Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-08-06 | Page 2 | Browder Denied Communist Card

Browder Denied Communist Card NEW V YORK Aug 6 UP Ri The Communist party has refused to reinstate its time one-time national leader Earl Browder By a unanimous vote the party's annual convention Thursday rejected Browders Browder's appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal for restoration of his mem mem- The year old Browder wartime wartime war war- time Communist leader and once the symbol of the party in Amer Amer- lea ica ca was deposed as general secretary secre scene tary in 1915 and cx expelled Jed as a member in 1916 1946 after he was accused accused ac ac- accused ac- ac of favoring cooperation with capitalism The conventions convention's presiding committee committee com corn recommended that his re request request request re- re quest for reinstatement be denied on an grounds that he has continued to engage in antiparty activity to Lo express Marxist anti-Marxist views and