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LOSE OUT OUTAT OUTAT AT BALLOT BO BOX BOXWASHINGTON " { WASHINGTON WASlllNGTON - The RusSian RusSianprogram Russianprogram program tor for world political pol1t1cal action actionIs actionis Is losing losmg and a change of ot front frontmay frontmay may eventuate from the Browder Browdertalks Browdertalks talks in the KremlmSeverest Kremlin Kremlm KremlinSeverest Severest setback to Communist Communistplans Communistplans plans for tor postwar political pol1t1cal aggres aggresSlon aggression Slon was defeat deteat of ot their new consti constitutlon constitutlon tutlon tor for France Moscovites MoscoVltes con controlled controlled trolled the spir spu t of the French gov government government ernment since they defeated deteated De DeGaulle DeGaulle Gaulle s policy pohcy of ot a strong army armyand armyand and acquired collaboration collaborabon of ot the theSocial1sts theSocialists Social1sts Their const tution tutlon pro proposed proposed posed a single center of ot government governmentauthority governmentauthority authority in the chamber of ot depu deputles deputies tles with a subservient presIdent presIdentand presidentand and cabinet cabmet cabinetFacially cabmetFa.clally Facially Fa.clally Faclally . this tlus appears like ut- ut utmost ut utmost - most democracy - somewhat somewhatIlke somewhatlike Ilke the superiority ( of If the Brit Bnt- Bnt Bnti British - i ish h parliament parhament ; ) ou migl t say sayThe sayThe The majority of the Frcnch Frcnchelectorate Frenchelectorate electorate was not fooled fooledEvery fooledEvery Every time the Communists go goto goto to the electorate it seems they are arebeing arebeing being rejected In the French ret reterendum reterendum erendum on the subject last Octo October Octoher ber their proposal for a weak ex execubve executive ecubve was defeated deteated although theysucceeded they theysucceeded succeeded in electing electmg the largest largestbloc largestbloc bloc of ot delegates to the convention conventionIn In the connivances of ot international internationalconferences Internationalconferences conferences and domestic pohtlcal pohtlcaldlckermg politicaldickering dlckermg the Moscovites Moscovltes have havewon havewon won the most ground but at the theballot theballot ballot box they have proved weakLabr weak weakLabor Labor Lab/r Lab r / ) Bans CommuDlsts CommuDlstsLess CommunistsLess Less conspicuous events than the theFrench thaFrench French election disclose their torced torcedretreat forcedretreat retreat with even greater da cla ity Aspare A Aspare spare three paragraphs m the Lon London London don Times TlIDes recently revealed the de declslon decision clslon of ot the British Brltlsh Labor party to tochange tochange change its constitution consbtutlon so as to deny denymembership denymembership membership to Communists ThIs ThIsdecision Thisdecision decision follows the d1sclosure d1sclosuremade disclosuremade made in this column a few weeks weeksback weeksback back and not yet generally pub pubhshed published hshed that the left wing unions uruons m mCIO inCIO CIO were takmg similar action actlon m ms1n11lar insimilar s1n11lar quietude The consl1tubon constitutionof consl1tubonot ot several CIO unions is beingchanged belDg belDgchanged changed to ban Communist party partymembers partymembers members and unquestionably unquestlonably labor laborin laborin in the two democracies is attempt attempt- attempting attempting - ing to purge itself of ot the Communist Communistinfluence Communistinfluence CommunistinfluenceIt influence It 1 & was in the light Ught of these theseworld theseworld world changing events that thatEarl thatEarl Earl Browder flew to Rossia Russia on onIus onhis Ius unexplained mission . . The TheCP TheCP CP postwar postwu political action a.cbon acbon . In Inthis Inthis this country has been In the thehands thehands hands of the Fosterites who op- op oppose op oppose . - pose co-operation co operation co-operabon operabon - - with capItal capItalism capitalIsm ism Browder was ousted from fromparty fromparty party control here because he hebrought hebrought brought CP into co-op co op co-operation