The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

! The PRESIDENTS trlenu CoIu cor
respondents at Hyde Park yesterday
that Mr.. Roosevelt thought Browdel
and the party of which he is gen.
eral secretary came close to the
danger line in suggesting that the
nation was ripe for a quick transi.
ton" from the American form Of
government.
The friend, usually informed OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's opinions, said there
seemed to be a nice distinction be-
tween the word revolution" and the
term quick transition" adding thai
If the latter were a parlor term fol
the former, Browder and the Com.
munist party probably were guilty
of conspiracy against the fedora
government.
BrOwder Calls 1t Forgery
ut is not clear" Browder said
IF the close friend of the Presi-
dent was referring to what I actu.
ally said. or to the forgery in the
New York Times and Herald Tri.
bune, which constructed a new
speech for me which I did not de-
liver.
1.-THE Presidents close friend ex-
presses his perturbation about my
use of the phrase quick transition
thus following the line of thought
of the Herald Tribune editorial o.
today (Tuesday). That Is precisely
the phrase reported entirely out o.
its context by the New York Times
and others, although they had thu
exact text In their hands.
MY words about the United States
in relation to future Socialist sys'
tenn were quite sober and measured
words, essentially the same as
have been uttering for years"
"Only Hysteria"
Commenting on the statement o
the Presidents friend that like ever,
other American, he would have hi
day in court should the point b,
brought up whether quick transi
ton" meant revolution, Browder salt
that "only hysteria" could constru
his words las OF such dangerous
character as to require that I b.
given my day In court on thei
account"
Neither Mr.. Roosevelt nor TIN
temporary White House at Hyd
Park would comment yesterday OF
PROVIDERS. Boston charge that tn
President Is wall Street" spokes
man and an ally OF economic
royalists."
But Mr.. Roosevelt's friend toll
correspondents that 1t seemed OBJ
vious that In the quick transition
phrases Of the speech, Browder wa
treading on dangerous ground. TIL
friend added that there was cues
ton how a court would rule tn
point ever come to trial.
Presidents Advisers
Perhaps" the Communist leade
replied, 1T would be better II tn
President were advised by som
friends who do not believe that tn
capitalist system will collapse unde
the weight Of a few speeches sue!
as I made Sunday In Boston,
To clarity the record" Browde
included portion OF what he sal
was his Boston speech, containin
the quick transition reference, Il
the formal statement he made Il
reply to the Presidents friene
What I actually said was as fol
lows" he said.
How can we explain the reac
tionary hysteria that Is gripping tn
American bourgeoisie In the fac
Of the imperialist war? They kno,
quite well that the conscious an
clear-headed movement for Social
ism In this country is still quite sma
In relation to the whole population
Why Display Fear?
why then do they display sue
fear of the Communist party whic
heads this movement? The answe
is: Because they know quite we
the extremely precarious situate
OF European capitalism, they kno
that this war Is placing the Socialis
revolution on the order OF the da
there as a practical question.
They are preparing to come I
the rescue of their class brothers 1
Europe against the rise OF the revc
lutionary working class. They kno
that America itself, despite the DC
litical backwardness as yet OF on
working class, Is technically, oh
jectively, the country which Is TIL
most ripe, the most prepared, for
quick transition TO Socialism, fc
which 1t lacks only the understand