Evening star., 1940-01-03


"A. P. Photos.
ings OF the Communist International
makes it clear that all constituent
national parties in the Comintern
are completely subservient to the
will of its real leaders in Moscow.
All witnesses, whether past or pres
ent leaders, on the Communist
party of the United States. testi-
fed that obedience or expulsion is
the law governing the relations of
national parties to the Comintern.
90 The Model" arty.-Present
leaders of the Communist party of
the United States, such as Browder
and Foster. admitted that the Com
munist party of the Soviet Union is
the model after which all other
Communist parties are patterned,
"a The "Fatherland Present
leaders of the American Communist
party admitted that they look upon
and have spoken about the Soviet
Union as the "Fatherland of the
working class of the world"
90 Primary Loyalty 1T was clear
from the testimony of every present
member of the Communist party
who appeared before the committee
that his primary loyalty, in the
event of any conflict between the
United States and the U. S. S. r.,
would force him to choose the side
of the U. S. S. R.
90 Representatives in MOSCOW
The Communist party of the United
States has consistently maintained
number of official representa-
tives in Moscow for the purpose of
interlocking the American party
with the ruling party of the U. S
S. r. Witnesses, such as Joseph
Zack, who had once served in the
capacity of representative to Mos
COW were among those who gave
testimony before the committee.
Moscow Sends Persons
With Authority Over Party.
CD Representatives from Moscow
-ASIOI W CUulOUSo oi Viz
Comintern and also according to
numerous witnesses with first-hand
knowledge of the facts. the Com
munist International has from time
TO time sent representatives to the
United States armed with complete
authority over the affairs of the
American Communist party. Among
these Comintern representative
here have been Harry Pollitt,
Dengel. and S. Gussev.
90 OGPU Agents-The Soviet
government maintains a far-f1ung
system of secret service agents en-
gagged in espionage throughout the
world These OGPU agents. ac-
cording to the testimony of Krivit-
sky, former head of the Soviet
Unions Western European military
intelligence, have looked upon the
United States as one of the countries
in which their work has been done
with least interference from govern
mental agencies. The work of these
OGPU agents is, Furthermore, closely
interlocked with the work of the
Communist party itself. Among the
OGPU agents identified by witnesses
was Nicholas Dozenberg, who has
since been indicted and apprehended
by Federal authorities. Former high
leaders of the Communist party in
this country described members of
the party as persons possessing the
"OGPU mind"
90 Training of Leaders. - For
many years the Russian government
maintained in Moscow a school for
the training of leaders of foreign
Communist parties. Scores of the
leaders of the American Communist
party, such as Clarence Hathaway,
have passed through this school, and
some of its graduates have been
among the committees witnesses,
such as William NOVEL;. The train
ing which these leaders have received
in Moscow has included prepara-
ton for eventual uprisings and civil
war in the United States.
Q0) Visits of Party Leaders to
Moscow. - Without exception the
leaders of the American Communist
party have made repeated visits to
Moscow.
American Communist Party
Officials Report to Moscow.
1D Reports to Moscow.-All high
officials of the American Commu-
mist party have made periodic re-
ports to Moscow on their activi-
ties in the United States. These
reports have been subjected to the
criticism of the officials of the
Comintern who are at the same
time officials of the Soviet gov
ernment.
(l2) Moscow's Supervision of Pub
Notwithstanding to documen-
tary evidence, the authenticity Of
which was conceded by Earl Brow
der, general secretary of the Com
munist party, issues of the Daily
Worker (official newspaper Of the
Communist party in the United
States) have been analyzed and
criticized by official Moscow agen-
cies, and changes in the Daily
Workers policy have been die
tated from Moscow as the result
of this analysis and criticism.
(13) Moscow's Permission Neces-
sary.-When the Communist party
of the United States moved its
headquarters from Chicago to New
York, it was necessary to obtain
the permission of Moscow for the
move. Likewise, whenever the
Communist party Of the United