Show NEWS PAMI ephin NA r dw i f U apt TT N T THU irid i ig 3 IT MCI by B y PAUL MALLON fu ON y released by western newspaper New paper union communists LOSE OUT AT BALLOT BOX washington the russian program for or world political action is losing and a change of front may eventuate from the browder talks in the kremlin severest setback to communist plans for postwar political aggression was defeat of their new constitution for france Mosco vites controlled the spirit of the french gov since they defeated de gaelles Ga ulles policy of a strong army and acquired collaboration of the socialists their constitution proposed a single center of government authority in the chamber of deputies with a subservient president and cabinet facially Fac lally this appears like utmost democracy somewhat like the superiority of the british parliament you might say the majority of the he french electorate was not tooled fooled every time the communists go to the electorate it seems they are being rejected in the french referendum on the subject last october their proposal for a weak executive was defeated although they succeeded in electing the largest bloc of delegates dele gates to the convention in the conni vances of international conferences and domestic political dickering the Mosco vites have won the most ground but at the ballot box they have proved weak labor bans communists less conspicuous events than the french election disclose their forced retreat with even greater clarity A spare three paragraphs to in the london times recently revealed the decision of the british labor party to change its constitution so as to deny membership to communists this decision follows the disclosure made in this column a few weeks back and not yet generally published that the left wing unions in CIO were taking similar action in similar quietude the constitution of several CIO unions Is being bein g changed to ban communist party members and unquestionably labor in the two democracies is attempting to purge itself of the communist influence it was in the light of these world changing events that hat earl browder flew to russia on his unexplained mission the CP postwar posta political action in this country has been in the hands of the Fost Foste crites rites who oppose operation cooperation co with capitalism browder was ousted from party control here because he brought CP into operation cooperation co fol foi production during the war will the Mosco vites now order a period of operation cooperation co again I 1 doubt it look at the matter the way moscow looks at it if you would find the answer capitalism was the first enemy chosen by communism fascism became a later enemy fascism has now been eliminated as a world power communist aggression against capitalism can stop only through a genuine reorganization of its totalitarian ideals and this Is hardly to be expected now as the russian government flushed with victory and new won power throughout the world sees its greatest opportunity tor for world achievement superficial cooperation co operation but there is another stronger reason for doubt democratic capitalism is struggling to its feet following war if the communists cooperate and we get production we wa may grow strong again therefore the browder mission is likely to succeed only it if the kremlin becomes con convinced vinced capitalism will tall fail anyway wa y and a period of false appeasement Is justified as a temporary strategic retreat the decision could favor CP face lifting and superficial operation cooperation co but could hardly run into genuine depths in these fundamental cur rents some are saying the ultimate conflict will be between socialism and communism but socialism Is a word which has lost more of its inal definition than communism the nails were socialists so BO were the fascists so is russia the name of that communist nation Is the union of soviet socialist republics british socialism on the other hand band dines clings to law the parliamentary system and democratic forms events therefore are shaping the world conflict into a clash of dictatorship communism on the one hand versus democracy capitalism socialism on the other LEFT AND RIGHT WING RADICALS one distinction may be noted between communist strikes and regular union strikes the communist strike generally seeks political benefits crusades tor for political issues or capitalist sabotage while the union strikes are primarily con berned with wages and working conditions dit ions and a desire to improve them it wages are not the reason tor for a strike look lor for CP somewhere in the background the swift changes in CP line con can be read in the daily worker |