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4 * 1 ww eo 7. H - a * ~ z or Ascites of U.S. mn is — fw. Communists Party Does About-Face, American Party A¢ __. To Serve as Tool of [Ruled by Soviet Po x Soviet Foreign Policy By Okver H. Crawiord Te obtain an sccursie first-hand picture of the prevent activilices and future plans of American Communists, TRE punist Party Inquirer assigned a staff reporter end herewith prevents Kis | "When you tall findings in « series of articias. ‘going ts . (Fiewt of a Series) i = By Oliver H. Crawford to me Po x war-time pretense of national unity, has lauoched spon own reconrersion plans, unlikely to prove of much help ; those being formulated by the rest of the Nation. The American Communists chose the moment when the grave . ‘aya responsible men ‘of indusiry, labor and government came . - {pies to face with serious post-war problems to launch their cam oid ot ® ign. 4 ‘ ‘While workers pinned their hopes for jobs, industrialists : . Plans for progress and veterans their prayers for peace on “) . "as ‘» tinued unity, tbe unist Party had other plans. _ Communiss “reaponaitle . They ousted Browder, their leader for 16 years, re- foreign power” Seta pieced him with an -Hne TWW labor agitator, Wiliam Z: Foster. | of AS They denounced the hope af labor-management wnity a2 “Rls . Utopian perspectives” and called for the renewal of clase warfire In any event, Bovit fercian against “monopolist capital” and "bourgeois democracy.” Is what the “soapbox” opers . ry * tne Comvauniat Party ECAUBE of the possible effects of this first break in nation! | square. Taped Eres of unity on hopes of worker, veteran and industrislist allk:,|sarmen: distri The Philadelphia Inquirer sought to determine the direction eine halls ict. ond and extent of the Communist nee ie to ana’ t erg that 1 went 92 e mt maintain from the Battery to the « openly as 8 reporter. but as an béle aot pystander. For eee tp ‘ 1 several weeks. I have been mingling with the Commua~- zoe iste in what coer to ehelr national capital—the green TET sr ting forth the pre. +. dusty meeting shabby restaurants and hideaway le _peTibed “party line” for each pment a. New York's Greenwich Village. country struggling In the wake vee: 1 found on every hand evidence that the “about-face” of the | wats — fom ‘ . American Communist was dictated by two considerations: Chiang Kalt-shek. ap with the DS aaa Co-operat‘on with industry and government was no longer! Chinese oe Ee parsbe " pli - fo a. » pecessary to winning @ war to which the Soviet Union was! ‘with the Lublin Poles, down ase part. - Hirohite. eee 2. Renewal of socialist aims were necessary to sirengtben the - Communist Party among Jt “fellow-travelers” for its ole in Soviet Union foreign policy. . HE American Communists plan no immediate repetition e disorders and dissension they used © widely di n of 1989-40. | anti-war present U. 6. ace 4 Soe t. j Communists, tt | “The Communist eprek ve 5 y wi Ba ond Instead, they have launched upon an intensive rebu their party alflances egainst future need. If and when the U. Administration and the Soviet Union come to croas-purposes Joreign policy, the American Communists Ti Oe ter cate - repeat the 1 internal disorders on a vastly greater ecaie. : The Communist “reconversion” program—concrete, definite and already launched—falls into these tions: INTERNATIONAL—Support and aid to Soviet Union foreign % * :. YOUTH—An all-out campaign for « “united front” ergantea- ~ rah toh Yon In achools and colleges. -f/f- s bite ETERANA—Invasion of the American Legion and Veterans * en of Foreign Wars through thete labor posts. adelphia daquire® LAROR—Ure of refonsercion aiMicuitira te orize bey unions ow} oprems Of industrial Organisations. L ‘ POLITICS — Continuation of present Qianrces, bul with o oF og oe : future spit threateaed eae . VARM —Renrerd ocgenivate-nel éneee and te-enebiushment. -2° ‘ ef the to unites Parts of the Perth a papa | WIR OTTER Limited agieteun be arrow bw, ene ge eee . ete ernest . * . ale .- ‘ . a ties oh ante ee He Som eet 6 . ~"?, T war - ews tae wee te an are, . . a ae 7 . SAPs aw ne fr; oe. tthe fworee= ene OF - ert ete ee to Gnta.t sient wen eo eo if Comrie teott er a PS >, Ob the tee te he eran eh wun get Party effort, Sil ¢ unt tara @n bee ws wre) American comrades Bbowt Unetrs “receared the td . we ep of te ee a _ Me WEW TORK, where the bull of (8 TNE Shand wnat the | J munista fe concenraiel, D4 old Sauce Us to serve Bovist sole arty T social elses are called mere Comoe, 4 Abin ng PA: Cad ee et om v i acting ee as ager’ =