The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-25

To Communist the word,
''Teheran", means the NEW pro-
gram. The American people were
never told precisely what occurred
at the Teheran Conference, but
Communists were apparently In
structed that hereafter they would
have to givl the appearance OF be-
ing ultra.patriotic, friendly to reli-
gion, favorable to capitalistic de-
velopments.
Earl Browder, leader OF the
American Communists, published
pamphlet entitled, "Teheran", 10
make the new dispensation clear
TO his followers. without batting
an eye, the Communists about-faced
in disciplined ranks.
The about-face would be as I'M
usual as their change overnight
when the Hitler-Stalin alliance was
disrupted, were IL not that the
Communists set out to take over
the Democratic Party-and in some
congressional districts. the Repub-
lican Party. Earl Browder is no
body's fool. Years OF revolution
airy activity. of scheming and in
triguing and participating In world
wide conspiracies have sharpened
his mind and perfected his capac-
ity for organization. And while
Browder can truthfully contend
that his is a small, party, his United
Front organizations at one time
mustered as many as 100000 par
tisans, including some extraordin-
arily well-known and respected
names in this country. And In
spite of the fact that no Commun-
list has ever been elected TO the
Senate or the House of Represen-
tatives Communist-sponso meas
ures have found their way into the
preliminaries of legislation and one
member OF Congress.
In this pamphlet, "Teheran',
Browder says: "Of course the
Marxists, the Communists, will
have an organization. But II will
be non.partisan in character. The
political aims which We hold with
the majority of Americans we will
attempt to advance through the
existing party structure of our
country, which in the main Is that
OF the peculiarly American two
party system
Further, he says:
". The complex and ever
changing currents of American
political life have been channelized
into these traditional forms which
took shape in previous periods and
in response to issues and political
relations now long obsolete. The
result is that today's political is
sues are fought out, not between
the two parties, but within both Of
them. The adherents OF a party
are bound together by tradition
rather than a common current
agreement, and a growing portion
of the population, now more than a
third, Identify themselves as indie
pendent of both parties, choosing
between them not en- bloc but new
on each office and issue presented
| for decision
Translate these paragraphs into
simple English and they instruct
the Communists and their adher'
ents to get into both parties, work
inside, to capture the organizations
He amplifies this instruction:
az. The independent voters
WIN split their vote" and who
agree with neither party as a
while, hold a growing balance OF
power. Their role is enhanced by
the system of direct primaries
whereby in many states the gov
eminent itself conducts the elec'
ton of party leadership and candi'
dates for public Office, and in which
any citizen can participate (some'
times by registering in a particular
party, in other cases simply by
choosing which ballot he will use
! when he enters the polling places