co operation - - era bon fOl fOlproduction foiproduction production during the war Will Willthe Willthe the Moscovttes lUoscovltes now order a pe- pe period pe period - riod of co-operation co operation co-operatlon operatlon - - again againI ? I doubt it it . . Look at the matter the theway theway way Moscow looks at it if you youwouId youwould wouId find the answer Capitalism Capitalismwas Capitalismwas was the first enemy chosen by Cornmunism Com Commurusm murusm Fascism became a later laterenemy laterenemy enemy Fascism has now been beenelunmated beeneliminated elunmated as a world power Com Commumst Cornmunist mumst aggression against capital capitalism capitalism ism can stop only onIy through a genu genume genume me reorganization reorgaDlZabon of its totalitarian totalitarianideals totalitarianideals ideals and this is hardly to be ex expected expected pected now as the Russian govern government government ment , , flushed with victory and new newwon newwon won power throughout througbout the world worldsees , , sees its greatest opportunity tor torworld torworld world achievement achievementSuperficial achievementSuperficial Superficial Co-operatlon Co operatlon CooperatlonBut Co-operationBut Co operationBut - - But there Is another stronger strongerreason strongerreason reason for doubt Democratic capi capitahsm capltalism tahsm is struggling struggImg to its feet teet fol follOWIng tollowing lOWIng war If the Communists co- co cooperate co cooperate - operate and we get production producbon We Wemay wamay may grow strong again agam Therefore Thereforethe Thereforethe the Browder mission is likely hkeIy to suc succeed sueceed ceed only It If the Kremlin Krem1m becomes becomesconvlDced becomesconvinced convlDced capitalism capital1sm will tall any anyway anyway way and a period of false appease appease- appeasement appeasement - ment is justified jusbfied as a temporary temporarystrategic temporarystrategic strategic retreat The decision could couldfavor couldfavor favor CP face l lifting tmg and superfi superficlal superflclal clal co-operation co operation - - but could couId hardly hardlyrun hardlyrun run into genuine genume depthsIn depths depthsIn In these fundamental cnr cnrrents currents rents some are saylnp saying the theuitimate theultimate uitimate conflict confllc & will be be- be between be between - tween Socialism Sociabsm and Commu Commu- Communism Communism - nism But Socialism Is a * word wordwhIch wordwhich whIch has lost more of Its orlg orlgInai oneInal Inai definition dcfinlbon than CommunismThe Communism CommunismThe The Nazis were Socialists SOCiahsts so sowere sowere were the Fascists So is Russia RussiaThe RussiaThe The name of that Communist n na nation . tion tlOn Is The Union of Soviet So- So Soclahs So Socialist - cialist clahs & Republics British Social SocialIsm SocialIsm Ism on th the other hand clings chngs to tolaw tolaw law the parliamentary system systemand systemand and Democratic Demooratlo forms formsEvents formsEvents Events therefore are shaping the theworld theworld world conflict into mto a clash of ofStatism ofStatism Statism Dictatorship Communism Communismon on the one hand versus Democracy Democracy.Capitalism DemocracyCapitalism . , Capitalism Socialism on the other otherLErT otherLEFT LErT AND AJiD RlGDT RlGDTWING BIGHTWING WING RADICALSOne BADICALS RADICALS BADICALSOne One distinction djstmcbon may be noted be between between tween Communist Commurust strikes and regu regu- regular regular - lar union strikes The Commurust Commuruststrike Communiststrike strike generally seeks . , political clltlcal ben benefits benefits efits ( Crusades for political politlca1 issues issuesor Issuesor or capitalist capltal1st sabotage ) while the theunion theunion union strikes stnkes are primarily prlmanly con con- concerned concerned - cerned with wages and working conditioi con condltlOI dltlOI s and a desire to impro Impro\ Improe Improthem \ e ethem them . . If U wages are not the reason reasontor reasontor tor a strike look tor for CP somewhere somewherem m the background The swdt swdtchanges swiftchanges changes to in CP line l1ne can be read In Intbe inthe tbe Daily Dally Worker |