January 1, 1938 SOCIALIST APPEAL C. Repudiates Revolutionary Aims PREFERS TO STRENGTHEN TOWARD THE NEW PARTY!
EXISTING SOCIAL ORDER тн INTERNATIONAL SECTION my ESTALINISM more AMERICAN The INTZ 3RD By Harold Draper The outstandng result of the hearings was the openness of the repudiation, not only of a revolutionary position on war and a host of other questions, but on the elementary question of the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism versus the peaceful introduction of Social ism through the ballot. This repudiation itself is certainly not William Foster, American leadnew, but the frankness in stater, which gave a vivid but imaing it is.
ginary description of the overThe chief witnesses for the throw of the Government, culmi.
CP were Phil Frankfeld and nating in the arrest of the PreEarl Browder. Right off, both sident and his cabinet. The pas.
objected to the investigation on sage, Frankfeld said, was writthe ground that the legislative ten years ago during the infancy order really didn apply to them. of the party. It would not come They weren subversive. from the pen of Foster now, the party having reached either ado Strengthen Present lescence or maturity. Communists, Economic Democracy he said, have toned down a bit. Globe, Sept. 30. Which puts it The CP. said Frankfeld, mildly. does not believe that this order Browder too said that Foster investigating Communist, Nazi had changed his mind since letand other subversive propaganda ting his third period imagination within the state applies to it. run riot; it was outmoded docWe do not wish to overthrow the trine, written in the heated in.
Government from its founda fancy of the party, that is, intions, nor to overthrow existing cluding the time when the movesociety by force. In fact we seek ment was led by that enfant terto strengthen the present eco rible, Lenin.
nomic democracy on a firmer, equitable foundation. Only Allegiance to (Globe, Sept. 30. American Flag Pressed further, Frankfeld shouted: never said believ Browder, in addition, swore by ed in the overthrow of the go Washington and Jefferson that vernment by force or other. he owed his allegiance only to wise. Ibid. the American flag. Post, Oct.
senators kept coming back to this time and again, While Browder said that he wringing literally dozens of expected to achieve socialism more and more unequivocal state through the process of elections, ments from the two lead it seemed that this did not neers. The Herald, October 1, re cessitate even the election of ports: Communists. Frankfeld went so 703 STDEU Stoutly denying Communists far as to say the party only ran are plotting to overthrow the its own candidates when it was government by violence, he unable to support a liberal can(Browder) insisted the revolu didate of some other party.
tion, which is inevitable in his (Globe, Sept. 30. opinion, will reach its climax One of the legislators was an with the communists taking over internationalist. Rep Philip control of the government through Sherman of Somerville asked the process of elections. Browder if Communists advocate world revolution. No. replied For Peaceful Changes the witness. Post, Oct. Continued from page 1) Rubens, Interviewed by the made or authorized any state Frankfeld said the agitation What if the and its actof his party is a peaceful agita ivities were illegalized by the opposition to imperialist foreign Daily News, Ribbe was quoted ments suggesting that the theo reason to think that the Robinson Rubens people were TrotsHearst Correction throw of the government. Post, to illegal methods. The Commis Kremlin is apparently busily rigging. not without help from kyites. Asked whether he was sion wanted to know.
Oct. some American newspapers in Relatives felt a little disturb prepared to make such a stateThe Confession (pamphlet Party Fit Red cluding Hearst the fanciest of and blamed Rubens for in ment at this time, the spokesissued by states: We Baiters its series of Oppenheim mystery teresting Ruth in radical move man declared he had no basis for Communists believe in accompframe ups.
ments. don know which com making any such statement and Jishing great social changes peaceThe Confession had stated The chief goat, apparently, is nunist group the party in pow. that he would not make it.
fully, and through democratic that We have never believed in to be the Trotskyite mover or the Trotskyites he was The New York press seemed riendly with.
pretty well convinced that the processes. Page 24. working as a conspirative organi ment, but there is no lack of inAlthough the Stalinists made zation and never will accept the dications that Prosecutor VishThe Hearst reporter was not Robinsons were, in fact, the no qualifications to these state. position of conspirators. In ef nsky will shortly prove in a satisfied with this statement, Rubens couple, and that they the senators suspected fect the Commission asked, Moscow court by the usual con and corrected it in a manner had sailed for Europe on Oct. 16 mental reservations. Rep. Julian What, never? and at the hear fession method that among the worthy of Hearst only rival, on the Rex, using the Rubens Japanese spies in this country the Daily Worker. Hearst passport. Then, according to the believe some form of force and ings Frankfeld answered.
violence is unavoidable. No. He said the Communists would are not only the Marxist oppo Mirror quoted Ribbe as follows: press, they went to Russia, prenot sw was the reply. Globe, Oct. Tegal methods to continue its every, opponentiane praelective sea bens, who was thoroughly versed sued any visas to Robinsons.
to employ semi nents of poimperialist hearse but of her (Ruth) eloping with Ru. Soviet government denies it is5. Just to make sure, the se activities in the event the state objectively even the two hun in Trotskyist ideas.
nators stuck before him a quotation from Browder old writ government should disregard the Just to make everything per cow hotel, however, they used the ings that history does not show constitutional, guarantees, which port the utopian Ludlow amena: fect, the Mirror story on Dec. Robinson name and passports.
a single instance where govern to function openly and legally.
29 included the following interWhat has not been explained yet by the New York reporters is mental power has been ferred by peaceful means. No record be extended to include his New York World Telegram stat agents, it was learned, are prob sets of pretty phony passports, Subsequently he asked that the As long ago as two weeks the esting revelation. Justice Department why these people, who had two thing daunted, Frankfeld replied, denial that the party would em ed that a Federal investigator on ing reports that Rubens received chose to use the one in the name We hope that all historical pre ploy illegal methods. Herald, the Robinson Rubens case (like a call to an anti Stalinist confe of Robinson a name which as cedents will be broken. Herald, Oct. Oct. July had been labeled No wonder Frankfeld said to bed that the prisoners in Moeseos probably, of Trotskyist forces in the world press as wanted by paper also quoted) had sugges rence in Latvia a gathering, early Skeletons from the Perhaps some of you would like might very well be Trotskyites and that it was imperative for the police in Moscow. Unless.
of course, they him to attend.
Closet The notion did not catch hold for were helping to join the party after hearing Vishinsky in his little arrangeAuthoritative Denial ments. The official Soviet exAs further evidence of their the discussion. Globe, Sept. 30. some days, but early this week the New York Herald Tribune planation, given jointly by the reading, the senators pulled out (This is the second of a series of echoed the allegation, again put Interviewed by an Appeal re prosecutor and the confessing another skeleton in the articles by comrade Draper on ting it in a Federal man mouth. porter, the New York spokesman prisoners will surely be juicycloset, and rattled it before Frank the Massachusetts Investiga. On Dec. 29 the Federal men of the Department of State of unless the surprise edge is taken feld: Specifically he denied tion. Another article will ap. turned up a Mr. Richard Ribbe the declared that neither off by more preliminary anpassage from a pamphlet by pear in a subsequent issue. of Jamaica, a cousin of Mrs. the Department nor its men had nouncements in the Hearst press. Robinson Rubens Frameup Part of GPU Spy Scare Plots In ments, ment.
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