has not yet reached the United States but we already have knowledge of numerous facts which suggest that it is approach ing" The encouraging growth of his Twentieth Century American ism, no doubt.
 Frank Murphy, now attorney gen. eral of the United States is reported to have quoted the president of the United States as follows: '1f Com munism breaks in America, 1t will be in the Detroit area where it will manifest itself first" to which Murphy on the occasion of the re- cent strikes in Michigan added, Communism is not coming. It is here. The only thing now needed is for them to start seizing property" Communism is not here. We should pray God daily that it will never come. But the seeds have been planted in very fertile ground, are being well cared for, and the growth to the Communists is most promising. Whether or not they are destined to blossom is the secret of a not-to- distant future.
 Prison Camp
 My dear friends, today we look across the face of Europe and we see it, with few exceptions, a huge prison camp. We see hundreds of millions of men and women ground ruthlessly into the dust by highly organized minority groups. We see government by propaganda and terror, no free speech, no free press, no right of free assembly, no religious liberty, no liberty of edu- cation. Is the Atlantic a barrier? False philoSophies know no bar rier. Is America safe in her consti- tutional democracy? Communism to too many Americans is a political party-one of the third parties which come and go on the Ameri- can scene. But Communism is not a political party. Earl Browder never expects to be elected presi- dent of the United States; he is a candidate in order to get the cheap and excellent propaganda. But Earl Browder hopes to march to power. Where in the whole world has Com munism depended on ballots? No, not political party. It is philo- sophy, a way of life, religion, a mans body and soul-if they left religion which must dictate for him his soul-a religion with apos- ties fired with zeal, devotion, a sense of divine vocation and 8 dreamed of Utopia.
 The greatest danger of Commu- nism is that hypocritically it ap- peals to some of the highest and noblest motives of the human mind and heart. It dresses itself as the angel of peace and the enemy of war, it appeals to our hatred of eco- homie injustice and our sympathy with the oppressed. It bases its hopes for success on a just protest against the evils of our economic order-an economic order which has refused to draw the logical conclu- sions of its Christian foundation. We live in a Christian state which should be ruled by Gods laws of Justice and Charity. The abuse of Justice and Charity is the cause of the malady of which agitation md revolution are the symptoms. Men resentful of a social system which