Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-24
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Committee!

A MODERN revolutionary group, having clearly
n determined their detectives, time their tactics
for victory with fine precision.
The Old-fashioned, bomb-throwing, church
blasting revolutionist never understood timing
and therefore he usually failed. Timing means
that because of the course of events, because OF
great distress and dissatisfaction or natural
disaster, the mass of the people are receptive for
change.
The Bolshevik revolution succeeded only when
the Russian people had reached the depths of
despair over the disasters in World War !.
The German revolution occurred after the
Kaiser had been defeated.
Mussolini became acceptable to Italians when
the only alternative seemed to be a Communist
revolution.
Earl Browder once said
1.-THE necessary first step for the establish
ment of socialism is the setting up of revOlu-
tiOnary workers government. The capitalists and
their agents shrek out that this revolutionary
program is un-American. But this expresses, not
the truth, but only their own greedy interests.
Today, the only party that carries forward the
revolutionary traditions of 1776 and 1861, under
the present-day conditions and relationship of
classes, is the Communist party :"
A S THE Communist Party was to have been the
n mechanism for such revolution, Browder
naturally asked this question and answered it:
"Are we such party? Not yet. We have a
strong ambition to become such party. We are
making progress in that direction. But when we
consider the extremely favorable circumstances
under which we work, when millions are beginning
to move, to organize, to fight, when only our
program can solve their problems then we must
say that we are moving forward entirely too
slowly. Our task is to win the majority of the
working class to our program. We do not have
unlimited time to accomplish this. Tempo, speed
of development of our work, becomes the decisive
determining defeat"
But the Communist Party proved insufficient
for the work of the revolution. 1t required allies.
1t could not work in the United States as in some
European countries by mob rule.
The average American even in the depths of
the depression would not give up his fundamental
American traditions.
He would not accept dictatorship of the pro-
letariat, or of single leader Of one political
party.
The Communists therefore hit upon the idea
of the united front, Of vast network of non
Communist organizations which the Communists
dominated and used, just as now the Communists
are dominating and using the Political Action
Committee, which in turn is the instrument for
the control of the Democratic party.
WHEN some Communists doubted the correct
w ness of the united front idea, Earl Browder
answered them:
". Have you forgotten that precisely the
reason why we make the united front with them
the nom Communist liberals) is because we have
got to take their followers away from them? And
if you want to enter into struggle you must get
within striking distance -"
This is precisely what Political Action Com
mittee means. 1t means that these people join
Roosevelt to take his followers away from him.
just as they joined John L. Lewis in the early days
of the CIO to take his followers away from him,
which they succeeded in doing.
Let me cite Browder further on this question:
g. This is our task-nOt only to bring in the
already politically developed vanguard of the
workers, but to bring in the millions of masses
who will bring with them all their religious super
sttion, all of their reactiOnary theology and to
clarity them and to give them political conscious
ness in the course of the fight :"
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