U.S. COMMUNISTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 12 January 1944, Page 2

U.S. COMMUNISTS

SUPPORT FOR CAPITALISM REVERSAL OF OUTLOOK New York, Jan. 11. An announcement that the Communist Party in the United States has abandoned its traditional objective of establishing Socialism, and would support the capitalistic system now and after the war, was made by the Communist Party’s secretary (Mr Earl Browder). He explained that the reason was their wish to help carry out Mr Churchill’s, Mr Stalin’s, and Mr Roosevelt’s Teheran policy of co-operation during and after the war. “It is my considered judgment that Americans are so ill-prepared for Socialism that post-war plans with such aims would divide and weaken the democratic, progressive camp, while strengthening the reactionary Fascist forces,” he said. “We therefore frankly declare that we are ready to co-operate in making capitalism work effectively, with the least possible burden upon the people, and we are now drawing up the political lines of division for the 1944 elections on any issue of free enterprise. “The policy of the Teheran supporters must be to seek to facilitate support from all classes, from the big bourgeoisie to the Communists.”