Evening star., 1944-06-16

ing Endorsement Frank R. Kent.
of Mr.. Roosevelt's fourth term
effort, others pointed out that the
Communists had been for the New
Deal policies from the start; that
they had supported Mr.. Roosevelt in
1885 and 1910 when they had party
and a candidate of their own; that
Mr.. Browder was the original fourth
termer: that the plain purpose OF
the Communists today, working
through the CIO, which they thor
oughly permeate, and the Amerl-
can Labor party, which they have
captured, is to ''infiltrate" the DEM
ocratic party and strengthen them
selves in the next Roosevelt admin
istration-if there is one.
Not the least convincing evidence
of this belief are the cries Of pain
that come from a certain type New
Dealer who, trying to escape the
unpleasant implications, makes the
somewhat silly point that, in 1910.
when Browder was candidate, the
Communist platform denounced the
administrations foreign policy-as
though that meant anything.
Evidence i'm Vote Totals.
The evidence of support is in the
Browder vote that year, not in the
platform. Though there had been
a large increase in Communist
membership since 1882, Mr.. Browder
polled only 48,7OO votes in 1910, as
compared to 80,1o0 in 1886 and
100000 in 1882. Every posted
politician knows that in 1910, as in
1886, Mr.. Roosevelt got more Com
munist votes than Mr.. Browder-
and with Mr.. Browder's cheerful
acquiescence.
The fact is that the New Deal
spending policy always has been
dearer to the heart of the Com
munist than to that of the New
Dealer, because, as the formers
leaders so frequently declared, it
leads straight toward their goals
one of which is economic chaos.
But, what especially grieves the
New Dealers is the charge that the
immediate objective of the Com
munists is to do to the Democratic
party what they already have done
to the American Labor Party and
the CIO.
Nevertheless, that has been true
for long time. In support thereof
Is offered here extracts from
speech by William H. Murray, Com
munist leader in the State of WASH
ington, made on october %, 1896,
and published In the Seattle Times.
Mr.. Murray, addressing his fellow
Communists, was urging the election
of the Democratic candidate for
Governor, whom he declared, while
not an ideal candidate, will, II
elected, be compelled to yield to the
support which he will receive from
the entire progressive movement" "
In this speech. Mr.. Murray made
these interesting statements:
% I'VE are making real progress
In this State, but we must not be
impatient. We must avail ourselves
of every forward looking movement
that leads in the direction of the
ultimate MARKHAM goal"
CD "The recent success of liber-
ais and progressives at the Demo-
cratic State Convention Is of tre-
mendous significance. The Demo-
cratic party adopted there the en-
tire program of the Washington
commonwealth Federation.
90 "Only through much effort
has it been possible to revitalize the
Democratic party in this State,
where it is now recognized, because
of many MARKHAM principles, as a
real progressive movement. Many OF
the Democratic candidates are
either members of the Washington
Commonwealth Federation or its
parent organization, the Communist
party"
a. IT recommend to all progress
sives and liberals in this State to
register a consistent vote for the
entire Democratic ticket. This, in
fact, is what Earl Browder, our
candidate for President on the Com
munist ticket, has repeated on
many occasions"
(5) eve are not going to elect
the Communist ticket here or in the
Nation, but just as the movement
Is receiving SO much help from the
chief aides of President Roosevelt
30 must we in this State realize
that the MARKHAM goal can be
reached only by furthering Just such
progressive movements. AS Com
munists, we must put aside our de-
sire to achieve our program at one
major stroke and cooperate with
the Democratic organization in
building a real peoples front. Let
no one divert us from our real
objective"
Illuminating Words.
Now. these earnest words of
leading Communist are genuinely
Illuminating. They prove that the
inflltration Of the Democratic party
has been settled and consistent
Communist policy for eight years.
The facts attest the progress made
and make it clear the 1914 effort is
the strongest yet made-and with
the best prospects.
1t is true. Of course, that the
Russians are our valued allies and
we intend to live amicably with
them after the fighting is over, but
that should not blind us to the
beautiful boring -from-within"
game, which American Communists
have been playing here for eight
years, and the degree Of success
which they have achieved
Perhaps, it is all right to regard
this lightly and to dismiss those who
do not 50 regard 1t as having po-
litical nightmares
Nevertheless, these facts cannot be
disputed - to wit, that in some
States, like Washington, the Com
munists have successfully infiltrated
the Democratic party; that in New
York they control the American
Labor Party, which claims to hold
the balance of political power and
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